Cover art for Caps Lock by M.I.A.

Caps Lock

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Caps Lock Lyrics

[Intro]
What's around me?
What's around me?
What's a—what's around me?
Liquid washed down my throat like soap
I don't wanna think about this shit, that's warped
I don't wanna be deep on this beat
But I can't fucking let go of what's around me


[Verse 1]
Cap locks are still on when I log off to sleep
My baby stays awake for every dream I try to keep
No matter what they say, I'll carry on thinking this way
I oversee my life and what's happened to me


[Chorus 1]
Li—li—li—liquid washed down my throat like soap
Yeah, I don't wanna think about this shit, that's warped
But—but I don't wanna be deep on this beat
And I can't fucking let go of what's around me
Liquid washed down my throat like soap
Yeah, I don't wanna think about this shit, that's warped
But—but I don't wanna be deep on this beat
And I can't fucking let go of what's around me

[Bridge 1]
Yeah, my left side is my right side
If it's vice-versa, I'm still the same side
If my left side is my right side
If it's vice-versa, I'm still the same side
[Bridge 2]
Stay a little, it gets better
I never chose to let up
They left or right, don't matter
I just got a new writer
Stay a little, it gets better
I never chose to let up
They left or right, don't matter
I just got a new writer

[Bridge 1]
Yeah, my left side is my right side
If it's vice versa, I'm still the same side
If my left side is my right side
If it's vice-versa, I'm still the same side

[Interlude]
(Cap locks still on when I log off to sleep)

[Chorus 2]
I don't wanna get lost on your screen
Except when it's hit by a big sunbeam
I want you to know my thought stream
That's why I'm always trying to stay in my dream
I don't wanna get lost on your screen
Except for when it's hit by a big sunbeam
I want you to know my thought dream
That's why I'm always trying to stay in my dream
Cap locks are still on when I lo-
[Outro]
Stay a little, it gets better
I never chose to let up
They left or right, don't matter
I just got a new writer
Stay a little, it gets better
I never chose to let up
They left or right, don't matter
I just got a new writer
Stay a little, it gets better
I never chose to let up
They left or right, don't matter
I just got a new writer
Stay a little, it gets better
I never chose to let up
They left or right, don't matter
I just got a new writer

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