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Intro
01:38
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This is when we let go
All the weight that breaks the stone
Our actions set the tone
Even if it means standing alone
Fiending for the feeling, I need my fill
Fasting for the taste of something real
If it’s a waiting game I’ve got time to kill
If the devils playing I've got my soul to sell
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I tried, to leave, this off putting scenery. Downpour rained, destiny came crashing into me
If it lives, it bleeds, and life is draining me. If this is all a dream, put me out of my misery while I sleep
What else can you take from me?
What will you rip from my hands this time?
My life, my friends, my empathy?
Shattered confidence, forced anxiety
It floods the floor, it bursts at the seems
Can not, will not, let my failures define me
There comes a point where everyone breaks
We cant control the stars but we can our fate
One fuck up right into another, take a deep breath, it’s not getting better
This might be the worst mess yet
Even if it is... I’m still not convinced.
That this life so full of gold could turn to piss
While you hate on everything...
I’ll be thankful for my teeth, my hands and my feet
Even if you fucking rip them from me, I’ll appreciate my chance to breathe
While the world tries to fucking take it from me
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XOXO
01:10
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Not a clean way to go about this
Crooked smiles are hardest to forget
Never knowing how badly you’re missed
Every time your spit leaves my lips
Attention, how do I get it? Cause my head is fucking spinning !!
Blood is rushing, my face blushing,
Fingertips touching, am I getting close to something more? so righteous and pure? emotion that I failed to feel before?
Is this what we're banking for?
Cause i’m so broke(n) and I really can’t afford to choke on my words right now
So later could we fuck things out?
Stop my breathing
The teasing
I need euphoria
If my body’s a temple
Then you’re my idol
It’s a blessing
To know you
If I’m being honest
Be a thief, steal my heart
So I can be your diamond
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4. |
Character Limit
01:59
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Here’s the burning question, i feel i need to ask.
Does your jaw feel broken when swallowing all the trash?
The voice I’m addressing, too busy in a world of narcissistic nothings
Unsubscribe from their bullshit lives
I’m so sick of the soapbox blues
Privileged life of secondhand views
Locked inside the echo chamber
Standing hard but bends like paper
Watch you walk about the room in a new outfit and gold noose.
What do you want to prove?
Changing the rules yet you always lose
First to say the scene is soft, cried a river to drown us all,
Something about not getting paid enough.
Call your boss we don’t give a fuck
No face to face? then it’s dead to me
No confrontation? words are weak
King of call outs, the cancelation queen
Starving for attention your a fucking fiend
Can you put yourself in a box with all those two hundred fifty six characters
Then seal it shut, then seal it shut
The label reads “waste of words”
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5. |
Interlude
01:24
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6. |
Pocket
02:14
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Why waste YOUR time on something thats designed,
To rot our brains and steal our lives
How would you feel if I told you that
Every second offered
YOU’RE NEVER GETTING BACK!
Staring at the clock as your times running out
Walking into traffic with your face on the ground
You’re a part of their system now!
They know all they need to know
WE’RE NEVER GETTING OUT!
But by smashing thick black boxes that we have in our pockets
I think we that we would see, our dysfunctional society
A conversation eye to eye
Take a deep breathe of the air outside
Lessen the weight that bares your mind
And enjoy your fucking time.
Hate to break it, but this doesn’t make sense
Holding knowledge of worlds yet we’re still ignorant
When it’s someone else’s life on a screen
You say to yourself “I wish it was me”
People are dying
Children are starving
We’re jumping into war, like were playing a sport
And you’re tryna explain to me, this is our everyday normality?
I’ll admit, I too was once blind, but you, you’re choosing to close your own eyes!
And what the fuck for?
[WHAT FOR?!]
Break the TVs, smash the screens, this intermission has stolen our fates and for all the “time we save”, can you say we're truly free?
More than repetition, this is addiction
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7. |
Roots
01:16
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If this is for the kids, by the kids, why say the kids don’t exist?
Mistaking attendance for arrogance
Movements led by youth, yet no help from you, please tell me what the fuck you actually do?
Stuck in glory days, like you paved the way. Motherfucker, you just complain
I cringe, as you explain, “it never use to be this way”
Please tell me, why do you stay?
There’s still a crowd without you around. When you’re in the frame only drama is bound. If this is all you are, if this is what you do, this scene has no space for YOU
THIS IS FOR THE FUCKING YOUTH!
We don’t need no proof to show you how we do. It’s in our blood and every way we move. If you still don’t have a fucking clue, maybe you should get back to your roots
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Will you give your heart, this will be what defines you!
Tell me what makes you, and what fucking breaks you
Failure once again, repetition never ends
Retrace each and every step, running backwards till I'm dead
All I know, is if i go, eyes are shut, my path is chose
I refuse to deny this beat in my chest, to give…
ANYTHING LESS
In a world with no place for us, will you stay static or rot and rust?
ANYTHING LESS
We’re holding down the weight of forever, hearts forge diamonds when under pressure
ANYTHING LESS
In a life full of lessons learned, will you gain knowledge or take that burn?
ANYTHING LESS
If this is where it all begins, we’ll be through hell by the time it ends
Breaking my character, every single day
I won’t follow the script, because I’m rewriting the page
In moment of transition
I act of my own volition
Sacrifice all we have left
Whats a life if you’re not giving anything less?
I won’t pretend that we aren’t going to die
Why have the gift of life, yet never be satisfied?
There will always be collapse
When you’re at your highest
No one stays on top forever
You won’t survive if you can’t recover
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9. |
The Cost
03:24
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We are conditioned!
To believe all is known, there is nothing left to perceive
Each choice that’s made is one that brings us closer to absence without leave
A piece for those who have been broke down by the stone
I find truth when being honest with my own self
Smashing through the walls of my former life called hell
The story is best incomplete. Every page that you read will leave you hanging off your seat
All left to say will be written down in ink. Passed down for generations, I’m flying my black flag till I sink. I don’t have too much time left so I’m biting the bullet even if it breaks my fucking teeth
In a world where nothing’s free
What’s the cost to feel complete?
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Hellbent Essex, Maryland
Hardcore Punk Rock straight out of Essex.
FFO: Fast, Angry, Confused
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