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Life Begins
04:22
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I walk through this city under shadow of death
lift my head to the clouds to catch a single breath
But a weed grew from below and stole the air from my lungs
and further cast me into darkness and blocked out the sun
What makes this road so hard, who wants this to end?
Is it me or them? Is it foe or friend?
All I know is paranoia I don’t even know why
I persist with this, will I miss this?
It seems so worthwhile
At these dead ends
We’ve come to mend
At these dead ends
I never wanted to fail, I never wanted to fall
I was just waiting for that one good opportunity to call
While the misery piled up, the apathy set in
One problem wouldn’t end yet fifty more would just begin
Why does everyone want something for nothing from me
Why does everybody run when there's something that I need
I guess it’s every man for himself
But I think this time I may need help
At these dead ends
We’ve come to mend
At these dead ends
I’ve come to mend this time my friend
As the pain it poured upon me pure instinct kicked in
I was fortified by armour looking brave but paper thin
My defence mechanisms, they fired up, completely unrequested
I thought I didn’t need them, I’d do better than the rest did
I wanted to rise but reality pushed back
With nowhere to move on but head on into full on attack
So the weed dragged me down, I lost all I found
Till the anger took over and left whats left of me now
I’ve found the blame in you
You’ve made a world that's broken
It’s time to start anew
Take back my chance you’ve stolen
How could I carry on
When all the world around me
Is singing it’s swan song
Well I'll just scream back
Let me be free
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2. |
Diamond
04:03
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There you hide, in your tower, in our soil
Empire built on your foundations made of blood, deceit and oil
You don’t want or need the money
All you ever want is power
Our earth is eaten by the second, your heart blackens by the hour
We had a diamond in the rough
We were never good enough
to be trusted with
This world in which we live
We cut away with no real thought
Sought perfection but fell short
Look at where we are
This place was perfect from the start
Look at the stars, think about how lucky you are
Look at the gift that you have, the hand you’ve been dealt
And what you’ve done so far
We’re still stuck in the dark
How could you ever think that we’ve reached illumination?
Wait in short lived luxury for this worlds degeneration
Take one look at the world we’ll inherit
Then please think about who’s gonna make it
Give me your eyes
So I can see where you’ve gone wrong
Give me your hands
So I can undo what you've done
Give me your voice
I’ll tell the truth you have ignored
Give me your life
I’ll make it right
And then...oh fuck it, cut the cord
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3. |
Animal
04:25
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There’s an animal inside me
Where does it come from, where does it go
It comes to show me things and places
That I never thought I’d know
Why is it here, why do I fear it
When everyone I know comes near it
But they should keep their distance
Maybe it realised I was lost within the crowd
Maybe it heard me scream
Through a silence so loud
It knows the rules and still it breaks them all the time
So here I wait and don’t know when I’ll be that animal again
It came to me within a dream
A man I thought that I could be
A man with his own song
A man who could be strong
I let it in to fill the spaces in between
But it shut me out and from then on no difference could be seen
And what was left was broken promises
And memories in dreams
It may not change outside
Know that nothings what it seems
Maybe it realised I was lost within the crowd
Maybe it heard me scream
Through a silence so loud
It knows the rules and still it breaks them all the time
It tricks me into thinking I feel better now and then
Oh wait, here comes the animal again
Hear me roar
And watch me fall
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4. |
Safe In Sound
05:31
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I clutch at straws of torn up paper Filling drawers, what a creator I have become From the hours I’ve spent painting pictures I resent, a broken mixture of
My hopes and dreams
I can’t make out what they mean
What am I building here?
This structure is falling apart
It seemed so easy to create from the start
I just tried to find a place for my heart to feel safe in sound
It crumbles down around me now
I gather thoughts that roam my head Some things are better left unsaid
And sing them loud, it satisfies this hole inside I ask myself the burning questions
And answer with confessions I need to hear
There’s so much more that’s left unsung The tip of the iceberg’s on the tip of my tongue
What are words worth now when I can’t write them down?
What are words worth now when I can’t let them out?
Who can hear me now?
Now that my words are lost in clouds
I push and try but I’m still denied
This therapy so once more tonight I’ll fall and fly, I’ll fail and fight
And find a way to get this right
It may kill me
But I’m ending this tonight
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5. |
At These
03:31
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6. |
Problem
04:18
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You say you can’t take this anymore
You say you’ve had it up to here
Surely you can’t be that fragile
When you parade as someone who’s wise beyond their years I don’t know what you’ve been through
I don’t know what you’ve seen
But some things you find so painful
With perspective are far more trivial than they seem
If you don’t think you’re better off Maybe you’re better off alone
So you think that you’ve got problems?
