Atmosphere - Portrait Lyrics

[Verse 1]I’ve been better, been worse, more blessed than I’m cursedTrying to train myself to treat my body like a churchTakes a certain type of nerve to make a person fight the urgeAnd when I’m dead, I’ll still work to try to fertilize your dirtBut first I acknowledge the vice-versaWe could trade shoes and you’d probably play bluesAnd while you was paying dues, they borrowed your face tooTryna get you to admit to some weight that you ain't movedI see 'em, fightin' off the feelin'Just to find a little frequency and rotate with the seasonsAnd I don’t need to know the reasons you believeAs long as you believe that there's a scenery beyond the ceilin'[Chorus]That’s just my unsolicited suggestionAnd don't nobody give a shit if it passes your inspectionBut that’s not realistic 'cause we starvin' for attentionA portrait of the artist as an addendum, now that you mentioned it[Verse 2]You don’t wanna hear my voice, but you force yourself to listenGotta check in case I'm talkin' about youAnd I’ve never sang a song that’s talkin' 'bout youIn fact, even right now I'm not talkin' 'bout youBut we solvin' the math and we walkin' our pathCautious, gotta avoid getting caught in the trapsDon’t let them penetrate the skin, step around them like quicksandWith multiple wristbands, the hand was Invisible ManFrom the ashtray, I rise like a PontiacWatching my back with the eyes of an insomniacNo rats, no pigs, no copycatsFollow the money, honey, who supplied the body bags?[Chorus]That's just my unsolicited suggestionAnd don't nobody give a shit if it passes your inspectionBut that’s not realistic 'cause we starvin' for attentionA portrait of the artist as a name carved in a bench, then[Verse 3]I wish that this was more than a gestureI wish that I could make your everything betterWish that I could tether it together for connectionLook at your reflection if you're looking for redemptionOf course the fortunate found shelter from the weatherBut it still feels like the storms might live foreverMaybe take a little time, put some commas in the sentencesThen maybe we could find a common sense of direction[Chorus]That's just my unsolicited suggestionAnd don't nobody give a shit if it passes your inspectionBut that's not realistic 'cause we starved for attentionA portrait of the artist as a departure, ascension