Know-Madness by GenJi

KNOW-MADNESS Couple roads don’t show up on maps I been walking those anyway Got a mind that don’t sit still long Got a heart that won’t behave They say slow down, pick a lane Plant your feet, stay where you land But my roots don’t grow in straight lines They move like shifting sand I go quiet, then I go wild Disappear, then reconcile If you’re looking for a steady line You won’t find it in my style Some folks take what they can carry Some folks carry what they give I been called a drifter, baby But I leave more than I live Nomad, said it like no-mad Like I never settled in But I know the shape of my own mind I just don’t live where you’ve been I get locked into a moment Like the world falls out of frame Then I’m chasing something distant Like a spark I couldn’t name You might call it contradiction I just call it how I’m wired I don’t burn at half a measure I go dark or I’m on fire I’ve been lost in what I found Feet off earth, then back on ground It ain’t chaos if it’s truth Just a rhythm you ain’t tuned to Some folks take what they can carry Some folks carry what they give I been called a drifter, baby But I leave more than I live Nomad, said it like no-mad Like I never settled in But I know the shape of my own mind I just don’t live where you’ve been Not no-mad… know-madness I know every turn it takes Every silence, every surge Every line I never say If I wander, it’s on purpose If I vanish, I return I ain’t breaking, I’m just moving At a frequency you don’t learn Some folks take what they can carry Some folks carry what they give I been called a drifter, baby But I leave more than I live Call it madness if you need to I’ve been answering within I don’t stay still long enough To look sane to where you’ve been Nomad… Know-madness… I don’t lose myself in motion I just find where I begin