Dave – Survivor's Guilt Lyrics

Survivor's Guilt

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"Survivor's Guilt." - Dave

Friday, 23 October 2026, 08:05 pm

Album: We're All Alone In This Together

Track No: 12

Look, lemme show you behind the scene
Behind the glitz and the glamour and all the lights you see
Behind the rumours on the life I lead
Let me talk to the people like it's the mic and me
The truth is I got really bad anxiety
I'm on the motorway crying in the driver's seat
I don't even know where I'm going
I got love, but I don't know how to show it
Is this life?
When you feel like giving up, know you're close
I been saying the least and knowing the most
I've had ups and downs
But the highest of highs never last for as long as the lowest of lows
Survivor's guilt
I feel the worst at my happiest
'Cause I miss all my **** that couldn't be in this life I built
That's the type of shit that only I can feel
Getting me in the mood
My ex has got ivory skin
Which is funny 'cause it's really the elephant in the room
Is that enough reason to bury me in a tomb?
I fell in love with an Albanian, I know it's mad
We're not together 'cause her family would hold us back
I saw the red flags, I wouldn't want my child to grow in that
Rum and Red Bull, it's a culture clash
I don't wanna let life tear us apart
I see the internet gossip and it wears on my heart
I fuck with her, she was there from the start
I'm seeing 'em laugh at me cah I'm vulnerable
Ain't that the shit that rappers supposed to do?
I'd rather rap about arguing with my girl than fuckin' your girl
But I don't mind becah the both are true
Ignoring my messages
These times I know she on her—
Worst part is I wouldn't even do the same
Hate or love it, you gotta charge it to the game
Gotta charge it to the—
Heavy is the head, but don't play with my heart
I feel like a footballer when I'm making my art
Through ball how I'm managing the weight of the past
I felt so much pain that I've got favourite scars
And my house got wings like my favourite cars
And the milly rock my favourite dance
You can call it what you want it, but I got it off of taking a chance
I didn't take an advance
Fame comes with a price, you can't pay in advance
For six long years I've been playing my part
Like a freak in the circus when they're making him dance
I got nights where it's light and I got days where it's dark
And the waters that I swim in, it ain't safe for the sharks
He a gangster, but the stress gonna take him apart
I'm with the **** that I claimed from the start
I see you **** changing
They didn't make it
It's a shame it takes falling to your death
For a person to appreciate fully the gravity of the situation
But that's just irony at its finest
Black women, I just wanna say I'm sorry
I done a lot of dumb shit, I won't lie to you
I wanna be a voice for you, be a light for you
I know I haven't done enough, I wanna try for you
Wanna be on the front line for you
Campaign for you
Make change for you
I just wanna help in any way
Being genuine, I think about it every day
Tour life, traveling every day
Nerves paralysing when you get to stage
You feel love for an hour and then it gets to fade
Imagine what that does to your mental state
Imagine being a millionaire at a tender age
You don't even know whether to spend or save
My mum had to grow up fast, she expects the same
I was twenty with a mortgage and rent to pay
So what's happening?
I got guerrillas all around me, allow me
Don't get grabbed in a party or lack in it
You'll die for a wine like Joffrey Baratheon
Pattern 'em
The government ain't gonna help with all the issues that I'm tackling
The way you talk about politics is baffling
I wouldn't even trust my own shadow in a cabinet
Cabbin' it, can't drive no more
I've been looking for the answers, sure that I'll find 'em
I don't judge an accent, but the story behind it
We all know loss, but there's glory behind it
I'ma make a film for my mum and tell her tale to the world
This album, it's just the soundtrack
Look at her story and a year in her life
And tell me if It doesn't bring a fuckin' tear to your eyes
In this together
I thought wishin' wouldn't hurt, but take it over
I'm done holdin' at your lies
So knowin' that it weren't for any one thing
You know you love fast and I know you want to stay
In the clouds, my head's sippin' up
Let the other try, said I don't wanna try
I thought wishin' wouldn't hurt, but take it over
I'm done holdin' at your lies
So knowin' that it weren't for any one thing

Writer(s): Dave & Jorja Smith.

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