picture myself on an island
populous
a kind of curated metropolis
a real life sim city
man, cut me some slack - i was like 17 when i thought of this
all municipal offices, send your crack survey teams out to do some reconaissance
all along the perimeter
reservoirs of sparkling life giving water are bottomless
even then it seemed stupid
yet every year, little by little i kept adding to the blueprint
first a couple of blocks just for best friends
a vintage dolanc deck out on the west end
hold up, double back
barge where the troublemakers causin trouble at
buy me a vowel, i'd like to solve the puzzle, pat
grand prize, my own dry dock franchise - i'm lovin' that
tommy like a boss on dateline
emporium exploding the dow jones big time
none of that new upscale crap either
i'm talkin raffia crows, googly eyes, felt, beads, and grapevine
step back into altered space
93, hit coffee club, check on bonna just in case
yep, same old same, here
still got all my same old games on game gear
yule squad coming in quick from out of town
gotta make that rooftop run without a sound
selling nostalgia by the pound
take the good, leave the bad, give it a name, lock it down

picture myself on an island
picture myself on an island

grown up, graduated
gave a fancy rock to a girl off the mansfield block
old ways eradicated - i'm a davis you're a davis, so is miles - booyah, validated
build the team up right away
but true to the namesake do it in a silent way, and dude
dont tell me i got my hands full
i never hitch myself to a wagon i can't pull
take em around, geek em
out, and show em stuff
see kids, old dad's always been a soda buff, look at this
'89, out on the back porch, barely six, me and chris, built this pepsi fountain outta bricks
and it's fallen a time or two
still a wellspring of that rare old mountain dew
still a reminder god's love abounds for you
up to a number that can't be counted to
will you just look at the grounds surrounding you
without him they're all idea no followthrough
follow you just like tails in sonic 2
anything you do, i will also do
and when one day you break
down
over all the years you spent drawing plans for a fake town
think back where they came from
the conflagration you got that eternal flame from
a flicker of an instinct
that for milliseconds allows you to think the way kids think
the hope that can only be known in the warm embrace of the place that you got your name from
so picture your island but recognize
it's heaven in disguise, so stand be incentivized
life's sad, life is a bust, i sympathize
but keep that joy down in your heart, you know, religion-wise