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Drift Away

Hip-Hop/Rap

Drift Away was released on September 19, 2025 by Left2Write as a part of the album Drift Away - Single

Song Details

AlbumDrift Away - Single

Release DateSeptember 19, 2025

LabelLeft2Write

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM92

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Thomas Kurek

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Thomas Kurek

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Thomas Kurek

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

Whenever I hear a beat

I drift away

No matter what music I make

I can't escape

Everybody else expects you to fail

I was never caught sleeping always thinking

It's like I need more time in a day

I need more with my kids so I can relate

Thinking to myself how will I be the same

I get inside of my brain and run a mile every day

But sometimes I look to find a new way

Where I could escape out of this place

Out of this state of mind with all of the

Problems I've made, I try to create a

Place where I could finally be proud of my name

A better side of my page

To all of the rhymes that I've made

Where I could be Shane and he could be Tom

Leave all of my problems behind, I'm leaving this town

Let somebody else walk a fucking mile in my shoes

See what I'm on

See how I really feel in this song

The reason I want

To see a record label's deal in my palms

And my family think that I'm gone

They don't see that I'm lost

They don't see that I'm barely breathing because

I lost a big enough piece of my heart

Trying to find a reason I'm on

This earth just to be what I fought

To be for so long, if I could only dream of a song

As deep as my thoughts, I'd be reading it off

Of the paper when it's my only escape to

Being a slave to the pain that I need to get off

My chest, feeling my heart beat in my skull

I can reach in a drawer for a knife

So I don't gotta feel it no more

But I don't see enough balls in me for me to cut off

My wrist, 'cause I don't like bleeding at all

Why can't there be a better way for me to leave all

My problems behind? Oh wait

I just did... I lost myself in this rhyme

Whenever I hear a beat

I drift away

No matter what music I make

I can't escape

Everybody else expects you to fail

I was never caught sleeping, always thinking

It's like a puzzle every night

Trying to find a peace of mind

To the puzzle of my life

Even though a piece of mine's gone

I still feel the need to write songs

It's like I live in the past

Thinking 'bout my parents

And if I could just forget the crack habit

They never would admit that they had

But I always think of the bad shit

And why the fuck there's anything I miss of my dad

I use it as an excuse to abuse all the privileges that I have

I never take the time to recognize what's right in front of me

Two kids, one and three

That only look for love from me

But all it does is fuck with me

'Cause I haven't been the father that I always wanna be

They put their trust in me to be exactly

What my dad had never thought to be

And all I see is me not treating 'em

The way they ought to be treated

And just the thought of me leaving 'em

Makes it hard for me to breathe

And I just see 'em with me and my girl

And I get to thinking

If it wasn't for me being with her

Would I even be in this world?

I wouldn't be without her

She's everything I'd ever need on this earth

But I treat her like dirt

And all she does is eat, sleep, and work

And do nothing but put the kids and me as her first priority

Always been loyal to me

And I can't even be the perfect man in her life

Shit, I can't even manage my life

Let alone handling twice the responsibility with having a wife

And I don't even show her how much I love her half of the time

How the fuck am I supposed to handle all these feelings

When I keep them trapped up inside?

And the saddest fact is satisfaction

Only happens after half your life

Is spent getting past depression

And people wonder why I act aggressive

They try and say that every bad thing that happens

Happens as a lesson

So I start to ask questions

And the answer back is redirected in my head

So what happens if I don't get it?

And I don't wanna keep dealing with everything that I've dealt with

When I'm getting the impression that my life is like what hell is

What's the difference if I'm going to hell when I die?

When I'm already going through hell in my life

And everybody pushes their problems aside

But I can never just forget about mine

But I bet this gun can get all of them thoughts out of my mind

Then I won't have to wait for no more stress to get piled up

And end up going crazy trying to figure it out

I'm sick of myself, but thank God I found a quicker way out

Where I can forget all my doubts and just end it all now

This is my last fuckin' rhyme, and I've already written it down

Okay, it's now or never, no chickening out

"Tom?"

Hey look, it even fits in my mouth

"TOM!"

Whenever I hear a beat

I drift away

No matter what music I make

I can't escape

Whenever I hear a beat

I drift away

No matter what music I make

I can't escape

Written by: Thomas Kurek

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