Released: June 19, 2016

Songwriter: Halsey K.A.A.N.

Producer: SGULL

[Chorus]
Are you insane like me? Been in pain like me?
Bought a hundred dollar bottle of champagne like me?
Just to pour that motherfucker down the drain like me?
Would you use your water bill to dry the stain like me?
Are you high enough without the Mary Jane like me?
Do you tear yourself apart to entertain like me?
Do the people whisper 'bout you on the train like me?
Saying that you shouldn't waste your pretty face like me?

[Verse 1]
I've been living with the demons that I got in my soul
I been thinking 'bout the pain that I got on my mind
My conscience don't exist from the things that I did
I been praying for forgiveness of the way that I live
You can find me in the zone I swear to god I is
Ain't nobody breathing currently the words like this
I'm a different type of nigga never worried 'bout the funds
I was focused on progression bitch I gotta get it done
I said I tried to bring it in but ain't nobody get it once
A nigga pressure was minding I had to find a way around it
I ran a couple miles couldn't find myself
Gon' get fucked up 'cause it always helps
Imma drown in my sorrows all by myself
On a quiet night you'll find me staring at the wall
With a somber thought
I feel like I been here before my nigga
Tell me what you really know my nigga
I'm insane like a motherfucker
Try to find a way to articulate
Taking plenty of time to author ridiculous text
I been giving you real even though I'm riddled with stress
Took 1 hit 2 hits 3 hits 4
I cry for help but nobody respond
My emotions gone, yeah they all up and down
My self-esteem left and my confidence squandered
Got all of this pain that I deal with alone

[Chorus]
Are you insane like me? Been in pain like me?
Bought a hundred dollar bottle of champagne like me?
Just to pour that motherfucker down the drain like me?
Would you use your water bill to dry the stain like me?
Are you high enough without the Mary Jane like me?
Do you tear yourself apart to entertain like me?
Do the people whisper 'bout you on the train like me?
Saying that you shouldn't waste your pretty face like me?

[Verse 2]
I been killing myself for a dream I don't even believe in
It's really entertaining when you give it your all
I put my soul upon the table all they do is analyze it
I beseech the simple rhymes that I ain't never told nobody
When I start a rap the suicidal thoughts
Are running rampant through my mind
I made the mental find a way I guess
I can really make it vivid
So they see the clearer picture of depression
Panicking, I can't take this shit
My god
Tell me why you put me here for
I'm gone
And I don't want to live no more
Oh lord
The pain is temporary I hope
I know
That I was not created just to waste it, that's the truth
So why the fuck do I feel crazy
Can't explain it
It's a feeling deep inside of me
I got no witnesses left
I know I'm lost on the path I chose
Never lie upon the record, I will not be exposed
I'm only giving reality
I'm a lyrical legend
My complimentary honesty is a rarity yes
You feed the fallacy to them but I'm not really impressed
'Cause I can read between the lines and deceitful lies
Are you insane like me?
Been in pain like me?
Do you tear yourself apart to entertain like me?
Want to change like me?
But you can't like me?
Terrified that your misery going to remain like me?

[Chorus]
Are you insane like me? Been in pain like me?
Bought a hundred dollar bottle of champagne like me?
Just to pour that motherfucker down the drain like me?
Would you use your water bill to dry the stain like me?
Are you high enough without the Mary Jane like me?
Do you tear yourself apart to entertain like me?
Do the people whisper 'bout you on the train like me?
Saying that you shouldn't waste your pretty face like me?

K.A.A.N.

Maryland-based rapper Brandon Perry, known as Knowledge Above All Nonsense (abbreviated to K.A.A.N), is best known for his cynical, twisted tracks and fast bars. His music is heavily influenced by the abuse he has experienced, including substances, his musical idols growing up, his depression and anxiety, and his struggle to grow his fan-base. K.A.A.N is not one to use simple language – his vocabulary is far larger than that of other rappers around and he flaunts it within his tracks often.

I like the expressionistic part of music. Like how you can say the craziest thoughts, feelings, and emotions inside of you, put it in over instruments, put it out—and then you find there are people that feel exactly the same as you do. I spend all of my free time writing or recording.

He is best known for his songs “Mary Jane”, “Lonely” and “KAANCEPTS.” All of these songs were all produced and recorded in mid to late 2015, except “Mary Jane,” which was released in June 2016, and “KAANCEPTS”, a remix of Dr. Dre’s “Deep Cover”. All three tracks feature the fast bars, pessimistic perspective and huge vocabulary common to most of his music.

From the album