When love is lost either romantically or within a friend, it can be hard to swallow, and the mind can struggle to move forward. Memories of that particular person can pop up as easily as 1,2,3. This obstacle is the driving message behind artist JClay’s newest track, ‘123’, a song that talks about the looming darkness that accompanies heartbreak and the like. Waytoolost brings a fittingly forlorn instrumental, with a solemn guitar loop that carries the piece next to futuristic vocals provided by JClay.
An important theme of this message is darkness, the feeling of pitch black that accompanies losing a relationship. Finding that light can prove difficult, and it can be easy to find yourself stuck in that place. Hopefully, through listening to the trials and tribulations outlined in the song, the listener can find solace. Play this song when it's hard to forgive/forget, and even harder to move forward. After taking some time to listen, you might find it a little easier to begin taking those first steps into the light.
lyrics
123
123
Mmmmm
Mmmmm
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
123
123
I still see you
All in my thoughts
I can't block
I can't choose
The past that I fought
Which weighs false
Which way's true?
123
123
I still see you
123
I just can't be
When I'm glued
To the shadows that loom
To the battles I groomed
Cuz what mattered you ruined
And I just can't stop what I'm doing, ooh
123
123
I still see you
Sit in the dark and I'm drifting away
I know I'm not sleep but I still cannot wake
The light has gone
The nights are long
What's forward leads back
And what's back is what's wrong
The future looks black
With sights unknown
I can't sit still
I can't be alone
My enemies
Became my inner me
Talking to you
Hey
Yeah
I ain't myself
When I hate on the self
That is you
What do I do
Hey
Ay
123
123
I still see you
All in my thoughts
I can't block
I can't choose
The past that I fought
Which weighs false
Which way's true?
123
123
I still see you
123
I just can't be
When I'm glued
To the shadows that loom
To the battles I groomed
Cuz what mattered you ruined
And I just can't stop what I'm doing, ooh
123
123
I still see you
Look again
The pride that you hide
It won't let them in
To show the respect that you hold them in
Since all of your thoughts are over them
Since all of your faults are fought wit them
No wonder you under, you one of them
What they did to you, you done done to them
Withholding the love that has come to them
So it is not them that you mad at
You try to act tough like you past that
You passed that to them cuz you had that
Well have that
Plus you cannot fight what you laugh at
Yall used to be solid, you gassed that
Look what you pilot you mask that
I ask that
You forgive and you have that
Ay
Error you give when you give just to take
Hey
Ay
So what you misgive, leads to mistakes
Ay (ay yeah yeah)
Ay
123
123
I still see you
All in my thoughts
I can't block
I can't choose
The past that I fought
Which weighs false
Which way's true?
123
123
I still see you
123
I just can't be
When I'm glued
To the shadows that loom
To the battles I groomed
Cuz what mattered you ruined
And I just can't stop what I'm doing, ooh
123
123
I still see
credits
released September 16, 2022
"Beat by waytoolost
Mixed, Mastered, and Written by Jelani Robert Clay"
