Jan 14, 2018 Both seem thematically similar and deal with a lot of the same issues regarding fame and the regrets that come along with his identity as a public figure. Along with that, they touch on the desire to be able to give Hailie a normal life away from the spotlight as a result of his lyrics and fame. He's very hard on himself in both songs. Here are some lyrics that I feel resonate with one another. In Your Head back then I put anything Into the rhyme, whether it was sad, mad, happy or angry I spit it, the mainstream, I hit it Yay me, I did it! …Did what? Hailie, baby, I didn't mean to make you eighty Percent of what I rapped about Maybe I shoulda did a better job at separating Shady and entertaining from real life Say Goodbye Hollywood I'm trapped, if I could go back, I never woulda rapped I sold my soul to the devil, I'll never get it back I just wanna leave this game with level head intact Imagine goin' from bein' a no one to seein' everything blow up, and all you did was just grow up emceein' It's f---ing crazy, ‘cause all I wanted was to give Hailie The life I never had Instead I forced us to live alienated, so I'm saying ------------------------------ In Your Head I'm just drivin' as far as I can get Away from these problems 'til all of my sorrows I forget What's tomorrow like? 'Cause tonight I'm startin' life again Get to the corner and stop, f--- am I goin'? Besides psycho when I fantasize startin' my whole life over Yeah right, oh and I might go and Get hypnotized so I don't even recognize no one Say Goodbye Hollywood Bury my face in comic books, ‘cause I don't wanna look At nothing, this world's too much, I've swallowed all I could If I could swallow a bottle of Tylenol I would And end it for good, just say goodbye to Hollywood I probably should, these problems are pilin' all at once ------------------------------ In Your Head f--- it, I've done enough in this rap s--- Recovery brought me nothin' but back To right where I was and perhaps This coulda been my victory lap, if I wasn't on the verge of relapse Say Goodbye Hollywood I don't wanna quit, but s---, I feel like this is it For me to have this much appeal like this is sick This is not a game, this fame, in real life, this is sick . . I never dreamt I'd get to the level that I'm at This is wack, this is more than I ever coulda asked ------------------------------ Obviously both songs stand on their own, but I listened to them back to back recently and I think they pair together well as a couplet. I don't think it was intentional or anything dumb like that, I'm just bored and this forum doesn't have that much activity so I figured I would throw it out there.
Jan 14, 2018 what the f--- .... is he talking about in the remix ? who are people that hate this song? It's top 7 since his comeback and top 3 on this album.
Jan 15, 2018 I didnt care for it at first but it definitely grew on me. Its emotional in a genuine way rather than a corny one like Tragic Endings or something But for Revival, I think I put it after Believe, Framed, Offended, Castle, Arose and Chloraseptic. Nearly top 5. Still pretty nice tho
Jan 15, 2018 this is like Stan CSI s---. That 2nd verse is great though. this is the most r-----ed post I've ever read
Jan 15, 2018 The flow of the first line here is f---ing impeccable Its funny cause I feel like modern Eminem would have tried way too hard to ride out the "goin-from-bein" rhyme pattern until it got exhausted or forced. The fact that he only rhymes "goin-from-being/no one-to-seein/blow up/grow up emceein" and then drops the flow for a more natural sounding speech in "all i wanted was..." until the end makes the moment of brilliant flow so much more memorable, and it doesn't sacrifice the emotional impact of the subject matter in favor of lyrical miracles. I actually think this is a prime example of what's wrong with current Eminem although everyone already knew that
Jan 15, 2018 It's pretty f---ing bad. I swear some fans are so simplistic; ''HE RAPPED ABOUT HIS REAL LIFE OMG IT'S GENIUS!'', some people just love introspective s--- so much that no matter what it is they praise it. It's some of his laziest writing on the album, and it feels like he's desperately trying to claw at emotion which isn't there, same old s--- about fame and Hailie guilt, feels like he's babbling "yay me I did it, did what?", he's just saying a whole lot of nothing. Definitely wouldn't call it top 7 comeback either. Not even top 20.
Jan 15, 2018 While this is one song I can actually listen to on revival, why is he doing that annoying enunciation on the 2nd verse??! Has no purpose and kinda ruins what would've been a solid track. Its like fine line. Could've been an awesome song, but that annoying whisperYELLL delivery that starts in the first verse , and the second verse where it sounds like he's fighting the yelling till it erupts out of him for no good reason is really annoying. 3rd verse is great though
Jan 15, 2018 "back then I put anything Into the rhyme, whether it was sad, mad, happy or angry I spit it, the mainstream, I hit it Yay me, I did it! …Did what? Hailie, baby, I didn't mean to make you eighty Percent of what I rapped about Maybe I shoulda did a better job at separating Shady and entertaining from real life" Every f---ing time Em uses this rhyme scheme (Never Enough, We're back, etc) it's always the same s---: Hailie/baby/mainstream/crazy/shady But what bothers me the most about this song -aside from the annoying screamy flow- is how he ends so many bars in the middle of sentences just to rhyme: "Didn't mean to make you EIGHTYYY ...... percent of" What this tells me is that he has no idea where he was going with the verse, and let the rhymes dictate the content. No one talks like this, imagine if this was talking to Hailie and he paused like that on "eighty". It would sound f---ing weird, like he's talking about her age or something. Also, the fact that he rhymed Relapse with 'victory laps" twice within 2 songs of eachother is trash. And "sad, mad, happy or angry" is pointless filler
Jan 15, 2018 I honestly think it's just part of the rhyme scheme, nothing more..zombie track, psychotic track, kehlani that, conscious rap...rocket pack.
Jan 15, 2018 Exactly what I was talkin' about when I say Em will never ever have another classic album unless he dies.
