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Dead Ends
04:48
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All the ends are dead
Don’t wait for me
All the ends are dead
Don’t wait to see
If I’ll make it out of here
If I’ll even run-
It’s too late for me
You spent an endless trip
Stuck in between two lines
Circling for an ending we could never find
Help pull me out of here
When confusion breaks, what’s left for me?
If down the bend I see it,
Out of the corner of my eye-
You’re the revelation, my only drive
Help pull me out of here
Take me to where you wept for me
Well I started to question if I ever would find
An exit or release, whether by chance or design
I entered full of hope but only the cynic survived
You were the only real answer that I ever could find
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Under Siege
05:45
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It’s plain to see, transparently
They will mislead our beliefs
All the seeds are sown of their hypocrisy
It’s all we receive
What if we can’t force it?
What if we weren’t for sale?
They’ll bare their teeth
In grinning animosity
And we’ll concede
They promise us any other way we’ll be
Under siege
Hold your fire and resist
The way that you learned that
We had gotten this strong
But now we’ve waited too long.
This all is meaningless,
The pieces we left
Shattered hopes scattered far
Just know that we’re not for sale
The lines they’ve weaved
Separate us silently
But we won’t see
The kettle screams
It’s boiled over underneath
We’re under siege
What if we can’t force it?
What if we weren’t for sale?
Well you’re not alone but the feeling’s contagious
Being left out alone doesn’t feel so good
Together we’ll find
That we’re not alone and our fears were not baseless
Together we’ll be unstoppable
Hold your fire and resist
The way that you learned that
We had gotten this strong
But now we’ve waited too long.
This all is meaningless,
The pieces we left
Shattered hopes scattered far
Just know that we’re not for sale
Hold your fire and resist
We learned how to think but we’re never too close, and actually
This all is meaningless;
Until we make a stand, the words you say won’t actually change
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3. |
You & I
06:42
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Feel the sun washing over and it leads to better days
The wondrous highs lead to affection
And it still remains the same-
You were there when I was gone
Now we’ve flipped it around
No one would say that it’s over
I wandered far to find the exception
And you stumbled here this way
The wondrous highs lead to obsession
And you stuck into my brain-
You were there when I was gone
Now we’ve flipped it around
No one would say that it’s over
But my fear exists that the fire is over
And we’ll start over and over again
Under it all I wanted to say
I don’t like to talk about it but
I have a feeling, I wish that you’d want to stay
This uncomfortable feeling,
and I don’t want to talk about it,
that in the end you will not feel the same
My fear exists that the fire is over
And we’ll start over and over again
Feel the sun washing over, and remember better days-
The conversations loop over and over again
Maybe it’s good
I hope it’s good enough
For you & I to defend with our lives
To the end
You & I
could collect the space between us
Or we could find it goes exactly the way that we planned
And there is never even an end
Maybe it’s good
I hope it’s good enough that you & I won’t pretend
We’ll feel the same again
I’m just scared of starting over and over again
You & I
Would collide even in a different life and time
And I know it’s good enough that
You & I will defend with our lives
To the end
You & I
Could collapse from the space and time
But we will find
It goes exactly the way that we planned
And there will never even be an end
The roaring fire only feeds the affection
But I’m affected all the same
The wondrous highs will never be over
I’ll repeat over and over again
Maybe it’s good.
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Myopic
05:00
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I wish I still felt the same
After hours spent scratching the surface away
Don’t be so sure that we’ll break
When we say we won’t be over it
Try to remember the end of the song
When we say we won’t be over it
With all of my thoughts stuck in stone
It would take a miracle now
I’ve been stuck in this make believe
I never thought I’d atone
Come be my miracle now
And pull me out of the make believe
The end never comes
Though we might bend and break in the wind
Wherever we stood, we still stand
When we say we won’t be over it
Try to remember the end of the song
When we say we won’t be over it
With all of my thoughts stuck in stone
It would take a miracle now
I’ve been stuck in this make believe
I never thought I’d atone
Come be my miracle now
And pull me out of the make believe
(And maybe we’re wrong)
Have you ever even heard “I forgive you”?
Have you ever been hurt but no one cared
We’ve been taking these sides for so long…
Have you ever even heard “I forgive you”?
(I knew all along)
Have you stared into the dark neverending?
Have you wondered why you should even care?
We’ve been changing our minds for so long…
Have you ever even heard “I forgive you”?
Maybe we shouldn’t have salted the earth
Maybe time cannot heal our wounds
Maybe stubbornness will lead to regret
Or maybe it’s time to forgive you
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5. |
a Thousand Years
05:18
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Every step was fear
And when it tripped you up, you disappeared
Help is everywhere
And when it ripped your heart out,
you left it there
Rest your head, it’s off to bed to sing your final song
Even though you watched us go, you’ve known all along
Every dream was real
You’d wait a thousand years
If it would help you feel it
Still you want it all, despite the pain
That kept you trapped here and gave you everything
If the ending had played out like you’d scripted this way,
They would ask you to stay awhile
Though the ending has changed, your story’s always the same
And they will ask you to stay awhile,
And you will
Desperation starts,
and when you threw your heart out,
you missed the mark
Still you want it all, despite the pain
That kept you quiet and promised everything
Rest your head, it’s off to bed to sing your final song
Even though you watched us go, you’ve known all along
If you lost your head and were left for dead, you’d make it out alone
Even though you watched us go, you still would sing your song
I just need a reason not to fail
When it all comes down to the time and the place
Well, honestly I just need to feel that something good could come
From the lies and the wasted years
Just understand I never meant to leave you this way
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6. |
Shadows
08:02
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Shadow is all this is
Weaving over the landscapes we’d painted as our own
They won’t stay, yeah the fog will be gone for good
When the worst day arrives, you’d swear the colors were there
Well I’d take you aside just to say they’re surrounding you everywhere
When your canvas is blank, you’ll be anything
But your colors have barely faded clean
And when you're awake you’d be anything here
In the morning will you still remember being?
