Released: November 9, 2010

Featuring: St. Vincent Cage

Songwriter: St. Vincent Anthony Kilhoffer Cage Kid Cudi

Producer: Marcè Reazon MIKE DEAN Anthony Kilhoffer

[Intro: St. Vincent, Kid Cudi]
(—the black hole blacker)
Paint the black hole blacker (Yeah)
Paint the black hole blacker (I swear to tell the truth)
Paint the black hole blacker (The whole truth)
Paint the black hole blacker (And nothing but)
Paint the black hole blacker (Yes)
Paint the black hole blacker (Hey)

[Verse 1: Kid Cudi]
I am the maniac, I am the ghoul (The ghoul)
I'm in the shadows in the corner of my room (My room)
This my new hideaway, this is my tomb (Tomb)
This is my coffin, this is my place for unruliness, no worries
I love the darkness, yeah, I'd like to marry it
It is my cloak, it is my shield, it is my cape (Cape)
I love the dark, maybe we can make it darker (Darker)
Give me a marker

[Chorus: Kid Cudi, St. Vincent]
I am a maniac
I am a maniac
I am a maniac
(—the black hole blacker)

[Verse 2: Cage]
I am the maniac, I am the fool
I found the monster in me when I lost my cool (Yeah)
It lives inside of me, eating what's in its way
I put black spray paint on my windows during the day
I want to 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 can picture this
Put black holes in my jar lid, I climb the wall
I'm too high now, I'll die from the fall
Before the water's to our knees, we can't climb when the trees
Wash away, you and I are the disease

[Chorus: Kid Cudi]
I am a maniac
I am a maniac
I am a maniac

[Outro: Kid Cudi, Cage, St. Vincent]
(I am the maniac)
I am a maniac
I am a maniac
(I am the maniac)
I am a maniac
(—the black hole blacker)

Kid Cudi

Kid Cudi, born Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi on January 30, 1984, is an American recording artist from Cleveland, Ohio.

His debut single “Day ‘n’ Nite” became an online favorite in 2008. Based in Brooklyn, he first became affiliated with Fool’s Gold, the label of DJs A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs. After releasing his popular mixtape A Kid Named Cudi, Cudi’s career took off as he got associated with Kanye West and joined his label G.O.O.D Music.

His catalog currently counts 6 solo studio albums, Man on the The End of Day, Man on the Moon The Legend of Mr. Rager, Indicud which was released after Cudi famously departed from GOOD Music and the latest ones Satellite The Journey To Mother Moon, Speedin' Bullet To Heaven and Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin'.