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Free
04:42
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I thank you for today
But I guess I'd better go
Intrigue is running thin
Nothing has to be for certain
But I feel it's time
Am I ready to move beyond you
A forty-day season
With a winter all the while
To last into the years to come
A new dawn bleeds in
From beneath the smokescreen
A reminder of the energy
Lost in the heat
Gone are the days
When I would love to be
With and just like you
I am free
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Steady Hands
03:48
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What did I want from you
You gave it all to me
All I ever asked you gave away like a dream
But still, it was wrong
Something was gone
We couldn’t outlast the ones with nothing at loss
And the silence was crushing you
There’s no one to tell me I’m wrong
And anxiety was nothing
But a force to tear us apart
All I owe you
Is all I am
You wrote it all to me
I never understood
I left so much to give
For everything you had
And everything
That fell into place
Is falling apart at last
I’ll be coming clean
Leaving lies behind
Our identities
Change with passing time
And some things are hard to define
I doubt we’ll ever know why
We only had to believe
And everything was clear to see
What did I want from you
You gave it all to me
All I ever asked you gave away like a dream
But still, it was wrong
Something was gone
We couldn’t outlast the ones with nothing at loss
And the silence was crushing you
There’s no one to tell me I’m wrong
And anxiety was nothing
But a force to tear us apart
All I owe you
Is all I am
All I owe you
Is all I am
How much can you take
Before you cave in
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Spiral (In The Trenches)
06:08
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And if you ever let this feeling fade
You just may get your chance to start again
The door has closed on your time
What's in your heart
But did you waste it
Did you find your answer
Are you any better off
Or closer to peace
Why have you run back
To all your old vices
Was it worth losing your precious breath
Was it worth losing it all
Body earthbound
I'm tied to the ground
And buried beneath
The forest around me
Life fills the land
As I'm too weak to stand
You won't understand
That I'm unable
And you can't stand me
When I'm unstable
The season is over
And all I've become
The sum of these lies
When the day is done
It's too late to run
It's too late to run
And still life goes on
Your wings will melt beneath the sun
Spiraling down from the peak of a bridge
Into the deepest ocean's trench
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Sentimental
02:30
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I have let you fall
But I won't lose it all
I won't die for this
Why have we come to this
I was selfish
But time is priceless
I won't waste it
Trying to change it
'Cause I can't change this
Or make it right
Tearing out a page
Rip out a chapter
It's unfortunate
The passion's only
Echoing around
Into the deep below
And nothing lasts forever
This I know, it can't be helped
And it's my fault
But I know that
It's what's best
In the end
Here I'm alone now
The choice was always here
But it takes more bravery
Than I could manage
All those days or years ago
Scanning over pictures
And the poetry of what's left for me
How lucky was I then
When I had and loved it all
More than you or I could ever know anymore
Lying on my own now
As the sky's alight again
And the irony is tangible
More so than what's left
That we can feel
I'll start again
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Fragile
02:55
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I won’t lie to you
But if you want me to
I’ll never let you past the face
That I put on for you
I told you I would give
You just what you wanted
And so I’ve only asked for more
So tell me
Why are we so far apart
Softly let me in to control
Your fragile heart
I’ll be gentle
As I know how to be
This dishonesty
Won’t let me off easy
To tell you the truth
It shouldn’t bother you
But how can you tell when I have never
Said it all before
I can’t be here for you always
But I can try
To make up the time
But I may have to lie
So tell me
Why are we so far apart
Softly let me in to control
Your fragile heart
I’ll be gentle
As I know how to be
This dishonesty
Won’t let you get to me
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Relapse
02:03
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Take me back
Just take me back
I'm not fit for these days
I'm a weight on this world
So take me back
Just take me back
A shock of blue
In a sky only looking
For it's night
So take me back
Just take me back
Take me away
Take me somewhere nice
Somewhere better than here and now
Take me back
Take me back
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Conviction/Resentment
03:21
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Life goes on
So easy to let go
Love will pass
All these highs could never last
It's no one's fault
But you're to blame
When I get caught
In this old game
What is it you have to lose to understand
Why it didn't mean a thing to me to comprehend
That it doesn't really matter now
And that we're all
So devoid of all conviction
As to let ourselves rest in pain
Resentment rides
On waves of stone
And icy blades
And cold steel thorns
To let you down
Like we all deserve
Such a cutthroat world
We're made to serve
And caring means patience
When time has run low
To let you move on
I may have to let go
To take back the times
That I admit to have loved
And all that we made
All that you made for me
What is it you have to lose to understand
Why it didn't mean a thing to me to comprehend
That it doesn't really matter now
And that we're all
So devoid of all conviction
As to let ourselves rest in pain
What is it I'd love to lose, love to forget
So that it won't mean a thing to me to comprehend
That it doesn't have to matter now
And that I'm not
So devoid of all conviction
As to let myself rest in pain
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Skyrise (Start Again)
02:06
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It's harder than you know
To live out these days
And let the grey skies go
But I'm content
Waiting for another skyrise
To guide me home
Only for a minute
I escape
I disappear
I'm none of your concern
Only for a night
I fall away
Fall out of the spiral
Out of the decay
It takes more strength than you know
To live out the day
And let the connections die
But I'm content
Waiting for another star's life
To take me away
Only for tonight
I understand
I forget
It's none of my concern
Only for the night
I'll be away
Fall into the moon above
Into the morning sky
Confessions never made
Confessions never heard
Beauties never made clear
And flaws that drown us out
Drown us in our doubt
Never loved and lost so truly
As when I was young
But we can start again
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Stopping Clocks Aiken, South Carolina
The only band in Aiken, SC
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