These Tears

(As I try to hold these tears back) This is some deep material (They just fall down my eyes) This is some deep material (As I try to hold these tears back) (They just fall down my eyes) So you better consume this with caution (As I try to hold these tears back) I'm just trying to make sure I can function (They just fall down my eyes) So this music is laced with deep emotion (As I try to hold these tears back) The layers falling back like deep erosion (They just fall down my eyes) These tears fall down my eyes I make an ocean (As I try to hold these tears back) I'm just working through all this confusion (They just fall down my eyes) I'm just trying to make it to the future (As I try to hold these tears back) Just watch the canvas as I paint the picture (They just fall down my eyes) (As I try to hold these tears back) These tears I can't control Try to hold them back but they come down my eyes (They just fall down my eyes) These tears are fighting back Cause I locked them up in my soul all these years (As I try to hold these tears back) These tears were born when I gave my best But the world just put me in reverse (They just fall down my eyes) These tears come pouring out Cause you said you're sad if you don't smoke that weed (As I try to hold these tears back) These tears roll down my cheeks Thinking bout what you said during my hardest week (They just fall down my eyes) These tears are hard to hold back When I know how much that you worry about me (As I try to hold these tears back) It breaks my heart Cause I thought I'd be the one that'd be worrying about you (They just fall down my eyes) These tears are just my heart longing, groaning For what should already be (As I try to hold these tears back) I feel the temper I feel emotions I'm just spelling it I feel the anger I feel the rage And I feel the sorrow I feel the temper I feel emotions I'm just spelling it I feel the anger I feel the rage And I feel the sorrow I didn't think I'd write this story I didn't think I'd sing this song (As I try to hold these tears back) I didn't think I'd write this story (They just fall down my eyes) I didn't think I'd sing this song (As I try to hold these tears back) I didn't think this would be my story (They just fall down my eyes) I didn't think this would be my song (As I try to hold these tears back) I've been going through a struggle These past couple two years (They just fall down my eyes) I mean quite frankly it's the reason that I've been fighting these tears (As I try to hold these tears back) It's about a career That I lost to the win (They just fall down my eyes) After about three hundred thousand dollars worth of effort I put in (As I try to hold these tears back) Drake started from the bottom And then he got to the top (They just fall down my eyes) My life story feeling backwards Cause everything just flopped I'm watching all your successes As I try not to hate But you can only know this feeling if you can really relate I'm trying hard to return to the work I love and respect But every step I take feels twice as hard And I've just got to accept That life's a you know what And I cannot remain in the past This music is lemonade But it's time to read a new page (As I try to hold these tears back) So I found myself in this situation where (They just fall down my eyes) I would be like Watching a sad scene in a show or a movie (As I try to hold these tears back) Or, or when someone is telling me a sad story (They just fall down my eyes) Or something about their pain or their struggle I would just feel this intense weight (As I try to hold these tears back) And this intense (They just fall down my eyes) (As I try to hold these tears back) Thing That just makes me wanna cry And, and, and I try to understand myself (They just fall down my eyes) And, and it's like I can see myself in their struggle (As I try to hold these tears back) I can see myself in their pain (They just fall down my eyes) And I know what I'm, I'm I know what I'm going through So it's just like (As I try to hold these tears back) I just, I just feel their pain and I connect with it (They just fall down my eyes) And it's (As I try to hold these tears back) It's just been a hard struggle these past two years Just (They just fall down my eyes) Keeping it together and And, and, just staying hopeful (As I try to hold these tears back) And, and if you're in that struggle This music is for you (They just fall down my eyes) (As I try to hold these tears back)