When the Rain Bled My Stars

On the evening of Friday the 13th, Aela Hopeful Monster dropped a dark two-track mini-mixtape When the Rain Bled My Stars, produced by Mistah 211 (stream below). It begins with a true untold story and ends with a spiderweb freeverse. The mixtape is available on all streaming platforms.


Never Told 

(Based on a true story, Lyrics by Aela Hopeful Monster)

(Hook)
all the tricks 
the sips – and the whips
I’m just over here
banging my new shit 
I’ll make it drip
No wonder why I like to clip hoes
here’s, 
my story that I never told

 

knew this bitch
British citizenship
he made me fall in love real quick
what I didn’t know
he had a girl back home
she said, while you’re gone
we wanna try a new game
switch it up

 

it’s kinda of a new thing
it’s all the same
there’s just one rule
gotta tell me
everything you do to her
how you make it purr
keep on those dim light
I’m watching every night
so hold your new bitch tight

 

she doesn’t need to know
this is between me and you 
curious, what you’re gonna do to her
I’m over here
having my fun too
this is good for me 
I see it’s good for you

 

(Hook)
all the tricks 
the sips  – and the whips
I’m just over here
telling you this fucked up shit 
I’ll make it drip
no wonder why I like to clip hoes
well,
here it continues

 

one night we were walking home
moment we’re alone
he changes his tone
I’ve been trying to
have a moment with you 
I think we can have a lot
Love, let’s give this a shot

 

he was unassuming
he was sweet 
didn’t think 
he knew what the fuck he was doing
tried to steal a kiss
sent him home with less
but I said yes to a date
and I sealed my fate

 

now I thug ’em 
fuck ’em
never love ’em
take a band from ’em
drop bitches in lakes
before it’s too late
seal it with a kiss
Guess I’m still on my
black widow shit,
that bitch deserves less

 

(Hook)
all the tricks 
the sips  – and the whips
I’m just over here
banging my new shit
I’ll make it drip
no wonder why I like to clip hoes
here’s,
my story that I never told

 

the fucked up thing
collateral damage
lesson I learned
not every man is such a burn, 
but hey,
let’s return to the plot
scarred me a lot

 

when he got home
took weeks then
hit me on the phone
said I love you
I told her we’re through
let’s continue 
this time 
Love, just me and you

 

Fuck you bitch, 
felt like I was shot
wounded animal, I crawled into a box
I ran home
got my homies on the phone
get to DIA – I’m on my way
the next flight
can’t stay here another night
I hate to say
this boy got the best of me
I’m running away

 

(Hook)
all the tricks 
the sips  – and the whips
I’m just over here
banging my new shit
I’ll make it drip
no wonder why I like to clip hoes
here’s,
my story I never told

 

fast forward several months
I’m in Zurich – we have lunch 
he tries to be friends
he’s got a new girl then
I’m upset
my pops was sick
I’m far from home 
and things were going wrong

 

we get the check 
raining – go outside
we try to stay dry
a hug followed by 
an awkward kiss goodbye
I whispered fuck you bitch
started walking away 
then tuned back to say 
I think you’re moralless

 

I held my head high
held those tears from my eyes
never let a mother-fucking hoe see me cry 
with one finger
said my final goodbye
that’s my reason why
I like to clip hoes

 

(Hook)
all the tricks 
the sips  – and the whips
I’m just over here,
banging my new shit 
I’ll make it drip
no wonder why I like to clip hoes 
there’s,
my story that I never told

 

all I can say
Hoe, if your listening
you’re atheists
but Karma’s a real thing
what you put out there
comes back at you
penance will soon come to you

Lights

(Freestyle Lyrics by Aela Hopeful Monster)

Yo, this beat is so dirty

And I see the lights of this train

coming straight at me

 

Boy I never thought you’d put that band down

Thought you’d never put that fucking band down

 

Thought you’d never put that mother-fucking band down

I see those lights flashing at me from the background 

 

I saw that star fall from above

Above my head 

And then I thought:

This bitch,

she wants me dead 

 

Cuz god said, girl

you’re  pussy’s so bad 

And I don’t know why

That boy,

he’s better off dead

 

I said God,

I don’t believe in you 

So take my hand

I’ll dance with you too

 

And I walked on the stars in the night, and I came

I danced the moon away in the rain

I saw the flittering lights and the stars:

those dark Fae, were singing my bars 

we danced the night away

 

And that boy,

he said

“I loved you so much, 

but you walked away.

How’d we fall out of touch?” 

Now he has a little boy of his own

He’ll grow up, 

to find a girl he’ll love,

she’ll break his heart 

 

And my heart’s been broken more than once or twice 

So, I dance on the dark clouds every single night 

 

And I love those flashing lights when they come 

The train’s approaching me 

I feel it ‘err long

I love feeling the night

The stars breath down my neck

I’m the chill up his spine in bed

I love the glass on my feet and I purr and I sing, 

The jasmines whisper the sweetest things

 

The clouds and the pastels 

They bleed through the air 

The blood that ran down through my hair 

And my locks,

They turned into spiderwebs 

You thought that little girl was better off dead 

 

But I resurrected 

Cuz I loved that boy

I’m from the side of the tracks 

he doesn’t adore 

I’ll sit and watch him 

just a moment more

he plays the keys

I drift to shore