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Built to Last
02:24
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I'm seeing lines and speaking in tongues
Reading between every one
Hurting my feelings for fun
I'm having nightmares sleep with a gun
Waiting for thieves when they see me sleeping
To creep in and try to gut me
They told him get the bag
And get out of there fast
'Cause ain't a damn thing you love
That was built to last
You got a dream in hand
Well leave that in the past
Because what's real is only tangible
Lovers turn into cannibals
There's a man living under my stairs
All I see are his eyes
You're telling me he ain't here
But why do I see so clear
You're the monster at the foot of my bed
Feels like you've been there all along
I don't even know your name
But I can't get you out of my veins
But maybe he's faceless
Try to find a name but he's nameless
Tasteless so he takes what he wants
What he needs
Not a whisper or scream
Something out of a nightmare
But it purrs like a dream
It's a figment of the imagination
Something born of our hatred
Feeds on our fear and he's never sated
Older than man, that s*** is antiquated
It ain't hard to see through the fog
It's not a fairytale
It's analog
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2. |
Windows
04:07
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My thoughts are getting the best of me
There's nothing new about that at all
Another series in a long long line of me feeling left out of
Somewhere I don't want to be
Old ways never die
You know me, I'm always ready for the fall
And I know everything's gonna be alright in the end but
Sometimes it's hard to see
Fresh air through the window
Sun in my eyes
Really digging that breeze that though
So I don't want to die tonight
I didn't mean to leave you
But now we've got time
And all I want to waste is mine
I said I didn't need you
And now we're all fine
So I'll meet you on the other side
I've got this sinking feeling
That it's gonna be a long long night
And if I'm wrong you can string me up
But don't wake me up
'Cause I've seen enough and I
Have no desire to fight
I hear my name being called
Back to where I should've stayed
And I know deep down that it's just my imagination
Running away
Running away with me
(Again)
I didn't mean to leave you
But now we've got time
And all I want to waste is mine
I said I didn't need you
And now we're all fine
So I'll meet you on the other side
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His last meal was a cigarette
And he deserves what he gets
So if he bleeds then he bleeds
If he burns let him burn
It's all clean to me
Didn't mean to fall in love
But he can't leave well enough
They won't let him get away with the dream
That he carried in his heart so
Now they gotta cut him open too
Left him bleeding on the church steps
Nothing but a pocket full of severed heads
Face down screaming out, "Who's next"
He ain't got nothing left to prove
Out of line all the time, no excuses
Given time he would find a vice and abuse it
Thought he was a rider
Said he wouldn't trip
But the devil is a liar, so tired
Should've set him on fire
Instead he got away
Now he's looking for a higher calling
And through all that he lost
And the pain that it cost him
He's gotta do it all over again
Nothing but the best
Head held high, said it with his whole chest
Fool's gold got him feeling too bold
Never would've thought he'd be the fool
With the noose on his neck, bless
But what did you expect
Gotta put him down 'cause the fool won't rest
It's not a way out, it's a ruse, don't bet
Playing with his own life, the fool won't rest
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4. |
Blind Mouse
04:18
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5. |
Who Knew (Not Like This)
03:46
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So this is empathy
All of these feelings and voices
Are having their way with me again
And now they won't let me sleep again
The noise is my enemy
Waves and vibrations I feel in my chest
I would kill to sleep again
And maybe I will this ain't the end of
My swan song, that final chord
(It's spilling my) Insides out onto the floor
(It's all I've ever known) But I keep coming back for more
So give me some more
That sweet shit I adore
I've been dying to change again
(But not right here, not like this, not right now)
I know I could be more than what I am
(But not right right, not like this, not right now)
I'm burdened by entropy
Left to decay in a miserable state
I won't live to see the end
The silence is deafening
When I can't hear a thing
I can still hear the screaming
My ears begin to ring
Everything spins and I believe
When I lay me down to sleep
I need it right there next to me
If it's not there I'm incomplete
If it's faith or clarity
I'll choose the one that let's me breathe
Only one choice would let me be
Free
I've been dying to change again
(But not right here, not like this, not right now)
I know I could be more than what I am
(But not right here, not like this, not right now)
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6. |
Maybe Next Year
03:11
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J's suicide opened my eyes
Never would've crossed my mind
Should've been me that time
Now this is gonna take some time
Couldn't see all of the signs
Black feet, two face, no eyes
My friend he couldn't live that lie
Now I just wanna live my life
Always trying to walk that line
Always trying to chase those highs
Daydreaming one day I might fly away
Like I'm too cool for this
The world is not on our side
Now she's got tears in her eyes
Begging me please don't die
I swear to god, Mama I'm trying
Maybe next year I'll be gone
Maybe I'll be ok
Maybe this time I'll mean it
And maybe I won't, that's still ok
Maybe I'll find a new job
Maybe I'll leave this place
Or maybe I'll find that reason
Something that'll make me stay
Waiting on the corner outside
Feeling like I lost my mind
Living where the sun don't shine
Some days though I really don't mind
Every time I see the light
It always up and leaves me blind
Tripping on my own neck tie
Choking on little white lies
Maybe this time next year
I'll be in a brand new state
Maybe I'll hire that lawyer
So I don't gotta fix my own mistakes
And if I see you in heaven
I hope it's all worth the wait
'Cause heaven always looks so small
When you try to see it from so far away
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7. |
On Repeat
02:25
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Put the needle down
And let me hear that sound
Of that one tune from the night I fell in love with you
Just you
It's always killing me
So I put that same damn song on repeat
Nothing's gonna make me
The man that I want to be
Except me
And that was such a hard truth to see
I could never stop you
From doing what you wanna do
(And that's cool)
Because life wouldn't be the same without you
I wouldn't be the same without you
They wanna cut me open
I'll do that on my own
Turn the music up so they can't know
Falling through the floor
It's deeper than you know
Turn it up so they can't hear what we do now
They wanna cut you open
I'm hoping that they know better
They can only see you when you show out
But they don't see what I do
When they look inside you
I'm the only one who knows when to say
Stop
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Evil Black North Carolina
Just a dude making music to cope.
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