Pause (Interlude 2)

I hold you close like my heart to my chest
You food for my soul
And lately I feel like I'm starving to death
I'm watching my steps cause I placed the bet
Without looking at the cards in my deck
You miss the shots that you don't take
Yo, that's cause and effect
I stare in the mirror and I'm finding it hard to reflect
I'm counting my blessings on my fingers
With all my regrets
I lie to myself because the truth is much harder to stretch
Sometimes I wish that I can just hit the pause and reset
Like a VHS
Remember those we used to copy over tape cassettes
Your favorite song on repeat
Recorded like three or four times in a row
The struggle was real
But you don't see it as struggling when survival's a skill And we survived it all
No bungee cord, no parachutes, still we survived the fall
And through it all, the ups and downs
I took the time to call
It's different now, I look around, you're not around at all

I look around, I look around
You're not around, you're not around
Come lift me up, I'm feeling down
Come lift me up, I'm feeling down
I look around, I look around
You're not around, you're not around
Come lift me up, I'm going down
Come lift me up, I'm going down