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Novelty
01:31
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"I've changed."
That's what they all say, well let me tell you something.
Leopards never lose their spots and people, well, they don't grow up.
You came back to town for a week, said you wanted to see me.
That night in the parking lot,
Almost gave another shot,
Don't know what the hell I thought,
But I'll never let you in again.
I'll never let you win.
Old habits die hard.
You're still leaving scars.
Old habits die hard.
I'm finding my heart and home more and more every day.
Old habits die hard.
Still got a black heart.
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Permanence
03:07
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Good times, they came and went,
With every intake of every breath.
Proclamations of affection were better off left unsaid,
Maybe this would hurt less.
We should've let the flowers wither
And decay though the winter.
But, still I shiver every time I hear your voice.
Frustrates me how I have no choice in the weight that's on my chest or the voids inside my head.
I think I've lost a part of me down this road.
I'll never be who I was all those years ago.
Cause you're moving oceans and I'm walking slow.
And we'll never be how we were all those years ago.
We'll never be.
And it's sad to think that all these memories mean nothing.
I'm still sleeping on my own. Just barely.
Are they relevant?
Does all of life lack substances?
Am I relevant?
Do you drown me out with substances?
We both ran from the permanence, but got tattoos.
And I've lost a part of me down this road.
I'll never be who I was all those years ago.
Cause you're moving oceans and I'm letting go,
Cause we'll never be how we were all those years ago.
We'll never be.
We'll never.
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Against the Current
03:07
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I think of you most nights as I blast The Story So Far all alone in my car.
No amount of blacktop street seems long enough to me.
I could've sworn I grabbed your hand, but you disappeared before I could even blink.
Tell me,
If the heart is not a bone,
How could it fracture so easily?
I swear I'm not as stone as I pretend to be.
I crumble in the dirt and I tear at the seams.
But I'm stronger than I think.
I'm picking up speed as I swim against your current.
As I make my way upstream, I realize that you didn't mold me,
And the capsize wasn't worth it.
And we chopped our ties as if they were our own hair,
But the thing is, we'll never grow back.
And it took some convincing and some nights of no sleeping
Till I realized I'm okay with that.
You're still in my dreams every night even though I banished you from my mind.
Well, at least I tried.
And the walls still scream to destroy you like you've dismembered me.
But, you will not be my kryptonite.
Don't talk to me when you're not alright.
I won't fall back into square one,
Because this time, my heart is done.
You will not be my kryptonite.
I will get a full night of sleep tonight.
I won't fall back into square one,
Cause my heart is done.
And I've burned all the drawings you gave me;
There's more important things that need saving.
I need to be at peace, not in pieces.
I need to enjoy breathing.
I need to be at peace, not in pieces.
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Fade
03:05
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Our story's full of decaying clichès,
I remember the night we were laughing in your driveway;
Our lips were curved up at the corners,
Bliss born on your birthday.
But now you're hours away,
And I'm lost in my head.
While you're making strides,
I'm taking baby steps.
Now I'm falling apart, all alone in my bed,
And your voice is a ghost that haunts the halls of my head.
But I'm always tongue tied and I'm never alright.
I need to open up my shades.
I need to face today.
Cause it's night time in my mind,
And I've wasted so much time trapped inside of a memory,
Conjuring ghosts of you and me.
And I'm missing you like hell tonight.
I'm sorry that you're sad,
I'm sorry you hate me.
Components of the past have been haunting me lately.
I'll put up a front and say it's worthless,
But we both know,
You give my life a purpose.
I'm always tongue tied and I'm never alright.
I need to open up these shades.
I need to fade away.
Cause it's night time in my mind,
And I've wasted all my time trapped inside of a memory.
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5. |
Narcissist
03:05
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I should've known from the beginning that this was just a dead end street.
Even though the leaves were green,
Nothing's ever as it seems.
This all got so out of hand,
But I'm not sorry for a word I said.
You should understand,
That if it all was up to me, you'd probably just drop dead
Cause you're toxic.
Well, I've got my friends, and you've got your ego in your thick head.
How did this all get so misconstrued?
I swear to god I never meant for any of this.
Call me pathetic, how poetic.
Does anything beat in your shallow chest?
Opinions that aren't yours are pointless.
I hope your hopes go up in flames,
Cause your kind disgusts me.
You've got a lot of nerve to write us off,
A colossal mouth that knows how to talk through a screen.
Say it to me and stop your damn complaining.
The sun shines, but with you it's always raining.
I do not live to please anyone who's damaged me.
I do not live to please.
Call me pathetic, how poetic.
So hypocritical, it's your fault you're miserable.
Don't point your finger, look in the mirror.
Call me pathetic, you're not empathetic.
Don't point your finger, look in the mirror.
This world really doesn't need another narcissistic bitch
Who doesn't give a shit about the hearts her name may be in,
As long as her's is not in pieces.
I'm sick and tired of your malignancy.
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6. |
Temporary
04:04
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I know what it's like to be a problem,
Know the hurt when no one wants you.
But, this is not a sob story.
I just don't want you to worry.
Cause it's all alright.
I'll be okay.
I'm finding my heart and home more and more every day.
It's all alright.
I'll be fine.
Well, my head got misplaced somewhere along the way.
Stable now, but still I sway.
Cause everything is temporary.
"Who taught you how, how to guard yourself?
I don't mean any harm, I'm just trying to help,
But you're pushing me out whenever you're down."
Well, I never pictured myself as being someone you'd miss,
Cause while your name was making headlines,
I was stuck in sheet coffins.
My shades are still somewhat drawn, but the light's coming in.
I've been searching for stability in every crack in the concrete.
I wanna explore new places, go on road trips with my friends,
Drink coffee, get tattoos in every city I stop in.
Maybe then I'd know what it's like to fully commit,
Instead of running like a coward.
I never wanted to hear it.
This current won't pull me back to my old shitty habits,
Cause I've swam away fast from the past,
I won't have it.
I won't settle for less than what I know I deserve just because and old flame left me with third degree burns.
It's all alright.
I'm okay.
I'm finding my heart and home more and more every day.
I'll be fine,
All in good time.
Well, my head got misplaced and then you turned away.
Stable now, but still I fucking sway.
Paralyzed, but not defined by my worst days,
Cause everything is temporary.
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