Mike Posner Lyrics

i was born in detroit on a very very very very very very very cold day (2018) - as Mike Posner & The Legendary Mike Posner Band

Introduction (Mike Posner/i was born...Part 1) lyrics - Mike Posner & The Legendary Mike Posner Band

In the summer of 2016 my band and I played 66 shows. And, in a vain attempt to impress my band mates, I performed a new poem each night

I would write the poem either immediately after the show before or right before we went on stage or sometimes on the stage itself

These are just as few of those poems collected, intuitively, kind of at random. And I hope you enjoy them. This is "I was born in Detroit on a very very very very very very very cold day"

I Believe (6-24-16) [Live in Indianapolis] lyrics - Mike Posner & The Legendary Mike Posner Band

I believe this to be the truth

And I pray it doesn't bore you

I don't believe life happens to you

I believe life happens for you

I believe in more than I can see

I don't believe in right, I don't believe in wrong

I believe I'm a poem, though you believe I'm a song

I do not believe in dwelling on the shit you never had

I believe I'm a good kid tryna convince the world I'm bad

I believe this is Heaven! I believe this is hell!

I believe it's beautiful to be part of something bigger than yourself

Perhaps I'm the tool of another

A rock to be thrown at the wall

I believe those that really know

Say next to no words at all

So what does that say about me?

What's that say about us?

We're just six stars in the galaxy

Caught in the gravity of a tour bus

I believe that angels sometimes wear tattoos

I believe we like to numb ourselves

With shit food advertisements and bad booze

But I'm not a savior

Shit Kev, I'd be content with surviving

Later I'll sing my more popular songs, that's all you really want

I believe in Matthew Musto

I believe in Jacob Scesney

I believe each one of us is free to believe what we want to believe!

Make some noise if you agree!

We are free. Do you agree?

We are free. Do you agree?

We are free. Do you agree?

I believe the prophet speaks softly

This is all a dream

I believe that beautiful things do not beg to be seen

Beautiful things do not beg to be seen

I believe in God

Though I couldn't tell you why

I do not believe he's an old white man sitting on top of the sky

Rather a twinkle in an iris, an iris purple in bloom

I believe you can be happy in December just like you can be sad in June!

I believe I might not belong here

Maybe I showed up too soon

But for some odd reason

I believe in every single living, breathing, beautiful soul inside of this room!

There is nothing wrong with you!

Or you, or you, or you, or you, or you, or you, or you

And sometimes people come along and they try to change you to somebody new

Your teachers try to change you to somebody new

Your parents try to change you to somebody new

Your friends try to change you to somebody new

The TV tries to change you to somebody new

But when that happens all you have to do

Is say, "Don't you ever, don't you ever!

Don't you ever ask the sun to shine more like the moon."

See I believe in love

I'm probably young and naïve

But I believe

I believe

Dear Mom (8-2-2016) [Live in Chicago] lyrics - Mike Posner & The Legendary Mike Posner Band

Dear Mom

When I was young me and Mom had beef

17-years-old kicked out on the street. I deserved that

I'm ashamed of the way I used to speak to you

Wish I could but I can't reverse that

Especially to you

Your daddy told you a woman's place is in the house and not in the school

You paid your own tuition, got your own degree

Started your own business, and then you had me

How can I repay the lady that looked me in the eyes when I took my first breath

Held my little hand when I took my first step

I can't wait to sell out that arena on my own for the first time

You always told me

It's not your first try, it's how many tries after that

I mean how lucky am I

That I was born and you were mine?

Life's crazy

You know, my parents used to worry about me

'Cause I barely talked to anybody

Just made beats

Now isn't it ironic I get paid by the syllable?

I gotta thank them though, I know it can be difficult

As I tiptoe in and out of zip codes

All on a mission to love- that's what I live for!

I got big dreams Ma, I got big goals!

You see my old ones now because I lived those! Whoo!

You gotta admit Ma

I told you I'd get into Duke, and I did Ma

I told you I would get signed, and I did Ma

Look at this Ma!

Look at this Ma!

But as I get older, you do too

Our time gets shorter, and that's just truth

So I leave with three words

They are not eloquent

They are cliché

And they are not clever

They are:

I

Love

You

This Is My Poker Face --- :) (8-5-2016) [Live in St. Louis] lyrics - Mike Posner & The Legendary Mike Posner Band

Are you entertained?

Are we everything you hoped for? Good

Screams and smiles ain't really what we go for no more

Results in being in a cold war with my own ego

I'm floating on an ocean of solipsism, no shore

I gotta text from my ex

It said, "An artist, by definition, can never belong."

The bird does not sing because it has an answer

It sings because it has a song

Maybe my songs are songs

And my microphone is pointing God's finger

Maybe I'm a prophet wearing the mask of a pop singer

Maybe I'm a sociopath, hoping the mainstream media picks me next

Maybe I'm a fake, I'm just here for the money and the free sex

Maybe I'm just tryna get my tour bus moving as fast as the Earth spins, but in the opposite direction

So I finally feel like I'm standing still then

Maybe I'm on the brink of enlightenment

I'm David reincarnated

Maybe I just can't figure out how to separate

My love from my hate

Maybe my bar is too high

Thus my heart is still on the shelf

Maybe I'm just scared of putting time and commitment into anything but myself

Maybe beauty is more easily seen by the untrained eye

Maybe it's impossible to be a voice of a generation!

And somebody's boyfriend at the same time

Maybe I'm headed for a disaster

I'm inching towards hell

Or maybe, I'm on the tip of something magnificent

Only time will tell

Maybe having no shtick has become my shtick

Maybe I only smile on stage

And back there I'm a dick

Maybe I never took that pill in Ibiza. I made it up!

I know what sells, you're here

Maybe Mike Posner's a fake name, I'm really somebody else

Maybe I'm Illuminati

A mathematician, an engineer

Or maybe I really am Mike Posner!

One-sixth of the dopest fuckin' band you'll ever hear!

Maybe I'm what it looks like

When God moves at a slower pace

I'll never tell you who I really am

Because this... this, is my poker face

Gratitude (8-7-2016) [Live in Park City] lyrics - Mike Posner

I love you back

Could be worse, huh?

Look where you are!

Reading the calendar today it said Park City

We thought we were going to like a dive bar

Could be worse, right?

This piece is called 'Gratitude'

My band teacher told me quote

"Mike, you ain't shit."

But it wasn't until I heard that that I quit

And bought that Motif, made them dope beats

Turned that old car to this window seat

Where it all makes sense

Now God gives me hints every time I burn incense

Don't that make you so incense? Mr. Z

Whoo! I blew up and ain't visit your class since

But wait.. I didn't write this to say I told you so

Because without you I never would've sold out shows

I thought that was worth a page or two

Dear Mr. Z, this is dedicated to you

Gratitude, thank you

My dad called when Uncle Fred died

I didn't want my mom to see me cry

So I got 'em all out on the flight back

People looking at me funny but it's like that

See Uncle Freddie was a good guy

He was proud when I started to win

My aunt told me he loved me

And I swear to God she gave me one of his pens

And the same pen that I wrote this song with

The same pen that I'm about to put my team on with

'Cause he keeps giving me dope shit

And people keep on telling me "Mike, you're so sick"

I hope that's enough to change your mood

Transform a Utah sky from grey to blue

I thought that was worth a page or two

Dear Uncle Fred, this is dedicated to you

Gratitude, thank you

This verse can never pay you back

Shit

A lot of my friends never had no dads

And before we knew I had a six-style

Used to drive me to the studio to rap on the six mile

Showed me that a real man ain't afraid because he hugs, kisses, and cries

April to April stays faithful

Loves, listens, and tries

So when I do find Mrs. Right

Best believe that my game gonna be zipper tight

Like you're still making Mom breakfast every morning

You start her car up in the winter when it's snowing

Remember when you broke it down in New Orleans?

I didn't tell you I had my phone out recording it

Said, "Why'd you marry Mom?"

Said, "Well, Michael, in my heart, I knew I loved your mother."

And I said, "Is your heart more important than your head?"

Said, "I don't know, you're 28, you've got to figure some things out on your own."

