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172
01:34
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Faces change and rearrange.
It’s not hard to kill and point the blame away
How do we stay alive
Present in a passing tense
Abuse of willful ignorance.
How do we stay alive
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173
01:44
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In the book of stories
a lie upon a lie.
Serpents in their glory
A magical reprise.
Chorus:
I believe for certain
A mystical pariah
I believe for certain
A mythical pariah
Legends soaked in fear
believing without seeing
Scared to meet their maker
The questions disappear.
Chorus:
I believe for certain
A mystical pariah
I believe for certain
A mythical pariah
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3. |
174
01:47
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Lessen the wolves attack on the blood
of our peers.
Racist the roots of our land and all we hold dear.
Wrestless we are…
chorus:
Dead wrong
We can’t change the years we lost
Dead wrong
We fight hard to take what we want
Hammer the nail in the boxes of the sick
Lessons are learned from neglect of what we should see clear.
Hopeless we are..
chorus:
Dead wrong
We can’t change the years we lost
Dead wrong
We fight hard to take what we want
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176
02:11
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Cold tears, warm hearts
Stabbing hard in the dark.
I have been waiting to pull myself through
The back of the line to the door.
We can’t change the years we lost
We fight hard to take what we want
I was Your rock
I was Your rock
See through the fog.
Holding on for too long
I’ve been screaming for someone to find the key
That got lost in the fall.
We can’t change the years we lost
We fight hard to take what we want
I was Your rock
I was Your rock
Sharp teeth bites hard
You win, I’m wrong.
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177
01:57
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Rotten little creatures
You’re late for the show
It’s not what we were meant for
It’s not the world we know.
Wipe the tears away 4x
Crawling back into the womb
Forgetting we were there
A child born into this world
Was never really fair.
Wipe the tears away 4x
Bridge:
Pictures in my mind are about the human kind
Lost inside themselves pretending to be fine.
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6. |
178
01:45
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All
my time
Is lost
on lazy mistakes
Do
Or die
Excuses
we make for ourselves
Ch:
Steel and stone
Brick by brick
Made too strong to fall again
Pull
The chord
That chokes
The bleeding of time
Clean
The dust
That hides
What you left behind
Ch:
Steel and stone
Brick by brick
Made too strong to fall again
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179
01:56
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Nothing is fair. She’s hyper aware
He opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
She plays the victim
Runs and hides.
She makes him afraid to cross the line.
Ch:
Samantha the cynical
It’s always something critical
She thinks in every shade of gray
He lives in a lie. Believes in anything
She makes the rules no compromise
He’s on a cloud lost in the sky.
Ch:
Samantha the cynical
It’s always something critical
Bridge:
Pardon the mess I leave behind
She won’t take the time.
Memories lost on borrowed time
She finally lost her mind.
Samantha 4x
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39
02:18
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Years of trying to be good
Like no one around me would.
The liar, the cheat, the pawn
A road I’m tired of driving on.
Chorus:
The trash is off my back
Be true, cause it’s ok to be wrong.
The hope I’m riding on
Be sweet, let loose, live strong.
Let pain be weak with time.
Chorus:
The trash is off my back
I stay until I’m tired
Kicking the door to get out
When the water flows too deep
I erase the promises I reap.
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185
02:28
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You talk too cheap my friend
I think your mind has fallen off the deep end.
It’s past the time your goose is cooked.
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
Chorus:
I cracked the code of your defense
It’s based on blissful ignorance.
Right now I’m fully over it
Excuse for everything
vs-
You’re riding low still falling off
Abandoning right from wrong
This aint the stone age or the wall
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
Chorus:
I cracked the code of your defense
It’s based on blissful ignorance.
Right now I’m fully over it
Excuse for everything
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10. |
187
02:26
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I can’t believe
I’m into you
My standards changed
and I don’t know what to do
I think I fell
Hard for you
If this is true
I need to be with you
I’m out for blood
to set me straight
Above desire
To self medicate.
chorus:
I’m blown away
I’m blown away
I’m blown away by you
I’m blown away
I fold the line
And split the time
With my friends but even more with you
I gave shit up
That made me sick
It’s all for me
That led me right to you
I tore the seem
And let it breath
I picked it up
It didn’t burn this time.
chorus:
I’m blown away
I’m blown away
I’m blown away by you
I’m blown away
Bridge:
This is my test to see if I can make it count for you
I never seen myself the way others tend to see in you
I phoned my mother for advice to see what I should do
This was the first time that she said that I should see it through
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Mike Borgia New York, New York
A blues rock singer songwriter and guitarist, known for his 5 octave range and unique translation of blues, and rock.
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