Luke-W - FEED THE FLAME

I was running from myself for years
Now it’s for me
Thought that if I wrote all down
They’d ignore me
If I said it all out loud
And they saw me
I swore they’d never applaud me
I’d never finish the story
But it’s funny how the fire feeds the flame
After all these years, weeks, minutes, days,
I’m still hungry
Funny how everything can change
And what was once your greatness weakness
Suddenly becomes your strongest chain
I’m still hungry
Like the kid who musta’ ate a whole box of special K
Growing pains had him in a state with the origins
At 14 had to become a man
If it was ok
Mum said, Is it ok if I go?

Yeah,
In these days and weeks I feel the change sweep
From each place we been the time fades in leaps
And my self belief is still grace for me
With each year that passes you ain’t raising me
I feel the pain deep
It ain’t wane for me
Put it all on wax
And hope it all unpacks
And though our time feels brief
There’s nobody that could bring you back
That’s why I can’t let a good thing go bad
That’s why I wish that you could see me and just that
I know that if you saw your kids you would be glad
And if we talking bout growth you should see Dad
Even got his own pad now he’s moved down South
Now it’s all about fam I ain’t talking bout wealth
We ain’t had a bad hand just the cards got dealt
Know that everything I do it ain’t by myself (self, self)

I was running from myself for years
Now it’s for me
Thought that if I wrote all down
They’d ignore me
If I said it all out loud
And they saw me
I swore they’d never applaud me
I’d never finish the story
But it’s funny how the fire feeds the flame
After all these years, weeks, minutes, days,
I’m still hungry
Funny how everything can change
And what was once your greatness weakness
Suddenly becomes your strongest chain (chain, chain)

I wear your heart on my sleeve
In the form of a bracelet
Take it all for free
And give it all as payment

I was running from myself for years
Now it’s for me
Thought that if I wrote all down
They’d ignore me
If I said it all out loud
And they saw me
I swore they’d never applaud me
I’d never finish the story