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129
01:50
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I don’t wanna rot
I don’t wanna rot
I don’t wanna
I don’t wanna rot here alone
Standing at the top
Leaning on the edge
I don’t wanna
I don’t wanna die here alone
If I don’t like it
I can change it
If I don’t like it
I can leave it
Wish upon a well
Spend a night in hell
Nothing left
Empty is the promise I sew
Member of the club
Living life undone
I just wanna
I just wanna die here alone
If I don’t like it
I can change it
If I don’t like it
I can leave it
I wonder if I’m gonna stay
I wonder if it is too late
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130
01:51
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I blend into lovers avail.
I’m a breath away from leaving
I want to be your shadow
That protects you from the rain.
Chorus:
Silent fight
Hold me tight
It burns me from the inside
when you’re stars away from here.
I’m tied against your wheel
to steer you back to me.
Chorus:
Silent fight
Hold me tight
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133
01:57
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Why
Fake
Joy through pain
Left to mend the pieces
Stuck against the wall
Lost
Train
To nowhere
Now I am
Left to mend the pieces
Stuck against the wall
Feel
Aggression
The plaque
My death
Left to mend the pieces
Stuck against the wall
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4. |
135
01:50
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Calm down it’s all a fad.
It’s gonna change one year to next
If unaware just what to do
I’ll start again and see it through.
I can change my point of view
There’s nothing here that I won’t do.
Chorus:
Years and years I made it through this hole.
Ever changing consequence I chose.
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I’m confused and I’m a mess.
I’ll clean it up, take out the trash.
If there’s a lesson I need to learn
I may just have to crash and burn.
I can change my point of view
There’s nothing here that I won’t do.
Chorus:
Years and years I made it through this hole.
Ever changing consequence I chose.
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137
01:59
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Come around and be free
Just you and me and the world will see.
Flaws we see in ourselves
Falling apart, I need a start.
Chorus:
Victimize yourself
Blame it on high wealth
The systems got you down
Scratching your way out.
Live amongst the trees
Live off the land or a garbage can.
Help you and yourself
Single and free the whole world to be.
Chorus:
Victimize yourself
Blame it on high wealth
The systems got you down
Scratching your way out.
Bridge:
No one said it was easy
to get off the bathroom floor
Never will I take the risk
Without a hint of reward.
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Come around and be free
Just you and me and the world will see.
Flaws we see in ourselves
Falling apart, I need a start.
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139
02:00
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I’m feeling nervous since I wrote that letter.
A strong reminder I need to do better. .
I will end where I begin
I will end where I begin
There’s truth in the jokes I’ve made.
Some were hateful and made them run away.
What I don’t know can hurt me
Steal my breath and make me go blind.
I will end where I begin
A crackling light above my head.
I woke from a dream my best friend was dead.
license
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140
02:10
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A night on the streets with just you and me.
I want to know where you’re from.
I tried being me but the moment wasn’t free
I left all my truth in the car.
I won’t ask you any favors
Tell me when it stops
I know you can see how my life used to be
The scars on my skin will tell all.
Forcing the fear against what I hold dear
I won’t let you steal anymore.
I won’t ask you any favors
Tell me when it stops
I won’t ask you any favors
Tell me when it stops
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141
01:55
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I pull up my sleeves to hold on and prepare for changing ships.
The mornings set aside to help me think of the memories I regretfully missed.
It never fails when you realize you’re up from a dream.
We are two different beings trying to raise a family.
We wanted to believe that we could handle anything.
All I ever wanted was nothing that I got from compromise.
I tried to change and life rearranged and I was lost.
It never fails when you realize you’re up from a dream.
We are two different beings trying to raise a family.
We wanted to believe that we could handle anything.
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142
01:57
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The ghost that haunts our greatest fears
Tell us all to disappear.
An entire year oppressed from life
No one questioned, no one tried.
CHORUS:
I don’t want to take a side.
I don’t want to be forced to say goodbye
It’s never too late for what might have been
A chance for us all to be human again.
Proven to fail the rules that lay
Bearing the tears and life's decay
Visible struggles and empty streets
We can’t be forced to do this again.
CHORUS:
I don’t want to take a side.
I don’t want to be forced to say goodbye
It’s never too late for what might have been
A chance for us all to be human again.
Bridge:
The future comes, the past is gone… forever
Nobody has to take a side. The people are strong and our leaders comply.
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143
01:57
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Folding the corners of life in despair
Trying to balance an uneven scale
Drunk from the stress of commitment that fails
The hope is that one day the people will change.
Chorus:
When do I say no to letting losers in
Somehow I relent to getting rid of them.
Dead in the water when you find they can’t swim
Left on their own you're compelled to swoop in.
Stuck to a pattern of trying to fix
Broken down people who suck you right in.
Chorus:
When do I say no to letting losers in
Somehow I relent to getting rid of them.
Bridge:
When do I say no
When do I say no
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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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