Sincerely, Jane Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Left the city, my mama, she said don't come back home
These kids 'round killing each other, they lost their minds, they gone
They quitting school, making babies, and can barely read
Some gone on to their fall, Lord have mercy on them
1,2,3,4, your cousin's here 'round here selling dope
While they daddy, your uncle, is walkin' round, strung out
Babies with babies, and their tears keep burning
While their dreams go down the drain now

[Chorus]
(While their dreams go down the drain now)
Are we really living, or just walking dead now?
(Are we walking dead now?)
Or dreaming of a hope riding the wings of angels?
The way we live, the way we die
What a tragedy, I'm so terrified
Daydreamers please wake up
We can't sleep no more

[Verse 2]
Love, don't make no sense, ask your neighbor
The winds have changed, it seems that they've abandoned us
The truth hurts, and so does yesterday
What good is love, if it burns bright and explodes in flames
[Breakdown]
Lord have mercy
Have mercy, have mercy
Lord have mercy

Are really living, or just walking dead now?
Have mercy
Have mercy


[Bridge]
We live, then we die
And we never know, that's why

So young, now we're gone
Now are you gone?
We live, then we die
But never touch the sky

So young, now we're gone
Now are you gone?

[Spoken Outro]
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Its now time for you to come home, my dear
You've been gone long enough
Thank you
We must come, we must go

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Genius Annotation

The song changes the structure of the album. Now, Janelle is back from her alter-ego to describe the environment around her and draws similarities to the dystopian world she created.

The signs of the same were seen in the rap verse (Cybernetic Chant) of the song “Many Moons” from the same EP. The ideas presented there are expanded in different ways here.

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