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Metaphors

from In a World by The Persona

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  • The Persona’s crowdfunded comic book EP was released on June 17, 2016. “In a World” is an EP in which the songs in a digital album correspond to stories in a print comic book. The music and script were written by The Persona, and the art was illustrated by Austin artists Anissa Bryant and Ruthie Junto.

    The A-side is Metaphors, an industrial hip hop anthem written by the Persona while he worked on an offshore oil rig. Ruthie Junto’s comic shares vignettes of The Persona’s time working in the Gulf of Mexico.

    The B-side is Passarola, an electro-ambient song that uses images of flight to convey the challenges of committing to change. In the Passarola comic, Anissa Bryant illustrates stories from The Persona’s childhood in which he visits his family by plane.

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Comic:
Written by The Persona
Illustrated by Ruthie Junto

lyrics

If I write enough lines I know I'm gonna find it
Might take a little while, but, guys, I gotta try it
Remix and revise in my mind until I like it
cisum eht ot evalssb, take a moment to rewind it
Like a pick-six that you just weren't expecting
Wasn't looking for a pass but I took an interception
Didn't write these lyrics just to keep y'all guessin'
I'm the man on the mountain tellin' y’all I'm the best 'n'
mighta noticed like diamonds, these lines are shining
they go hard just the same and forever I'm rhyming
There's glitter on my lips like I kissed your neck
Push me down further 'til I'm in your chest
Now your heart goes harder for The Persona
The beat that I bump is the one thatcha love
Pulse 'til you sweat, soakin' wet
Now we're back to your lips; guess you heard I'm the best,

Wider than angel wings
Taller than cathedral doors
I'm a halo shining bright
Bigger than these metaphors
Hotter than the coals of hell
Fiercer than the hounds of war
Here to drag you through the night
Bigger than these metaphors

Stand tall on my altar, J.D. don't falter
Hold me, from your knees, above all others
Like Zeus I thunder, like Mars his brother
I stomp a new beat, making armies shudder
Aphrodite's lover; Same to your mother
I'm Poseidon when I'm rhymin', flowing over and under
Yeah, I'm good when I'm deep, let me into your sea
Let the tide roll over you, my trident, and me
Like a hero of Homer, this quest I'm on
Sees me bestin' the gods as the song plays on
Turn your headphones up 'n' hear an epic sound
Ambrosia for ears 'cuz I'm chorus-bound

Finding new ways to get my name on your playlist
Finding new ways to say I'm the greatest
There aren't enough words written to tame it
All the poems ever spoken pale to proclaiming

credits

from In a World, released June 17, 2016
Written, recorded, produced, and performed by The Persona; add’l vocals by Timothy Banfield; Mixed by Payton Long.

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Austin-based ElectroPop–Alternative Hip Hop; featuring a stage presence that ventures from punk rock attitude to hip hop braggadocio to sly indie irony.

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