Promises The promises we make They clock us in at night And check us out the next day Tired, but not forever so The feeling of the day before Was really much more Than anyone could pray for Empty dream machine without you Man's in chains His mind's at war again, I fear It's darkened angels are present here for real And silenced now by this dread I thought I'd got my life straight I thought I'd changed it But it seems I've been crawling lately I've prayed, I've cried Don't let me fall I'm a chastened man Right now Right now, I feel this pain I feel this transition But I don't know what to say Release me now Empty dream machine without you Listening to Asha sing Dum Maro Dum We acquire honor from, if but a modicum A heart driven by the drum is what I borrow from in the shadowy light of the night Until tomorrow come, protection from clove, cinnamon and cardamum My chalice wasn't masala, it's something harder, son My brainchild went from little one to martyrdom Gave the bug to the inspiration we had caught it from The armor stay wrapped tight like a chrysalis There's planets in the palm of my hand like it's a callous On the mountain top is a wonderland like it was Alice So every blood vessel expands, forbidden talents Doing tantric downward, a gold tooth in a trash can Was the beginning of me kinda' taking my last stand When I was Wimbledon, they tried to swing me the back hand Part of the pendulum and do me like I'm a black man That's black like spirits, black like Krishna Or black like a deity that's trapped like a prisoner It's a wrap like chiba, rolled up into the rizla Empty dream machine without you When you're black like Evil Dee or black like Sizzla I need you on my team I need you on my team Vision is distorted I love you in that colour Floating up above you I'm trying to get my dream back Need you on my team I need you by my side, girl Need you on my team No automatic replies Love you in that colour I need you on my team, girl Floating up above you I need you on my team, girl Need you on my team This vision is distorted I need you on my team I'm floating up above you Empty dream machine without you Look up, I'll recover 'cause I need you on my team Love you in that colour An empty dream machine without you Need you on my team No automatic replies Love you in that colour I need you on my team, girl Need you on my team No automatic replies Empty dream machine without you