Lil Nas X – “Sun Goes Down” [Audio, Lyrics, Video]

American rapper, singer, Lil Nas X premieres the visual for the “Sun Goes Down” track, co-produced by Roy Lenzo, Omer Fedi & Take a Daytrip. Watch the video, listen, stream, buy, read the lyrics, mp3 download the song.

Lil Nas X Sun Goes Down

He rocked the industry with “Old Town Road” and caused havoc after releasing the music video to his “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” single, and now Lil Nas X has returned with a song that he has called his most “vulnerable” to date. The 22-year-old artist has been enjoying all that fame and riches can bring, but he still struggles with issues that he’s faced since his childhood. In a recent interview with PEOPLE, Nas X explained the inspiration behind his latest single, “Sun Goes Down.”

“I definitely tell about some of my upbringing and it’s also just a really great song,” he said. “And the video goes back to my past, to 2017 Lil Nas X in his prime. Like he was at prom, working at Taco Bell, and what he did in his room, praying his sexuality away. Like all these things that I experienced that I wanted to share with my fans.”

Lil Nas X – Sun Goes Down (prod. Roy Lenzo, Omer Fedi & Take a Daytrip)

Lyrics

[Chorus]
I wanna run away
Don’t wanna lie, I don’t want a life
Send me a gun and I’ll see the sun
I’d rather run away
Don’t wanna lie, I don’t want a life
Send me a gun and I’ll see the sun

[Post-Chorus]
You need an instant ease
From the life where you got plenty
Of every hurt and heartbreak
You just take it all to the face
I know that you want to cry
But it’s much more to life than dyin’
Over your past mistakes
And people who threw dirt on your name

[Verse]
Since ten, I’ve been feelin’ lonely
Had friends but they was pickin’ on me
Always thinkin’, “Why my lips so big?”
Was I too dark? Can they sense my fears?
These gay thoughts would always haunt me
I prayed God would take it from me
It’s hard for you when you’re fightin’
And nobody knows it when you’re silent
I’d be by the phone
Stanning Nicki mornin’ into dawn
Only place I felt like I belonged
Strangers make you feel so loved, you know?
And I’m happy by the way
That I made that jump, that leap of faith
I’m happy that it all worked out for me
I’ma make my fans so proud of me (Oh)

[Chorus]
I wanna run away
Don’t wanna lie, I don’t want a life
Send me a gun and I’ll see the sun
I’d rather run away
Don’t wanna lie, I don’t want a life
Send me a gun and I’ll see the sun

[Post-Chorus]
You need an instant ease
From the life where you got plenty
Of every hurt and heartbreak
You just take it all to the face
I know that you want to cry
But it’s much more to life than dying
Over your past mistakes
And people who threw dirt on your name

[Outro]
Ha-ah, ha-ah, no-ah

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