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Another Way
04:39
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I wake up in the afternoon
And lie awake and think that soon
I'll have to figure out some kind of answer
It doesn't seem to make much sense
Though I keep having arguments
It seems my life is some kind of disaster
Why do I do this to myself?
All this confusion can't be
Good for my health
I wish away the days and it might
Send me to to my grave
But I can't seem to find another way
I tell myself I'm better each day
In hopes that it might go away
And sometimes I think that it might be working
But every now and then I find
Something that sneaks up inside
And drags you out from where you might be lurking
Why do I do this to myself?
All this confusion can't be
Good for my health
I wish away the days and it might
Send me to to my grave
But I can't seem to find another way
Lately I have grown so tired
And scared to be alone
And I hope that maybe you will understand
I'm sick of this pretence,
Not one of us making sense
And sometimes things don't go the way you planned
So say goodbye, just say farewell
For goodness sake, my heart will break
So go to hell
And I will turn away, you know
Because I've never heard of letting go
The memories I miss the most
Will fade in time and I suppose
My stubborn heart should just sit here and let them
But I can't seem to let it pass
I can't just here on my arse
So like a fool I chase them down and get them
Why do I do this to myself?
All this confusion can't be
Good for my health
I wish away the days and it might
Send me to to my grave
But I can't seem to find another
I can't seem to find it, brother
I can't seem to find another way
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2. |
Sunlight
05:50
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Back down, let it take your pride
Washed out by the moving tide
The pain will move into the night
Face down in the dirty sand
Wishing for a better land
Step up, don’t you fade into the white
Don’t you know, they say it gets better
How come it always feel the same?
They’ll probably wait forever
To watch that dancing sunbeam once again
Wake up, look at your life
Sunlight is shining on you
I hope you feel it too
Wake up, look at your life
Nothing’s decided for you
You’ve got to make it through
Move now, let it waste away
Rise up, then you make your way
The pain is only in your mind
Shot down in the falling sun
Facedown, what have they all done?
You’ve got some answers left to find
Don’t you know, they say it gets better
How come it always feel the same?
They’ll probably wait forever
To watch that dancing sunbeam once again
Wake up, look at your life
Sunlight is shining on you
I hope you feel it too
Wake up, look at your life
Nothing’s decided for you
You’ve got to make it through
You find your answers in the dark
But where will you be tomorrow?
In time you’ll shine like a spark
But is there someone to follow?
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3. |
This Waking Life
02:40
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Call me superstitious,
But I only seem to blame
Myself for all things that happen
That I know I cannot change
Good people get rewarded
We all get what we deserve
If that’s the truth, then won’t you tell me
Why my prayers are never heard?
Tell me I’m a heathen
But I only seem to find
The truth in little tokens
Photographs I’ve left behind
Some people still remember things,
They say they understand
What life was like before they could
Get memories on demand
It’s so different when you’re on the other side
All of your fears are justified
I’m awake! I’m awake!
I spend my best days sleeping
When you sleepwalk through your waking hours,
Your life is void of meaning
I’m alive! I’m alive!
I spend my best years scheming
When you sleepwalk through your daydream world,
Awake when you’re still dreaming
Call me paranoid, it seems
When I go anywhere
There are people who will judge me
By the colours that I wear
Good things seem to happen
To the people that you hate
There must be something more to do
Than sit around and wait
It’s so wasteful when you leave it all behind
Is there nothing left to find?
Can you put all this right?
Just try to change my mind
There must be more to this
Than wasting other people’s time
And when I wait too long
Feels like I don’t belong
Just waste away all summer long
With people that I don’t remember
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4. |
Spider Spider
05:30
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There it is again
The secret you’ve been hiding
Would it be terrifying
If somebody was to know?
There it goes again
The blood that’s never lying
It lingers on your fingers
Even though you let it go
Don’t let them catch you
With your guard down
Don’t let them look you in the eye
Don’t let them hear you
When you’re sleeping now
Or they might
See right through your lie
I’m a spider
On the wall
Don’t you like to see me crawl?
When I’m whispering
Don’t pretend
You’re not listening at all
Spider, spider,
Watch me fall
Did you notice me at all?
Just a shimmer
In your memory
That you cannot recall
I’ve heard it all before
It’s not so simple anymore
It’s something that you can’t control
And you cannot ignore
Its comes awake at night
Won’t go away without a fight
It’s something that you can’t explain
Not matter how you might
Don’t let it catch you
With your eyes closed
Don’t let it get inside your head
Don’t let it climb inside your wardrobe
Don’t let hide under your bed
I’m a spider
On the wall
Don’t you like to see me crawl?
When I’m whispering
Don’t pretend
You’re not listening at all
Spider, spider,
Watch me fall
Did you notice me at all?
Just a shimmer
In your memory
That you cannot recall
There it is again
The places you’ve been hiding
If you just step inside
In here, it’s easier to run
And there it goes again
The lick of your salvation
The taste of your creation
But my work is never done
Don’t let it catch you
With your eyes closed
Then let it get inside your brain
And don’t you ever let your guard down
Or you might just go insane
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5. |
The Void
04:56
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There’s something quite unsettling
About these fluctuations when
One day I think I’m fine and then I’m not
There’s something quite discouraging
About these situations when
I’ve lost but given everything I’ve got
And there’s something rather cruel
About the way you pull your pistol out
And shoot me when I’m crippled on the ground
And I’m never even questioning
All of your intentions,
In this quiet room where no-one makes a sound
But then again, the journey’s rough
Is there any shame to say we’ve had enough?
And it isn’t getting any easier
And the void is opening again
I’m tired of trying to get over this
And I don’t know how to make it end
There’s something quite uncomfortable
About this empty silence
Cause I never can be quiet, tame, or still
There’s something rather tragic here
About the way it disappears
And leaves me feeling tired, scared, and ill
But there’s something very weird about
How I can’t seem to figure out
Where I am and if I’m on the brink
But all the words regurgitate
I struggle to accept my fate
And late at night I always overthink
But then again, I’m not afraid
And there’s always one more war to fight
One future to be made
And it isn’t getting any easier
And the void is opening again
We’re tired of trying to get over this
And we don’t know how to make it end
So now what can we do?
Can’t fix this broken feeling
With fucking super glue
There’s something quite absurd about
The things we always whinge about
But then again, I guess that’s nothing new
And it isn’t getting any easier
And the void is opening again
We’re tired of trying to get over this
And we don’t know how to make it end
It isn’t getting any easier
And the world blurred and monotone
We’re tired of having to begin again
And we’re sick of standing on our own
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Bradley James Townend Bournemouth, UK
I make whatever music I feel like making.
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