The Veil from io io by Clelia
I met Rich near my photography studio, and for some reason or another, we just creatively clicked. He had a girlfriend, kids, and a story. He was a friend. Also, he humbled me with his own personal story. He paid the true price for some incidents that happened when he was a teenager...more than a decade of consequences.
Tracklist
| 9. | The Veil | 3:18 |
Lyrics
(Verse 1 - Rich Lanski)
Still gotta mess with the pain,
Still gotta mess with the pain—Kurt Cobain.
Y’all don’t know what I been through,
When you try and make a change, they don’t wanna know your name.
But for real, it could all be so simple,
It'll never be the same.
Just want my slice of the pie, nah—end up like Kimbo,
Gotta pull out from limbo, whole lotta info.
Got a soul I can pimp though,
If you leave, you can leave me,
You can go where the wind blow.
(Pre-Chorus - Rich Lanski)
Got me high right now, really calm down now,
They really love fuckin’ with my tempo.
Rest in peace to my kinfolk, can’t say nothin’ else though,
But it’s def to the death, and it’s fuckin’ with my health though.
Let’s go...
(Chorus - Rich & Clelia)
Yaaa yyyyyaaaaaaa ayyyaaaaaa yyaaaa ayaaaaaa
(Fuckin’ with my health, and it’s def outta the def, and it’s fuckin’ with my health though.)
Yeah, I just want my slice of the pie or end up like Kimbo.
(Verse 2 - Clelia)
Deep-seat sorrow, baby,
The ones you have today—you can’t borrow tomorrow.
The force of fear and the hour so clear,
And the power of love...
(Bridge - Clelia)
Everything will be okay—can you feel it?
Oh now, I can, I can, I can, I can.
(I just want my slice of the pie or I end up like Kimbo.)
Still gotta mess with the pain, Kurt Cobain.
Oh, I do now, I do, I do, I know...
Still gotta mess with the pain, Kurt Cobain.
(Bridge - Clelia)
Real eyes realize real lies, that’s what they tell me.
Real eyes realize real lies, that’s what they tell me.
I don’t know what you want from me,
I know I’m going in circles.
I just wanted you to love me, love me for who I am...
Who I am... who I am...
(Outro - Clelia)
(Interwoven, rock the boat—don’t tip it over.)
Seize the lies, see the lies—to walk away.
Keep you satisfied and fever-like.
Is this a wake-up? When I luck you down...
If you walk away, could you have a second chance?
It’s the devil we both knew.
Grace through the will, through the journey of the shadow of loss,
Can you get me higher on the bedrock...
Credits
Rich Lanski, Jayce Janae, Clelia Sheppard, South Africa
License
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Classically trained with piano in my youth, I later studied jazz singing. Along the way, I dabbled with the theremin and developed a love for all things percussion and raw, objet trouvé sounds. My influences range from hauntology to shoegaze, dream pop, and soulful indie pop-rock, with a tinge of the beauty of simple acoustic sounds and a dash of alt- R&B soul.