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[Verse 1]
Is it really a complex or just lacking context?
Why would someone go so far to be a walking lie?
Yeah that don’t sound like me
I don’t think I’m that guy
(Enter "Beginner's Guide")
Please excuse our current appearance
I realize it’s quite the mess
And our deepest apologies for all of the noise
We’re understaffed and we're over-stressed
[Outro]
That I would lose
(Needed a change of pace)
Oh I would lose
Between my left and right, one day I'd have to choose
(Gone without a chance)
He found the man before him had died
(Yup!)
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Needed a Change of Pace
03:55
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[Verse]
I’m so glad I woke up today
A different life in a brand new place
I think I maybe outgrew the last
I needed a change of pace
No more talk of what my burdens say
They’ve been left behind and that’s where they will stay
Fled the scene, nimble, my hands kept clean
I needed a change of pace
Needed a change of pace
[Chorus]
Oh, how could you love me so?
Oh, with all I’ve done and the things you know?
My dearest
You better never forgive me
Cause if you
Forget what I’ve done I’ll do it again
[Verse 2]
I died that night and killed god in the morning
Left without a warning or even informing the coroner
I was a foreigner
Never belonged in that place
Played along in that place
Till I had enough of the games
I couldn’t find the time
From the afterlife
To apologize
Or even say goodbye
Oh, how could you love me so?
Oh, with all I’ve done and the things you know?
My dearest
You better never forgive me
Cause if you
Forget what I’ve done I’ll do it again
[Bridge]
(Needed a change of pace)
I’ve come to realize
(Gone without a trace)
I’d rather flee than fight
(Needed a change of pace)
To fake your death is
(Gone without a trace)
The most honest life
(Needed a change of pace. Gone without a trace)
All it takes is an agile step and the vigilance to
(Needed a change of pace. Gone without a trace)
Spot that blink of an eye
[Chorus]
Oh, how could you love me so?
Oh, with all I’ve done and the things you know?
But still, you plead with me
Baby, I guarantee
You’re better off if you let me go
Cause even eye to eye
I’m not afraid to lie
A curse and a kiss goodbye
[Outro]
My whole life all I wanted was a change of pace
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PRESSURE BOMB 3?!?!
03:16
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[Chorus]
Slow down
Those words mean nothing
My brain just revs up faster
Pressure bomb in a goddamn knifefight
[Verse 1]
Ecstatic pathways runaway, flood my mind
Overstimulation makes me feel like I’m alive
Oh I wish there was a way that I could sing these lines
A million miles a minute maybe then I could begin to feel like
They could keep up with the semi-automatic
Static that’s keeping me up
It drives me forward every moment
Makes sure I don’t stop too long to
Smell the flowers
I been here too long I might burn up and explode
[Chorus]
Slow down
Those words mean nothing
My brain just revs up faster
Pressure bomb in a goddamn knife fight
[Verse 2]
I get in the way of myself
And it hurts to admit
That sometimes I’m unequipped
To handle
It all on my own
But why do it alone?
It's cause I know I'll never
[Chorus]
Slow down
Those words mean nothing
My brain just revs up faster
Pressure bomb in a goddamn knife fight
[Bridge]
I’m at the end of my means
From idolizing a made-up man who day could be me
But does that version sleep at night
Or ever take a minute to just breathe?
Or Just to be?
