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Even If It Kills You
03:27
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Time to wake up soon
Fall apart intro, haven’t reached too far
Standing still in the rain
I’m bleeding time for sure
Yeah I’m wasting days, it’s nothing unusual
Your mistakes choose just how strong you are
I’m not gonna make it
Here we are on the front line
I’ll tell you what I’m thinking
It’s where it’s at, there’s just no turning back
And I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
Mind decay, I gotta break free someway
Every borrowed lie’s getting old
This time I’m moving past the front line
Click restart, let’s go
Skipping this whole war
Having dealt with the strain
I’m bleeding time for sure
This is one more day that I’m never getting back
Not too late, phase unneeded scars
Am I gonna make it?
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I Love You (In Doses)
03:24
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Wore one too many faces
That smile so damaging
Your motives pulled me under
Who are you?
And now you wait your turn
The devil's mind unfolds
Greatest moments slip right through my fingers
Can't be of use
I don't owe you
From this point on we're on our own
I don't know you anymore
The best feeling I've ever known
No residing harmony
No cares but what you've been through
Your light is blackening
You feed off your own blunder
Who are you?
Now your last bridge has burned
Hindsight is still as stone
Let it all sink in for just a minute
New fight infused
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Screwed it up in just so many ways
No excuse
Ya so what? why not now?
I live it every day
I won’t imitate you
Clear the smoke, let you make your cameo
Make each sole thing troubling
Your life in stereo
That time has come for you
No matter what it takes, you'll see this through
So get up now like you’re the rock show
So get up now and let yourself go
Just get up
Tore it up, always a price to pay
So obtuse
Ya so what? You learn somehow
A complex protégé
Constantly the accused
Wore the cloak, but still the problems unfroze
Disaster is forthcoming
Your life in stereo
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Bus Stop Bullies
03:28
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You’re taking the dive, no easing the blow
Your lame tales spell anything but value
Aren’t you needed somewhere? Just go
Claiming what is mine and I’m makin this right
Hit below the belt but this time you’ll feel it
Let me rip into what haunts you
Now I just gotta ask you this
Whaddya got kid?
Not worth a try, just give it up
Whaddya got kid?
Your one chance is close to burning up
Live in the real world
Whaddya got kid?
Face first, beet red, just give it up
You’re so sublime, tell me how high to jump
No one would pick up on your mind’s view
No rules apply, love to break up the flow
Now I’m shifting gears and I’ll barrel the spite
Such an epic fail and you’ll never lose it
Let me take away what taunts you
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Breaking Point
03:02
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Leaped over the moon
You had me chasing my own tail, the bitter truth
Bore the midnight hour
And creased desire in my world
No chance to run away
I have warned you enough
I would have found my way back home
If I were listening
A perfect stance with broken arms
Our lives are blistering
It’s time to take it back
I’m through with you
My said luck is thrown out the window
Grace has lost its bloom
Leaving but a scattered trail, without a clue
All binds now gone sour
The greatest scapegoat takes the fold
A chance to run away
Some things you can’t contain
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Sinking
03:08
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No surprise
Feed us the facts, how you’re real big news
Stance, shape, thought it all through
Solid, ready on cue then
What you would do just to have it
What you would do to obstruct one’s view
Mastered the art of clinging
Your rants spell instant doom
All you are and ever will be
It all amounts to somethin’
Raised the bar and now you’re sinkin’
Most times it’s so easy to read your mind
How far will it all go?
All cut for the fake world club
Lose the fight in thinking you’re always right
Reasoning’s far from you
Now you’ve got good leads on nothin’
No Hook, line or sinker
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Channel it out, never been quite this brittle
Stood a soaring height from the ground
Crossing too many lines
Your senses of providence lie
Normality bends and it's seeping in strong
You might ponder upon who or what is sane
Make false predicaments
Get up soon, the system’s failing
The game becomes the shroud
Meter's running out, you come up with so little
Not an easy fix after all
But you'll soon realize, you've been wrongfully tracing your life
And you'll just repeat it again and again
All you feel is nothing for what could mean something
Seems to be everything you need
You could be choosing a plight worth removing
Or proving the worst that one can do
A lack thereof travels through your blood
The perfect time is plain in sight
But it won't miss you
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Friend And Foe
03:09
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One more thing overseen
It's the past starting now
And that works for you
A sign of something is somewhat of use
This whole mind trick thing's going nowhere
Same reaction, what's there left to know?
Have you been listening to what I've been sayin?
Clear case of friend or foe
Don't think you understand it
Your threats are overthrown
My turn now, I'm here to judge you
No chance I'm letting this go
Take it back, take it all back
Breaking apart at the seam
But you won't raise a brow
Watch you tumble soon
You'll stop at nothing to have me reduced
Didn't mean what you said but it's out there
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Underscore
03:03
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Someway you’ll realize
Start facing facts, we see right through your disguise
That’s right, what are you aiming for?
You waived your rights when you shared your one view
You saw it all coming
The problem steepened
It’s just a matter of time
Yeah you know that this will fall back on you
The clock is ticking, there’s no running out
Best win the hand you fold
Letting up or come about
It doesn’t matter
Not an instance to gain back control
Well now, what are you waiting for?
Here’s the underscore
Selling a lie, you’re always selling a lie
It’s gotta go
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Time to let myself defuse
Things I would simply like to forget
This transformation was the trigger
But I can't seem to find a substitute
I'm just gonna cut right through
Always in a rage and flustered
See you around
Someone better fill these shoes
Enough is enough
Beyond me
Minding stare as if amused
Now showing signs of needed farewells
You've done your share of pointing fingers
Not once an ounce of this said gratitude
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Butch Gerald Ottawa, Ontario
Hi. I'm Butch. I play stuff. I write tunes. I record. Yay. The end.
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