Now that, ladies and gentlemen, is some g-shit

When my son's 28 I'm gonna show him this poem

He's gonna need this

I'm sorry, but I thought that was worth a page or two

Dear Dad, this is dedicated to you

Gratitude, thank you

I Got You (8-26-2016) [Live in Edmonton] lyrics - Mike Posner & The Legendary Mike Posner Band

I got that soul

I got too much pride

I got a funny job

And there's no place to hide

But I got them songs

I got that real shit, I'm a savage

I've got the looks and voice too

Baby I'm the whole package

I got bars for days

Because I've been scarred in ways that are hard to say

Bodyguards can't save me from myself

I got exes

I got commitments I'm still running from

I got shooting stars, I got darkness, I got nightfall, I got suns

I got Jesus Christ

I got Buddha

I got Mohammed in my swag

I got piano fingers

I got 50 songs in the bag

I got the music and the poetry in my head

It's always going in the background

Zach, I got the psilocybin running in my veins

Couple mushrooms hidden in the black lounge

Now I got your attention

And I can do whatever I want with it

I got a need to be loved

Spotlight isn't gone is it?

I got my daddy in my heart

Even when he's not around

Tell Bruce it's cool when he wants to chill

The Mike Posner Band, we here, we got it now

I got a legacy in the Midwest

My old stomping grounds

I done come this far, ain't no way in hell I'm stopping now

I came this far, ain't no way in hell

Ain't no way in hell I'm stopping now

I got that good cologne

I got that courage inside of me

I got one of the best bands in the world

Standing right here behind me

I got a kick drum for a heart

I got a hi-hat in my step

I got this feeling in my mind we might be the best

I got the vibe in my veins, I'm tryna explain

I'm done tryna explain why I'm so strange

I got a freedom fighter's heart, a Navy Seal's discipline

I got North Carolina blue and a grey found only in Michigan

I got a mother that's a killer

A sister that's a hippie

I got way too many women in my past

Groupies in every city

Groupies in every city

And I got money now, you can't buy me

I keep telling my managers all of this shit I will not do

I got Scesney, I got James, I got Nate, I got Kev, I got Ben

And Edmonton, tonight, I guess I got you

And didn't I? Didn't I get you?

Didn't we cut through this shit like a knife?

I got a question

If I keep pretending I'm not gonna have a death

How can I live a good life?

No cheers for that, but it doesn't matter

No

If I keep pretending I'm not gonna have a death

How can I live a good life?

My friends say I got it all

I tell 'em I only got love

I got what I got

And maybe, maybe that's enough

Thank you to the Mike Posner band

I Met Kanye (8-31-2016) [Live in Minneapolis] lyrics - Mike Posner & The Legendary Mike Posner Band

When I was 21 I met Kanye

I was really excited because I was a struggling musician

He was one of my heroes

And I knew if he liked my music he could change my life

My friend Big Sean introduced us

Then Sean played him a song of mine

"Kanye, this is Mike. He made the song you just heard."

And he said, "Cool!" and gave me a fist bump

Awkward silence ensued

So I said, "Did you like it?"

He said to me, "No."

And he wasn't being mean, he was just being honest

He's not the kind of guy to tell you he likes something when he doesn't think it's good

And I must have been wearing my broken heart on my face

Because he said to me, "Sorry, sorry, man."

Sean bumped it, you set it, I had to spike it

And in that moment all I wanted to do was make more music

I couldn't wait

So that's exactly what I did

It lit a fire up in me

It lit a fire up in me

It lit a fire up in me

And no setback

No hater hiding behind a keyboard

No member of the press

No sickness in the family

No bodily injury

No bad day

Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing could ever burn out

Massey's on my side, it's my turn now

We're going straight to the top boys

Buckle them seat belts, hop on this back right here

I don't need help

I didn't come here to tell you that I can do some things that you can't do

I didn't come to change you

I came to tell you that if you look deep enough inside, underneath the curfews, perfumes, etc

I bet you'd find a flame too

I want to thank you for having us

We're the Mike Posner Band

Oh yeah, and I saw Kanye a few years later at the EMAs

And he said, "Mike Posner, I really like some of your songs."

The Soldier & the Boy (9-1-2016) [Live in Madison] lyrics - Mike Posner & The Legendary Mike Posner Band

I heard the story of the soldier and the boy

Not too long ago, there was a soldier in Afghanistan

And he's about 6 months into his campaign

And he's really struggling, he's in and out of combat every day

He was drinking a lot, and he keeps hearing from these towns people that there's this boy

There's this magical boy, and he's, he's meditating under a tree

And most of the time he hears it, he says, "Ah, that's a bunch of bullshit"

But one night, he's especially missing home, and he's drinking, and he thinks, "I'm gonna go find this fucking boy under the tree"

So he climbs up the mountain, and sure enough

There's a little kid, maybe 10 or 11 years old

And he's sitting under the tree cross-legged with his eyes closed

And the soldier says, "Hello"

The boy doesn't move

The solider starts to get mad

He said, "You don't know. If you know so much, teach me about Heaven and Hell."

The boy opens his eyes slowly, and he says, "You want me to teach you about Heaven and Hell?

Look at you. You smell bad. You're not a real soldier. You got dip in your mouth, you reek of alcohol, you're drunk

I can't teach you about Heaven and Hell."

And the soldier's getting madder and madder

The veins in his neck are starting to poke out

He takes his revolver out, and points it at the boy's head

And the boy says, "That's Hell."

The soldier realizes this boy has just sacrificed his life

He put it on the line to teach him

He puts the gun down and starts to cry, and the boy says, "That's Heaven."

My name's Mike Posner, we're The Mike Posner Band, thank you, guys

Introduction (Mike Posner/i was born... Part 2) lyrics - Mike Posner & The Legendary Mike Posner Band

These are a couple more poems from the summer of 2016, that I thought didn't stink

There are lot more of these on YouTube, it's hard to get the rights to legally release them

So enjoy and if you really like 'em, go down the YouTube hole and there's more

I love you, this is "I was born in Detroit on a very very very very very very very cold day", Part 2

Prophecy (7-26-2016) [Live in Washington D.C.] lyrics - Mike Posner & The Legendary Mike Posner Band

It's OK, you can just listen to this part

We walk inside packed rooms

And get the hands up like statues

Me and James, we ain't got no home to go back to

But who needs a home when you got a family?

When you got the microphone, who needs a Grammy?

Poetry written underneath a groupie

Fast forward two hours I'm on stage screaming

"Who you gonna substitute me with?"

Another sheet of loose leaf, rich

Another pair of blue jeans, stripped

Balled up in the corner of the back lounge

Evidence of a commitment to never back down

The spoils of victory

I went from class clown to king! King! King!

You could see me I'm in the black crown

And I smell good too

We out here, we're talking 'bout prophecy

Prophecy, on my mind constantly

People get rich when they take the time to copy me

Mike Posner's Odyssey, don't forget the apostrophe

My prerogative is to shine bright baby, no Bobby B

I got a new philosophy: honesty, honesty

Do whatever you feel and offer no apology

Make some damn noise I want this night in my biography!

I said make some damn noise I want this night in my biography!

Make some damn—no, I want every night in my biography

Make it a million pages long, we made it here impossibly

[?]

You show our velocity

Mama are you watching me?

Uncle Fred are you watching me?

Stewie are you watching me?

David Foster Wallace are you watching me?

We rocked every arena in this country, no choreography

I said we rocked every arena in this country, no choreography

It's hard to be a prodigy in a democracy

People don't really care about equality

As long as they got their shopping sprees

Right?

But I tell you something else

I'd rather earn another million dollars than wake up and win the lottery

My bibliography will be one word long: "God"

We talkin' 'bout prophecy

Prophecy, on my mind constantly

If we're considering real shit the Mike Posner Band gotta be

On the tip of your tongue

When I listen to one

Let me cool off

Y'all doing alright over here?

We're on a world tour

We are chasing something

Something ineffable, a feeling

You get it when everyone's listening, form the front row to the ceiling

Anyone had one of those moments where everything just sorta makes sense? Say yeah

It's better than sex, it's better than drugs, it's true

"You don't wanna be high like me"

Maybe I was wrong. You do

'Cause I got the feeling right now D.C.!

Do you?

I said I got the feeling right now, do you?

I got the feeling right now! Do you?

