1. |
The Day The World Ended
05:03
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I'm not the same as I was back then
Who was I back then?
Am I lost again?
Is this another cycle
Can't tell if it is
Will this end the same or different?
Said I'd tell this story from beginning to end
But lately I've lost my edge
Remembering things that already happened
And got lost in present tense
I'm so tense
Maybe it's all just in my head
Tell me: where has all my time went
I lost myself again
I won't get it right; I'll get this right again
Until the world ends
(We were just kids, we were just kids)
I'm still trying to wake up
The outside remains untouched
Eyes open, sight shut
I'll save it for another day
(We were just kids, we were just kids)
I'm still trying to wake up
How many selves have I lost
Dissociate again, protagonist and audience
(We were just kids, we were just kids)
I'm still trying to wake up
How many selves have I lost
Eyes open, sight shut
I'll save it for another day
(We were just kids, we were just kids)
I'm still trying to wake up
The outside remains untouched
Dissociate again, protagonist and audience
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2. |
Lighthouse
03:21
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I will stay away
Can't deny you a better life
I'll hold the torrent back on my side of the county line
I will stay alone
With twin tracks of memories burned under my eyes
Just know you will always have a light to come home to
Wherever you go
Whatever you see
Whatever you do
Just know you will always have a light to come home to
So when you're feeling alone
Just know there's someone thinking of you
I wish things never changed
And I miss the days
We'd stay up all night writing songs about our lives
And how our friends all moved away
I'm no good with change
So while you're moving on
I'll still be here writing the same songs
Not selfish enough to hold you back
Just enough to never show you my true face
So my composure doesn't crack
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3. |
Tooth and Nail
01:36
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I've been thinking of the words that I could write to get to you
Sinking my teeth into the bone
And although you don't find comfort in solitude
Next Friday night I can make a bet you'll be sitting all alone
Alone, you know
So get up and fight it
(Don't let the chemicals win)
Draw the blinds and go get blinded
You only get one shot; give this all you've got
From the outside, come on, another time
(Wake up, wake up, wake up)
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Woke up the other day a bit less weary than I'm used to
I went outside and stared at the sun
For the first time in a long time
I could squint and strain
To find a little bit of color trapped inside a heat wave
It looks like rain again
But if there's one thing I've learned the silver lining isn't far from the grey
(You'll never know)
Until your life ends on a knife's edge just how little you have to show
(Move!)
Sick and diseased and spiraling
A panic that you'll never know
So I stitch this mask to my face
And let you think it's just for show
I could flay the skin from this skeleton
Strip everything to the bone
Lay it bare, you wouldn't care
Not applicable to your world
(You'll never know)
Until your life ends on a knife's edge just how little you have to show
(You'll never know)
Just how much is out there, waiting somewhere
Ephemeral behind a bright red glare
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5. |
Ghosts
03:23
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(Wait...)
Getting caught up into life
Fought the stars and came back light
Another place, another time
(Stay...)
Find a way to stitch these seams
Burn the edges if it means
You'll find the better man inside of me
But still I'm floating
(I don't want to be transparent)
Floating away
(I don't want to be transparent)
I've clawed my way back to the Earth from the skies
Using bindings of words in replacement of spine
And I've spent too much time finding meaning between the lines
That someone else wrote, to know I'm not alone
But like all things, it seems like this also must die
Cuz I watched them move on, and I'm left behind
Once again a shadow
A pale ghost
Looking for an upswing
But not close
I started writing songs so one day, I would sink not float
Dropping anchors to come back home
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6. |
Roadmaps to Nowhere
03:35
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Been living life in the rear-view mirror
Looking back, it's never been clearer
I don't know where the hell I am
Despite all promises I am
Stuck in the fast lane
Pedal on the floor, but I can't escape
The maps hidden in my veins
Can you read between the lines and show me something
I haven't seen yet, some kind of meaning
A sign among the street lights
That everything will turn out all right
So give me something to believe
Say anything
And cover me up, I'll cover it up for another week
I need a reason not to go
Anchor me home
Waiting forever, a constant pressure you'll never know
Head on collision
Staring at the faces in the back of my mind
Catalyst, prison break
Watch, disintegrate
I wonder who I'll be this time
Been living in the rear-view mirror
And looking back, it's never been clearer
I don't know who the hell I am
Guess I lost myself again
So give me something to believe
Say anything
And cover me up, I'll cover it up for another week
I need a reason not to go
Anchor me home
Waiting forever, a constant pressure you'll never know
So tell me, outside looking in
Does this seem like anything with a start or end?
