In my own way, this feel like livin'
Some alternate reality
And I was drownin', but now I'm swimmin'
Through stressful waters to relief

Yeah, oh, the things I'd do
To spend a little time in Hell

And what I won't tell you
I'll prolly never even tell myself

Don't you know that sunshine don't feel right
When you inside all day?
I wish it was nice out, but it look like rain
Grey skies are driftin', not livin' forever
They told me it only gets better

My regrets look just like texts I shouldn't send
And I got neighbors, they're more like strangers
We could be friends
I just need a way out
Of my head
I'll do anything for a way out
Of my head

Well, okay

I'm always sayin' I won't change but
I ain't the same
Everything is different, I can't complain
Don't know what you missing
Shame on you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Shame on you

Everything is strange, that's just a game
Everybody tripping, throwing it away
We was getting lifted, now we getting paid
Shame on you

I pay the cost to see apostrophes
That means it's mine, keep to myself, taking my time
Always into some bullshit, and out of line
Driving with my eyes close, missing all the signs
Turn the ignition, I'm driven and sitting pretty
Listening to Whitney and whipping it through the city yeah
Man on a mission, figure it out
Putting way too much on my shoulders, please hold me down
I keep my head above the water (Water)
My eyes is getting bigger, so the world is getting smaller (Smaller)
I've been getting richer but that only made me crazy
Mama told me I was different even when I was a baby
That Mercedes through the PA when I pull up, sounded like a concert
Or a, or a monster truck, I'm tripping but I'm falling up
I always said I want it all, but it's not enough
O-kay

I'm always saying I won't change but
I ain't the same
Everything is different, I can't complain
Don't know what you missing
Shame on you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Shame on you
Everything is strange, that's just a game
Everybody tripping, throwing it away
We was getting lifted, now we getting paid
Shame on you

We only just begun
No, we don't wanna hurt your feelings
I was only just begun

No, we don't wanna
Hurt (Hurt)
Feelings (Feelings)

Down go the system, long live the king
Turn the power off and get your water from the spring
I'm bringing everyone with me when shit get iffy
I give a hundred and fifty percent
'This, this shit that I'm dealing with, but wish I forget
Used to be feeling depressed,
Now that I'm living and I'm feeling obsessed
Yes, high in Jacuzzi's I been hitting the jets
I'm showing her some love she been giving me sex
Bless bless bless
Respect the outline, don't fuck around and be a victim of your pride
Why you lying? (Why you lying?)
Tell the truth and step aside
I don't got the time to let it slide (Yep)
I'm too grounded, push whips, that move mountains
New crib, blue fountains
These are my surroundings
I've been going through it, you just go around it
But it's really not that different when you think about it

I'm always saying I won't change but
I ain't the same
Everything is different, I can't complain
Don't know what you missing
Shame on you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Shame on you

Everything is strange, that's just a game
Everybody tripping, throwing it away
We was getting lifted, now we getting paid
Shame on you

Hurt
Feelings

Yeah, okay we colder than the breeze
But the breeze ain't flowin' like me, motherfucker, hol' up
You don't need to hol' up, yeah
And I can show you how it seem, what it is, what it truly might be
Nothing that you know of, you don't need to hol' up
I'm so above and beyond you, take drugs to make it up
Way up where we on, space shuttle, Elon
Time we don't waste much, fuck and we wake up
Then I have her sing just like Céline Dion
Catch me if you can but, you'll never catch me, damn
Whole lotta, "yes, I am"
All the way in with no exit plan
Already left and the jet don't land
Yeah, the time is ticking
Come take a ride, get inside, this is highly different
I'm talking fly, got the pilot with me
Can I mind my business? Why you trippin'?
Give you somethin' that your eyes can witness
Ooh, too close
I don't understand why you doing the most (ooh)

You can love it, you can leave it
They'll say you're nothing without it
Don't let them keep you down
What if I don't need it? There's something about it
That just freaks me out
I just want another minute with it, fuck a little
What's the use? (what's the use?)
Never superficial, you gon' know it when it hit you
Get a little sentimental when I'm off the juice (turn it up)

Well, I'ma give you what you came for, yeah
Shit, I've worked too hard to have a clue who you are
Set the bar so far above par, we can parlay all day
Crib long range with the yard
I know I should probably pray more, but you gotta love me
'Cause I save the day, spend money
When I had nothing, shit, it wasn't so funny
Made a promise to the homies, nobody'd go hungry
Look how far we came, still they throwin' dirt on my name
But it never worried my brain
Heads turnin' like a hurricane swervin'
Tell the sun, get up outta my shade
They don't get the picture, cut 'em out of my frame, shit
I'm up 30 thou miles plus change
It's been a while but I'm down 'til I'm out
And it is what it is 'til it ain't

Ooh, oh, oh
I just wanna fly, ah

You can love it, you can leave it
And say you're nothing without it
Don't let them keep you down
What if I don't need it? There's something about it
That just freaks me out
I just want another minute with it, fuck a little
What's the use? (what's the use?)
Never superficial, you don't know it when it hit you
Get a little sentimental when I'm off the juice (ooh)

You can love it
It just freaks me out

He starts off the album with a common [phrase] ¨Drowning¨. He names the album swimming for a reason. He says he was droning but now he´s swimming. This is a theroretical statement. From his mental health declining. You can see he´s starting to finally get better. Saying he´s getting stable. He puts his emotion in his music which is amazing. You can feel what he´s going through. I feel like a rhetorical choice Mac made was starting ¨Come Back to Earth¨ in such a low and depressing style like how he was feeling. But later on in the song, Hes getting more optamistic.

I really enjoyed how the podcast went through every single lyric. You can see that Mac wasnt just making music. This was his therapy. And when you dive into it. You can see what was going through his head. Mac is a real lyrical artist.

Cole Cuchna, the speaker for the podcast Dissect, talks about Mac Miller in an interesting way. He first starts off by telling us about how his whole album comes about by forming 2 different albums together. Both of those albums talk about how Mac feels very lost in his mind. It tells us how he feels like he is drowning without having a way out. Mac stated in an interview that you could either sink or swim. He ends up talking about how he regrets texting about getting the drugs that ended his life. That regret was really big on him because he was supposed to be getting better. There's a line where he states, “I have neighbors more like strangers we could be friends.” This shows that he’s suppressing himself inside his own head because he wants to have friends, but he’s to much in his head that it seems he hasn’t tried to even step out to make that a real friendship.  

I start to think he is making this album for his well being, because he starts off the album with confession. He starts off the album repeating the same hook over and over again. ¨I just need a way out of my head¨ (Come back to Earth). He feels trapped in his head. That he´s constantly going in circles. But what if he got out of his head? He´s consantly saying, ¨And I got neighbors, they´re more like strangers. We could be friends.¨ Mac if he got out of his comfort zone and out of his head, Change would happen. He can get to know strangers but hes stuck. Stuck in his head. Mac has been needing change but feels like hes stuck. He later on gets through this. This leads to what i like to call a rebirth. A different Mac Miller is coming out. One that isnt drowing anymore but swimming. Finally not falling down that rabit hole. But catching his feet. He´s getting the help he needed. Im glad to see that hes improving.