Put your hands together for the Mike Posner Band

Talkin' 'bout prophecy, prophecy

On my mind constantly

Bibliography will be one word long: "God"

You Already Are (7-29-2016) [Live in Louisville] lyrics - Mike Posner & The Legendary Mike Posner Band

Sometimes the truth don't come in a pretty melody

Sometimes it rains down, like a thunderstorm in July

Making you ask, "How close can heaven get?"

Sometimes it rains down like a crash symbol under Kevin's stick

Or a nasty strung under James Bone's pick

A pretty note under Jacob Scesne's lip

Or a blues riff, offa Ben's fingertip

Or when Nate plays a funky lick

Oh shit...

Just wanna take this in for a second

We weren't promised this man

Wasn't so long ago I was making beats in mom's basement

Now I'm on the big stage my haters can't say shit!

What's the difference between knowledge, and wisdom?

I looked at the newspaper, filled with the names of crooks, liars, and schemers

And five years from now the newspaper will be filled with the names of a new set of crooks, liars, and schemers

That's why after we do the hits I always take the time to put the guitar down

Because two hundred years from now the words of this poem will be just as beautiful as they are now

Politics is to poetry, as knowledge is to wisdom, that's the difference

And we just want a guy we can memorize

A lover who never lies

A million likes on Facebook

And a neighbourhood that's been gentrified

We're so busy taking the heart, and wrapping it up in a body that's beautiful and tanned and perfect

And wrapping the tanned body up in clothes that are stylish and expensive

And putting the tanned body in stylish clothes inside of a car that makes our neighbour jealous

And putting the jealousy breeding car inside of a garage that makes our neighbours more jealous

And putting the garage inside of a house that makes our neighbours more jealous

That we forget

We forget about the little heart

That's inside of the body

That's inside of the clothes

That's inside of the car

Inside of the garage

Inside of the house

How's your heart feel?

Mine's been hurting lately

We're walking into traffic

Playing Pokeman Go!

Trying to score

We are killing ourselves

We would literally rather die than be bored

Sometimes the truth don't come in a pretty melody

And sometimes it's not followed by cheers

I live how I want

So I wanna live

And I give you what you need so in time

You want what I give

We're running around tryna get perfect

Perfect school, perfect job

But it's not that far

The first step to getting perfect

Is realizing you already are

Can You? (8-1-2016) [Live in Grand Rapids] lyrics - Mike Posner & The Legendary Mike Posner Band

Cigarettes and a sip of wine

We grew up

Tryna fill in missing time

With getting high

Or on the cheers of the crowd

Or on God on this divine

Rooted to oak tree

I hold the

Record for turning the most nose bleeds to front row seats

Most nose bleeds to front row seats

Tryin' to not take this whole time for granted

Granted

I am four years older now

It's hard to imagine getting the cold shoulder now

We don't feel like a band we feel like six soldiers out

On the battlefield every night

And we play our asses off so you can have memories like

So you can have memories like this

This has been described as

"A Moment Of Being" by Virginia Woolf

"It" by Kerouac

"Rapture" by the scriptures

And most recently

"This" by me

Strobe lights and storms

Hit songs from dawns

Embarrassed at the fact that I still want awards

I told Big Sean if I got signed I would never buy a chain

I bought four

I lost 'em all on a Delta flight

And I haven't bought more

I think I'm 'a take the money

Put a message in a bottle and hope it washes up on God's shore

And inside it will read

"The journey to more is a circle

It starts with wanting more

And it ends with wanting more

It's great to love your enemy

It's better to not be in a war"

That's why I continue on this odyssey with these ten dudes

We vagabonding a tour bus across this country from venue to venue

Just to tell you

Wake the fuck up, you are eating the menu

Put your phone down wake up, you are eating the menu!

Grand Rapids wake up, you are eating the menu!

Wake the fuck up, you are eating the menu!

You are eating the fucking menu!

You are eating the menu

I can see a better life in my head

A better world

Can you?

Alive (8-3-2016) [Live in Indianapolis] lyrics - Mike Posner & The Legendary Mike Posner Band

Sexism shrouded in chivalry

Little men with big egos try to belittle me

They got me in a pickle

But I've been freeing minds with riddles

Ever since little league

Literally

People sit behind their little screens and doubt me

Meanwhile life in my hometown goes on just fine without me

Every time I go back, with a little more money, and a little less time

Promises made to be fulfilled next time

People don't have no patience so they try to test mine

That's OK

I got my notebook, I got my voice

I gotta be free, I got no choice

That's an interesting sentence: I gotta be free, I've got no choice

You know, I still go in the dressing room before the show every night

Put a little gel in my hair

I'm still tryna be cool

But the funny thing about that is

Everyone knows when you're trying, so you never actually do

And the even funnier thing about that is,

Everyone else is trying too

So I wonder: if I drop the guard, if I cut the shit for just this one moment

Would you?

Would you?

People we never met made all our rules

And we feel strong when we bend them

Men in suits start wars

Kids in camouflage end them

I'm supposed to entertain people

but I'm not supposed to offend them

Fuck it

There are more valuable things in this world than attention

[?] attention, when a cheer ends

You don't know what to do, so you cheer again

See I could say, "cheer."

Or I could say, "Don't cheer!"

Isn't that weird?

You don't hear words

You hear inflection, and intention

Which means somebody saying "I hate you"

Might really be saying "I love you, I need affection"

A change in perspective

Brought to you by yours truly

An outlook on life

Brought to you by parents they didn't pick in war movies

Tour groupies

I was born goofy

And America tried to straighten me out

Towards Porsches, fortresses, porches, bowls full of porridge

Who'd've thunk a crooked line could be so damn gorgeous?

The eyes of the beloved- that's you

Met a little girl the other day she asked where I wanna be,

What I wanna be in a year?

I said, "Alive."

This One --- :) (Icarus Problems) [8-17-2016] [Live in Anaheim] lyrics - Mike Posner & The Legendary Mike Posner Band

I was born in Detroit on a very very very very very very very cold day

And most of my life since has been about trying to warm up

The big tour bus, money, more sluts, blood gore guts

I moved to LA seven years ago

In an honest attempt to do and get more stuff

Mission accomplished

Now what, what now

All I got is this money and this skepticism of love now

When you're up this high everyone just wants you to come down

Icarus problems, but at least the sun's out, right

At least the sun's out

A day loses to nightfall

I am right on the edge

I might fall

That's why it's fun for you to watch me

'Cause like all pretty things, I will end with no warning, apologis los siento, no merch, no momento

When God slows the tempo there will be no crescendo

This is real life it's not a game no Nintendo

Sacrifices made for an art that you can't touch

People think you're weird when you practice this much

That's how these six loners, became us

That's how these ten thousand people became us

That's how these ten thousand people became us

I'm movin' away, I'm selling my house

LA, this is my farewell poem

When I come back here, here will not be home

I'm goin' to chase something, and I think I'm getting close

I thought it was in this city but it's not

It's somewhere out on those roads

And at this very moment, the city's lights dim some

And my face is making the same face that everyone makes in LA

This one

Cheers (9-17-2016) [Live at the Forum, Los Angeles] lyrics - Mike Posner & The Legendary Mike Posner Band

It's the last night of the tour

I told the boys at the beginning to look at each other

The men on your left and right will soon become your brothers

And I don't mean to brag but I was right

Tomorrow our lives go back to normal

Post-tour depression

We celebrate tonight

Here's to sixty-six shows

In three continents

In three months

Here's to playing your hearts out in each one of 'em we never half-assed it once

Here's to the roadies and the riggers

Build the stage and the lights every day

And when me, Nic and Demi are done being cool tonight in about two hours

They're gonna pack all this shit up and take it away

Here's to Kane and Batrell

Here's to Andre and Zac

For making us lookand sound good on the stage and also in our packs

Here's to Rob Dougan he never turns off

Here's to super Matt, his last tour, his farewell tour

I think in Massachusetts he'll find what he's looking for

Here's to the songs, where do they come from?