Will the pieces ever become whole again?
Or will the shards remain to lacerate inside my head?
So tell me, outside looking in
Does this seem like anything with a start or end?
Will the pieces ever become whole again?
Or will the shards remain to lacerate inside my head?
So give me something to believe
Say anything
And cover me up, I'll cover it up for another week
I need a reason not to go
Anchor me home
Waiting forever, a constant pressure you'll never know
So tell me, outside looking in
Does this seem like anything with a start or end?
Will the pieces ever become whole again?
Or will the shards remain to lacerate inside my head?
So give me something to believe
And cover me up
Cover me up, oh say anything
I need a reason not to go
Anchor me home
A constant pressure you'll never know
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7. |
South to North
00:43
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Just listen to the critic
(Oh, he's a cynic)
Analytic
(It's not dismissible, more than lyrical)
But the problem is that
(Tit for tat)
You're the stick in the bear
(I'm the teeth in your back)
Withholding respect, so I'll throw it back
(Like you said)
Don't follow the crowd to Satan's home
And fuck the phrase "when in Rome"
You love to talk from jet wings above
But without me you'd never lift off
Keep my name out of your mouth
The hammer stays under mounds
Of soil and dirt as splinters burst
From Goddess deaths to new births
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8. |
Old Dogs
03:40
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Get 'em up!
Take a hit, numb sedative, set it in
And try to understand where it all went wrong
I guess it's been this way for so long
It's hard to see through the fog
And the fugue, cuz everything that I do
Adds another piece of the puzzle for you
And I don't even know where it's supposed to be
Keep stacking pieces, portraits, places, for eternity
I don't know how this story ends
I drown under waves in perfect weather
And watch myself fall back in the same trends
(I'm getting older but not getting better)
When will I have finally had enough?
To erase my thoughts and all that lingers
(Uncap this pen and let it run)
I'm getting older but not getting better
How many times? Say I'm fine, walk the line
Patience is mine, straighten out this crooked spine
Between the hammer and the anvil I've left
Too many ghost-imprinted scars on fragments
Thought I ground out all the sentiment to still wake up
Covered in the sweat again, sticking old bone ash dust straight to my skin
Dense calcification until oblivion
I don't know how this story ends
I drown under waves in perfect weather
And watch myself fall back in the same trends
(I'm getting older but not getting better)
When will I have finally had enough?
To erase my thoughts, and all that lingers
(Uncap this pen and let it run)
I'm getting older but not getting better
I've tried to put my past behind me
(Don't remind me)
But there's this voice inside my head
And it makes me who I am
Saying "I'm destined for something, sing without apology"
Forever a part of me I know I want to keep
Leave my past behind me
(I'm struggling)
To leave my past behind me
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9. |
Renaissance
03:29
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Another wasted year
And I'd been failing to keep trailing the one thing
I held so fucking dear
Once elevated, then frustrated, so sedated with the weight of the world
So I rest my head and slept instead
What else could I add to the ignored?
You know what's funny?
I kept running from the one thing that would hold myself together
And though I found happiness instead
I found a way to wake my weary head
For some reason I feel estranged
And now I'm floating on
Suspended in wavelengths
Is this where I belong
Am I still who I was back then
How many wasted years
Have I been failing, always bailing on my things?
