[Kid Cudi:] I swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but Yes hey I am the maniac I am the ghoul I’m in the shadows in the corner of my room this my new hideaway this my tomb this is my coffin this is my place for unrulyness, no worries I love the darkness yeah I like to marry it it is my cloak, it is my shield, it is my cape I love the dark, maybe we can make it darker give me a marker
I am the maniac I am the maniac I am the maniac
[Cage:] I am the maniac, I am the fool I found a monster in me when I lost my cool it lives inside of me eating whats in its web put black spray paint on my windows during the day wanna spend time with it, I think I’m losing it or I found it and I’m using it I wear my shades at night so I can look in the abyss I see something in nothingness if you could picture this put black holes in my jar lid I climb the wall, I’m too high and now I’d die from the fall before the waters to our knees we can’t climb on the tree’s wash away and you and I are the disease
I am the maniac I am the maniac I am the maniac
I am the mani-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maniac (I am the maniac) I think I’m losing it (I am the maniac) I am the mani-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maniac (I am the maniac) I think I’m lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-sing it (I am the maniac)
Up with your turret Aren't we just terrified? Shale, screen your worry from what you won't ever find Don't let it fool you Don't let it fool you...down Dancing around, folds in her gown Sea and the rock below Cocked to the undertow Bones blood and teeth erode, with every crashing node Wings wouldn't help you Wings wouldn't help you...down Down fills the ground, gravity's proud You barely are blinking Wagging your face around When'd this just become a mortal home? Won't, won't, won't, won't Won't let you talk me Won't let you talk me…down Will pull it taut, nothing let out
Digital Witness는 미국의 아트록 뮤지션 세인트 빈센트(St. Vincent, 이하 본명인 Annie Clark의 애니)가 2014년 발표한 셀프 타이틀 앨범의 수록곡으로 대중적인 성공을 거두지는 못했으나 비평적으로 높은 평가를 받아 NME 5위, 뉴욕 타임즈 4위, 복스 6위, 슬랜트 10위 등 각종 매체에서 2014년의 노래를 뽑은 순위에 이름을 올렸다. 애니는 오이스터와의 인터뷰에서 "이 곡의 주제를 요약하면…...