Nobody knows

Here's to the groupies, making us feel less alone after the shows

Here's to the audiences

When you add 'emup, this summer we played for five hundred and twelve thousand people, that's over half a million fans

And most of all, hee's to the immaculate, the impalpable, The Legendary Mike Posner Band

Heres's to Jimmy, ere's to Nate, here's to Kev, here's to Ben on the keys

And of course, Cali's own, hahahaha, the amazing Jacob Scesney

I'm Babe Ruth, I'm calling my shot

These boys right here, we goin' straight to the top

I will not stop

I will not stop

I will not stop

I will not stop

I will not stop

I will not stop

I will not stop

I will not stop

I will not stop

I will not stop

I will not stop until I'm looking down from the top

Of course, things could go wrong

My next album might not hit

Maybe I start drinking too much and it all falls to shit

But I don't think so

In fact, next year I think I'll be right here

Here's to the future, now

Here's to us, cheers

At Night, Alone. (2016)

At Night, Alone. lyrics - Mike Posner

This album is best listened to at night and alone

Hope you enjoy

February 16, 2016

I Took A Pill In Ibiza lyrics - Mike Posner

I took a pill in Ibiza

To show Avicii I was cool

And when I finally got sober, felt 10 years older

But fuck it, it was something to do

I'm living out in LA

I drive a sports car just to prove

I'm a real big baller 'cause I made a million dollars

And I spend it on girls and shoes

But you don't wanna be high like me

Never really knowing why like me

You don't ever wanna step off that roller coaster and be all alone

You don't wanna ride the bus like this

Never knowing who to trust like this

You don't wanna be stuck up on that stage singing

Stuck up on that stage singing

All I know are sad songs, sad songs

Darling, all I know are sad songs, sad songs

I'm just a singer who already blew his shot

I get along with old timers

'Cause my name's a reminder of a pop song people forgot

And I can't keep a girl, no

'Cause as soon as the sun comes up

I cut 'em all loose and work's my excuse

But the truth is I can't open up

Now you don't wanna be high like me

Never really knowing why like me

You don't ever wanna step off that roller coaster and be all alone

You don't wanna ride the bus like this

Never knowing who to trust like this

You don't wanna be stuck up on that stage singing

Stuck up on that stage singing

All I know are sad songs, sad songs

Darling, all I know are sad songs, sad songs (Hey)

I took a plane to my home town

I brought my pride and my guitar

All my friends are all gone but there's manicured lawns

And the people still think I'm a star

I walked around downtown

I met some fans on Lafayette

They said tell us how to make it 'cause we're getting real impatient

So I looked 'em in the eye and said

You don't wanna be high like me

Never really knowing why like me

You don't ever wanna step off that roller coaster and be all alone

You don't wanna ride the bus like this

Never knowing who to trust like this

You don't wanna be stuck up on that stage singing

Stuck up on that stage singing

All I know are sad songs, sad songs

Darling, all I know are sad songs, sad songs

Not That Simple lyrics - Mike Posner

When we first met, I was just a sophomore

We spent the night on Lydia's couch

I didn't know you were gonna break my heart then

I didn't know the pain I'd feel right now

And I smile, yes I smile

But underneath are memories

That I'm trying, yeah, I'm trying

To let go

But it's not that simple

Type of misery

All these mixed up signals

In my head

I still hear these echoes

Of when you loved me

But now you're just someone in my mind

That used to be mine

People used to say I didn't deserve you

I was cool with that, 'cause I felt the same

But then they played my song on the radio

And I don't think you liked who I became

And so you left, yeah, you left

On someone else's arm now

And I'm trying, yeah, I'm trying to let go

But it's not that simple

Type of misery

All these mixed up signals

In my head

I still hear these echoes

Of when you loved me

But now you're just someone in my mind

That used to be mine

'Cause baby, your beauty marks

Are like shooting stars

In my goofy heart is one of Cupid's darts

I'm just a nervous guy

And these words of mine

Won't reverse the time

To when you were mine

'Cause it's not that simple

Type of misery

All these mixed up signals

No, it's not that simple

Type of misery

All these mixed up signals

In my head

I still hear these echoes

Of when you loved me

But now you're just someone in my mind

Now you're just someone in my mind

That used to be mine

Be As You Are lyrics - Mike Posner

Virginia Woolf and poetry

No one seemed to notice me

Being young was getting so old

Cheap beer and cigarettes

Life was like a movie set

And I seemed to be given no role

But in times of trouble

I can turn to my mother

And I know that she gon' understand

So at age 18

I cried to my mother

And she told me, "Young man,

There are moments when you fall to the ground

But you are stronger than you feel you are now

You don't always have to speak so loud, no

Just be as you are

Life is not always a comfortable ride

Everybody's got scars that they hide

And everybody plays the fool sometimes, yeah

Just be as you are."

They played me on the radio

And everything was changing, so

I thought I was all the way grown

But I can still remember in that cold November

When I realized I'm all alone

But in times of trouble

I can turn to my mother

And I know that she gon' understand

So at age 22

I cried to my mother

And she told me, "Young man,

There are moments when you fall to the ground

But you are stronger than you feel you are now

You don't always have to speak so loud, no

Just be as you are

It doesn't matter if you become some star

Life is better when you open your heart

You don't always have to act so hard, no

Just be as you are (Just be as you are)"

Be as you are (Whoa)

Be as, be as you are (Be as you are)

Be as you are

(Be as you are) Be as, be as you are

If I'm speaking truthfully

I'm not who I used to be

And I know some people might laugh

'Cause my music doesn't sound the same

And my head's no longer shaved

I'm worried if I'm on the right path

But in times of trouble

I can turn to my mother

And I know that she gon' understand

So at age 26

I spoke to my mother

And she told me, "Young man,

There are moments when you fall to the ground

But you are stronger than you feel you are now

You don't always have to speak so loud, no

Just be as you are

It doesn't matter if you become some star

Life is better when you open your heart

You don't always have to act so hard, no

Just be as you are (Be as you are)."

Be as you are (Be as you are)

Be as, be as you are (Be as you are)

Be as you are (Be as you are)

Be as, be as you are

Be as you are

In The Arms Of A Stranger lyrics - Mike Posner

I was 16 with a rocket

And some sunshine in my pocket

It was how you used words I didn't know

And the way you said my name

And cut up peaches and them brown eyes

Lit a flame up that we pretend doesn't glow

You know space and time wouldn't let you be mine

What I've come to understand

Is entropy wouldn't leave you to me

I'm right back where I began

In the arms of a stranger, pretending it's love

Holding her closely, remembering your touch

And I'm wrapped around your finger, even though I'm locked up

In the arms of a stranger, pretending it's love

There were times I think about us

Overcome by the nostalgias

I am on call when you need me, let me know

But we're drifting in a strange way

I'm aware that it's mistake if I love you

It's a mistake if I don't

You know space and time wouldn't let you be mine

What I've come to understand

Is entropy wouldn't leave you to me

I'm right back where I began

In the arms of a stranger, pretending it's love

Holding her closely, remembering your touch

And I'm wrapped around your finger, even though I'm locked up

In the arms of a stranger, pretending it's love

And she smelled like Michigan

And it felt like lust

And the nostalgia's killing me

And it's all because

I'm in the arms of a stranger, pretending it's love

Holding her closely, remembering your touch

And I'm wrapped around your finger, even though I'm locked up

In the arms of a stranger, stranger, stranger

In the arms of a stranger, pretending it's love

Holding her closely, remembering your touch

And I'm wrapped around your finger, even though I'm locked up

In the arms of a stranger, pretending it's love

Silence lyrics - Mike Posner (feat. Labrinth)

[Mike Posner:]

You only love me

In bits and pieces

I keep on workin'

You keep your secrets

That's not an insult

That's not a lie

That's just a statement

Proven by time

'Cause even when I have you

I don't really have you

I am not your last dude

Where'd you get this attitude?

Talkin' 'bout you're leavin'

'Cause you don't believe in

Me and all my reasons

Left me with these demons

And this little pen

And this nostalgic feeling

Only me alone

I'm faking all my smiles

And you're just killing me with silence

And you're just killing me with time

I don't know where to put my sorry's

You're running laps around my mind

How could you leave me on this tightrope?

And I feel nothing when it storms

You know you're killing me with silence

You hold your halo up with horns

You hold your halo up with horns

[Labrinth:]

You know you're clever, I'll give you that

You gave me heaven and took it back

That's not an insult

That's just the case

You've had your pretty mask on

For so damn long

That everybody thinks it's your face

But underneath your eyelids

I can hear the silence

Spreading like a virus

Why'd you wear disguises?

Why'd you have to cut me?