[Chorus: Jhariah and Indigo]
Slow down
Those words mean nothing
My brain just revs up faster
Pressure bomb in a goddamn knife fight
[Chorus]
Slow down
Those words mean nothing
My brain just revs up faster
Pressure bomb in a goddamn knife fight
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DEBT COLLECTOR
02:32
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[Verse]
It's all catching up to you now
Hope you can run
Cause soon your past will come and drag you
Down down
You scammed your way into heaven
Til the angels realize you're not one of them
[Chorus]
Here comes the debt collector
Seems you owe him again
Dollars and coins can't cut your check
This time around
Here comes the debt collector
And you owe him again
Kind words and lies won't save your head
This time around round round
[Verse]
Gravedigger
Cordial killer
Your payment is due
They're looking at you
We've done what we can
It's out of our hands
Sooner or later it comes back again
[Chorus]
Here comes the debt collector
Seems you owe him again
Dollars and coins can't cut your check
This time around
Here comes the debt collector
And you owe him again
Kind words and lies won't save your head
This time around
[Bridge]
Please don't think I have no empathy
For you
What you've been through but
There's nothing I can do now but stand here and watch
It all catch up to you
[Chorus]
Here comes the debt collector
Seems you owe him again
Dollars and coins can't cut your check
This time around
Here comes the debt collector
And you owe him again
Kind words and lies won't save your head
This time around
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[Verse 1]
My head is overflowing, with these thoughts
That if I return the favor you might understand
But I know, I know you could never carry the burden you’ve left with me and I can’t give it back
So why even try?
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m reeling from all of the pain
I feel it making me insane
[Chorus]
If it’s an eye for an eye then we all go blind
If it came to it would you cross that line?
With the taste of the blood on your tongue like wine
And the weight of your crimes weighing on your mind
It’s an eye for an eye and we all go blind again
[Verse 2]
An arm and a leg, my friend, les yeux d'la tete
I never give as much as I get
This path of heart attacks is paved with folks who only gave their enemies what they had coming
I don’t know if it’s worth it
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m reeling from all of the pain
(I’m reeling from all of the pain)
I feel it making me insane
(I feel it making me insane!)
[Chorus]
If it’s an eye for an eye then we all go blind
If it came to it would you walk that line?
With the taste of the blood on your tongue like wine
And the weight of your crimes weighing on your mind
Is it a knife or a lie is it in your back
Is it all I need? Is it all I have?
Will it bring me the peace that I need so desperately?
Will I see?
It’s an eye for an eye and we all go blind again
[Bridge]
When you seek vengeance you must dig two graves
[Chorus]
If it’s an eye for an eye then we all go blind
If it came to it would you ---- that line?
With the taste of the blood on your tongue like wine
And the weight of your crimes weighing on your mind
Is it a knife or a lie is it in your back?
Is it all I need? Is it all I have?
Will it bring me the peace that I need so desperately?
Will I see?
It’s an eye for an eye and we all go blind again
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[Chorus]
I don’t take the sea for granted, it could dry any time it wants
I don’t take the sky for granted, it could fall anytime it pleases
I don’t take the land for granted, it could flood anytime this year
Nor do I the seeds it’s planted, they could easily take me down
[Verse 1]
Why can't I get through
Why can't I get through
Why can't I get through to you
You’ll never understand till it’s gone and there’s blood on your hands
Well I know damn well what I give is what I oughta get
But what if what I give is something I alone possess
[Pre-Chorus]
The world could turn itself on its head
It could turn clockwise instead
The earth could spin to west
[Chorus]
I don’t take the sea for granted, it could dry any time it wants
I don’t take the sky for granted, it could fall anytime it pleases
I don’t take the land for granted, it could flood anytime this year
Nor do I the seeds it’s planted, they could easily take me down
[Post-Chorus]
Take me down
Take me down
Take me
Take me down
Take me down
Just don’t you take me for granted
[Verse 2]
The air in my lungs
It never comes easily
Sometimes my throat constricts and I cannot breathe
I wheeze and pray for a gasp of fresh air
A slip of the tongue
Could rattle a house of cards
Like a snake, suffocate, asphyxiate
There’s no fix, too late
Tipping over, but you seem sober
So where’d that judgment go?
[Pre-Chorus]
The world could turn itself on its head
It could turn clockwise instead
The earth could spin to west
[Chorus]
I don’t take the sea for granted, it could dry any time it wants
I don’t take the sky for granted, it could fall anytime it pleases
I don’t take the land for granted, it could flood anytime this year
Nor do I the seeds it’s planted, they could easily take me down
[Bridge]
Take me down
Take me down
Take me down
Take me down
Take a photo while you can
We won’t be here for long
Lonely wolf keeps friends as lambs
Starves when they are gone
[Chorus]
I don’t take the sea for granted, it could dry any time it wants
I don’t take the sky for granted, it could fall anytime it pleases
I don’t take the land for granted, it could flood anytime this year
Nor do I the seeds it’s planted, they could easily take me down
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BAD LUCK!