Well I think I know how to solve them
Look at the world and how you’re better off
Much better off than most
So you think that you’ve got problems
Well what have you done to solve them
Cus some people survive through the darkest of times While you sit there and moan about small problems in your life
I can’t take this anymore
I think I’ve had it up to here
With your whining and pining for things you could get
If you pushed past your fears and wiped all of your tears Cus I can see right through them
I see what you need
You want love, you want wealth, you want luck, you want fame
But that’s not what you need and the hand just won’t feed you
So this might not have been your day
You just have to get up and get over it
Luck is not coming your way
You just have to get up and get over it There will be another day
You just have to get up and get over it We have always found a way
Get over it.
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7. |
Line Up
05:12
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You lie!
And cower under your disguise of being normal people with average lives Like us!
You should feel lucky to be here
But not on your terms
Let us make that clear
You have got away with murder
Look at mother nature, look at how you’ve hurt her
You just screw it up, taint everything you touch
You won’t be done ’til you rule over dust
There is something you should know about us You can put up walls but we can raise them up
Line up! Line up!
You think there’s nothing we can do? You’re all replaceable, we can start anew Line up! Line up!
You think we’ve got no clue?
We’ve got all we need to point the finger at you
We can’t pre-occupy
Ourselves with selfish dreams or disguised lies
Or you will find that second guesses take up time
That butterfly, which you’re so scared of slowly aged and died While you stood back and watched the worthy chances fly
Line up! Line up!
You think there’s nothing we can do? You’re all replaceable, we can start anew Line up! Line up!
You think we’ve got no clue? We’ve got all we need to see this through
I don’t feel happy, I don’t feel safe but I know I should
The funny thing is that if you weren’t here
I know deep down I could
We’re all accountable and that means that you all should be too But the only thing that we can count on
Are the fingers you slip through
Line up! Line up!
You think there’s nothing we can do? You’re all replaceable, we can start anew Line up! Line up!
You think we’ve got no clue? We’ve got all we need to see this through We’ve got all we need
And now we don’t need you
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8. |
Set Me Apart
05:44
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I can finally be
As a burden that no one could see
Fell straight from my shoulders, unearthed from beneath
How could you stoop so low
How could you dare to ask this of me
I worried about you, what good it do?
I hate to say I told you so but its true
I said that this is where this path would end
I always knew
It’s me against the world
It’s me and no one else as I can’t justify
Taking another chance in trusting another soul
Cus after all this time I’ve realised
Not everybody hears this call
I called for help but did not get it
You left me here I won’t forget it
Maybe it’s for the best
We can lay this here to rest
And throw this damn weight of my chest
So I can breathe
A bittersweet sigh of relief
I’m done with self pity, I’m done with this grief
I never needed you, I only needed self belief
You pushed me away so I stand here alone
A far cry from before on a stage of my own
Who said I needed you?
Just step back and see how tall I grow
Cus there’s this spark inside of me
That’s screaming to be released
It will burn for all the world to see
It’s the ace up my sleeve
It’s the only weapon I need
I’ve been biting this bullet
That’s engraved with your name
You damaged what we had
You must know it can’t be the same
You set fire to these bridges
Yeah you started this game
Fuck yourself, you just lost
All that’s left for you are the flames
Watch them rise
Like me
This will be my proof, my life, my story
That will set me apart
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9. |
Dead Ends
06:22
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Get off my back
It’s hard enough to move on forward
With all this weight off my shoulders
We’ve been here before
You try to drag me down to the floor
Down to your level
At the end of the day you’ll stay there like the devil you are
I see the light
But the light casts a shadow
Run through the night
But I know I’ll be followed
The ends in sight
But there’s one thing that you should know
Keep building walls around me
Do your worst but wait and see
Cus nothing you can do will stop me being free
Anything you throw my way will fall down by the wayside
I’ll find a way somehow
You can’t stop me here
You can’t hold me down
I see you there
I turn around and see you stalking
Stay focused on better things
I’ve bled for far too long
To be stopped by anyone who tries
Little do they know
They’re in for a big surprise
You can’t stop me here
You’ll never hold me down
At these dead ends
We come to mend this time my friend
You can’t stop me here
You’ll never hold me down
You’ve come to send me off my friend
Keep your eyes on the horizon
Try and spot me through the haze
I left with just one aim and slowly changed my ways
I needed all the setbacks
Enemies as much as friends
I learnt from falling down that
Life Begins At These Dead Ends
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