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all the girls
with the fabricated faces
self-destruct with the boys
who make regret so famous
nobody's happy
and we're hellbent on not changing a thing
no one is ready
to acknowledge the fact that we're hardly living
we already have all the answers
we're just too scared to care about left and right
this remarkable lack of decision
brings only excess sting to opening eyes
open your eyes to the blinding light
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Goodbye, Fairlane Drive
03:40
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this house is not a home
it's just a place for me to sleep
a place for me to store my things
inside, you'll find no warmth
only heat
i doubt that i'll ever regret leaving
because it's safe to say
that the sentiment's begun to fade
and the only thing i've felt of late
is far from welcoming
and i guess i could just give it time
but i think that i might lose my mind
and finally Hollow out
they say distance makes the heart grow fonder
but what happens when you grow fond of the distance itself?
so much so that you'd rather just
stay gone
for as long as it takes
to fade the thoughts of home out of your brain
erode the emotion away
and it's safe to say
that the sentiment's begun to fade
and the only thing i've felt of late
is far from welcoming
and i guess i could just give it time
but i think that i might lose my mind
and finally Hollow out
maybe one day i'll come back and things will turn out to be better than i remember
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Dormant Dreams
03:10
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going through the motions
same routine day after day
going through the motions
sometimes dreaming of getting away
but never taking steps
in any direction
staying stagnant without
any objection
my mind doesn't wander
past the walls of monotony
this is where i'm comfortable
this is where i'll be
and on the day that i die
they'll have nothing to put on my tombstone
and that's fine
because it's not like anyone really cares to know
that wasting away
is how i spent the better part of my days
i wish i could say that at least i'm happy
but that's such a stretch, and i don't want to lie
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i was making up for lost time
got close enough to feel the sting
when it slipped away from me
i'm sorry that i got so dependent on you, the fire, and the bottle to numb the pain
since then
i've learned which wounds were self-inflicted
and my pain is nothing but a memory, i'm alright
time has been the best friend you ceased to be
i used to think that this was all your fault
but now i see things differently
because i found the cracks in all of my walls
where the leaks had sprung, and started drowning me
but i've bailed it out; caught my breath
recognized where things got out of control
i've reinforced my defenses
and i will never let this happen again
out of sight, out of mind
i'll get used to it
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i hope that someday
i can say something to inspire change
a speech that brings tears to your eyes
a reason to redefine your life
but when presented the opportunity
will only silence reach your ears?
when presented the opportunity
will i be frozen under the fear?
will you see?
that i spend my nights thinking of words to say
and you'd think that something might come out right
but what should be gold is nothing but a stone
dense and dull
void of any glow
and to be honest
it's not much of a surprise
but i'm certainly not ready
to lay down and wait to die
so i stick it out
try, fail, try again
work things out myself
and hope that by the end
i'll have something to show for all of the time that i've spent thinking
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Mineral Extracts
05:01
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every now and then
it feels like
there's no warmth left
for winter to take
and i know it's all in my head
and i know it's better to forget
that even though you're alright
i get selfish in hindsight
even though you're alright
i get selfish
every now and then
i realize
that i should be happy
that you're happy without me
and even though you're alright
i get selfish in hindsight
even though you're alright
i get selfish in hindsight
so i'll stay silent
and hope for another
and even though i wish things could have turned out differently
i don't resent the mess that you made of me
because i'll be alright in time
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when i look into your eyes
i begin to see
that you're not like everybody else
all the tears you've cried
all the painful stings
resonate with every part of me
i will not change you
even if i should
and i wouldn't change you
even if i could
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it's easy to be
so flagrantly absorbed in disbelief
so sure of your truths
you'd bet your life on them, now wouldn't you
but what happens when
the cracks in your foundation widen again?
bless your heart
this could have been avoided from the start
i don't claim to be wiser
i just know my own experience
of life getting so much harder
when i misused my stubbornness
[quit running against the wind]
take a moment and reflect
put your own thoughts into context
see from every perspective
don't jump at the chance to dissect
words spoken with arrogance
reach nobody but the choir
in a comfort zone
filled with poison smoke
get out now or breath it all in and choke
take a moment and reflect
put your own thoughts into context
see from every perspective
don't jump at the chance to dissect
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Truck Jamz Vol.1
05:24
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i've been falling asleep at the wheel
making turns and stops
ending up where i don't want to be
the devil's trying to make me a deal
manufactured happiness
in exchange for the bliss of a changing reality
but i manage to keep saying no
i'd rather learn from my mistakes
and get stronger along the way
so when the time finally comes
i can take the hand of the one i love
without the fear of my own not being warm enough
day after day
try after try
you'd think that it'd get easier for me to ease my mind
but i get too scared
that my actions won't speak enough
and end up fixing unmade mistakes and saying way too much
i've learned to accept
that i'm way out of step
with how the simple things should go
but while i try
to adjust my stride
i can only hope
that my sincerity still shows
when i say that i care
when i say that i'll always be there
i'm not hiding intentions in-between the lines
i've got a heart that's been broken
by countless missteps and dead ends
i'm just trying to keep it stitched together with all the help i can get
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Stranger Than Friction
03:00
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stay close to me tonight
and even though this love is composed of just one side
it'll get me through alright
i know it's not the glow of love that i'm feeling
in fact, your body's freezing me from the inside out
but thankfully the cold is just what i'm needing
anything at all to make it seem like i'm not alone
(but i am)
stay close to me tonight
and i'll find a few ways to justify it in my mind
maybe it's sympathy
but i accept willingly
and hope that down the road i'll have something real
and this is just a thought
but maybe i'm Better Off
by myself
instead of all along
always latching on
to anyone with some affection to spare
i'm so broken on the inside
that i'm more of a set, than a whole
it gets so easy in the meantime
to ignore the damage and the toll
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Fork In The Road
03:23
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how we both have grown
purely miserable without
the slightest wish to save
this tired dance
empty romance
the love we fell into
has seen its own way out
and it's okay
because we both followed
i'll think of you some nights
wish you were close
but i'm sure that in time
i'll let those feelings go
if you get overwhelmed
know that you're not alone
i'm still reeling from our fork in the road
and though i wish things worked out
like our favorite movie scenes
i understand the reality
it just wasn't meant to be
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Superbook
05:22
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maybe i'm losing my faith
maybe i never had it
are we serving a savior
or just our greatest asset?
our prayers go up with the pollution
and share the same effect
blocking out the Son's solutions
letting us decide his intent
(heaven's overrun)
no wonder the children starve
and get no rest
their voices are too weak to break
through the clouds, so dense with our selfishness
if there is a god above us
it's safe to say that he is not proud
and if angels really walk among us
why are they still just faces in the crowd?
maybe i'm losing my faith
and maybe i never had it
are we loving a Father
or just a profitable investment?
will heaven be overrun
by thieves chipping away at the streets?
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