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Not Lost
04:17
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I have fought against the world
But I have lost
And I have fought to be a shiny pearl
But I have lost
Ya I, oh I, have lost
And I have fought against my myself
But I have lost
And I have fought against my mind
But I have lost,
But I'm not lost
No I'm not lost
But sometimes I get worn down,
get crushed into the dust,
find myself choking on familiar words,
over think and underact,
but this is something that I must accept,
its bound to come and go,
and I won"t be defined by these dark times,
i'll just let'em come and go,
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2. |
Common Fate
04:30
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Is there something to be said
For all these distortions ringing
In my head?
All the wolves that I have fed
All the monsters hiding under the bed
And the moods that they create,
Which throw me into a kaleidoscopic state
Till I cannot relate,
With the rest of the crowd
and their common fate.
Broke ideals
And programmed love and hate
Then Tears, and moonlight flood my eyes,
And I find myself between a dew drop and the sky
And deep in the dark there's a voice crying low
Hear me, feel me before I go.......
Should I end it or go on
And what order shall I place the verses
Of this song
Is there a right way and a wrong?
And is the moral for the weak one or for the strong?
Shall I end it right now or carry on
Then tears, and the moonlight they return and I
Feel these contradictions slowly fade into the night
And deep in the dark there's a voice singing bright
I know me, I can feel me, I'm alright.
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3. |
Black Blood
03:49
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The brake lines have been cut
We've been set up
We are fed up
While Black blood flows
In broken veins
Hits the water main
Rises in
Rusted drains
And we're passing through darkness
To emerge in the light
We must admit our weakness to
Know what it is that is right
Class of clowns
Who wear frozen masks
Simply ignore the task
Ignore what we ask
take turns scratching on
Eachothers backs
Paint our rivers black
leave us the aftermath
But I can see a light
Out on the broken horizon
As all people unite
For the good of a new generation
But If the future's bleak,
It's cause we've grown weak,
And given our hand away.
Married to a fantasy
It's time to get ourselves free
From this treasonous apathy
And we're passing through darkness
To emerge in the light
We must admit our weakness to
Do what it is that is right
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4. |
Arbitrary Lines
05:14
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Lights are shining down, on you, on me
Your multi-coloured rags are torn at the seams
We were trying to escape a dessert god who is deaf to our desires
Arrive a minute too late, and then they separate us and throw us in the fire
Crossing arbitrary lines, with our humble hands we offer up our time
Under sedentary eyes, who perceive our very existence as a crime,
So we're crimes
Ya we're crimes
We are crimes
Crossing arbitrary lines, we are nothing and to nothing we'll return
As they plead the lord divine, to protect their kin and let the others burn
So we'll burn
Ya we'll burn
We will burn
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5. |
Into The Wind
03:04
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Bright Flame
05:30
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Your heart is a bright flame,
A beacon in the soul of the night,
But it burns too hot
Burns them bridges you've crossed
And though it doesnt feel right
its not for naught
Look down, turn around,
But you know there's no going back
You've shone too bright
But know that who you answer to
Is the person starring back at you
in the mirror's light
So don't get too self-conscious,
You should know that You're doing more good than bad,
Not to make you get all self-righteous
But you should know
You're more than just a passing fad
An the heat of your bright flame
Warms my life
Time is short and we cannot afford to be
Second guessing our every move
The hazy days and wandering have
Come to an end
And we!re better off, ya we're better off
So don't get too self-conscious,
You should know that You're doing more good than bad,
Not to make you get all self-righteous
But you should know
You're more than just a passing fad
An the heat of your bright flame
Warms my life
She's out on the water
She holds out her bright flame
To light the way for her brothers
But then she loses herself in the eyes
Of another
It was an honest mistake, but
She's caught in the wake
And it's bringing her down
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