Lyrics
[Start – Spoken] [Male Voice 1] It ain’t always about getting gone. [Female Voice] Sometimes you’re just trying to turn everything down to the volume it should’ve been. [Male Voice 2] Pass that. [Verse 1 – Male Voice 1] Back been talking since a quarter to eight Knees got opinions and they both irate Work put a knot ’tween the neck and spine Every little movement got a complaint line So I break down green on a magazine Fingertips careful, little ritual clean Roll one straight, put a flame to the front First pull slow— [Group] Blunted. [Male Voice 2] Pain still there, but it lost that bass Quit kicking the walls, took a seat someplace Ain’t no miracle cure, ain’t claiming it’s gone Just ain’t got the microphone, ain't carrying on [Chorus] [Group] Blunted. Blunted. Blunted. [Female Voice] Not gone— [Group] Blunted. [Female Voice] Not solved— [Group] Blunted. [Male Voice 3] Just low enough to hear myself think. [Group] Blunted. [Verse 2 – Female Voice] Mind got crowded around half past ten Same bad thought that brought eleven friends Heart beating fast like it missed its train Then ran through the station and came back again Phone facedown, let the whole room hush No doom-scroll sermon, no artificial rush Twist it at the end, little paper canoe Spark, pull, breathe— let the smoke pass through [Group] Blunted. [Female Voice] That thought had teeth, now it’s mostly gums Still in the room, but it ain’t got drums I can name what I feel without wearing the fear Put a little safe distance from there to here [Chorus] [Group] Blunted. Blunted. Blunted. [Male Voice 1] Not gone— [Group] Blunted. [Male Voice 2] Not solved— [Group] Blunted. [Female Voice] Just low enough to hear myself think. [Group] Blunted. [Verse 3 – Male Voice 3] Some fool called sideways, voice full of threat Said one slick thing he might learn to regret Heat hit my jaw, both fists went tight Pride said, “Go handle it.” Sense said, “Not tonight.” So I rolled that leaf while the anger paced Let it stomp three circles, then it misplaced half of its speech and the reason it came By the second exhale, I'd forgot dude’s name [Male Voice 4] That ain’t weakness, that’s knowing your gauge Some men feed fire, some men lower the flame I got work tomorrow, people I love And nothing he said was worth no handcuffs [Group] Blunted. [Break – Beat Pulls Back] [Male Voice 2] Pain knocking? [Group] Blunted. [Female Voice] Nerves talking reckless? [Group] Blunted. [Male Voice 3] Temper climbing? [Group] Blunted. [Male Voice 4] Whole damn day won’t quit? [Group] Blunted. [Male Voice 1] Nowhere to drive. Nothing left to prove. Door locked. Water poured. Let the needle find the groove. [Verse 4 – Male Voice 4] Midnight came, but my head stayed noon Every old mistake pulled a chair in the room Ceiling fan counting what I should’ve done Tomorrow starting early today ain’t even done Grind, line, roll with a practiced hand Not running from life, just helping it land Window cracked open, low lamp lit One small ember at the end of it [Group] Blunted. [Male Voice 4] Shoulders came down, jaw unclenched Mind stepped back from the courtroom bench Sleep found the door it had passed all night Nothing turned perfect— it just turned quiet [Bridge – Five Voices Trading] [Male Voice 1] Know your own body. [Female Voice] Know your own mind. [Male Voice 2] Know when it helps— [Male Voice 3] Know when it hides. [Male Voice 4] A tool ain’t a master unless you hand it the throne. [Female Voice] Sometimes regulation means leaving it alone. [Male Voice 1] Sometimes talk helps. [Male Voice 2] Sometimes rest does. [Male Voice 3] Sometimes it’s medicine. [Female Voice] Sometimes it’s just buzz. [Group] We don’t call it salvation. We call it what it did— The trouble stayed grown, but the sharp edge— [Pause] Blunted. [Final Chorus] [Group] Blunted. Blunted. Blunted. [Female Voice] Pain in the body— [Group] Blunted. [Male Voice 3] Storm in the temper— [Group] Blunted. [Male Voice 4] Noise in the mind— [Group] Blunted. [Male Voice 1] Not gone. Not solved. Just low enough to hear myself think. [Group] Blunted. [Outro – Spoken] [Male Voice 2] You good now? [Male Voice 3] I’m better than I was. [Female Voice] That’s not the same answer. [Male Voice 3] No. [Pause] It’s the honest one. (Blunted) [End]