1. |
Drifter
01:04
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I have been disconnected
I have erased my past
With nothing to hold onto
There’s only one choice left
Start over again
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2. |
Inchworm
03:45
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You crawl around this world, find every bridge to burn
Contemplating and hesitating without the will to learn
Too backwards to know your place, you just can’t see the light
It’s you versus you in each corner of the fight
There are so many in your footsteps
Too simple to know, too stubborn to care
Time is fading and I’m done waiting
You’re seizing opportunity
Why can’t you see, why can’t you see
You will never have a clue
Now watch the next guy turn right into you
You expect the world to know you, knocking at your door
Living in your hamster wheel with no clue what’s in store
Ignoring every outlet, forgotten all about it
Ambition: something you ignore
(It’s over for you. Year after year you remain stagnant. A world of fiction will surround you ‘til your dying days.)
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3. |
29 Years
03:16
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I spent my lifetime taking what you said to heart
You’ve had control of me right from the very start
Pilot my weakest moment
Accept a kid’s devotion
You tore the truth and me apart
For 29 years
29 years
I have been bought and sold since before I could speak
They rest upon the top and prey upon the weak
Everything I’ve ever learned is a lie
Everything you told me was a lie
There was no way for me to know
My mind polluted as I grow
This is a threat I cannot see
You do not know what’s best for me
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4. |
South
02:05
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There was a place I once knew
Now just a mystery
We traveled way back in time
Us two had history
A worthy voyage escape
Location built to retreat
Time-stamped with memories
A place to feel complete
I will escape to you
I will escape to you
I will escape to you
Can I escape?
A place where time stood frozen
Where all were one of us
As one by one were chosen
The decades turned to dust
Now just the memory lives
Helps to remember when
We all had coexisted
Foundation: genuine
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5. |
The Simplest Of Times
03:57
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I could be right, I could be wrong
Since I’ve seen you, it’s been so long
We’ve let ourselves go and it just might be for good
A massive leap of faith that we misunderstood
This world it picks us up and forces us to scat
The contour of our spirit overturned to flat
While we are totaled nearly forced to be immobile
The life we left behind is never coming back
There was a time when I was free
I could do anything I wanted
Not strapped down, strapped down
To anyone or anything
Those hopeful dreams of yesterday, do you remember?
The simplest of times
The simplest of times
I could be right, I could be wrong
Is everything that we once knew just dead and gone?
A time before the kids, the house, the loans, the dogs, the lawn
The jobs, the cars, the doctors….What the hell is going on!?
Why did we make our lives this way
I surely miss it every day
We still live dormant deep inside
Those truly were the simplest of times
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6. |
Five Bars Confidence
01:07
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Waited forever, the moment is now
Expect me to ask but that’s not how
The way of the future, the way of today
Message in route to future babe
I’m asking her out via text
You know I’m a total wreck
I’ll probably get a threat
But what if she says yes?!
Even if she was next to me
I’m going right through with this on my screen
Got my lingo and I’ve got my feel
Smile emoji and seal the deal
If no reply how long do I wait?
Send out another or accept my fate?!
Am I a genius or am I a loser?
Either way it’s sure to amuse her
Signal is gone and hope is too
If we’re an item I have no clue
I’ve got no bars and I’ve got no balls
Should’ve just asked her in the hall
True Love
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7. |
Invigorate
03:20
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I am on fire and I want this world to blaze for me
There’s no tomorrow in my head
Invigorate
Invigorate
Invigorate
Where there’s no action, no excitement there’s no place for me
I need hysteria today
In fields of embers I will burn
With sheltered life I’ve no concern
I am commotion in the living, breathing form
Abandon comfort and step out into the storm
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8. |
Between The Tides
04:24
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Between the tides in frozen time
I see it all through my own eyes
The past and present: once divine
Forever yearn under gray skies
Everything I’ve come to know will blend
Hope becomes a daydream until the end
The promises we’ve made, the joy that came so natural
Did it ever matter? Will it ever matter again?
Desire matures, experience crumbles, the thirst runs dry
A million waves will crash until we ask why
Dreams are born to never die
I’ve made my choice, between the tides
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9. |
Paintstroke
05:42
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Have you ever walked into a room
And noticed something’s not quite right
Untimely intervention stalls up the days’ plans
You stand atop the edge, head into your hands
How did this fall into your lap?
