The Basement - Marlowe, L'Orange, Solemn Brigham

It’s not the drink, man

You keep your nerves steady

This place ain’t like it used to be

How did you get here?

What is this place?

Call a doctor, call a proctor

Call a father, call who’s listening

I’m the problem, start the drama

Where’s my conscience?

Not with this again

You Marlowe?

Yeah

Call a doctor, call a proctor

Call your mama, call who’s listenin'

I’m the problem, I’m the drama

Where’s my conscience?

Not with this again

Now I started this and I’ll finish it

I brandish this for remembrance

When I wore the pic with the Power Fist

Put some hours in, made you bow to this

Got a lot on my lid, been trying to let off the steam

Bring you into the scene, bust a hole through the screen

All the rough I’ve been through, just to land in the green

Got a plethora of things to help me cope when I need

I try not to get chewed, couple holes in the teeth

Won’t wait for you, but time waits for me

Meant nothing to you, my dimes made you see

Flew the country to groove and brought it back to the sea

Causing problems, far from conscious

Not imposter, I’m my father

Man, some images can’t be doctored

Man, I’m checking off the same old boxes

Causing problems, far from conscious

Not imposter, I’m my father

Man, some images can’t be doctored

Man, you miss it, you’ll never get to cop it again

And she’ll never want me again

She’ll never want me a—

It’s true, it’s all true

Call your partner, call me proper

I’m the one that makes sure we’ll prosper

Many faces never gained no Oscar

Cool 'cause the deal made dough, no launder

Gotta be way too chill for the drama

Even made promises I know I’d never honor

I believe strange things, go and get some superstition

Orange is the new Brigham, treat that like a new religion

Hit 'em with some different pitches, they just keep mood-shifting

When the plot get thicker, I come in with lacquer thinner

Used to dream of having spinners, solemn be not chipper

I don’t play fence-sitter, sipping made my brain bigger

All the changes, far from stainless

Call me hating but don’t call me faithless

I’ve been spacing, I might call you wasted

Talk my language, maybe solve my anguish

Calm in places got no common spaces

Call it off, another fall from greatness

Time you wasted, I stole all my bases

One more, then it’s back to the basement

Causing problems, far from conscious

Not imposter, I’m my father

Man, some images can’t be doctored

Man, I’m checking off the same old boxes

Causing problems, far from conscious

Not imposter, I’m my father

Man, some images can’t be doctored

Man, you miss it, you’ll never get to cop it again

And she’ll never want me again

She’ll never want me—

All the changes, far from stainless

Call me hating but don’t call me faithless

I’ve been spacing, I might call you wasted

Talk my language, maybe solve my anguish

Calm in places got no common spaces

Call it off, another fall from greatness

Time you wasted, I stole all my bases

One more, then it’s back to the basement

Everybody was closing in on me, I didn’t know which way to turn

Provided you get me a warm dressing jacket right away

Slippers, too, I’m freezing

Follow me, there’s a fire inside