Then act like it's nothing

This time I'm not bluffin'

How'd you know I'm bluffin'

Every single time

Wicked little mind

Gets inside of mine

And I can fake a smile

[Mike Posner & Labrinth:]

But you're just killing me with silence

But you're just killing me with time

I don't know where to put my sorry's

You're running laps around my mind

How could you leave me on this tightrope?

And I feel nothing when it storms

You know you're killing me with silence

You hold your halo up with horns

You hold your halo up with horns

Ho-o-o-rns

(You)

Ho-o-o-rns

(Oh Lord)

Ho-o-o-rns

(Whoo-oh-oh)

Ho-o-o-rns

You hold your halo up with horns

Ho-o-o-orns

Ho-o-o-rns

(Oh no, no, no)

Ho-o-o-orns

You hold your, you hold your, you hold your

Ho-o-o-orns

You hold your, you hold your, you hold your

Ho-o-o-orns

And you're just killing me with silence

Iris lyrics - Mike Posner

If I could be just one thing

I would be what you're craving

6 foot 3 with steel-blue eyes

Sweep you off of your feet before you count to 5

But the truth is I am just a man

Standing 5 foot 10 doing the best I can

And I've lived long enough to see

You will never be craving me

Oh, I watched her go

After she planted her love in the top soil

And from the top soil, an iris bloomed

It was pretty in May, but it died in June

If I could sing the way I feel inside

It'd sound happy and sad at the same damn time

'Cause when you smiled at me on that dance floor

It was the prettiest mask that you ever wore

Oh, I watched her go

After she planted her love in the top soil

And from the top soil, an iris bloomed

It was pretty in May, but it died in June

From the top soil, an iris bloomed

It was pretty in May, but it died in June

Only God Knows lyrics - Mike Posner

Only God knows

Only God knows

Only God knows how hard I've been trying

Only God knows

Only God knows

Only God knows the trouble on my mind

"There's more to life than living," a wise man told me this

Or maybe it was me who wrote it, I can't remember which

In any case what I mean, life's an unfinished poem

Don't go mad trying to figure out the ending

The day that Norman died, I found out through an email

The irony of that, I will not discuss in detail

My future is on thin ice and my past is all online

But only God knows the trouble on my mind

Only God knows

Only God knows

Only God knows how hard I've been trying

Only God knows

Only God knows

Only God knows the trouble on my mind

My walls are filled with artwork, my art is filled with paint

My head is filled with big old thoughts of all the things I ain't

I bet you know what that's like, though you never drop your guard

Only God knows the places that you're scarred

I'm sitting on a park bench in the city I don't know

Trying to convince myself that I'm not all alone

But my immediate surroundings suggest otherwise

Only God knows the trouble on my mind

Only God knows

Only God knows

Only God knows how hard I've been trying

Only God knows

Only God knows

Only God knows the trouble on my mind (mind)

Only God knows the trouble on my mind (on my mind)

Only God knows the trouble on my mind

Jade lyrics - Mike Posner

Met a girl, her name was Jade

Cuts her nails with a razor blade

Says she lives by no one's law

Ran my pride through a big chainsaw

Have you heard of D.B. Cooper?

I got pulled over by an old state trooper

I met a girl, her name was Jade

She cut my face with a razor blade

Yeah, I screamed out in fury

Yeah, but my cries were not heard

Yeah, the judge and the jury

Yeah, they could offer no cure

I met a girl, her name was Jade

She got a brand new man and they got engaged

The wedding's gon' be on a big green hill

They hope it won't rain but it probably will

The man, he was a football star

He broke his knee, now he sells cars

Only so much that words can do

Love was blind, but they cured that, too

You know, Gandhi has a son our age

He said the freedom thing's just one big cage

I met a girl, her name was Jade

Her husband died, but she kept his name

Yeah, she screamed out in fury

Yeah, but her cries were not heard

Yeah, her mom was so worried

Yeah, but she could offer no cure

Boss man calls for a meeting at noon

Big cigar in an oak board room

We got an idea and we think it's great

Said it was too much so we're gonna try eight

Who made love to Scarlet Jo?

And where the hell did Josh Hartnett go?

I met a girl, her name was Jade

Lived her whole damn life in a masquerade

Yeah, I screamed out in fury

Yeah, but my cries were not heard

Yeah, they said I'll never see 30

Yeah, they could offer no cure

I met a girl, her name was Jade

She cuts her nails with a razor blade

One Hell Of A Song lyrics - Mike Posner

This is what the Lord wants me to do

In my heart, I just believe that there's no proof

I think about the chorus, the melody's important

But nothing sounds sweeter than the truth

I used to sip the whiskey and hit the bong

I gave that up, now all my friends are gone

And my folks don't understand I ain't no macho man

But I know how to write one hell of a song

Yeah, I'm a shy young man with a real big heart

I still haven't found where I belong

But you know my sweet Lord gave me just one thing

Darling, I know how to write one hell of a song

Yeah, I know how to write one hell of a song

Wrote one for Snoop, did not take long

Wrote one for Bieber and one for Sean

And Jay Z offered me a deal

I said "Dawg, throw in another mil"

Cause you know I can write one hell of a song

Yeah, I'm a shy young man with a real big heart

I still haven't found where I belong

But you know my sweet Lord gave me just one thing

Darling, I know how to write one hell of a song

Yeah, I know how to write one hell of a song

James

Sometimes I stay up well past dawn

If God puts one in my head, that's what he wants

I'm a simple type of artist, I don't like to walk red carpets

I would rather write one hell of a song

Yeah, I wrote this and it's one hell of a song

Buried In Detroit lyrics - Mike Posner

I'm a writer and a lover

I'm a Midwest music man

And I've been to a lot of places

But I'm gon' end where I began

I took class in Carolina

Got high smoking joints

And now they know my name in Paris

But I'll be buried in Detroit

Next to my father, and my father's father too

I used to live in New York City

But baby, that ain't no substitute

Not for my hometown

That place people avoid

I've made love in every city

But I'll be buried in Detroit

I don't claim to be a prophet

I just speak my mind

I try to tell it like it is

And sometimes God makes it rhyme

I like my songs how I like my women

Honest and to the point

You see I got fucked up in Stockholm

But I'll be buried in Detroit

Next to my father, my father's father too

I used to live in New York City

But baby, that ain't no substitute

Not for my hometown

That place people avoid

I've made love in every city

But I'll be buried in Detroit

You know I ain't gon' live forever

Baby, it won't be long

At the wake they'll say "He made a lot of mistakes

But he could write hell of a song."

And I made, I made killing

Though I never really was employed

I had a girl from San Diego

But I'll be buried in

I killed a show in Indonesia

But I'll be buried in

I made love in every city

But I'll be buried in Detroit

Thank You lyrics - Mike Posner

Thanks for listening

I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Seeb Remix) lyrics - Mike Posner

