ENIGMA

Winter 2024

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  • this song contains no lyrics

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    I'm prolly the youngest in the room, unless I'm the oldest
    It's hard to say and hard to know, I'm moving where it ain't coldest
    No, it's just pretty cold
    I wouldn't say that I'm the boldest, I'm just pretty bold
    Actually I'm light and condensed
    You see I'm white and repressed
    I'm tryna write out my stress
    I'm tryna tidy my mess
    Tryna do right with what's left
    Had the leave the game, cause I didn't like it no more
    Had to leave the States cause the new cycle implored
    Been lying for a year and a half, but that's not the point
    Had to loosen up the pen, had to tighten up the joints
    Had to take some pressure off my shoulder
    But I am not the Boulder
    Let me be clear, I will fight a child
    I promise that's not a threat, I'm just saying
    I said that I was going nach Deutschland and they thought that I was playing
    Aber, was soll ich sagen, nah, hier bin ich
    And it wasn't labor or luck, no it was a gift
    Nah, that might just be semantics, tryna not to be pedantic
    Put a pause on the romantics, til i figure out my manness
    Or whatever the plan is, I don't know
    Butterfly, child, ghost, scarlet and snow
    Whatever

    No please don't flirt with me if you ain't got any cellulite
    Won't try to sell you my life, or sell you my name
    Honestly I'm disinclined to even tell you my aims
    Cause it's almost guaranteed that in the morning they'll change
    So if I said I'm making a game, would that even be true?
    Should you really trust me as much as I trust you?
    I could say anything and you might believe it
    I prefer red wine and I'm allergic to tree nuts
    I'm not really a scotch guy
    I never swung out when I was swinging a drop-nine
    Only time I'll drink a mock tail's in a mock tie
    And I get why the NWSL isn't a top flight
    Huh, now that's not gonna age well
    (Brother!!!) is busy puttin' out fires in age hell
    Meine wunderbare Schwester might capitalize on the estate sale
    But we don't really know
    Been learning that's okay
    Been learning how to pray
    Been learning how to rage
    Been learning how to stop circling the drain all day
    Been learning how to dodge perfect and just make my way (makin-my-way)
    I'm rolling with the punches, I'm tolling dead in the dungeons
    I'm taking hold of my functions, I'm breaking molds and some crutches
    I'll make breakfast lunch and supper and then clean it all up
    Now you say that you love her, do you mean it or what?

    Yeah I been livin' laughin' lurking like a housecat should
    Yeah I'm a kitten not a flerken, I don't scratch that good
    But I been sharpening my claws, learning where to put my paws
    So they don't hit me with a Terry stop or probable cause
    Cause I'm berry much a bandit, man I thought you already knew
    On a whim picked up a camera, then I'm making OUT THE BLUE
    Mixed a bit up at The Postage, what a God-full-circle moment
    That all started with a photo of the water they'd be throwin'
    Nah it's crazy when you think about the path that I been walking on
    Been stayin off the roads so I don't have have to brawl like Bakugon
    But the dots connect and the lines have been drawn, and it's a
    Constellation of great expectation, like the song (heyo!)
    Now I was made for greatness and created to accomplish
    Or that's what I been thinking the whole tine that I been on this
    Making music and movies thing, but if I'm being honest
    It's a weight upon my shoulders and I'd like to drop it