Shadow’s all this is
Weaving over the inspiration
When your palette is gray,
It may feel that life always will be this way
Maybe I’m insane or maybe I will find a new way
(shadow is all this is)
Well it hurts, yeah it burns, but it keeps you holding on
Well I remember it well,
the shadows pulled me along
This kind of pressure keeps me holding on
Yeah I remember it well
It's taken far too long
This kind of pressure keeps me holding on
If I could pull you out of your head...
Whatever you need and whatever you feel
Won't mean a thing if you won't let them be real
We're all scared the shadows might leap off the ground
But I'm sick of them dragging you down
If I could pull you out of your head, then we'd see the sun,
And you won't sleep anymore
As soon as the colors were gone
If felt like they’d been all along
I wish you’d believed in me, but your silence said it all to me
And I knew the ending would come
I wish you believed it to be
But your silence said it all to me
And I knew the ending would come
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the Drought
04:11
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It’s a shame we met so long ago
Your mind was set on where you wanted to go
Maybe you’d make it or maybe not
But I guess it took too long to find the start
Well now we’ve fled for higher ground
Expanded fears came flooding out
Maybe we stalled or maybe stopped
Let’s just say it’s what we wanted all along
And we’ll sit in silence
Until we hit the ground
If ever the water stretches too high
Just remember the drought
Shame we met so far before
These waves had crashed
and carried us far to shore
Maybe we’d find that when we’re lost
Is when we’re open to find another start
Well now we’ve fled for higher ground
Expanded fears came flooding out
Maybe we stalled or maybe stopped
Let’s just say it’s what we wanted all along
And we’ll sit in silence
Until we hit the ground
If ever the water stretches too high
Just remember the drought
Long after we are gone,
The sun will rise and set like ever before
I know we’re just a blink in time
Relics the flooding left behind
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8. |
In Vain
04:09
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It’s been a long time coming
We had to learn to say goodbye
So many years spent running
Because you couldn’t face us eye to eye
Your head’s down but it’s obvious that we’re on your side
Your head’s down but it’s obvious that you’re wearing a disguise
It’s been a long time coming
You couldn’t remember how or why
You have forgotten nothing,
Just let excuses pile high
Your head’s down but it’s obvious that we’re on your side
Your head’s down but it’s obvious that you’re wearing a disguise
I’d show you how it’s done if you’d only listen
I’d show you that the waiting is not in vain
One single mistake is that I’d forgotten how to fit in all the words that I want to say
The miracle is, from what I remember, you’re still standing here to walk today
Your head’s down but it’s obvious that we’re on your side
Your head’s down but it’s obvious that you’re wearing a disguise
Your head’s down but it’s obvious that we’re on your side
Your head’s down but it’s obvious that you’re wearing a disguise
I’d show you how it’s done if you’d only listened
I’d show you that the waiting is not in vain
So, you were the next to say it
You wouldn’t make it out anyway
Still you can’t escape the cell
Despair was always stuck in the way anyway
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Chained
05:56
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Tripped on some good intentions, you thought you lost it this time
No matter where you stood, you were slowly going blind
Escape is way too easy and you’re stuck, wasted, in time
You thought you’d lived without a care but nostalgia lied
I don’t want to leave you here
I don’t think you’re ready to find
If you’ll float on through the air
Or come crashing through the sky
After all…
One more lucid nightmare kept you screaming at night
Sirens tracked you home and pulled you back to life
How did it get this easy? You won’t make it next time
Instead you’ll float on through the air and slowly close your eyes
I don’t want to leave you here
Do you think you’re ready to die?
Will you float on through the air
Or come crashing through the sky?
After all…
You never stood a chance, another victim of circumstance
Though we tried, in the end we were never able to make you
Say you’ll be happy again
And I know you’ll be happy in the end
We’re not prepared, but you’re leaving us
Well it’s bound to come but why now?
What if you forget all the helplessness,
And just focus on right now?
We’re not prepared, you’re not leaving us
I know you’re lost but why now?
I know the hopelessness has got you chained,
But I hate to see you in pain
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10. |
Beneath the Surface
06:40
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Wade out from the sand.
You shouldn’t forget whatever can make you brave
Beneath the fears that you’ve fought off for years
Find whatever will keep you sane.
No complications to comprehend
Far out in the waves, you float
You’re so far away that you can’t pretend
Far out in the waves, it’s wonderful
Way out in the waiting water
You ought to see us drown.
Still awake as the waves wash ashore,
You’ve got to wonder how it will feel
When we see what it means to be
Once I was there,
My head in the waves too deep
The soul had passed the tides
Still you’re just sinking far
To the waiting wonderful
What are you hoping to find?
You’re slipping away from consciousness
Far out in the waves, you won’t
You can’t understand how it could come to this,
Far out in the waves, it’s wonderful
I’d pull you out if I could, I’d throw myself in with you
And all the demons you faced, I would face them with you
I would follow you down to the depths of the seas
I would follow you there if you’d come out alive and breathing
I’ll be holding your hand, no matter which way you choose
I just hope you come back as the same person I knew
I will follow you down to the depths of the sea
In the end I just hope you’re alive and breathing
Once I was there
Sinking more
Into the waiting wonderful
What are you hoping to find?
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