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Eternal Forward Motion
03:49
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Searching for the truth, for the truth shall set me free
I'm running to the finish line but I'm out of breath and I'm going blind
Blinded by the blur of this nauseating velocity
Blinded by my own idea of what is good for me
Blinded
There is no shame admitting that you are lost
There is no shame, we are one in the same
There is no time to worship yesterday
From now on I'll place my trust in this eternal forward motion
You think you’ve figured it out, but if life's living you that's the wrong way round
Why live in the past?
All these people craving after years gone by makes me fear what lies ahead
Trapped in, take eternity a day at a time
Trapped in by standards set by someone else
Eternal forward motion
There is no time to worship yesterday
From now on I'll place my trust in this eternal forward motion
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2. |
Beneath It All
03:36
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Run your mouth, see how far you get
Tall tales won’t carry you
All the grief you're sending my way
I just simply close the door
Life's too short to blink an eye,
At the words bleeding dry my respect for you
Life's too short to understand the thoughts within your head
I don't think I want to
We don't see eye to eye
Doesn't matter just live your own life
We don't see eye to eye,
Doesn't matter just live your life
Every smile,
I know there's something lurking
Every word
I know there's something
Beneath It All
Serpents Head
Beneath It All
You've made your bed
New day, new scapegoat
The fingers pointed right at me
Time and time again you bang your head against the wall
You'll never break through
Doesn't matter what you do,
results they stay the same, never change your attitude
Doesn't matter what you do
Results they stay the same, a weak mind will never win
Beneath It All
Serpents Head
Beneath It All
You've made your bed
Sleepless nights filled with apathy
Your dagger in my back will affect you more than it affects me
When something affects the body, you cut out
That's why I'll cut you out of my life
Cut off the serpents head
There's something lurking...
So run your fucking mouth
Beneath it all
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Dull Ache Behind My Eyes
03:06
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I'm paralysed with fear that the thrill of life has left my body,
just like an empty shell waiting to turn to dust
The years bloom with optimism and turn to black
This happens over and over and over and over and over and over again
Constant dull ache behind my eyes
I want to crush those rose tinted glasses
beneath my feet and let the glass bleed new life into me
I once had youth on my side ’till it sold me out for the next one in line,
and turned its back on me and said your on your own,
on your fucking own
A life of hard work doesn’t always pay in full
Doesn’t always pay in full
Constant dull ache behind my eyes
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Harsh Truth
04:17
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Well I'm not going to draw my curtains today
No I'm not going to force a grin today
There's a world outside that's full of shit but not guts inside to admit it
No I'm not going to look outside today
There's harsh truth in plain view
A room of egg shells that we walk through
There's harsh truth in plain view
but we just stand and watch it as it all falls down
Not going to draw my curtains
Not going to force a grin today
Because…
There's harsh truth in plain view
A room of egg shells that we walk through
There's harsh truth in plain view
but we just stand and stare
There's harsh truth in plain view
A room of egg shells that we walk through
There's harsh truth in plain view,
but we'll just stand and watch it as it all falls down
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5. |
Sore Tooth Twin
01:38
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6. |
Force Fed
03:32
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Force Fed
Can’t believe what you say,
you say it week after week
No one asked you for your opinion
I am so fucking bored of banging my head against the wall
Just hand me the scissors
I’ll cut off my ears
Can’t you hear yourself?
Maybe you did the same
Force fed your views
And your words don’t mean much to me
The shower of shit that comes from your mouth
And the words that I speak,
just don’t get a chance to leave my mouth,
before you cut me out
Your personality comes crashing down on me
I need to try and block that sink hole in your face
Just hand me the hammer,
and I’ll nail your mouth shut
Silence is golden
Force fed your views
And your words don’t mean much to me
The shower of shit that comes from your mouth
And your voice is just white noise
I’m tuning you out, I’ve had enough of you
I’ll nail your mouth shut
Just hand me the scissors
I’ll cut off my ears
Just hand me the scissors
I’ll cut off my ears
And your words don’t mean much to me
The shower of shit that comes from your mouth
I’ve heard your views force fed it
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We Forgot You
04:04
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The cracks are starting to reopen
They were hidden and forgotten,
but they were always there waiting to reopen
A lump that can’t be swallowed
Blood ties look at the mess we made
Pushed to the back of our heads and locked away
Looked down on ignored,
Insignificant, your worth is more than you’ll ever know
I remember the night you first told me
You wanted to leave us
The despair set in
Blinded selfish
We forgot you
I kept the letters safe,
covered up the mirrors
Scared of your own reflection
Vicious voices
Piercing eyes
We forgot you
The problem that cannot be mentioned, It has a name
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8. |
Suspended In Emptiness
03:22
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The black seeps out of my eyes
Shrouding the light
Nothing will ever feel good again
Nothing will feel right again
Suspended in time
Destroy me
I can’t feel anymore
The blackness is suffocating
Caging my lungs
Squeezing the last breath of air out of my lungs,
until there’s Nothing left
Broken and miss lead, wallowing in sorrow
I am suspended in emptiness
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Reality Filter
04:32
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I’m selling a lie
Appearances are everything
In my mind I’m a far cry behind,
but I’ll keep portraying this false identity
Things aren’t always as they seem,
when they are seen through the filter
This picture perfect life,
free of all imperfections
Everyone is selling themselves
Everyone is selling themselves short
I judge myself by others success
I rate my life second to yours
Nothing seems to be good enough
Nothing fills the hole
Always concerned on what I am lacking
Forever failing to live in this moment
Existence spent
Wallowing as life passes me by
I struggle to keep my feet flat on the ground
My head space is defying the earths gravity
Reality filter
A life time spent failing to live in this moment
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10. |
Owed Zero
04:07
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This skin is thick
All the shots you fire ricochet
No time for the naysayers,
because I won’t wait for mediocrity to be my saving grace
So why settle for anything less than what I really want?
I won’t be a part of a generation content with a sold out dream
No want for tomorrow, bored of living
You’re owed zero
Owed nothing, take everything
And I’ve seen it happen to the best of us
Sometimes you forget that your hearts beating
If you listen carefully you can hear it screaming
You’re owed zero
What’s the point in waiting?
Don’t be laid to rest without a legacy to leave behind
Owed nothing, take everything
Your life is a temporary bandage on a permanent wound
Keep on paving the way on the dull life you lead to find a mirror with a grim reflection,
staring back with its black teeth and hollow eyes that try to tell you something
you should have noticed years ago, the world owes you zero
Zero
I will build my own path,
that’s my birth right
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11. |
Bare Bones On A Blue Sky
05:39
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Skeleton contorted by wind that shapes me
Skin hardened by the bitter kiss of winter
Light shines through the bare bones of yesterday
and I know there’s hope for tomorrow
Lights are on, cold caress of a new day in my lungs
Trees stand like bones across the blue sky
This is all I ever wanted, as it turns out this is all I’ll ever need
I ache, pins and needles
Won’t stop, days slip by
But the promise of tomorrow keeps me breathless
Trudging through my clouded mind
Worthless to the thoughts in my head
Ice filled lashes
Cold burned faces
Pale wrists
I know there’s beauty in this,
but I can’t see it in the dark
These nights are too long
Dry skin breaks as I clench my fists
The trees are baron,
just like the days going by
The shadows shrink as the light grows stronger
Those lonely nights staring into the abyss
Something keeps me from slipping,
three words in my head…
Open your eyes
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