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The Secret
05:12
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By the time you finally lose it
You may not even know it’s gone
In the form of a dark secret
Everyone can see it in your eyes
Don’t abuse it
Don’t tempt the fates
Or be dropped from the highest place
Forced to play the game
At your weakest point
Find out just how human you are
Suffering a grand delusion
Nothing will prepare you for
The storm that’s forming like a tumor
House of cards well and truly blown
Don’t forget them
You’re still worthy
Cradled at the bottom
Nurtured back to life
Work has just begun
You tortured, now you pay
In sober self-reflection
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Click of the lock
Block out the sun
Too cold to feel
What we have done
These broken limbs
Can’t take you home
These tattered years break you alone
Something lost in the way
I need more
Force an end to this day
I need more
Always doomed to delay
I need more
Assuredly certain fate
I need more
Hands of the clock
Dust of the face
Bite of the beast
Time can’t erase
Something lost in the way
I need more
Force an end to this day
I need more
Find another way
Escape
Find another way
Escape
Always doomed to delay
I need more
Assuredly certain fate
I need more
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3. |
Can't Comprehend
05:07
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Don’t wanna be here
Think I should cut and run
Don't wanna draw attention to the lack
Don’t wanna go there
Know I should stay unseen
Don’t wanna show my face and turn up empty
Small gestures
Veiled statements of intent
Cold gazes
Tension with no outlet
Peacocking shamelessly
All bark without a bite
Line up to get his fill
Puppet without a string
Amazing, surely not
So worth it, I forgot
What’s that now, come again
Too lost, can’t comprehend
Why did I come here
There’s nothing for me after all
Too meek to fight the pressure mounting
What do I do here
Too broke to buy my way out
Could snip the tension like fraying twine
Small gesture
Signal to shut the door
Time to play
Can’t stay silent no more
Command does not compute
Glitch out in fight or flight
Trip up and stumble through
More thoughts to haunt at night
Amazing, surely not
So worth it, I forgot
What’s that now, come again
Too lost, can’t comprehend
Had enough
Had enough
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4. |
Vengeful Morning
05:30
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Dawn leaks in again
Paralyzed in dread
Hand over my mouth
Dare I try again
Never seems to end
The burning and the fear
Can’t believe I’m still trapped in this hell
Pissing time away, a broken shell
Still can’t snuff me out
Still can’t force me down
Just another vengeful morning
Funny how I never say enough
Just another vengeful morning
Something ancient feeds this poison mouth
Just another vengeful morning
Funny how you never get enough
Something broken spits this venom now
Living with mistakes
That nothing can erase
A self that was blind
Lost in time
Dictates your life now
Funny and macabre
Every day a bargain with the beast
Have my brain but not my will to be
Still a few tricks yet
Still life to be lived
Just another vengeful morning
Funny how I never say enough
Just another vengeful morning
Something ancient feeds this poison mouth
Just another vengeful morning
Funny how you never get enough
Something broken spits this venom now
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5. |
Kicked Like A Dog
05:07
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An afterthought
I leave a trail behind
A fog to greet you
A trace, a fingertip across your face
A veil I reach through
Still there, I can see
Across the way
Self I couldn’t save, true
Not in vain
Pursue a better way through
Some to blame
Chance, the greatest scapegoat
What to do
Life, a losing game at end
A shattered mirror to hide the face behind
The shards that break you
Reality will never compromise if action binds you
Still there, I can see
Across the way
Self I couldn’t save, true
Not in vain
Pursue a better way through
Some to blame
Chance, the greatest scapegoat
What to do
Life, a losing game at end
Haven’t you suffered enough
Haven’t you suffered enough
Haven’t you suffered enough
Kicked like a dog, then you’re done
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6. |
The Perfect Cog
05:33
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Clearly aware
Dawn brings despair
Something burrows in your skull
Be not at ease
Say no more
I’ll be gone
Say no more
I am gone
Say no more
Left alone
Predestined to be
The perfect cog
Unable to break free
The perfect dog
Spite in the air
Echoes ring bare
A mute affair
Us, bored and clean
Say no more
I am gone
Predestined to be
The perfect cog
Unable to break free
The perfect slob
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7. |
Suffer No Illusion
05:30
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Pains me to remove
Facing mistruths
Break
Run
On and on
Endless false starts
Pains me to abuse
Grating your wounds
Break
Run
On and on
Endless false starts
Stop
Breathe
Start again
Currents cycling
Illusion
Illusion
Illusion
Stepping back inside
Fearing what’s to come
Break
Run
On and on
Endless false starts
Stop
Breathe
Start again
Currents cycling
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8. |
Each Day The Same
05:26
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Is that you there sleeping
You’ve worn me down
It’s not the time for dreaming
I’ve cast those out
Things aren’t the same I’m thinking
Since you’re around
No time for needless faking
I’m set to drown
The children
They wear me out
The children
They break me down
The children
They force it out
The children
I force it down
Down
Down
Is that you there playing
Without a sound
Is that you there waiting
I’ll turn around
The process dulls my thinking
Down to a stone
Each day the same I reckon
Any day now
The children
They wear me out
The children
They break me down
The children
They force it out
Down
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