1. |
Parasympathetic
02:16
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I’d rather be the person
I was born to be in this life
not the somber, severed version
of your vicarious strife
so take your tests and your projections
back to your own sense of self
I’m steadying my direction
don’t need judgement masked as help
I’m not the one that you wanted
but I’m the one that you got
almost forgot that I
had to fight my whole life
and I’m not sorry
and I’d say that you’re right
but then we’d both be wrong
and I’d be a liar
I’d rather be the person
I was born to be in this life
not the somber, severed version
of your vicarious strife
so take your tests and your projections
back to your own sense of self
I’m steadying my direction
none of your games will help
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2. |
"Is This a God Dam?"
01:53
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This isn’t crime, this is survival
and I’m not an addict, well okay a little
but when more die for god, than of a needle
that isn’t god, that is just evil
I’m known to forget
things that seriously just
that just fucking happened
like in the past ten seconds
I’m afraid of a telephone ring
college never was my thing
It always seemed like a scam
a government scam to me
Always wanted to be, the hero in the movie
the one that never broke their word
the underdog in the ring
but I always seem to stumble
even when I try double
today that all will change
I could believe in god
but I believe in me
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Last night I saw you again
and I’m not sure what you meant when you said
you’d be looking for the reason
because for me it had been there all along
even when I called you to get no response
I learn to live as I am
with failure as my friend
I won’t be let down again
seeing the sights and adventure that I need
I bet you wish you didn’t leave
so you could watch the sun streak
the window panes with me
every time I wake I recall all the rubble
that’s been cleared
I’m okay these days
Have you ever lost a bet?
or laid your money on the slowest mare?
I’ll meet you in the jailhouse stable
and if it so happens that you can
that your heart is able
Been running on thin ice from
opposite sides of the glacier
call out to me if you lose your mind in the maze
my frozen hands will find you there
I learn to live as I am
with failure as my friend
I won’t be let down again
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4. |
Mariposa
03:00
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I swear to god in vain
I was constantly re-adjusting
just to not feel in the way
so I pushed myself to the edge
staring in the distance I almost walked right off it
then barely reeled myself back in
Because the shadows they seem
to have taking a liking to me
but I am not them
I just really fit in it seems
I swear to god in vain
I’m was constantly re-adjusting
just to not feel in the way
so I pushed myself to the edge
make myself at home there
I think I’m starting to like it
and that’s not helping anything
Now I’m switching timelines
to the womb from which I came
I swore to god in the rain
for a clean slate
In the dark night I find
a chrysalis turns into a butterfly
I’m more colorful than I am pain
and am better off awake
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5. |
Live or Die Trying
02:10
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If I don’t keep moving then I’ll fall back down
avoid eye contact, just stare at the ground
scream to myself so you don’t hear a sound
Then all the times I, took a blind dive
lost my momentum, right at the finish line
I take a deep breath for my state of mind
and I’ll persist, until the day I die
Still I’m alive
I live and learn my lessons
and I won’t fucking fake it
I’ve had to fall for myself
I can be so stubborn
there’s not a single good thing in this world
that I haven’t ever questioned
Now I won’t back down
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6. |
Cease the Cycle
04:40
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Curled up in the corner
staring at the bathroom tiles
I dropped the bloody razor saying
this is the last time
broke my family ties
but I still miss you every night
though I tried my best to tell you
the difference between wrong and right
looking hard enough will I find
a morsale of regret for crime
or is neglect your fucking excuse for life
I am the one that you left behind
I am the one that you left for dead
but I think I’m strong enough
my life isn’t over yet
I am the one that you left behind
I am the one that you left for dead
but I am much stronger now
and life is a beautiful thing
I am the one that you left behind
I am the one that you left for dead
but I think I’m strong enough
my life isn’t over yet
I am the one that you left behind
I am the one that you left for dead
but I am much older now
and life is a cyclical thing
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