I took a pill in Ibiza to show Avicii I was cool

And when I finally got sober, felt 10 years older

But fuck it, it was something to do

I'm living out in LA, I drive a sports car just to prove

I'm a real big baller 'cause I made a million dollars

And I spend it on girls and shoes

But you don't wanna be high like me

Never really knowing why like me

You don't ever wanna step off that roller coaster and be all alone

You don't wanna ride the bus like this

Never knowing who to trust like this

You don't wanna be stuck up on that stage singing

Stuck up on that stage singing

All I know are sad songs, sad songs

Darling, all I know are sad songs, sad songs

I-I know are sad songs

I-I know are sad songs

I-I know are sad songs

I-I know are sad songs

I'm just a singer who already blew his shot

I get along with old timers

'Cause my name's a reminder of a pop song people forgot

And I can't keep a girl, no

'Cause as soon as the sun comes up

I cut 'em all loose and work's my excuse

But the truth is I can't open up

But you don't wanna be high like me

Never really knowing why like me

You don't ever wanna step off that roller coaster and be all alone

You don't wanna ride the bus like this

Never knowing who to trust like this

You don't wanna be stuck up on that stage singing

Stuck up on that stage singing

All I know are sad songs, sad songs

Darling, all I know are sad songs, sad songs

I-I know are sad songs

I-I know are sad songs

Sad songs

I-I know are sad songs

Sad songs

I-I know are sad songs

Not That Simple (Kyle Tree Remix) lyrics - Mike Posner

When we first met I was just a Sophomore

We spent the night on Lydia's couch

I didn't know you were gonna break my heart then

I didn't know the pain I'd feel right now

And I smiled, yes I smiled

But underneath are memories

That I'm trying, yeah I'm trying to let go

And so you left, yeah you left

On someone else's arm now

And I'm trying, yeah I'm trying to let go

But it's not that simple

Type of misery

All these mixed up signals

In my head

I still hear these echoes

Of when you loved me

But now you're just someone in my mind

That used to be mine

That used to be mine

People used to say I didn't deserve you

I was cool with that, 'cause I felt the same

But then they played my song on the radio

And I don't think you liked who I became

And I smiled, yes I smiled

But underneath are memories

That I'm trying, yeah I'm trying to let go

And so you left, yeah you left

On someone else's arm now

And I'm trying, yeah I'm trying to let go

But it's not that simple

Type of misery

All these mixed up signals

In my head

I still hear these echoes

Of when you loved me

But now you're just someone in my mind

That used to be mine

That used to be mine

'Cause baby your beauty marks

Are like shooting stars

In my goofy heart is one of Cupid's darts

I'm just a nervous guy

And these words of mine

Won't reverse the time

To when you were mine

'Cause it's not that simple

Type of misery

All these mixed up signals

In my head

I still hear these echoes

Of when you loved me

But now you're just someone in my mind

That used to be mine

That used to be mine

That used to be mine

Be As You Are (Jordan XL Remix) lyrics - Mike Posner

Virginia Woolf and poetry

No one seemed to notice me

Being young was getting so old

Cheap beer and cigarettes

Life is like a movie set

And I seemed to be given no role

But in times of trouble

I can turn to my mother

And I know that she gon' understand

So at age 18

I cried to my mother

And she told me, "Young man

There are moments when you fall to the ground

But you are stronger than you feel you are now

You don't always have to speak so loud, no

Just be as you are

Life is not always a comfortable ride

Everybody's got scars that they hide

And everybody plays the fool sometimes, yeah

Just be as you are"

(Be as you are)

(Be as you are)

They played me on the radio

And everything was changing, so

I thought I was all the way grown

But I can still remember in that cold November

When I realized I'm all alone

But in times of trouble

I can turn to my mother

And I know that she gon' understand

So at age 22

I cried to my mother

And she told me, "Young man

There are moments when you fall to the ground

But you are stronger than you feel you are now

You don't always have to speak so loud, no

Just be as you are

It doesn't matter if you become some star

Life is better when you open your heart

You don't always have to act so hard, no

Just be as you are"

(Be as you are)

(Be as you are)

"There are moments when you fall to the ground

But you are stronger than you feel you are now

You don't always have to speak so loud, no

Just be as you are

It doesn't matter if you become some star

Life is better when you open your heart

You don't always have to act so hard, no

Just be as you are"

(Be as you are)

(Be as you are)

(Be as you are)

In The Arms Of A Stranger (Brian Kierulf Remix) lyrics - Mike Posner

I was 16 with a rocket

And some sunshine in my pocket

It was how you used words I didn't know

And the way you said my name

And cut up peaches and them brown eyes

Little flame that we pretend doesn't glow

You know space and time wouldn't let you be mine

What I've come to understand

Is entropy wouldn't leave you to me

I'm right back where I began

In the arms of a stranger, pretending it's love

Holding her closely, remembering your touch

And I'm wrapped around your finger, even though I'm knocked up

In the arms of a stranger, pretending it's love

There were times I think about us

Overcome by the nostalgias

I am on call when you need me, let me know

But we're drifting in a strange way

I'm aware that it's a mistake if I love you

It's a mistake if I don't

You know space and time wouldn't let you be mine

What I've come to understand

Is entropy wouldn't leave you to me

I'm right back where I began

In the arms of a stranger, pretending it's love

Holding her closely, remembering your touch

And I'm wrapped around your finger, even though I'm knocked up

In the arms of a stranger, pretending it's love

And she smelled like Michigan

And it felt like lust

And the nostalgia's killing me

And it's all because

I'm in the arms of a stranger, pretending it's love

Holding her closely, remembering your touch

And I'm wrapped around your finger, even though I'm knocked up

In the arms of a stranger, stranger, stranger

I'm in the arms of a stranger, pretending it's love

Holding her closely, remembering your touch

And I'm wrapped around your finger, even though I'm knocked up

In the arms of a stranger, pretending it's love

Silence (Sluggo x Loote Remix) lyrics - Mike Posner

[Mike Posner:]

You only love me

In bits and pieces

I keep on workin'

You keep your secrets

That's not an insult

That's not a lie

That's just a statement

Proven by time

'Cause even when I have you

I don't really have you

I am not your last dude

Where'd you get this attitude?

Talkin' 'bout you're leavin'

'Cause you don't believe in

Me and all my reasons

Left me with these demons, demons

And you're just killing me with silence

And you're just killing me with time

I don't know where to put my sorries

You're running laps around my mind

How could you leave me on this tightrope?

And I feel nothing when it storms

You know you're killing me with silence

You hold your halo up with horns

You hold you halo up with

Hor-hor-horns, hor-hor-horns

Hor-hor-horns, hor-hor-horns

Hor-hor-horns, hor-hor-horns

[Labrinth:]

You know you're clever, I'll give you that

You gave me heaven and took it back

That's not an insult

That's just the case

You've had your pretty mask on

For so damn long

That everybody thinks it's your face

But underneath your eyelids

I can hear the silence

Spreading like a virus

Why'd you wear disguises?

Why'd you have to cut me?

Then act like it's nothing

This time I'm not bluffin'

How'd you know I'm bluffin'

Every single time

[Mike Posner:]

And you're just killing me with silence

And you're just killing me with time

I don't know where to put my sorries

You're running laps around my mind

How could you leave me on this tightrope?

And I feel nothing when it storms

You know you're killing me with silence

You hold your halo up with horns

You hold you halo up with

Hor-hor-horns, hor-hor-horns

Hor-hor-horns, hor-hor-horns

Hor-hor-horns, hor-hor-horns

Buried In Detroit lyrics - Mike Posner (feat. Big Sean)

[Mike Posner:]

I'm a writer and a lover

I'm a Midwest music man

And I've been to a lot of places

But I'm gon' end where I began

I took class in Carolina

Got high smoking joints

And now they know my name in Paris

But I'll be buried in Detroit

Next to my father, and my father's father, too

I used to live in New York City

But, baby, that ain't no substitute

Not for my hometown

That place people avoid

I've made love in every city

But I'll be buried in Detroit

I don't claim to be a prophet, I just speak my mind

I try to tell it like it is and sometimes God makes it rhyme

I like my songs how I like my women

Honest and to the point

You see I got fucked up in Stockholm

But I'll be buried in Detroit

Next to my father, and my father's father, too

I used to live in New York City

But, baby, that ain't no substitute

Not for my hometown

That place people avoid

I've made love in every city

But I'll be buried in Detroit

[Big Sean:]

Man, I always kept it righteous knowing it would come back to me

Even when my hunger was outweighing the strategy

And now I'd pray to God like I hope you a map for me

Up at 5 AM like nobody want it as bad as me

I guess hunger either kill you or it energize you

Motor city, boy, I been a driver

The young Detroit legend, I swear I got the city inspired

And bought Em out, too, just to solidify it

D-boy, d-boy, that's how I was raised

Boss up and put the city on, forever my ways

Me and ma started a charity to give the kids clarity

And take it further than the foundation we laid

Thanksgiving Day parade, I got carried through the city

And after that, I hope I get married in the city

And after that, I hope I get buried in the city

Even when I'm gone, you still gon' hear me through the city

[Mike Posner:]

Buried in Detroit

Whoa ho, whoa ho

Buried in Detroit

Whoa ho, whoa ho

Buried in Detroit

Stay With You lyrics - Mike Posner

Take off you make-up, take off your clothes

I wanna wake up next to your nose

Would you let me linger on your lips

I'm still wrapped 'round your fingertips

And if I had me a rocket ship I just fly back home

'Cause I've looked in New York City

And I've checked in Boston too

I've found a couple that were pretty

But I'm still gonna stay with you

I'm gonna stay with you

I'm gonna stay with you

Why don't you slow down?

