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Constant State
03:13
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I'm in a constant state of fear of the future
A constant state of regret for the past
It's a common way for my kind of creature
To live and wonder how long it'll last
Will I grow out of cleaning up the mess I made when I was drunk
Revelations I had when I was high evade my brain until I die
And they all come flooding back to mind
And haunt me til the end of time
The mundane mistakes from years gone by
Will taunt me through the afterlife
I've got a constant weight on top of my shoulder
I often wait for it to crush me flat
But one thing I've learned as I've gotten older
Is everyone has one, so don't you hope that
You will grow out of picking up the pieces of your little heart
We're walking around with aching chests, and tired eyes, just trying our best
To distract our poor little minds
From the fact that we're all slowly dyin'
And hope the pain from years gone by
Won't be there in the afterlife
I'm in a constant state of too tired to work
A constant state of too wired to sleep
I'm constantly living the same day over
Before I know it, I miss a whole week
I am always waking up and not living the life I want
I always feel I'm in too deep to fix it so I just go back to sleep
Or I stay awake for days on end
And push away all of my friends
But that's okay man, they don't mind
We'll be together forever in the afterlife
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2. |
Nothing is Alright
04:04
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My paint peels off of my walls
Won't gloss over it again
I won't pick up I won't mend, I said
My indecision makes me feel small
No surprise you ran and hid
I was just a stupid kid
And I regret everything I ever did
When I'm alone at night
I feel my brain's too tired
To sleep through to daylight
Cos nothing is alright
I don't know why I lied
It's my fault that you cried
Yeah you know it's on my head
And I can't think straight anymore
I try to work on my flaws
But they pile up on my chest
Never see clear through the mess, I said
I try to keep my mind an open door
But I'm wrapped up in my quilt
Like a flower left to wilt
Hard to open up when I'm crushed with the guilt
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3. |
Skeleton
03:37
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You don't know me, but you hate me
You don't know why you hate everyone
That's around you, but you make me
Waste all my time being miserable too
Cos we're all just getting along and getting by just fine
Yeah we're all just getting along, give it a try sometime
Am I too forgiving
Should I live and let what's living go ahead and spit on me
Yhrow me into the bin
Til my skeleton jumped out of my skin
I watched him run around
Put everyone into the ground
They once walked over me on
I started to win
When my skeleton jumped out of my skin
So I'll keep waiting for the day
I save myself, and take you right away
To where it is just you and me
Those cowardly bones inside of me
So I'll keep waiting for the time
The coast is clear, and everything is fine
I'll come around, but only to see
My skeleton has abandoned me
Am I too embarrassed
To hold my ground while I'm being harassed
Or stand up, cheap violence,
Or sit and laugh to break the silence
If it's all just an eye for an eye, is it really that fine
Yeah it's all just an eye for an eye, and I don't wanna be blind
So I'll keep waiting for the day
I save myself, and take you right away
To where it is just you and me
Those cowardly bones inside of me
So I'll keep waiting for the time
The coast is clear, and everything is fine
I'll come around, but only to see
My skeleton has abandoned me
Thanks for having my back
When I get attacked
And spat in my face by the railroad track
Oh no wait what's that
I've noticed the cracks
You weren't really there
Oh please come back
Where is my backbone
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4. |
High
03:47
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Everyone falls asleep and
I fall down deeper again
Started off as a weekend
Now it's two months down the drain
If I can still get to work in the morning
It can't be really that bad
But I've not been acting my usual self
And I'm not usually this sad
And did you
Clean your room you couldn't
Sleep in when you moved in
For the first time in your life
Are you in a mood? I thought that you had improved
Why you always wanna be so high
Why you always wanna be so high
And I know what you're thinkin'
Not trying to fill a hole
Just like it better than drinkin'
But I've got no self control
But at least I can find comfort and content
While I'm stuck here just for now
But now it's been years, and I'm still right here
Cos I'm too wired to find a way out
And did you
Clean your room you couldn't
Sleep in when you moved in
For the first time in your life
Are you in a mood? I thought that you had improved
Why you always wanna be so high
Why you always wanna be so high
Why you always wanna be so high
Why you always wanna be so high
Everyone's always happy
Everyone's always sad
And has too much to do
With too much time on their hands
And it makes me feel sick
And pushes steam from my glands
But I feel a bit better
With my head in the sand
With my head in the sand
With my head in the sand
With my head
And did you
Clean your room you couldn't
Sleep in when you moved in
For the first time in your life
Are you in a bad mood? I thought that you had improved
Why you always wanna be so high
Why you always wanna be so high
Why you always wanna be so high
Why you always wanna be so high
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5. |
Will It Ever Go Away?
