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when the fire started
01:18
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When the fire started I knew it was already too late
There was a stillness in the air, like the calm before the storm
As it took I watched the world catch on
The stillness went away, replaced by chaos
Occasionally rain would come to wash out the flames
But they'd return stronger by the dawn of the next day
It spread fast and wide, disrupting life and bringing change
When the fire started I knew it was too late
Because I was the one to light the flame
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the pyre
03:35
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Let me tell you about the monster in the woods
It’ll tear you apart but it’ll make it look so good
Though you know you should run so far away
It’s got this aura that convinces you to stay
A grain of sugar in the spoon
A cup of salt to seal the wound
It’ll lead you where you wanna stay
Then leave you out to find your grave
And nothing can stop it from how
It’ll make your life burn to the ground
It’ll shut you up till you’re ok
With having nothing else to say
Listen closely, just be sure that you’re on guard
Cause once you’re in, you can leave but won’t get far
Only way to get rid of this disease
Swallow the flame, turn to ash and you’ll be free
A grain of sugar in the spoon
A cup of salt to seal the wound
It’ll lead you where you wanna stay
Then leave you out to find your grave
When your world turns upside down
There's no way you can stop it now
Throw your body to the fire
Bathe in embers of the pyre
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count up
03:29
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I've got this feeling that I should do more
Can't shake it, but it's taken all my strength just to get out the door
I'm thinking all I got is this brain that won't work right
And I guess I'm blind cause all I see is dark where there should be light
A loss of life isn't just something that happens when you die I know
It's when you sit by, letting yourself go
How do you tell though
If you're the one holding back
Not seeing all the shiny things that are falling in your lap
Count up your blessings then count again
Make sure that you get what's coming
Don't blink or it might be taken away
The future is subject to change
(Run it back real quick)
I've got this feeling it's all plastic
Fake but static slowly filling up the seas tragically
We're all looking for something that's lasting
But we never seem to get what we need it seems
I'm feeling like I need more in the basket
But how much will fit in the casket, stupid question I ask it anyway
I last another day, I find another way to skate by
I close my eyes and for a second I feel safe, why?
Count up your blessings then count again
Make sure that you get what's coming
Don't blink or it might be taken away
The future is subject to change
(You're very important to us
Please stay)
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seamless
02:46
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Is this the life that I tried for
I live in constant denial
It's not something that I can die for
That's something I can't deny though
Everyday I wake up I die more
Not much to live or to fight for
Guess that I'll just give in tonight or
Cut the brakes and break it off
I'll break it off
Don't know what to say
Just let me be and I'll be on my way
Trying to see but it's so hard in this haze
Won't you break the seams take the stone off the grave
First step you admit the problem
Then you work out how to solve it
I just cannot deal with all this
It's much better if we just kibosh it
Just stop it
You dont really want it please be honest
I don't really wanna speak more on this
I got it, let's knock it off
We'll knock it off
Don't know what to say
Just let me be and I'll be on my way
Dying to be anywhere far from this place
Wont you let it be
Let me fall from grace
I'll live or I'll die
Without you by my side
I think I'll survive
But I don't know
Just tear off the patch
Snuff out the match
I think that I'm past it
I let go
Just so you know
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5. |
bleach
02:18
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Temperature rising I feel it as I go on attack
I keep a knife in my back and some bleach for your flag
Feeling sick but somehow
I've got the strength to go down
I'm bleeding
But all this blood is for a reason
This is treason
I've got a bullet and a bible
Which do you believe in?
In the never ending strike zone
Watch the air you're breathing
Sickness and survival
I'm getting mine though
That's the American way
We all play or you pay the price
Let me offer some advice
The world owes you nothing
So you better start running
I feel it coming
The day of reckoning is near
And I'm doing my best to get as far away from here
As possible
It's getting hostile
And everybody's got a price
When it's your own life
We waste away this precious time
Just watch it tick by
It's all the same we're trying to turn the page
Past the point of no return soon there'll be nothing to save
Hey, at least you saw how it looked
Before the world turned grey and the sky turned to soot
Trying to keep warm and they burnt the whole _ book
They'll throw dirt in your eyes and say it's not how it looks
Shook with self doubt
I need something good to help me fall asleep
Escape route
My head is stained and it's something that only bleach
Can get out
A headache but there's no pill or sleep
To help me now
Need to get out but when move I sink into the ground
Quicksand, it ran under my feet
Discovering things that I never thought I would dream
I can't see, I can't bleed
It's all dry, it can't be
What's been going on
Not a single drop in the sea
And the world is gone
I know that nothing will get better
And it won't be too long
Till it all stops forever
I wish I knew this before
That way I wouldn't wonder if I could've done more
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lacuna
03:08
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Carry the weight
I've lost my way
Weary the space
Between the page
I let it go
Let it fade out of view
Now all I know
Is what I can't undo
You spoke of the void
Woke up the noise
So I shut the door
And you broke the floor
I let it slide
Let the world outside
Now you decide
You can choose which side
I'm not giving up
I'm just letting nothing win
You should be so good
Without me in your head
Break into thirds
Forget the words
These thoughts we burn
Won't make us learn
If you see it more
I'll make the lore
Born into war
This is where we tore
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ash
03:15
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So I let the night run
Slept with the light on
Another dark sky
Turned to sunlight
I let the smoke rise
I set the world right
Living in a bubble never was a problem
Until you realize the world inside is toxic
Now you've got to go and try to pop it
People all around you trying to stop it
(Hey)
I'm just trying to see the options
They just wanna stay locked in
(So scared of the outside)
So I let the car rust
Drove it into the sun
Another spark ignites
Set it all alight
I'm just trying to feel alive
I'm a phoenix so it's only right I rise
As it goes I'm not sorry, I meant what I said
If this flame's ever extinguished it'll only be cause I'm dead
So just let me be me and I promise I'll stay
But I can't guarantee that sometimes I won't stray
I won't wait up I've made up my mind I've departed
But don't worry once for me, I'm just getting started
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Blas
Blas is an alternative artist and hip hop producer from North Carolina with roots in Ireland
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