I can feel it all now

Your heart is raising, I'm still here

Let your hair down and fear not

'Cause I am going nowhere

Yes, I've looked in San Fransisco

And I checked all through L.A

I looked in Dallas, Texas

But something didn't feel the same

So I looked in Detroit City

And then I checked back at Duke

I found a couple that were pretty

But I'm still gonna stay with you

I'm gonna stay with you

I'm gonna stay with you

Searched in New York City

Checked in Boston too

Found a couple that were pretty

Still gonna stay with you

Miley Cyrus lyrics - Mike Posner

When I was a young man I carried my pack

And lived the free life of the rover

I smoked on sativa, guitar on my back

And played my little songs all over

But in 2010, my country said, "Son

It's time to stop rambling, there's work to be done."

And they gave me a tin hat, and they gave me a gun

And they shipped me away to the war

And the DJ played Miley Cyrus

A Party in the USA

And the DJ played Miley Cyrus

And we flew to the Afghan that day

I remember the day our orders came in

I was scared and my stomach was sinking

And when Martinez got shot, I cried with my gun

And I fired right back without blinking

And we moved down the range, we pumped ourselves well

We chased them with bullets

And we showered them with shells

And in ten minutes flood we blown them to hell

I thought of my mom in Atlanta

'Cause she always loved Miley Cyrus

A Party In The USA

Though the words seemed to take on new meaning

As I turned nineteen on that day

I looked at my brothers who'd once been young boys

And their eyes have gone black from the slaughters

And for ten weary weeks I kept myself for life

As we moved down the range towards the water

But then one day a shell knocked my ass over head

And when I woked up in my hospital bed

And when I saw what it had done I wished I was dead

I never knew there were worse things than dying

And the nurses hummed Miley Cyrus

As the doctors explained what was wrong

Yeah, the nurses hummed Miley Cyrus

But I no longer cared for that song

They collected the wounded, the crippled, the maimed

And they sent us all home to Atlanta

The armless, the legless, the blind and the insane

I wore fatigues and a blood red bandanna

We landed on the same runway we'd lefted on February

And when I looked down where my legs used to be

I thanked God that no one was waiting for me

To grieve and to mourn and to pity

And the DJ played Miley Cyrus, again

A Party In The USA

And no one cheered they just stared at us

And slowly turned their heads away

Yes, they slowly turned their heads away

Notebook Poem lyrics - Mike Posner

I fly over Nova Scotia, I swim the ocean blue

I land in New Orleans and eat Poe Boy or two

I am not the person people expect me to be

I'm not warm, I'm not over and I am not in between

I'm living in my car now, I sold all my stuff

Not because I needed money, because I had too much

I'm writing this in a notebook, that no one will ever read

So why am I still pretending I'm who they'd think I'd be?

I am in between the margins, these words are just me clothes

That I wear to cover up, what I want no one to know

Jungle-green, magenta, and underwater-blue

I love every single color, Teardrops + Balloons

Mike Posner other songs:

Amor Fati lyrics - Mike Posner

Amor fati

Feel the vibe

Amor fati, woo

Growin' high

I'm in love with my friends

And they're in love with me too, ooh

Yeah, I'm in love with my friends

What else is there to do, ooh?

No, I don't need no exercise, I got no books to read

Everything is as it is, just as it should be

My face is just a mask I wear, there's something underneath

I lie outside the wears of time, I'm perfect and complete

Amor fati, woo

What's your name?

Everybody, woo

Should do the same

Amor fati (Fati)

Smile and wave (Hello)

Amor fati (Fati)

I'ma ride the wave, hey

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Buried In Detroit (Remix) lyrics - Mike Posner (feat. Big Sean)

[Mike Posner:]

I'm a writer and a lover

I'm a Midwest music man

And I've been to a lot of places

But I'm gon' end where I began

I took class in Carolina

Got high smoking joints

And now they know my name in Paris

But I'll be buried in Detroit

Next to my father, and my father's father, too

I used to live in New York City

But, baby, that ain't no substitute

Not for my hometown

That place people avoid

I've made love in every city

But I'll be buried in Detroit

I don't claim to be a prophet, I just speak my mind

I try to tell it like it is and sometimes God makes it rhyme

I like my songs how I like my women

Honest and to the point

You see I got fucked up in Stockholm

But I'll be buried in Detroit

Next to my father, and my father's father, too

I used to live in New York City

But, baby, that ain't no substitute

Not for my hometown

That place people avoid

I've made love in every city

But I'll be buried in Detroit

[Big Sean:]

Man, I always kept it righteous knowing it would come back to me

Even when my hunger was outweighing the strategy

And now I pray to God like I hope you got a map for me

Up at 5 AM like nobody want it as bad as me

I guess hunger either kill you or it energize you

Motor city, boy, I been a driver

The young Detroit legend, I swear I got the city inspired

And bought Em out, too, just to solidify it

D-boy, d-boy, that's how I was raised

Boss up and put the city on, forever my ways

Me and ma started a charity to give the kids clarity

And take it further than the foundation we laid

Thanksgiving Day parade, I got carried through the city

And after that, I hope I get married in the city

And after that, I hope I get buried in the city

Even when I'm gone, you still gon' hear me through the city

[Mike Posner:]

Buried in Detroit

Whoa ho, whoa ho

Buried in Detroit

Whoa ho, whoa ho

Buried in Detroit

Home lyrics - Mike Posner

I'm 'bout to do this shit

Sick of sitting here

Only got a couple years before I disappear

And I don't know

I'm just a man

But there's more inside me than these people understand

Oh, I think it's time I went and found a way

I'm looking for something different to clear my mind

I'm headed to some place distant that I might not find

And I know that you're worried

I won't make it, but

No, don't worry

I'm gon' make it home (Home)

(Home)

I could die

I'ma do it though

Hope my life becomes a symbol of what's beautiful

Take it there

Make it back

All these people think I'm crazy, I'm okay with that

Oh, I think it's time I went and found a way

I'm looking for something different to clear my mind

I'm headed to some place distant that I might not find

And I know that you're worried

I won't make it, but

No, don't worry

I'm gon' make it home

(Home)

(Home)

(Home)

(Home)

Howling At The Moon lyrics - Mike Posner & Salem Ilese

Your picture in my dresser door

You loved me but not anymore

Now my flowers won't bloom

And I blame it on you

Since you found someone new

I just howl at the moon and my heart goes

"Boom, boom, boom" when I hear your name

Pretty damn sure that you want it that way

You cut me deep and it's not okay

I wanna knock on your door like

"Boom, boom, boom won't you let me in?"

You're still stuck underneath my skin

And I'm a lone wolf on my own again

I'm just howling at the moon

Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh (Yeah)

Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh (I like it, uh)

You said you loved me forever more

And then you moved me off your checkerboard (Yeah)

And now the picture we drew

Is torn up into two

Since you found someone new

I just howl at the moon and my heart goes

"Boom, boom, boom" when I hear your name

Pretty damn sure that you want it that way

You cut me deep and it's not okay

I wanna knock on your door like

"Boom, boom, boom won't you let me in?"

You're still stuck underneath my skin

And I'm a lone wolf on my own again

I'm just howling at the moon

Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

I'm just howling at the moon

i hate her boyfriend's face lyrics - PmBata & Mike Posner

She told me

That her boyfriend is the smartest guy she knows

I'm sure I'm not even close

She told me

That her boyfriend makes her laugh so hard she chokes

I wish I had jokes

I see the way she's fallin' for a guy I wish I was

And I know that when she calls him, she always smiles when he picks up

She's in love with a guy I keep seeing every day

In my camera, in my mirror, and I hate his fuckin' face

But she's in love with his eyes, this boy is everything she needs

But everything means nothin' if I can't love him

The same way she loves me

Da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da

Da-da-da-da, da-da-da

Da, da-da-da-da (Yeah), da-da-da

Da-da-da-da, da (Uh)

I tried to tell her she could do better

But she still pulls him close and smiles with no effort (Uh)

I can't win her heart if I feel like a loser

But even if I could, I'd eventually lose her (Yeah)

I think about it every time that I'm thinkin'

How could she be rescued by a ship when it's sinkin', babe?