04:40
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I wonder if we feel the same fear
With no one else near
And all the bodies on the floor
Still got the same old eyes in your head
That saw them all dead
Do you remember anymore
When the lights go out
Do you go back in your mind
Are you less scared of the end
Having looked death in the eye
Or is it like an old friend growing closer with each day
Will it ever go away
This is the same world I was born in
I wear the same skin
It just feels different today
This is the same house I grew up in
When I've had enough of it
I just don't come home for days
With each hour I'm awake
There's another doubt in my head
Ain't nothin' matter too much
Before too long we'll all be dead
The only problem I have with that
Is I'm still in the same damn place
Will it ever go away
Will it ever go away
Will it ever go away
Will it ever go away
It chill my bones to think that I'm a
Tiny speck of dust that's floating
Round a giant ball of fire
Just like millions of others, so what are
There so many problems on one tiny ball of dirt
Why waste your useless little life being such a jerk
And if nothing even matters, then oh why does it hurt
And will it ever go away
Will it ever go away
Will it ever go away
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6. |
Doctor
03:16
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My favourite colour's red
But I don't want the others to go away
My favourite word's instead
Cos it can mean replace
Whatever's in my head
Eventually goes away
I can't take back what I've said
I'm just finding out why I always feel this way
I've never seen a doctor
Cos I know that I'm not sick
Don't get me wrong, there's something wrong
But I'll get over, I'll get over
I've never seen a doctor
Cos I know that I'm not sick
Don't get me wrong, there's something wrong
But I'll get over
I'll get over it
My favourite place it home
But my biggest fear is staying put
And watching my time go
Faster than I thought it would
And if I share my soul
For a little while it goes away
But in my heart I know
Before too long I'll be back in my room on my own again
I've never seen a doctor
Cos I know that I'm not sick
Don't get me wrong, there's something wrong
But I'll get over, I'll get over
I've never seen a doctor
Cos I know that I'm not sick
Don't get me wrong, there's something wrong
But I'll get over, I'll get over
I'll get over, I'll get over
I'll get over, I'll get over it
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7. |
Hoodie
03:10
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I want back the conversations
That we had months ago
And the nights I stayed up tryin'
To change your mind alone
I wrote my plans for the future
You wrote your plan of attack
Now most of all I want my hoodie back
I want back my effort
I want back my time
I want back the feelin'
That everything will be fine
I miss the girl that I wrote for
But as a matter of fact
Now most of all I want my hoodie back
I want back the feelin'
That I'm always in the wrong
I wan't back my family
You didn't think too kindly of
I said I'm sorry I'm not perfect
But never heard it back
Now most of all I want my hoodie back
To say I didn't love you, that would be untrue
But staying warm means more to me than you do
I treated you like gold, you treat me like a dumpster
It's getting cold and I want back my jumper
I want my hoodie
I want my hoodie back
I want my hoodie
I want my hoodie back
I want my hoodie
I want my hoodie back
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8. |
In The End
03:50
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I'm just a pawn
Another layman
My sword is drawn
But I have no plan
But I carry on
For better or worse
Cos we all float on
Just like in the verse
Keep those eyes bright
Just like the spare
Keep those hands tight
Just like a prayer
Before bed each night
Whether it's right or it's wrong
We'll float on alright
Just like in the song
But in the end, it all works out
To put an end to all your doubts
It chews you up and spits you out
But in the end, we all float on alright
Tell me I'm not the only one
Who gets so damn scared
When I can't see the sun
Remind me that it's still there
Tell me that all I am
Ain't a waste of self
Tell me I'll float on
Just like everybody else
Everybody else
But in the end, it all works out
To put an end to all your doubts
It chews you up and spits you out
But in the end, we all float on alright
But in the end, it all works out
To put an end to all your doubts
It chews you up and spits you out
But in the end, we all float on alright
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9. |
Since U Left
04:01
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Since you left
There's been a tightness in my chest
But my heart it keep on beating
Even though it don't know why
Since you left
There's been a lightness in my breath
But my lungs just keep on breathing
Couldn't stop 'em if I tried
I learned the way
The world I see changes each day
Whether you want it to or not
So go and dry your crying eyes
Or beg and plead
Tell the world that what you need
Was left behind, but it don't matter
for I doubt you'll change it's mind
Remember when
I said you were more than a friend
Rather a part of me that I
Had lived my life so far without
It's no wonder we were scared
When we noticed the cracks spread
I'd forgot how I got by alright
Before you came around
But I know that I can't change
If things just stay the same
And each day relive the pain
Over and over in my head
Well I know that I can grow
It's harder than I ever known
But I do it for my chest
That's been so damn down since you left
So I went home
Feeling sober and alone
Not sure where to put my hands
Or to rest my weary head
I wondered how
I could go on living without
The part of me that made me feel like I
Should get on out of bed
So I cut off my hair
To remind me not to care
When a part of me feels lost
That I should just give it some time
And it helped to know
If you can bleed then you can grow
And I'm so glad that I'm a new man
And I'm glad that's not a crime
Cos I know that I can't change
If things just stay the same
And each day relive the pain
Over and over in my head
Well I know that I can grow
It's harder than I ever known
But I do it for my chest
I repent my sins
And pack it all in
Like the world's gonna end
If I'm not on the mend
I figured it out
And swallowed my doubts
With which I have been blessed
Since the day that you left
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10. |
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I can’t believe that I’m still bumming around
Remembering why I used to feel so down
And why I never liked to stay too long
And when I did I’d only write sad songs
Cos this, this life is just a film
I’ve seen too many times
I recall every line, it’s all noise to me now
I think I’m feeling ill
No wonder he’s still using
He only ever does things
He’s done a million times
Leave the old 6169
Go figure out how to be fine
Ain’t no use wallowing in your remorse
Failed too many units to pass your course
So you’re still stuck in university
Not what you had in mind for 23
Cos this, this life is just a song
You’ve heard too many times
You recall every lyric, it’s all noise to you now
This house don’t feel like home
When you’re the only person in it
And I’m sick of sitting by
Watching you hate your life
Leave the old 6169
Go figure out how to be fine
And it’s not like I don’t want to be like you
I just don’t see no other way
To let you know
That it kills me to see you
Do the same thing every night
Comfortable and clueless
Bathed in television light
Or maybe you’re just happy
Or tired from your busy life
You’ve done so much more than I
Sit in the house that you built with your wife
Watch the price is right
The same old house for the rest of your life
Every fucking night
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