They say we are what we are, but we don't have to be I'm bad behavior, but I do it in the best way I'll be the watcher of the eternal flame I'll be the guard dog of all your fever dreams Oh, I am the sand in the bottom half of the hourglass Oh, I'll try to picture me without you but I can't Cause we could be immortals, immortals Just not for long, for long Live with me forever now, pull the blackout curtains down Just not for long, for long We could be immortals, immortals Sometimes the only payoff for having any faith Is when it's tested again and again every day I'm still comparing your past to my future It might be your wound, but they're my sutures Oh, I am the sand in the bottom half of the hourglass Oh, I'll try to picture me without you but I can't Cause we could be immortals, immortals Just not for long, for long Live with me forever now, pull the blackout curtains down Just not for long, for long We could be immortals, immortals Live with me forever now, pull the blackout curtains down They got a lot of hate for me They tryna keep heaven's gates open late for me I see the way the wolves salivate for me If I don't make it home, baby, don't wait for me Shit, it was a murder up in Harlem I heard it was a riot down Georgia Out in Michigan and Watts, California God bless Ferguson, Baltimore Chaos and less order, we could be immortal It's already gon' be another martyr It's already gon' be another murder The nature of the monster that we a part of Say a little prayer for yourself, for your daughter Do a Hail Mary, then run for the border Where I come from, my whole life spans shorter I got stress disorder We could be immortals, immortals Just not for long, for long We could be immortals, immortals We could be immortals, immortals