Kid Cudi – MANIAC Lyrics

Featuring: Cage & Saint vincent
Produced By: Anthony Kilhoffer, Marcè Reazon & Mike Dean
Track 11 on Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
10. The Mood 12. Mr. Rager
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[Intro]
Paint the black hole blacker {*6X*}

[Talking over Intro]
Yeah
I swear to tell the truth
The whole truth
And nothing but
Yes
Hey

[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! I love the dark maybe we can make it darker
Give me a marker

[Hook: St. Vincent]
I am a maniac {*3X*}

[Cage]
I am the maniac, I am the fool
I found a monster in me when I lost my cool
It lives inside of me, eating what's in its way
I put black spraypaint on my windows during the day
I want to spend time with it, I think I'm losin it
Or I found it and I'm usin 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

[Hook]
Track 11 on Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
10. The Mood 12. Mr. Rager
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About MANIAC

Maniac marks the first song in “The Transformation” section of MOTMII. It is Cudi’s exploration of the darker parts of his personality. The song is his way of expressing the darkness that has rooted it’s self in his psyche. Breaking convention, Cudi admits that he has embraced this aspect of his personality, often choosing seclusion(which represents the darkness) over displaying his true thoughts and feelings because it is less difficult to deal with than the real world. It is also argued that this is the first song written after beginning withdrawal from coke.

The sample for this song is St. Vincent’s The Strangers

On October 31st (Halloween) a short movie called “Maniac” with Kid Cudi and Cage acting as serial killers was released. It is not the music video of the song but used themes of it and features new music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FVemNLOwCJ0

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