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Captives
03:34
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it’s enough to be defined
overshare and fictionalize
for so many people in my life
why does it always blow my mind?
the air that’s in my lungs
it’s the same that’s in your lungs
am i lost in my time
or are you just shouting lies?
fashion any self you want
from a few retail options
this convenient and galvanized
should i really wonder why?
the poison in my blood
it’s the same that’s in your blood
i can’t reason why
you let it take your mind
the smoke that fills my lungs
it's the same that’s in your lungs
but i swear it's a high
that’s only rolling by
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The Remainder
03:34
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in my pride i drew the conclusion
that i was taught a unique way to truth
stealing lines from half read masterpieces
i preached empty sermons like a fool
holding on to my arrogance
i forged a myth about myself
now i try not to forget
i’m only reflections of better men
now i find i am the remainder
a glowing ember, transparent moon
a passing sign of something that was greater
following in silent gratitude
still contrived but more cognizant
i take with the hope of giving back
i will strive to make the best
of all the wisdom i’ve been left
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3. |
Will They Haunt Me?
04:17
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there goes another one today
fading light, cold divide
pressing against the window frame
fractured in beads upon the ground
colored lines trace designs
this shag carpet can’t even shame
why can’t i see beauty in everything?
i will try to keep these thoughts in mind
but i’m more selfish than i like to believe
ideals fall in vain
will these questions bring on change
or will they haunt me?
promise raised to the mountainside
crown of stone, sky alone
ancient witnesses all around
done in words from another time
the feeling grows with the lines i know
some things just happen easily
why does Truth come so slow to me?
i will try to keep these thoughts in mind
but i’m more selfish than i like to believe
ideals fall in vain
will these questions bring on change
or will they haunt me?
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Riptide
02:35
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obsessed with my inhibitions
complex in every simple thing i do
repressed bound by flawed traditions
i get freedom and ambition confused
i never dream at night
but i pass the day in my mind
deeper every year collected
strung out trading my opinions of Truth
always ends at the beginnings
is this what everyone suffers through?
i never dream at night
but i pass the day in my mind
unchanged despite the rearranging
fading from promises i looked to
it’s not what i have surrendered
but the wasted time that tears me through
i never dream at night
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Nothing, Honey
03:46
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he hit the bottle, she wouldn’t speak
you were fourteen when he cried in the driver's seat
telling his story, shifting the blame
like he was everything you’d want in a drunk husband
he’s been telling that same damn story ever since
never the bachelor, he married again
how could two liars wish for a better match
in a fortress of memories that never took place
they were too deep to see your “fix” came from the dentist
we can’t talk about that mess ever since
it’s nothing, honey
just the same blood
you rose from the ashes of that love
you’re already older than he was
you took the high road cause you know he can’t
weathered Tea Party talk and backhanded compliments
dealt with the fiction searching in vain
for the comfort those old family photos bring
but the truth is you’re the only one who’s changed
it’s nothing, honey
just the same blood
you rose from the ashes of that love
nothing in the past can be undone
when you feel alone don’t get lost
the shadow that they cast can’t touch us
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