It's never been so clear
I've been trying and denying but it's lying; these chemicals
Get the best of me when I can't sleep
Just another 5a confessional
It's kinda funny
I don't want to feel this way but I don't want to call it quits
Because I have never found a thing
That means more than music does to me
I just hope it's happy one day
And now I'm floating on
(Now I'm floating on)
Suspended in wavelengths
(Wavelengths)
Is this where I belong
(I belong)
Am I still who I was back then
I've been spending the past few years
Piecing myself back together
But did I miss something?
Cuz it seems like you don't even recognize me anymore
Do I even recognize me?
I'm on the other side of the wheel
Feel lost over the horizon
Something seems different
Can't put my finger on it
Maybe it's memories lost in time
Maybe I'd forgotten who I was
Lost in my six year slumber
For whatever reason, I feel distant
But regardless, hopefully this time
I'll keep my eyes open
And no matter the distance, I'll always return
I'll keep an eye out for the lamp
Familiar grounds feel unfamiliar nonetheless
A renaissance
(I'm lost in time, eyes open wide, where I belong)
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10. |
Titanic
04:14
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A couple years ago I thought I found my stride
Two albums down, a third one forming in my mind
About the present, not just the past tense
A little less beaten track
(Well what did you expect)
I gotta find some way out
(Lately I'm lost in time)
Maybe I just need a change of pace
Cuz I've been staring down the center of a current looking at remains
Of my former selves
Wondering if that's all that's left for me
But there's so much more that I wanna be
I never thought I'd have a problem with growing up
At least lately it seems I'm not the only one
Are we all pretending to just be fine, living better lives in better times?
Mast halfway through the ice; we're going down
Just like the Titanic
(Lately I'm lost in time)
Like I always said: this life will eat you if you let it
Make me believe I'll never feel this low again, eyes popping out of sockets
My head is going under; I'm failing to the pressure
Like I always said: this life will eat you if you let it
Make me believe I'll never feel this low again, eyes popping out of sockets
My head is going under; I'm failing to the pressure
(Full steam ahead!)
Are we all pretending to just be fine, living better lives in better times?
Mast halfway through the ice; we're going down
Just like the Titanic
So look straight ahead; don't bury your head in the sand
Your bones will wash up red
But I won't
I'll look straight ahead
I won't bury my head in the sand
Your bones will wash up red
So look straight ahead; don't bury your head in the sand
Your bones will wash up red
But I won't
I'll look straight ahead
I won't bury my head in the sand
While you wash up red
(Just like the Titanic)
So look straight ahead; don't bury your head in the sand
Your bones will wash up red
But I won't
I'll look straight ahead
I won't bury my head in the sand
While you wash up red
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11. |
Timebomb
02:59
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Tell me to get myself together cuz I'm falling apart at the seams
And show me a time where I'll be better cuz right now it seems so out of reach
I've been so caught up in things I've done
The time I've lost
These past few years have felt like one
Where every day's the same
Growing older without the growth
You think you got it, what do you know
About my life and where I want to be
There's no future for me here that I can see
It feels like everything is all wrong
And my mind is just a timebomb
Ticking away till I've finally had enough
I know one day that I will set it off
Lately everything around me feels a little bit too loud and sounds like moderate anxiety
Crazy how everything looks perfect for a moment and it's worth it till it all goes blurry
How am I supposed to think everything is fine
When every day just feels like
(Every day just feels like)
Growing older without the growth
You think you got it, what do you know
About my life and where I want to be
There's no future for me here that I can see
It feels like everything is all wrong
And my mind is just a timebomb
Ticking away till I've finally had enough
I know one day that I will set it off
I will be who I am
(Forever)
Growing older without the growth
You think you got it, what do you know
About my life and where I want to be
There's no future for me here that I can see
It feels like everything is all wrong
And my mind is just a timebomb
Ticking away till I've finally had enough
Ticking away
Growing older without the growth
You think you got it, what do you know
About my life and where I want to be
There's no future for me here that I can see
It feels like everything is all wrong
And my mind is just a timebomb