When did you ever say ok?
You’ve been a victim lying under your own gun
Life is maxed out and you’re not having any fun
I cannot take this anymore
I’m taking off
Another day of constant battle
No one transparent with themselves
If you just took a look ahead you could avoid eternal mess
One wrong move foreshadows the next, there goes the rest….
What are we doing to ourselves
We put ourselves in prison cells
In these progressive times why stop now, let’s change the norm
We need a world where we can live in our true form
Where no one ridicules until you fit the mold
Never-ending 1950 sure is getting old
Your self-inflicting lifestyle, you give yourself away
The doors are closed for you, too much responsibility
You thought you had to do this, but no one has to do this
When will we stop following outdated customs swallowing
Every moment of our free time and our free will
To chase “success” and reproduce just calls for breakdown and the noose
You’ve got to stop and say “it’s not for me, it’s not for me”
It’s just a plan made by the suits to control people from the roots
The herd so tied down there’s no time to seek the truth
Stay young in spirit, young at heart, young in spirit, young at heart
You are alive, you have control, this is your world, so think smart
Are you brave enough to own your freedom?
Then let’s illustrate the world
One paintstroke at a time
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10. |
Quickly! Hibernate!
02:40
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Everyone’s in such a rush to die
Racing to achieve “success” and no one’s asking why
Simplicity is following the crowd
I will not be coerced by illusion
My life is distinctly my own
It’s my own
Nobody will go against the flow
Toil, reproduce then die: the only life they know
Terrified of judgment from their peers
I’ll stand up for myself, I’ll stand up for myself
I don’t have to die off like everyone I know
Their expectations ruined you
You’re not the person that I knew
Fuck pre-determined destiny
Release your true identity
Ridicule is all you will receive
Venomous tradition is what you will believe
Freedom, adventure: rest in peace old friends
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11. |
Shiny Things
05:05
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Dreamland, pretend
Let me introduce to you to my best friend
He always knows just what to do
He’s a little shy, now I am too
We go together everywhere
I can’t exist when he’s not there
I can’t deny that I’m a slave
There is no hesitating
Because it’s here for a lifetime
My mind? We’ll you’ve got it
And everything that comes with it too
I melt away for hours
Entertained by watching you
You own my thoughts, my interactions
You are the cause of all distractions
You took my every breath of life
And I don’t even want it back
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12. |
Sentinel
04:47
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As I crept into the courtyard
The moon’s ray led my way
I chose this path of darkness
All comfort went astray
Alert: my every action
Move light, avoid detection
They don’t know that I’m here
I can’t escape the fear
I can’t escape
This is my mission for the day
My hope has simply gone away
Can you detect me in the night?
Through fields I move by candlelight
I move
A place so heavily guarded
Without a man in sight
This visionary terror
Becomes eternal fright
It’s barren as the ocean
I’ll swiftly stay in motion
I am not here to play
I’ve come to take you away
Take you away
Through vines and gates I walk
I’m moving slow
I pry apart the doors of truth so we can know
About this master plan and just what’s going on
The closer I become I sense something is wrong
It’s part unspeakable and seems unreachable
Behind this stone wall I’m unheard of as I kneel
What are these figures moving, what is all of this proving?
Should I turn back while my identity’s concealed?
They can’t detect me
They can’t detect me
They can’t detect me
I’ll use the darkness and infiltrate
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13. |
The Will
04:38
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You took a chance on me, a risk you didn’t have to take
You could have been making the world’s biggest mistake
The choice was clear you would stick by me ‘til the end
You showed me what it truly means to have a friend
There is a certain kind of person
That cannot comprehend the diligence that you have given
They wouldn’t know a good thing if it hit them square in the face
Only concerned with the material gain
I don’t want a damn thing from you
Just know that my feelings are true
They think they’re slick but you’re too smart, you know the act is fake
They never showed up ‘til they saw the chance to take, take, take
A clear intention of deceit, solely focused on receipt
This evil motive truly defines disgrace
How can one objectify
A human being that’s done nothing but look out for you
Ice cold, soulless, loveless, tasteless
They’ll never learn until it’s far too late
You always had the time for me
You gave me the chance to be free
The biggest thing I’d ever want from you
I’ve gotten my whole life through and through
You cannot put a price on friendship
You’re the only constant thing I’ve ever had
I will never look at you another way
My word is good until the end of days
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