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My Apologies - Dead
03:51
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There is a precipice,
There is a point of no return.
When you lay it on the altar,
When you burn it to a crisp.
I’ll burn it to a crisp,
I’ll burn it to a crisp.
The freezing moon will light your path or tear apart your flesh.
Mayhem ensues in my mind,
I’m grasping at anything.
Anything, anything.
Anything, anything.
Something.
I could have had every conversation I needed but I threw it away.
I’ll never know what I wanted to say, or what I wanted to hear.
Now you’re a million fucking miles away, and my misery’s down the hall.
A single message with no one left to call.
There is a precipice,
(Falling, flailing)
There is a point of no return,
(Diving, flying)
When you lay it on the altar.
(Despondent, despondent)
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My Apologies - Serenity
03:32
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Despondent,
Despondent.
Trapped inside the hole in my head.
I never thought that I would feel like this.
Days move by, by and by.
As long as we stay alive we will...
Someday, be glad that we survived.
Someday, someday.
Never while lost in this cycle.
Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice!
Self-loathing,
Decomposing,
Withholding,
Houses smoking.
Rejoice.
Grant me the serenity
Grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
Grant me the serenity
Grant me the serenity
Grant me the serenity
And the courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference.
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On Better Terms - Wilted
02:58
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Your eyes close, and your head tilts
Signifies the moment when your flower wilts
The bee is losing her source of pollen
As the summoning petals have all but fallen
And now a day has come
When all your dreams are gone
Still you have stood strong
Stamen, stem, and roots have not lost their ground
Their desire to die, stifled by the will to live you found
Decades passed and the dirt surrounding has transformed
New compounds infiltrate the loam and soil
Adapt or perish
The anatomy remains the same, but love becomes vestigial
So what's the next move
Stay standing in comfort or uproot and catch wind
At the mercy of intersecting currents
Until the entropy settles the unsettled mind
And you regain hold
In an environment conducive to thriving
In a world you have thought was not worth surviving
You can find something to replace
What you once found important in this place
Future shorter than the past
Time's not lost, just free at last
So give this light a chance
Tropism towards hope, internal dance
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Lights begin to flicker
Signal: engine failure
Recall training, instincts engaging
Seconds to live, where your life turn
Mind swings to her, your favorite picture
Count the times she made you smile
Flash inspiration
Internal persuasion
Anything to survive, for them to see you alive
Mind swings to her, your favorite baby picture
Count the times you made her smile
Refocus, and take control
You got your reasons to accomplish the task ahead
You did your homework, so that you would always come home
Like you promised at every departure
A promise made with trusting eyes
Now remember your ABCs of emergency landing
A - Airspeed
Maintain to release control pressure and maximize range; bide time
B - Best place to land
Scan for fields in the congested forrest, small clearing spotted in the distance
C - Checklist
Fuel selector, primer and pump. Master switch, flaps, seat belt and door
Descending, quickly revealing a farm and it's family, just another reminder
Altitude dropping, hands steady but sweating
Opening grows larger, but not as large as you hoped
Pass the last tree, lean forward then level out
Coming in too fast, hit landing gear switch
Hold on, irrigation trench
Nose hits, mind to them
Lights out
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On Better Terms Dallas, Texas
We are a band from Dallas, TX. We make music, we love soccer.
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