    Stuart Clark is not your Golden Child anymore
    But I'm still a hero to my hometown, watchu take me for?
    I do the same thing every time? Man give me two years
    Then circle back to this one when you realize I've got new peers
    Man that's a called shot straight to the sky
    Got my name cloak, the wizard Seeker ain't here to die
    So it's drives me crazy when y'all smile and nod like it's a pipe dream
    "No, trust me, pal; you're not that guy" Pal, I might be
    If I start listing my giftings, yeah I would sound like Paul
    Which is why young Stubuzz thought that he was dropping the ball
    "To whom much is given, kid, so go punch and the wall"
    How many seconds of eternity until I evolve?
    Yeah there's layers to that one and there's cloves to me
    Infinitely-sided diamond that's as square as could be
    Yeah I check all the boxes
    Got the charm cause I pet all the foxes
    Ever Given couldn't block this
    I been loved by all my bosses, yeah
    I'm proficient in Paylocity and Tripleseat
    A nonprofit in Uptown is saying they missin' me
    Did a small stint there didn't know the objective
    But now just call me Deviré cause I no longer have a question, no
    Run me my money if you want all of my time
    Spent eighty-four days in Deutschland learning not and how to die
    Leavin skin on the floor, working on not being shy
    But I'm still making mistakes, like "you don't roll for scry", no
    Eight years of this, no way I'm stopping now
    Had to ask about my purpose up in Heaven's lost and found
    Said I'd checked it at the door when I was bunkering down
    But now I'm coming back around, yeah I'm coming back in town
    Darling's on his way, yeah you know that I'm heavensent
    Nah I'm still tryna make some sort of sense of my epithets
    The pressure's settling on my shoulders like it's sediment
    So I'm not your Golden Child, I'm His, and that's the end of it

    I got
    Supercorp on my chest, socks dappled with the crest
    Is that a flex, or just how I'm dressed
    Or perhaps is it indicative of something that's a bit more complex?
    Nah, take a guess
    I'm perplexed by how we're relegated me and my kind
    I'm perplexed by the celebrations deep in my mind
    What's going on up there? What is it that you gotta hide?
    If no one knew and no one cared, what is it that you'd wanna try?
    A handful of things, after a moment's hesitation
    Cause there's people in my orbit who'd condemn the demonstration
    Would take my transformation as the proof of Christ's abdication
    And I'm not ready for that conversation
    Don't you trust God, don't you love me?
    So why's your first thought to rebuke and not to hug me?
    I hope you take some time to pray before you judge me
    Cause if God made Felicia, then I think He made her lovely
    Yeah
    No if God made Felicia, then He probably made her lovely
    I hope God made Felicia
    Trust me

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    Hiding in the shadows, waiting to be loved
    Wanting to be cherished, no, you're begging to be hugged
    Hands to the sky, your face turning blue
    They won’t let you breathe, won’t let you be

    Felicia, you don’t have to hide yourself away
    Don’t be afraid
    Felicia, I promise you it’s going to be okay
    We’ll find a way

    I don’t want to walk like I hate the floor
    I don’t want to raise my voice, I don’t want to slam the door
    I want to be gentle, I want to be soft, I want to be kind
    I don’t want to shake the house cause of the anger I’ve got inside
    Yeah there’s venom in my veins, but there’s beauty in there too
    Cup your hands around my face, you’ll catch her staring back at you
    The delicate man who wants to be a darling wife
    To a woman who will love me because of and not despite
    The femininity and the rage, dear Felicia in a cage
    No she’s the beast and she’s the prey, she’s gnawing on her leg
    The one they told her not to cross so folks wouldn't get the wrong impression
    Tell me, tell me, God, is Felicia meant for heaven?
    No, did you design her just so I could deny her?
    Is she divinely inspired, does she belong on a pyre?
    Or would you invite her into your arms and hold her tight
    And tell me, tell me, that it’s going to be alright?

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    Weit weg
    Stay off the red bricks, that's the right way
    But what's the right move, what's the right play?
    Where will I go, nah, where will I stay?
    When's the day that I'll get to say "endlich"?
    Spent too many years medicating and repressing
    Three cycles on, I still got so many questions
    Like, why'd you go and give all of these blessings
    If you just wanna keep isolated me from my brethren, wirklich?
    No tell me what's the plan, tell me what's the purpose?
    Is your Golden Child meant to be good or just perfect?
    Can I rest now, or must I keep on working?
    No, I need someone to tell me that it's worth it, bitteschön
    Heaven-sent with all these gifts, I need to pick and choose
    Got these echoing thoughts, I need an interview
    Feels like I'm still stuck sittin' in the blue
    Maybe I just need to stop and sit with you
    Yeah, maybe I just need to stop
    And sit with you, yeah
    Maybe
    Maybe

    I'm begging no more questions please
    Still doesn't make sense to me
    Let me sing myself to sleep
    Let my find my peace in peace

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all songs written by Stuart Clark
except “Enigma” which was written by Stuart Clark and Meredith Irvin
visit Genius Lyrics for full transcriptions

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