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Deep Six
03:08
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I’m lying to myself
Avoiding my responsibilities and my mental health
But it’s just become a habit like biting my fingernails when I am overwhelmed
With the sour truth that I will never ever be somebody else
I’m stuck with how i’m built
Take away the nuts and bolts and I will fall downhill
I’ve gotta get this off my mind
Somehow I just keep falling more and more behind
Perfectly put, I’m worse for wear
Consider myself in disrepair
I just keep falling more and more behind
They say it’s all about your point of view, just try to stay a little optimistic
But it’s hard when i’m always down in the dumps and lost in the deep six
I’m lying to myself
I’ll never be someone else
That feeling still hangs around
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Grudge
03:12
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I always dwell on things that I should leave in the past
I watch them force my conscious mind into a pensive trance
You weren’t there for me and it’s bullshit if you say that you were
So I still believe that i’m a better friend than you ever were
Tell a lie to me, that’ll solve all this
Is that what you believe cause it sure seems like it
Burning every bridge, never crossing it
I guess I hold a grudge but I know you’ve earned it
How can you defend yourself? You dropped me when I needed help
I’m all alone to scream and shout, I guess I hold a grudge that i will never ever put down
And it’s true I made you think that I could not care less
Cause I’d rather show apathy than prove that i’m a mess
But all of that aside, I still feel so upset
This isn’t just another thing that I will soon forget
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All in Vain
03:26
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I thought of a few more things to say so I wrote them down
In the notebook that you gave me when you tried so hard to save me all in vain
Cause I was doomed before we crossed paths now I wish we never would have for your sake
Don’t tell me it’s okay because it doesn’t feel that way
I don’t want to bother you but I think I should explain
That this is all my fault, none of it should fall on you
Blame me for my shortcomings cause i sure as hell do
I’m hoping that some distance between us
Will make all of our problems fade
Because I am the center of your stress and
I don’t want you to feel that way
So if you have to love yourself before you love somebody else
I guess I should prepare myself right now to live and die alone
So what do you think now? Am I just a letdown?
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Distance
03:37
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I’m exhausted and I’ve got nothing left to throw in except for the towel
So I close my eyes and dream ahead just to wake up and shovel
The dirt that corrupts my attitude, it’s a struggle to not believe that
I’ll never be this, i’ll never be that, i’m weak
This is unhealthy, the cycle just repeats
And I can’t stop all its effects on me, I’m forced to feel
Defeat like I was born for it, cast down in self insolence
Try my best to sidestep it but nothing works and no one gives a shit
I’m nauseous, I got my feet right on the edge I guess this is dangerous
But I never cared for my safety, so I just risk it
Take a chance, take a fall, take a hit, now what is the difference?
Well I guess it’s the distance
So much the world clearly wants me to be
I don’t pass the standard i don’t even meet
And i felt alone laying down as i bleed
Cause no one was there when i hit the concrete
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Baseline Mesa, Arizona
2015-2019
Thanks for the memories.
Michael Schuster
Gianni Jinks
Michael "Slack" Cully
Gage Heiner
Shawn Sass
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