[Verse 1 - Black Smith]
As I lay myself down to sleep
I hope for one night at least I'm granted slight relief
Class work pilin' up, barely Red Bull in my cup
Mixin' it with Tylenol PMs 'cause I like the stuff
Wishin' for escape from a reality that's too severe
Can't even wind down, slumber broken by some Paul Revere
Yellin' that I stay awake and rush to battle with myself
I answer (the) bastard's call with sincerity, tell him "Break yo'self!"
And now I'm pacin' back and forth, awaiting maintenance on my floor
Bracin' for that one day of my Waterloo that's left in store
The score ain't even settled yet my eyes are shiftin' toward the door
Can't even crack the code in this case to close my lids no more
Defenses too poor against the nocturnal monsters of my mind
Brick by brick, bar for bar, they dismantle walls set up from my rhymes
Forgotten horrors realized terrorize and tore my temple's veil
Blasted through my double conscious with cannons and scorched the sail
Now I'm danglin' from my feet, they hoist me up for my entrails
I gotta admit defeat as the sun sets on my own hell
But this loss is just results of my own sin
'Bout to be one hellish night if I keep on at the day's end...

[Hook]
(vocalizing)
I can't feel my face
What will I do?
I can't feel my face
What will I do
Without you...?

[Verse 2 - JOBE]
As I lay my head down tonight
I know the planets are aligned, I know its alright
Yeah, it's all A-grade: life's a test--- A grade!
My mind starts wanderin' through high school and 8th grade
How I got right here today
How I got much more to say
Act like I don't give a fuck, guess I gave 'em all away
Yeah...that's not the attitude I wanted
It's the attitude I fronted
All the in-crowders were stuntin
I just wanted to be one of them--- I wanted them to choose me
Then I woke up one day and barely knew me
Yeah! That was my moment of epiph
Realized that I went and dropped the ball and lately I had missed
All the marks I set out for myself; I wasn't even me no more
I sat there lookin out the window tears would hit the floor
Like this morning: I was overcome with fear
Had to brush my teeth in the shower, could not look myself in the mirror
..That's when I said, this ain't a life worth livin'
No suicide, I said: "Joe, we gon' get it!" (Yeah!)
I see it's true the grass is greener; no blazin'
It's finna be a good night if we continue with the day's end...

[Hook]
(vocalizing)
I can't feel my face
What will I do?
I can't feel my face
What will I do
Without you...?

[Verse 3 - Black Smith]
As I lay my head down tonight,
I hope the pills that I take will drown my tears and fright
And permit me a chance to break through my own plight
And let my soul for a second levitate and take flight
Hope the cosmos grant me opportunity for clarity
And pass me to a plane with no regard for gravity
Ruminations 'bout space and time and life's brevity
Culminate in experience lackin' hope or faith or charity
So I down a pill or two, or three, when there is no use
So my brain can finally take a break and let my body choose
To enter that realm where the past is present, spirits on the loose
I only find it fair, I've paid for quite a few my debts and dues
Laid back, arms spread, motionless in an empty room
Ignorin' all the signals---sure lucidity is at the loom
Buried deep off in the recesses of cerebral dunes
Lids low, but I've kept my word to always search for the truth
Senses slow, chopped and screwed, hope the final message sent
Passed from state to state, seventh heaven turnin' hell-bent
Jolt awake, in my own inferno---recognize the scent
Can't even feel my face at this point in the day's end...

[Outro]
(vocalizing)
I can't feel my face
What will I do?
I can't feel my face
What will I do
Without you...?