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What Was the Question?
02:27
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dividing line that goes undefined/don’t walk away while you’re peaking on top of it in your prime/milk it for what it’s worth/divining rod points to lives of crime/home in stay on the run/but the focus starts to slide/dividing line that goes undefined/tighten your grip behind the wheel with all your thoughts in decline/save face for what it’s worth/deciding with a life on the line/no prints move like a ghost/but the past acts as your guide/time’s not on your side/give it a rest for a while/point your red eyes at the prize/focus on basic survival/time’s not on your side
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Namesake
04:09
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suck your gut in deep/feel your total weakness/fill your lungs completely/they don’t really mean it/where to turn when your head’s already made its way round/where to put it instead/between legs that’ll have you/do whatever you have to/always been a sucker/indebted to the clutter/with which your hands keep busy toiling with no direction/well I guess you could say/that I lost my way/that I fell out of place and I fumbled the page/good luck finding your way back/cause it’s all that you have/there might never be more/and if they gave you the last/what would you use it for/to match the face with the namesake/at the core we just disagree on the same things/so what more could you want now/what more could you want now than to see it all dissolve into nothingness where it all started and it’ll end/into nothingness where it all started and it all ends
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Checked Out Forever
02:27
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drained you’re not the same as you were/chained and all that you know’s how to hurt/yeah you fooled me truly/and it’s my undoing/it’s chill and i’m cooling off now shutdown/yes it’s all consuming/see the thread unspooling/gone for good assuming stances can’t quit/brittle bond/a loose agreement/mere acquaintance/casting doubt at every step so nobody wins/I’m desperate for a comfort now that nothing provides
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The Leash
03:01
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I can count on one hand all the things/that are safe from the mind and its fangs/you brace for the impact/your heart at an impasse/but suddenly your mind’s at ease/the spirit’s calm/the soul’s at peace/the promise gone/the path overgrown/but I long to be on your mind at least/if you say the word then I’ll wear the leash/but I still can’t believe that I’ve been released/come when called at any expense/set me on any neck that you see fit for tearing into/while you think of what this could have been/tighter now the chain digs in/one point for a cutting word/two for whispered truths that echo on forever/a worthless treasure
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2 Real
04:33
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compulsive glutton for violence and disorder/sick pattern that cries when ignored/now that the habit is forming/the baseline is phoning it in/for a taste of the glory/you paw through the mess that you’ve made/shouldn’t it be rewarding/but you can get your head round the sequence/how it plays out/soft spot that’s raw at the core/seek relief through contorting/you claw your way into the cage/can only be supportive of a rampant disbelief that things change/there is only evidence for poor attempts to dull the blade/all good intentions do is fade into longing/and now where there once was something worth saving there is only dried blood/sure could use you off the sidelines/a show good of good faith that you can’t rewind/that doesn’t feel fake/never quite right/the joke’s in poor taste but are you surprised/you fight me cause you know that at the bottom nothing can grow so why should I bother to
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Safer Harbor
02:51
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wonder what would have occurred if only you had tried a little harder/wonder what you could have done if only you had reached a little farther/out on your own and now you know there is no home there is no safer harbor/your point is vague so work to make it sharper/my patience here won’t hold for too much longer/put all I had on one sure thing and now there’s nothing left with which to barter/oh no it’s gone away again/collapsed in it’s classic/retracted and spent/there goes that one sure thing and in its place the longest face/where shit adds up and sleep is king/you bite down and don’t feel the sting/it moves away from all other things/what did you expect from it
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Orienteering
02:25
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slept through all the movements and now I’m behind/never really clued in/never really tried/running on a circuit/outpacing all the broken fixtures on a surface that time ago was golden/speeding past the sad trap into the arms of bad acts/firing on all fronts/leaving you choking on dust/willing to strike a deal/you’re on the losing side/what’s that like/live in a secret place/where there’s no fight no flight/just blurry lines
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Base Self
02:07
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aching for a deeper knot/feels for a goner you’re sure droning on/how did we get so far and when did it get so hard/tell me something I don’t already know/feeling fucked up where I once felt home/tell me something/how many times did we come so close only to escape unscathed/holding back on the instinct when I should be killing/fulfilling the word the way that it’s written/holding back on the instinct and fighting for inches/fulfilling the urge that we should be living
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Projection
03:13
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pulling out all of the stops that you’ve got/to kill a moment alone/to kill a wavering thought/walking facedown/silence in a thick haze/and rather than trying to understand you carry on at greater speeds/and you tear down just to move on/and you go back where you came from/can’t sing me the song you spun to drown out the one I hummed there all along even when faced with growing doubt/can’t will me to pluck the bloom I’ve planted in spite of doubt and without proof against the odds it’s taken root/championed the darkness like I knew it could/each word a lie/each plan a trap/each step forward while looking back/out walking facedown/at home in a fake life/with fingers in your ears/and blinders on your eyes
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Retreat
04:08
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blurry beyond belief/offense on the retreat/but kiddo swing for the trees/the final fight can’t be clean/don’t lose that hold/the ground we gained in bitter cold/give up the ghost/all that remains/call off the dogs/there’s no response/give chase until you slip the bonds/the marble vow recited on an altar of our slaughtered song/how’d you ever let go/of the trouble you hold onto/poison reminder that you taste but still swallow/and it goes down like easy tiger/tame until the shallow rolls over the stronghold/so don’t fight cause you can’t win/glue the petals to the rose/easy tiger you’re retreating as you roam
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calculate the comfort going back would yield you/weigh all other options/now that the evening starts the yearning/look how fast you’re learning to glide across the surface/don’t dip below/rough go/I can tell you’re nervous/don’t count on me/the hope machine’s all out of service/and the warranty is worthless/and the finer points are skirted/and the small print’s poorly worded/and the reward is the burden/in another life you’d never think twice about licking the spark that runs down the wire/look out now/loose cannon for hire/the signal is sent/cut me some slack/the floodlights flash then fade to black/in another life you’re not afraid to bare your teeth and lick the blade/in another life
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Still Life, Underwater
03:40
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latcher on to what you couldn’t dream/anxious and unwell when gaining speed/who do you wish you could be when the going got rough and they called out your bluff/too composed to tell me what you need/now you’re gripping the arch and the full moon’s gone dark/closed off and cold/take note you’re slipping down/freewheel/we’ll coast/risky and risking a fall/still life underwater/motionless and floating by/preserved perfect near the surface free from time and sense of purpose/every bit apart from what was promised when we came/and with each passing moment I forget we work the same/still life/cause it’s a reminder of what you left behind/now I’m the reminder of what you left behind
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