03:33
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[Verse]
This time around’s no different
I’ve played with chance like you
I loved to toy with fate but oh I didn’t have a clue
[Refrain]
That I would lose
Oh I would lose
Between my left and right, one day I’d have to choose
“You’re not like me, I’m not like you. I’m not who these things happen to “
And that’s exactly what you say before they do
[Verse 2]
I can’t dance like I used to
I don’t have the same moves as you
But that’s okay
Fortune find your way
To someone who needs it much more than me
[Chorus]
Hand in hand
Come human error
And plain bad luck
It seems the timing’s always wrong
For the ones who wait too long
You’ll never catch a break you’ll have to make your own
[Verse 2]
My legs drag behind me
And they creak
In syncopated time
But I know that one day I will lose them too
I didn’t have a clue
[Refrain]
That I would lose
Oh I would lose
Between my left and right, I’d one day have to choose
You’re not like me, I’m not like you. I’m not who these things happen to
And that’s exactly what you say before it catches up to you
Before you play with knives and find yourself in two, you, you, you
You, you, you, you
[Outro]
I finally climbed to heights I
No matter how I try
Can’t descend
Still somehow they’re looking down on me
Laughing cause I got what I deserved
(You got what you deserved)
And I would do it again
I’m not sorry but thank you
For enduring me
As long as you did
That’s more than I’d ever ask of you
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8. |
Flight of the Crows
02:38
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[Verse]
"Please you must excuse me
I cannot help but think I've
Overstayed my welcome"
"Please", she said
"It's hardly a bother
The company's quite nice on
Crimson nights like these"
[Pre-Chorus]
Then he exits
To the street below
Knowing he has no intention to return
[Chorus]
Well I think that I've gotta go and I don't know why
But I need you to promise that you won't cry
Cuz you'll be fine, and so will I
So just let the thought of me die
[Verse]
And please let me know
Let those old memories go
Feed me to the crows
Please
Understand that I
Will find a brand new life
My golden second try
Suddenly, in the mirrors of the windows that night
He found the man before him had died
[Chorus]
Well I think that I've gotta go and I don't know why
But I need you to promise that you won't cry
Cause you'll be fine and so will I
So just let me out of your mind
In the morning you'll learn I disappeared off into the night so quietly
That your love for me will vanish too
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[Chorus]
Slow down
Those words mean nothing
My brain just revs up faster
Pressure bomb in a goddamn knifefight
[Verse 1]
Ecstatic pathways runaway, flood my mind
Overstimulation makes me feel like I’m alive
Oh I wish there was a way that I could sing these lines
A million miles a minute maybe then I could begin to feel like
They could keep up with the semi-automatic
Static that’s keeping me up
It drives me forward every moment
Makes sure I don’t stop too long to
Smell the flowers
I been here too long I might burn up and explode
[Chorus]
Slow down
Those words mean nothing
My brain just revs up faster
Pressure bomb in a goddamn knife fight
[Verse 2]
I get in the way of myself
And it hurts to admit
That sometimes I’m unequipped
To handle
It all on my own
But why do it alone?
You might burn out and explode
[Chorus]
Slow down
Those words mean nothing
My brain just revs up faster
Pressure bomb in a goddamn knife fight
[Bridge]
I’m at the end of my means
From idolizing a made-up man who one day could be me
But does that version sleep at night?
Or ever take a minute to just breathe?
Or Just to be?
[Chorus]
Slow down
Those words mean nothing
My brain just revs up faster
Pressure bomb in a goddamn knife fight
Slow down
Those words mean nothing
My brain just revs up faster
Pressure bomb in a goddamn knife fight
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