arms length

Summertime and I'm caught in the wind currents I got things to do but the pressure make less urgency See me in reflections as I walk through faded memories And if I faded myself, now would you tell on me? It's a pothole in the road, it's a steady cycle And I look back on when I wanted to be a disciple Hanging with a cult, that's what my mom said But they saw through me, like I had my palm read Then I saw the light, I keep 'em at arms length I keep 'em at arms length I keep 'em at arms length I keep 'em at arms length Friends come and they go, we keep our distance I let my enemies know, they need assistance We got close enough, 'til the day the lies spread They got run amok, now I keep 'em at arms length Autumn arrives and I find time to say grace Running my future on track and at a great pace I can't slip up, I got non-slip shoes on And I can't miss my shot, 'cause dawg, I'm too on But oops, I bricked it Oops, I missed it I feel it coming Another guilt trip Another season of doing the same things Damn mistakes that plague me 'til probably end of days And that's real I keep 'em at arms length Arms length I keep 'em at arms length Arms length Friends come and they go, we keep our distance I let my enemies know, they need assistance We got close enough, 'til the day the lies spread They got run amok, now I keep 'em at arms length Winter time and I'm finding myself alone I got demons, they like Mongols, the way they invade my home And I target all their fallacies by writing all these songs It's on point, sometimes it's not As I told you, my mind is gone, brother People I used to love, they gone, brother People calling my bluff, they gone, brother Picture me screaming at my own mother Man, why's the wintertime so long, brother?