Frozen
james blake Lyrics

Happy losing all of my mind
I'm content with losing my sanity

They tell me I'm too hard to find
People say I'm difficult to locate or understand

Tell me, am I?
Asking if there's any truth to what people say about them

How can that be true if you're mine?
Asking how people's statements can be valid if the person singing the song belongs to someone else

Hoping I'll be chosen
Wishing to be selected or recognized

Body so still, you'd think that I'd been frozen
Their body is motionless, resembling being frozen

You'd think that I'd been frozen
Reiterating that they feel like their body is stuck in place

Yeah, hypothermia, my hyperbole
Comparing their exaggerations to the severity of hypothermia

Feel like Serbia, I shot Hercules
Feeling like a conqueror, similar to what Serbia and Hercules represent

I'm a murderer, dirty thirty
Labeling themselves as a killer and emphasizing their age of thirty

I can make it dirtier, urgent surgery
Suggesting they can make their situation worse, similar to a medical emergency

Or Hershey Hearse
A play on words, suggesting their funeral procession will resemble a chocolate bar

.50 cal in the Virgil murse
Describing carrying a high caliber gun in a designer bag

Fifty thou', that's a turtle verse
Referring to receiving $50,000 for a rap verse as a slow-moving, steady income

When I get around if I find the time
Implying they're too busy or important to acknowledge others unless they have time to spare

I ain't even leaving now but (I'm busy now)
Stating they're occupied and unavailable, even if they're not physically leaving

A typical day, a temperature drop
Describing a common occurrence of the temperature lowering during a day

I flick on the tube, a bitch-ass cop
Turning on the television to see a derogatory portrayal of a police officer

Gripping the tool but we ain't watching Home Improvement
Holding a weapon, but not tuning in to a sitcom about home renovation

Co GV my influence has brought the fumes in
Attributing their style of music and presence to bringing energy and excitement

Writing my woes in the kite through the institution
Expressing their struggles and feelings through a letter while institutionalized

Fighting the cold, he got life, but he twenty-two, shit
Dealing with the chilling conditions while imprisoned for life at the age of twenty-two

Twenty-two below, only 2-1 cells
Being confined to a small, cold cell while also experiencing two degrees below freezing

Six by eight, forty-eight square feet, give or take, that's bleak
Describing the cramped, bleak living conditions of a prison cell

They tried to tell me choose that or the street
Being pressured to choose between going to prison or living life on the streets

Or you be dead, or something stupid, I don't know what they had said
Being threatened without understanding the reasoning or logic behind it

Text a nigga, what came first, the chicken or the egg?
Receiving meaningless questions or inquiries via text message

Fuck I care unless you splittin' a thigh or a leg
Disregarding the question unless it pertains to physical consumption

Kool-aid red, it's snowin' on the bluff and Boulder Crest
Describing the red hue of blood in contrast to snow falling in specific locations

Lift a pole North at your nose and open gifts
Pointing a gun at someone's nose and forcing them to open presents

Check a nigga temperature froze
Examining someone's state of being and realizing they're numb or frozen

Blood tricklin', melt in the snow
Blood is leaking and mixing with the melting snow

I'm numb so I've never felt it before
Being desensitized and numb to violence and harm towards others

Yes, I'm alright
Stating they're doing okay

I feel it all
Despite stating they're fine, they can still feel everything

Think that I'd been frozen
Associating their emotional state with the physical feeling of being frozen

Just complacent
Being content with their current circumstances and state of mind

Lately, I been feeling like I might have lost my mind
Experiencing uncertain or unstable mental health

Only thing that I got in this life is time, the bottom line is
The only thing they have is time and that's clear and straightforward

Ain't nothin' worse than time with an idle mind, yeah, uh
Believing there's nothing more detrimental than losing focus and keeping a blank mind

Don't talk to me crazy like I ain't that, uh, yeah
Demanding respect and not tolerating belittlement

Still watching my pockets like they ain't fat, uh, yeah
Being aware of their finances and not taking their wealth for granted

Still calling me crazy, but when in fact
Despite being viewed as unstable, there's evidence to suggest they're fine

I got my hand on the gat, the other on rap
Juggling both music and criminal activity at once, holding a gun and writing rhymes

Before 'Rona, was wearing masks
Referring to wearing masks before the COVID-19 pandemic

Me and JID brought James to Atlanta
Traveling to Atlanta with fellow musicians JID and James Blake

Took him to JJ's and had him turnt by the end of the day
Introducing James Blake to a club called JJ's and having fun together

End up hitting a lick for two nights and then went to the bank
Robbing a place for two consecutive nights and then cashing in

Stop by the Texaco on Brusher, shawty, shot up the tank
Stopping at a gas station and shooting the fuel tank with a female companion

I looked at it and sped, he didn't catch his gun in the air
Witnessing someone who was not ready or quick enough to defend themselves

Then he ended my life and shot JID in the back of his head
Being killed along with JID by someone they encountered

He killed his both, or did he do it? Maybe, I'm the one who had the gun
Reconsidering who was responsible for the death, questioning their own guilt

And maybe I made it up
Considering the possibility that the entire scenario was fabricated or imagined

Ok, maybe you're right, I am crazy, I'm sorry
Apologizing for any erratic behavior or thoughts

Or maybe I'm not
Asserting that they're not sure if they're actually crazy or not

Maybe I'm just adolescence that's made in a box
Recognizing the possibility that they're still growing and developing in a constrained environment

Go bang at the park in Atlanta, staying in the pot
Going to a park in Atlanta to shoot a gun and staying out of trouble

And I'll kill you, fuck if I'm famous or not (crazy)
Threatening harm to anyone, regardless of their own fame or notoriety

And I'm feelin' all like frostbite, feet in the snow
Experiencing emotions or sensations that resemble frostbite while standing in the snow

Now Hotlanta don't feel so hot anymore
Feeling isolated and cold in a city that is typically associated with warmth and excitement

Now I'm frozen, neck frozen, my girl bad, my sex frozen
Feeling stagnant and stuck in life, including in relationships and sexual encounters

Neck open, ice in my lungs now, too far from the sun now (think that I'd been frozen)
Feeling like their neck is exposed and vulnerable and experiencing a sense of emptiness and distance from positivity

Think that I'd been frozen
Reiterating the theme of feeling stuck and stagnant