Catastrophic - Rapto Tempus

[Eedee]

Eedee's LoF: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=145655
DGAF's LoF: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=145675

Beat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9OV-Gtm ... re=related

*First drop from newly formed CW group "Catastrophic", comprising of Eedee and Mr.DGAF.

CATASTROPHIC - RAPTO TEMPUS

Eedee
Mr.DGAF

[Chorus] (:26)
I do as much as I can in the time that I'm given,
Maybe 25 to life cuz my mind is a prison.
I try new positions, and I fight through submissions,
But the tick-tick-tick are all the seconds that I'm missing.
Am I a prisoner forever? As the hours fly by,
But as they turn into days, it all powers my mind.
How do we fight this fucking timeless might? Pace the night?
Kinda like we do now, and just erase my pride.

[Verse 1] (:55)
If I went back fast and killed my own grandfather,
I'd laugh harder, cuz he wouldn't even have daughters.
I wouldn't be alive, like an after-hours paradox,
These facts have powered scary thoughts which adds to mass hysteria
I stagger back in glaring shock and ask if that is fair at all?
What happens after parents fall? My captive hasn't dared to talk
I master magic, spare the lock, sleight of hand, so where's the box?
The height of man, you fight to stand but right to land, my careful plot,
Is shot to Hell, that awful smell, I stop your yell, I cherish not
To have to bare to watch his hour glass run out of sand
With the power in your hands to make a coward of a man
Who only now can understand why time will wait for nothing
Fly away for something? Hope? He'll stay in sad despair,
Because my two hands in work do more than his two hands in prayer.
I stoop down to glare into our hostage's mind
Let the news flash declare we took the father of time.

[Chorus] (1:50)
I do as much as I can in the time that I'm given,
Maybe 25 to life cuz my mind is a prison.
I try new positions, and I fight through submissions,
But the tick-tick-tick are all the seconds that I'm missing.
Am I a prisoner forever? As the hours fly by,
But as they turn into days, it all powers my mind.
How do we fight this fucking timeless might? Pace the night?
Kinda like we do now, and just erase my pride.

[Verse 2] (2:15)
Now I've got some time to recollect, sit in retrospect
Never let my message get to a level that I'll forget the threats
Of letting all my devils win, my childhood was far from easy
Nor was it hard or breezy, it was somewhere intermediate,
Like the six o'clock hand, yeah, but there's six ingredients,
That pick apart man and show that I am nothing special
As it cuts to seven, the hands come together perfectly synched
And I sit perched in my seat, thinking curiously
What is the power of these words that I speak?
Is it worth it to see? How come it hurts when I breathe?
My eyes are shut, my time is up, I feel broken inside,
I open my eyes to see the night is young, I'm totally right.
I know that my life will only be what I'll make of it
So I make a wish in hopes that maybe I'll escape a bit
To a place where kids are ancient in their age but their face isn't
These hands of mine hold sands of time, but alas they're capable of breaking.

[Chorus] (3:12)
I do as much as I can in the time that I'm given,
Maybe 25 to life cuz my mind is a prison.
I try new positions, and I fight through submissions,
But the tick-tick-tick are all the seconds that I'm missing.
Am I a prisoner forever? As the hours fly by,
But as they turn into days, it all powers my mind.
How do we fight this fucking timeless might? Pace the night?
Kinda like we do now, and just erase my pride.

[Mr.DGAF]

YES!

[ShAdYTiLIDie]

HELL YEAH! I'm so glad you guys did this lol you two are definitely in my top fav writers on CW, and this piece was outstanding, every single transition seemed really smooth and easy. I didnt catch the flow at some parts but Im betting thats just cause I messed up when I was reading it to the beat. Awesome track guys definitely pumped to hear some more collabs by you two!

[Mr.DGAF]

HELL YEAH! I'm so glad you guys did this lol you two are definitely in my top fav writers on CW, and this piece was outstanding, every single transition seemed really smooth and easy. I didnt catch the flow at some parts but Im betting thats just cause I messed up when I was reading it to the beat. Awesome track guys definitely pumped to hear some more collabs by you two!

Thanks man! Admittedly, the flow is tough to pick up a little bit, so no worries if it doesn't come clearly in the first couple tries.

[JamaicanPattlez]

LOL at the Naruto sample, hahaha. That's dope, I wasn't even expecting it. Yeah, the flow was hard for me to register in my mind. But no doubt in my mind that this is a great piece, maybe try working more on that to make the flow stick out better? The chorus fucked me up, cause it kinda had the same pace in my head haha. What I really liked is the transition of lines between the both of you. It's not really used often, so props to that. Only thing I'd say is the flow, but maybe that's just me! Keep it up to the both of you, I wanna see more from you guys.

[mdemaz]

Lol, nice.
The chorus sounded a bit awkward in my head...
It was pretty smooth for the rest of the track, though.

[Mr.DGAF]

.Haha, couldn't let Ego run away with the best group. So thus, Catostrophic was born haha. But thanks for the looks guys, it was really easy to write this with Eedee, great writer . We got some stuff planned for you guys

[Eedee]

It's called "Rapto Tempus" because that literally means "Kidnap Time" in Latin.

Chorus 1: The situation from time's point of view; he's already kidnapped.

Verse 1: The slingshot effect; we go back and we're narrating kidnapping time, literally, kidnapping time. We drop hints throughout the piece regarding 'time' and clocks and whatnot.

Chorus 2: The same as chorus one. Just reiterating time's struggle.

Verse 2: Now that we kidnapped time, we use that time to go back and reflect on our past etc.

Chorus 3: Our reflection of our past now 'traps' us in ghosts of the memories, and now the lyrics are from OUR point of view.

Yup yup, I'm glad you guys enjoy this. DGAF and myself have some drops planned for ya

[Gummybur]

This is sick, shit.

I see what you're getting at now. I was writing just to write. I really can't have anything bad to say about this piece, or towards anything in general. Thanks for the constructive criticism! Again, great stuff.