Is she delusional? (Yeah)

I feel uglier when she says he's beautiful

You know we climbed to the top of the highest mountain

I'm just a boy scared of my surroundings

It's sad that she loves him this bad, shit

She's in love with a guy I keep seeing every day

In my camera, in my mirror, and I hate his fuckin' face

But she's in love with his eyes, this boy is everything she needs

But everything means nothin' if I can't love him

The same way she loves me

Da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da

Da-da-da-da, da-da-da (The same way she loves me)

Da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da

Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da

I'm Not Dead Yet lyrics - Mike Posner

Told me

It was over

Hoodie on my head, cold breath in the air

People walkin' by like I'm not even there

Last three nights felt like a hundred years (Ooh, ooh)

I get paid for my pain long as I can make it rhyme

But sometimes I can't tell if it's even mine

Either way it's beautiful, look at how it shines

It sounds like

Ooh, it's all in my head (My head)

Lightning and thunderin'

Ooh, I'm not dead yet

In case you were wonderin'

This is what a sad song sounds like

It's been playin' in my head for my whole life

It's beautiful and cruel at the same time

Ooh, ooh, yeah

And this is what a broken heart beats like

It's tearin' up my chest like a jackknife

But it gets me through the good and the bad times (Ooh)

This is what a sad song sounds like

Told me

It was over

Told me

It was over

This is what a sad song sounds like

Say it like you love me, say it like you care (Care)

I know that I'm fucked up, I don't even care (Care)

When I close my eyes, I swear I can disappear

It sounds like

Ooh, it's all in my head (My head)

Lightning and thunderin'

Ooh, I'm not dead yet (Dead yet)

In case you were wonderin'

This is what a sad song sounds like

It's been playin' in my head for my whole life (Whole life)

It's beautiful and cruel at the same time (Yeah)

Ooh, ooh, yeah

And this is what a broken heart beats like (Beats like)

It's tearin' up my chest like a jackknife

But it gets me through the good and the bad times (Bad times)

This is what a sad song sounds like

Told me

It was over

Told me

This is what a sad song sounds like

Told me

It was over

Told me

It was over

This is what a sad song sounds like

iTry lyrics - Brunchs & Mike Posner

Gotta be strong sometimes

Days get long sometimes

It all feels wrong sometimes

But I keep moving on

Yeah, I keep moving on

Even when I know

Through the ups and the downs and all around, you know

I, I try

When things fall apart and times are hard, you know

I, I try

And I keep coming up to the top, I won't stop

I, I try

I try

Dreams come true and we get through

Life gets real, we breeze through

That's December but it seems like June

That's just God playing peek-a-boo

And if you want something that you never had

You gotta do something that you never have

Life balance is easing challenges

And it's hard sometimes but it's never bad

This is the moment I'm supposed to have

I have come too far, I'm not going back

I lost it for a while but the flow is back

Love, peace and joy, I am growing that

And people keep testing me (uh-huh)

But the old me's dead, yeah rest in peace

And now I've got the recipe

I didn't get all my goals but I did get my destiny

Through the ups and the downs and all around, you know

I, I try

When things fall apart and times are hard, you know

I, I try

And I keep coming up to the top, I won't stop

I, I try

I try

I, I try

Sometimes life gets hard

But I keep doing my part

My love is an ocean

I gotta keep it in motion

And I don't always make it

Sometimes I am faking

But love is what I steer towards

'Cause that's what I'm here for

Through the ups and the downs and all around, you know

I, I try

When things fall apart and times are hard, you know

I, I try

And I keep coming up to the top, I won't stop

I, I try

I, I try

(I won't stop, no

I won't stop, I keep trying)

I try

(I won't stop, I won't stop, I keep trying

I won't stop, I won't stop, I keep trying)

I, I try

Jealousy lyrics - Mike Posner (feat. blackbear)

[Mike Posner:]

Ba-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

Ba-da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da

[Mike Posner:]

Jealousy

I can feel, feel, feel it, inside me

That's the truth

No reply

When they call, call, call you, that ain't right

Don't be cruel (Come on, girl, don't be cruel)

'Cause when I see you walkin' by

Lookin' on some other guy

I still want you, darlin'

Girl, you got me on my knees

Wishin' you come back to me

'Cause I still want you, darlin' (Woo)

[Mike Posner:]

Ba-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da-da, da-da, da-da

Don't deny

That you want, want, want me in your life

I could tell

But how you move

Tryna make me jealous with that dude

And you do it well (Ayy)

[Mike Posner & Blackbear:]

'Cause when I see you walkin' by (Ayy)

Lookin' on some other guy

I still want you, darlin' (You, darlin')

Girl, you got me on my knees

Wishin' you come back to me

'Cause I still want you darling (Woo)

[Mike Posner:]

Ba-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da-da, da-da, da-da

[Blackbear:]

Yeah, yeah

I get so jealous, act so hellish

What you mean he's just a friend?

I'm too selfish, I just want you, darlin'

And I pretend that I don't see it

Who you textin' in my bed?

You make me paranoid, I hate this, darlin'

Yeah, Coco Chanel, I see through it all

And you can't control your alcohol

And then you wonder why I get so involved, I'm insecure

About the way you talk and 'bout the way you walkin'

All over me and then you tell me off

And I hate the way you share your love, I see through you

See through you, yeah

[Mike Posner & Blackbear:]

'Cause when I see you walkin' by

Lookin' on some other guy

I still want you, darlin' (Ayy)

Girl, you got me on my knees

Wishin' you come back to me

'Cause I still want you darling (Woo)

[Mike Posner:]

Ba-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

Ba-da-da-da-da, da-da, da-da

Hey, ayy

Live Before I Die lyrics - Naughty Boy & Mike Posner

I stopped smoking weed a year ago

Maybe I'm less cool now, I don't know

But I talk to pretty girls now

Instead of sitting there all stoned

I stopped smoking weed a year ago

And I stopped drinking Hennessy on ice

I thought it made my fans think I was tight

I'm still up in that nightclub

On way too many nights

But I stopped drinking Hennessy on ice

See I've been running from my past

But my future's just too fast

He don't stop for no one, that's no lie

So, dear Lord, won't you please

Give me wisdom, grant me peace

'Cause I just wanna live before I

Live before I die

Die

Live before I die

Yeah, I just wanna live before I

I just wanna live before I

I just wanna live before I

I just wanna live before I

Yeah, I stopped thinking 'bout the girls back home

Even though I spend my nights alone

I button up that shirt then spray on that cologne

Yeah, I stopped thinking 'bout the girls back home

See I've been running from my past

But my future's just too fast

He don't stop for no one, that's no lie

So, dear Lord, won't you please

Give me wisdom, grant me peace

'Cause I just wanna live before I

Live before I die

Die

Live before I die

Yeah, I just wanna live before I

Live before I

I just wanna live before I

I just wanna live before I

I just wanna live before I

I stopped smoking weed a year ago

Maybe I'm less cool now, I don't know

But I got two more albums done

Instead of sitting there all stoned

Yeah, I stopped smoking weed a year ago

Looks Like Sex lyrics - Mike Posner

Alright

Forget them other boys, baby

Forget them other guys

Yeah, I see your nose ring

Might as well be a bull's-eye

Used to pull girls like you, nope!

Not in '09

You ain't a mixtape chick baby

Had to sell a million for your time

Say ayo

Can you hear me? Uh, can you hear me?

One more time, say ayo

Can you hear me?

I can make it rain, make it soak all night

You just give me a chance, make it feel alright

That ass makes me want to ooh

You know exactly what you do

I would really like to take that home

Everybody here knows

She looks like sex, sex, sex, sex

She looks like sex, sex, sex, sex

She looks like sex, sex, sex, sex

She looks like sex, sex, sex, sex

She looks like

Liking what I see girl

Trying not to let it show

Let me see your brain's up

You gotta let them know

I don't mean to be rude but

Baby, I can break you off

You can sleep with the minute man

But I'm all night long

Say ayo

Can you hear me? Uh, can you hear me?

One more time, say ayo

Can you hear me?

I can make it rain, make it soak all night

You just give me a chance, make it feel alright

She looks like sex, sex, sex, sex

She looks like sex, sex, sex, sex

She looks like sex, sex, sex, sex

She looks like sex, sex, sex, sex

She looks like

That ass makes me want to ooh

You know exactly what you do

I would really like to take that home

Everybody here knows

She looks like sex, sex, sex, sex

She looks like sex, sex, sex, sex

She looks like sex, sex, sex, sex

She looks like sex, sex, sex, sex

She looks like

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