Ticking away till I've finally had enough
I hope that I can keep it from going off
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12. |
12/21/12
08:14
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You can take this however you want
Round and round it goes
(So the story goes)
I never wanted to live in a cyclone
Hold me down
Bind my hands
And watch me drown
(Six feet underground)
I wanted a normal life
(Guess that's too much to ask for)
And sure, it gets hard at times
(A piece of the smile that I wore)
But instead I'll surface and descend
(To where I came from again)
Rise and fall within
Losing it all till the end
So here we go
(In the December cold)
It was the last time I remember being whole
When my thoughts were my own
(I wasn't just a clone)
Staring through the eyes of someone I used to know
None of this feels real
None of me feels real
I wanted a normal life
(Guess that's too much to ask for)
And sure, it gets hard at times
(A piece of the smile that I wore)
But instead I'll surface and descend
(To where I came from again)
Rise and fall within
Losing myself till the end
I'll scream it out and sing it back
It's all that's keeping me on track
Sound it off before I'm gone
(This cycle repeats on and on and on)
Maybe one day I will stay awake
But I know in my heart it's relapse and repeat
Cast again into comatose eternity
Staring down at what was, and what will come to be
(This cycle repeats on and on and on)
Maybe one day I will stay awake
But I know in my heart it's relapse and repeat
Cast again into comatose eternity
Staring down at what was, and what will come to be
(This cycle repeats on and on and on)
Maybe one day I will stay awake
But I know in my heart it's relapse and repeat
Cast again into comatose eternity
Staring down at what was, and what will come to be
(This cycle repeats on and on and on)
Maybe one day I will stay awake
But I know in my heart it's relapse and repeat
Cast again into comatose eternity
Staring down at what was, and what will come to be
(This cycle repeats on and on and on)
Maybe one day I will stay awake
But I know in my heart it's relapse and repeat
Cast again into comatose eternity
Staring down at what was, and what will come to be
(This cycle repeats on and on and on)
Maybe one day I will stay awake
But I know in my heart it's relapse and repeat
Cast again into comatose eternity
Staring down at what was, and what will come to be
(This cycle repeats on and on and on)
And maybe one day
I will stay awake
We were freezing in December
The last thing I remember; better days
If I don't lose myself again
Forgetting all I've ever been
I'll see this out till the bitter end
And as the sky fell down I didn't brace for impact
Run or hide or fight, it wouldn't make any difference
When everything goes cold and the frostburn sets in
Where will you end up when the world stops turning?
Lifted up high above the clouds
Or buried in ice with me underground
I never wanted things to end up this way
(I didn't make your mistakes but I)
I'm getting tired of this sediment ache
(I need to take a break from everyone and everything)
Just another 5a confessional
Twenty years old may be all I wanna be
I don't know how this story ends
I started writing songs so one day I would sink, not float
This life will eat you if you let it
And cover me up, I'll cover it up for another week
Where do I begin?
(Growing older without the growth)
Where do I end?
(I never wanted to live in a cyclone)
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13. |
Reflections
02:02
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Can I be literal for a sec
Didn't want to let this album go just yet
Until I knew why after everything it only feels third best
And I was twenty-two thousand feet
Over the Mediterranean
While I was buried underneath
These songs and doubts inside my head
It all made sense at the time
As I left these last words behind
In the hands of the only friend I could trust
And went across the world to die
But now I'm back home
(Anchored where I've always been)
I'm not so
(Good at getting over things)
I just hope I'm happy one day
(I'm getting older but not getting better)
(I'm getting older but not getting)
Expectations low
(Trying to get over this)
But full of hope
(That one day the cycles end)
That I will finally wake up
And live the life I've always dreamed of
There was a time way back before all of this
December 2012 or so
We couldn't get some fans in a venue
So we played out in the cold
And maybe we died
It was the last time I remember being alive
Cold chills and frostbite crystallized
I'm stuck in time
In a place I can't move past
20 years old may be all I'll ever be
20 years old may be all I want to be
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Sidetracked Orlando, Florida
Orlando Pop-Punk
Escaping ephemerality through projection of non-linear points of consciousness
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