58 ContributorsHi Ren Lyrics

Ren wrote in the comments of this song’s release video:

“Up until I was 9 years old, I would intermittently hear a voice in my head that was not my own. The voice was distinctly different to mine, and always… Read More 

[Instrumental Intro]

[Chorus]

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[Verse 1]

Hi there, Ren, it's been a little while, did you miss me?

You thought you’d buried me, didn't you? Risky

'Cause I always come back, deep down you know that

Deep down you know I'm always in periphery

Ren, aren't you pleased to see me?

It's been weeks since we spoke, bro, I know you need me

You’re the sheep, I'm the shepherd, not your place to lead me

Not your place to be biting off the hand that feeds me

[Verse 2]

Hi Ren, I’ve been taking some time to be distant, I’ve been taking some time to be still

I'vе been taking some time to be by mysеlf since my therapist told me I'm ill

And I've been making some progress lately, and I've learnt some new coping skills

So I haven't really needed you much, man, I think we need to just step back and chill

[Verse 3]

Ren, you sound more insane than I do

You think that those doctors are really there to guide you?

Been through this a million times, your civilian mind is so perfect at always being lied to

Okay, take another pill, boy, drown yourself in the sound of white noise

Follow this ten-step program, rejoice!

All your problems will be gone! Fucking dumb boy

[Verse 4]

Nah, mate, this time it's different man, trust me, I feel like things might be falling in place

And my music's been kinda doing bits too, like I actually might do something great

And when I'm gone, maybe I'll be remembered, for doing something special with myself

That's why I don't think that we should talk, man, 'cause when you're with me, it never seems to help

[Verse 5]

You think that you can amputate me?

I am you, you are me, you are I, I am we

We are one, split in two, that makes one, so you see:

You got to kill you if you wanna kill me

I'm not leftover dinner, I’m not scraps on the side

Oh, your music is thriving? Delusional guy!

Where's your top ten hit? Where's your interview with Oprah?

Where are your Grammy's Ren? Nowhere!

[Verse 6]

Yeah, but, my music's not commercial like that

I never chased numbers, statistics or stats

I never write hooks for the radio, they never even play me, so why would I concern myself with that?

But my music is really connecting

And the people who find it respect it

And for me, that's enough, 'cause this life's been tough so it gives me a purpose I can rest in

[Verse 7]

Man, you sound so pretentious!

Ren, your music is so self-centered

No one wants to hear another song about how much you hate yourself, trust me

You should be so lucky, having me inside you to guide you

Remind you

To manage expectations, provide you

Perspective, that thing you neglected, I get it

You wanna be a big deal, next Jimi Hendrix? Forget it

(Man, it's not like that)

Man, it's just like that, I'm inside you, you twat!

(No, it's not, man you're wrong, when I write I belong)

Let me break the fourth wall by acknowledging this song:

Ren sits down, has a stroke of genius

He wants to write a song that was not done previous

A battle with his subconscious, Eminem did it

(Played on guitar?) Plan B did it!

Man you're not original, you criminal rip-off artist, the pinnacle of your success is stealing other people's material

Ren, mate, we've heard it all before

Oh, "She sells seashells on the sea shore"

[Verse 8]

Fuck you! I don't need you, I don't need to hear this

'Cause I'm fine by myself, I'm a genius!

And I will be great, and I will make waves

And I'll shake up the whole world beneath us

[Verse 9]

That's right, speak your truth!

Your fucking god complex leaks out of you

It's refreshing to actually hear you say it instead of downplay it

“Ugh, music is all about the creative process

And if people can find something to relate to within that, then that's just a bonus”

[Verse 10]

Fuck you! I'ma fucking kill you, Ren

(Well, fucking kill me, then! Let's fucking have you, Ren)

I'mma do it, watch me prove it, who are you to doubt my music?

‘Cause I call the shots, I choose if you die

Yeah, I call the shots and so I choose who survives

I'll tie you up in knots when I lock you inside

[Bridge]

News flash

I was created at the dawn of creation, I am temptation

I am the snake in Eden, I am the reason for treason

Beheading all kings, I am sin, with no rhyme or reason

Sun of the morning, Lucifer, Antichrist

Father of lies, Mestophales

Truth in a blender, deceitful pretender

The banished avenger, the righteous surrender

When standing in front of my solar eclipse

My name, it is stitched to your lips, so you see

I won't bow to the will of a mortal, feeble, and normal

You wanna kill me? I'm eternal, immortal

I live in every decision that catalysed chaos, that causes division

I live inside death, the beginning of ends

I am you, you are me, I am you, Ren!

[Bridge 2]

Hi Ren, I’ve been taking some time to be distant, I’ve been taking some time to be still

I’ve been taking some time to be by myself and I've spent half my life ill

But just as sure as the tide starts turning, just as sure as the night has dawn

Just as sure as the rainfall soon runs dry when you stand in an eye of a storm

I was made to be tested and twisted, I was made to be broken and beat

I was made by His hand, it's all part of His plan that I stand on my own two feet

And you know me, my will is eternal, and you know me, you've met me before

Face to face with a beast, I will rise from the east, and I'll settle on the ocean floor

And I go by many names also, some people know me as hope

Some people know me as the voice that you hear when you loosen the noose on the rope

And you know how I know that I'll prosper? 'Cause I stand here beside you today

I have stood in the flames that cremated my brain and I didn't once flinch or shake

So cower at the man I've become when I sing from the top of my lungs

That I won't retire, I'll stand in your fire, inspire the meek to be strong

And when I am gone, I will rise in the music that I left behind

Ferocious, persistent, immortal like you, we’re a coin with two different sides

[Chorus]

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[Spoken Outro]

When I was seventeen years old, I shouted out into an empty room, into a blank canvas that I would defeat the forces of evil

And for the next ten years of my life I suffered the consequences...

With autoimmunity illness, and psychosis

As I got older, I realized there were no real winners and there were no real losers in psychological warfare

But there were victims and there were students

It wasn’t David versus Goliath, it was a pendulum

Eternally swaying from the dark to the light

And the more intensely that the light shone, the darker the shadow it casts

It was never really a battle for me to win, it was an eternal dance

And like a dance, the more rigid I became, the harder it got

The more I cursed my clumsy footsteps, the more I struggled

So I got older

And I learned to relax, and I learned to soften, and that dance got easier

It is this eternal dance that separates human beings from angels, from demons, from gods

And I must not forget, we must not forget, that we are human beings