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Beauty In My Decay
05:32
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This rich body, warm and burst of light
Its getting yourself right
this could never change, this will always feel this way
I can count on you all
you always answer the call
you never ask questions, find my way out of the fog
we all need that concrete pulling down on all we seek
these simple minded pieces that we'd abandon in a hurry
It's fair to say there's beauty in my decay
for the world that got devoured, gave birth to this entity this day
We wrote it off, we stammered
Everything we set out to be
We'll laugh it off, it never really happened
Now it's not done happening to me
I've kept those doors open
left the light on for you
you can't fight momentum
So let's start with what you want to do
I'm tired of waiting
Left out in the cold
As this age is decaying
I'll make it on, we'll make it on our own
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Hazy said he
but stepped out to the corner
as all belief
was laid to rest
gently he came
to be the strong shoulder
withdrawn, discreet
she'll end up passing him by
the tale without beginning
they stole the time that they had
preserve without forgetting
their toll will be enough for us all
Seeming all but a brother
his time had not come
She was never a mother
the one he knew he left behind
it's strange that our misgivings
keeping up at all the wrong times
Why can't we stop playing the victim
Straightening out, walking in line
And not enough can be prepaid
Surround ourselves with the broke and frayed
But if its answers that we wanted
and peace of mind is what we crave
we never would have chosen
to speak to anyone anyway
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3. |
How Much Longer
04:18
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How much longer
‘till we work it all out?
How much longer
‘till we work it all the way down
each night I sit at home
the weight of it all pushing me down on it
cause we let it in
I can’t see any other way
please show me how
you turn your back on it
I’m frozen in time, from my own life
How much longer
‘till we work it all out?
How much longer
‘till we work it all the way down
Day after day killing this feeling
I’m so afraid
when you’re ready I will be gone
This love that I had being tainted
it’s tainted with time
it’s tainted with time
Seems like the world agrees
just pack up and let it be
its so damn plain to see
you were meant for me
so I’m counted down the days
wishing, hoping you’ll find a way
so I’m gonna let it be
lay on down in the misery
How much longer
‘till we work it all out?
How much longer
’til I can speak to you, like the way I always wanted to
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j.a.c.
03:42
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Infatuation, we want love to take it's place
you can barely see the difference
when I'm staring at your face
The crumpled pages and crossed out lines
the lists of could have beens
it's the plain and simple fact
that writing these words will never bring them back to you
are you waiting or moving on?
for you, you tighten your grip when you know it's wrong for you
do you wait, or move it along?
do you release that grip when you know it's wrong?
I should never hold my breathe
got to come up for air
you feel that it can't last,
but you'd rather spend your time
choking on the past
I stood there that night, I've waited like this before
you don't know what's coming
and you're never really sure where she may stand
are you waiting or moving on?
for you, you tighten your grip when you know it's wrong for you
do you wait, or move it along?
do you release that grip when you know it's wrong?
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5. |
Blood Blister
04:37
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Well we stand where its colder, shoulder to shoulder
the ship is packed to the hilt
The shaking wont stop as my insides will rot
will this ever feel real and sink in?
This life is all but a ticket
no choice but to board the ship
I look to my left, I can take a deep breath
for the people who've come on this trip
And we all stand wanting answers
have faith the crew knows the way
I know as we're moving forward
the night breaks one more day
as our days become weeks, months into years
the ship has started to thin
firm at the bow, where no one can allow
this question of why we're all here
if I close my eyes tight, it'll be alright
we're all hand in hand gazing at the ocean
The ship that steers straight will carry our weight
and my ticket, I'm sharing with you
And even if I never grow old
our love just can't die in that cold
But here I stand salt in my eyes
Ever ready for a string of goodbyes
cause I'm standing perfect and unstable
as the walls start crumbling down
we needed the shock of that salt
to drink in everything that we've got
because you'll find dark blood under blisters
for the poor, torn, occupied drifter
and our ears got tired of the wails
as they slowly let go of that rail
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6. |
Song (2)
06:17
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How much can you remember
and how much have you ever seen
your mark on all thats been before
cannot be laid across your feet
And we all live to see perfection
why must it always be right
I've seen the power in our failures
They're always coming
Reflects the great reality
The choices that we make
We think they'll complicate some scene one million miles away
The same basic truth can't be this loose
Straight lines on a finite plane
together in hopes of a meaningful place at hand
This logic's in trouble we got to face the facts
how can we think that our actions
impact beyond the good of man
Our choices, never meant a thing
Run out the clock as a criminal and live the greatest dream
so you'd think
Our thoughts go on repeat themselves, driving us insane
So let's all decide to end it all, and save ourselves the pain
And I know it can't be this way
And I know a heart that beats controls it's shape
If it’s all for naught, make the best night you've ever seen
insignificant, tell me whose to blame?
tell me whose asking?
Our choices, never meant a thing
Run out the clock as a criminal and live the greatest dream
so you'd think
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7. |
Breathe In
05:24
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Breathe in, it sounds like an ocean
Keep it in, for as long as you can
Let it come down easy, hold it deep inside
Listen to the motion as you're moving with the tide
I think I stopped listening as we sat down in the shade
It might just kill me, letting out what you have
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