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1. |
Maze
04:12
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(Verse1)
I'm sitting in a maze
a glare on my face
I'm just standing around
deaf and blind
(bridge)
if I only had a drink now
maybe I could even think about
when I only could walk home
then I wouldn't have to talk to you
(chorus)
This time it'll be different
this time I'll stand up
face the music
I know I'll lose it
light the fire
in me
cuz I wanna see
the end of me
(verse 2)
Pulling the trigger
no help's on the way
tripping over
despite what they say
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2. |
Low
03:30
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(verse1)
not answering calls
it's dark inside
I left last september
cuz of all the rain
can't find the words
so I don't bother
can't see clear
so I shut my eyes
(bridge)
no matter what I do
the stench remains
no matter what I Say
it won't move away
so I have to walk
to get anywhere
but even if I knew
I was paralyzed
(chorus)
took all the strength i had just not to crumble
my rage is manifest but i'm in it for another round
(verse2)
gonna stand up
if I break
gonna to look ahead
if I'm blind
don't have the words
but I still talk
don't have a view
but I know the way
(bridge2)
no matter what I do
the pain remains
no matter what I say
it won't move away
so I have to run
to get somewhere
but even if I try
I am petrified
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3. |
Speak
04:22
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(verse1)
When I think of
I run out of
breath a knot on
my throat I can't
speak clearly
No I can't think
think clearly
In that moment of
senseless violence
all just stops for
me and I can't
speak clearly
no I can't
think clearly
(bridge/chorus/idk)
In time I feel
falling down
what was mine
turns to dust
I cough my words
feelin' like a mute
drag my self down
it's no use
and here it comes again
nothing in a shout
from the inside
get off I want out
(verse2)
when i reach that
I can't help react
a flower garden
abandoned clearly
forgotten clearly now
on the same day
of heavier weights
no one stops for
me and I can't
get back inside
won't come back outside
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4. |
Hello
03:34
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(verse 1)
i bide my time
i pace the line
I watch from
the outside
i ponder and
i wonder and
it never seems
to end
-
when it comes
over me
i feel like
running
and running away
so I can pretend
I'm doing
something
(chorus)
you don't say hello
you don't look at me
you can't touch me
I'm out of your reach
That's how it is
(verse 2)
I try my hand
don't see land
I watch from the inside
I mumble and
I rumble
it gets me results
when it comes
over me
I feel like I'm hiding
hiding away
the bitterness
of failing again
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5. |
Me
04:02
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(verse 1)
im waiting for something better
i'm gonna push you into heaven
I force it out of me
it's out there roaming free
(bridge)
you remind me
you remind me
Of
(verse 2)
a feeling presents itself
over and over inside myself
I can't look in the mirror
and I won't open that door
(chorus)
all the times I felt a stranger
in my skin
of every thought that could not belong
in my head
of all the times I could not
accept myself
if it finally stops
does it end
(verse 3)
if I'm reduced to component parts
could you tell who I am
im waiting for something better
but I'm not getting into heaven
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6. |
Forget
05:34
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(verse 1)
familiar faces
familiar places
I don't know who I am no more
how come did I forget
to breathe
(verse 2)
your bribes don't work nomore
can't buy anyone like before
you're getting desperate now
you're getting thirsty now
but there's no water for you
for you
(chorus)
How soon we forget
so conveniently now
how, how soon, we forget
we've reached a new low
how, how soon, we forget
you reap what you sow
and how, how did I, forget?
(verse 3)
I wanna break out
I'm going in deeper underground
I don't know who I am no more
but I let myself be found
I live
(verse 4)
my clothes don't fit nomore
can't wear'em like before
I'm getting desperate now
I'm running faster now
but there a problem
it's a problem for you
for you
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7. |
So what?
04:18
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(verse1)
no conditions
no orders
no joy
no pain
so I got your name wrong
so I forgot my line
so what? (2x)
(verse2)
no time
no limits
no hair
no skin
so I mislabeled you
so I fell down
so what? (2x)
(chorus)
so I saw the signs
all the fucking signs
now I'm paying double so I'm buried in trouble
no big deal cuz I'm taking the wheel
(verse3)
tell boss
roll over
make your bed
in hell
so I got a rash
so you say I'm trash
so what (2x)
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