1. |
Drawn This Way
03:18
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I've been awake for several days and my bloodshot eyes are losing patience.
No more responses. I start to lose it.
And then I wonder if you are still in this.
Why would you even drag me in this far and then escape like no one's business?
We could have been a thing. You sure felt something.
You must have. I believed it.
How did I lose?
What did you try to prove?
I swore that I struck gold.
You're more than the girls that I've known.
You were perfect, oh so worth it.
Now I can't believe that you left me wondering.
You always felt like things were so out of place.
Oh wait, oh wait, you always took things too far.
You always spoke to me like I was beneath you.
No matter how you stood you always seemed to see through.
How did I lose?
What did you try to prove?
I swore that I struck gold.
You're more than the girls that I've known.
You were perfect. Oh so worth it.
Now I can't believe that you left me wondering.
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2. |
Idle Mind
04:36
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I count down all the days of when I'll be laid into my grave.
I know I shouldn't feel this way but it's the only thing that makes me sane.
I've had a constant struggle with dissecting my idle mind.
Things don't make sense to me and I can't seem to make them right.
I can't expect all of these experiences to change with time.
For now I'll just keep saying that I am fine.
Don't you think it's a little bit reckless
to go without saying that I'm somewhat selfish.
I try to change but I'm feeling restless
trying to break down all of these useless fences.
Don't you think it's a little bit reckless
to go without saying that I'm somewhat selfish.
I can't help but feel some resentment
for all the reasons why I don't feel contentment.
Just when I feel that I'm getting close the worst begins to crawl.
Everything I say or do just seems to come out wrong.
All of my mistakes, all of my disgrace carved into my zealous face oh no.
I can't escape, I can't explain, I can't find my idle mind.
I can never really count all of the amount of times
I've looked into all of my friends eyes
And tell them the same old lie about how I'm fine.
(When I'm not fine)
Hoping each time someone would stop to
read between the lines. They never could.
No matter how much I hope they would.
Don't you think it's a little bit reckless
to go without saying that I'm somewhat selfish.
I try to change but I'm feeling restless
trying to break down all of these useless fences.
Don't you think it's a little bit reckless
to go without saying that I'm somewhat selfish.
I can't help but feel some resentment
for all the reasons why I don't feel contentment.
Just when I feel that I'm getting close the worst begins to crawl.
Everything I say or do just seems to come out wrong.
All of my mistakes, all of my disgrace carved into my zealous face oh no.
I can't escape, I can't explain, I can't find my idle mind.
Self indulgence is a fault I'd like to break.
And the product of my burden is the price I'll pay.
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3. |
Wanted You To Stay
03:11
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Losing every bit of sleep over nothing again.
It's like a broken record. Your mouth is the needle.
I'm trying to work it out.
If I'm never going to win, why do I stick around and just linger?
If I'm never going to win, then why do I seek her?
There's nothing else real here.
Why do I please you?
Does my pain cease you?
If you ever get the chance,
You'll stab me in the back,
And take it all for the win.
Ashamed of myself for thinking
that I wanted you to stay.
I wanted you to stay.
So if I gave you my all, you'd be the last one to appreciate
Whatever I came to do, would crash and burn and never cease to be.
Why do I please you?
Does my pain cease you?
If you ever get the chance,
You'll stab me in the back,
And take it all for the win.
Ashamed of myself for thinking
that I wanted you to stay.
I wanted you to stay.
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4. |
Blunt
03:45
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I’m always contemplating on whether to talk or sleep it all off.
Because I swear it’s always the same.
You talk so much shit, it leaves me insane.
You have no boundaries on how blunt you could be with no memory
of what was said the night before.
I’ve never felt so hostile or careful
thinking of what to say.
Can’t see right through you
but what is beneath you
must be cold and gray.
No wonder you don’t like to be alone.
You’re just so insecure.
You can’t be on your own.
You need someone to reflect who you are.
Hide all of your shame and flaws
that I wish I never saw.
You keep your feelings and your thoughts inside a black jar
So long as I stay clouded, bury, and kept in the dark.
And so your loose ends all stay loose ends whilst your dormant.
You’ll soon crash and skid along the sidewalk pavement.
No wonder you don’t like to be alone.
You’re just so insecure.
You can’t be on your own.
You need someone to reflect who you are.
Hide all of your shame and flaws
that I wish I never saw.
And after all this time I still think on you
but I can’t forget everything you put me through
No wonder you don’t like to be alone.
You’re just so insecure.
You can’t be on your own.
You need someone to reflect who you are.
Hide all of your shame and flaws
that I wish I never saw.
I’ve never felt so hostile or careful
thinking of what to say.
Can’t see right through you
but what is beneath you
must be cold and gray.
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5. |
Something About Mary
03:04
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It’s been months on end and things are still the same.
And you keep telling me that you are going to change your ways.
Well if you really cared then you would feel ashamed
That my disdain for you grows with every passing day.
So tell me, have I not been good to you?
It’s not like I’m hurting or losing control.
It’s not like you listen when I need you the most.
The truth is I’m wishing for something to come.
You’ll cease to neglect me. Oh how I want this to stop.
I’m dying inside because I’ve come to realize
I am the sucker for wanting you in my life.
Why won’t you listen if you want to know?
Why won’t you answer until I have to go?
So tell me why we can’t get pass this.
There is no excuse for the lack of progress
Unless your feelings have disappeared.
If that’s the case, why are you still here?
All I needed was time to process
The fact that this would never exist.
The door is open, there’s your exit.
The door is open, I’m calling it quits.
I’m dying inside because I’ve come to realize
I am the sucker for wanting you in my life.
Why won’t you listen if you want to know?
Why won’t you answer until I have to go?
Overcoming jealousy means something more to me
than roaming around and constantly worrying
I can tell you honestly that these times are hard of me
because now I go about my days questioning everything
Where have you been?
Where will you go?
No wonder you’ve been out here on your own.
It’s times like these that I stop and think
about all the things you said to me
the promises you couldn’t keep.
I can’t help but scream so helplessly
about all the things you said to me
and the promises you couldn’t keep.
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