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Higgs Boson
02:34
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So smart but still can’t figure out how we got here.
Narcissistically consume everything but scared to disappear.
But what if this tears us all apart? Who even gives a fucking shit about our average star?
We’re all burning watching molecules collide.
We’re all burning….
Out of time, feel like giving up. You know that we’re all slaves
to the space time continuum, and in modern days…
We’re all burning…
If you’d believe that we were simply placed here, you’d believe in anything.
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2. |
Wake Up
02:50
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Wake up, dry your eyes.
There’s no need for crying now because that ship’s done fucking sailed.
And I know it now.
It goes round and round and round again, round and round and round,
and I know it now…
In drops the floor to catch my feet. Try to maintain this semblance of happy.
Rush to a place to take my time. It’s always yours. You know it’s never mine.
I start to think things could change. Maybe today. Probably not today, probably not today.
Wake up, dry your eyes.
There’s no need for crying now because that ship’s done fucking sailed.
And I know it now.
It goes round and round and round again, round and round and round,
and I know it now…
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3. |
Roll The Dice
03:27
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It’s been a long time heavy with the sense of not being ready.
And if I can keep my hands steady, I might make it out of this one.
So, what do I do with my hands now that they’re untied?
And where do we go from here?
And should it suffice to say that life’s just a roll of the dice?
I lost who I am, but I’m trying to find it again.
And what will they say if life doesn’t turn out that way?
I’m broken or breaking and what was worth taking I left.
I know that you’ve been feeling down, but you better hold on.
You’ve got a lot of reasons to stick around, and you better hold on.
It’s up to you, but you have a choice. You better hold on.
And should it suffice to say that life’s just a roll of the dice?
I lost who I am, but I’m trying to find it again.
And what will they say if life doesn’t turn out that way?
I’m broken or breaking and what was worth taking I left.
If we could turn back the clocks, would we make the same mistakes?
Duck tape our hearts pray to god that they don’t break.
Stick to the minutes we knew how to navigate
just to keep rolling on through.
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4. |
Dream Easy
02:56
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I don’t know where I am.
I must’ve done it again.
Not here for long, and I was looking for a good time.
Events are settling in.
Thank you for being a friend.
With you around, I know everything is gonna be fine.
Pacing around in this cage. Incarcerated only by my insecurities.
I move with the wind it seems to change directions.
Take a deep breath. Dream easy.
Falling from the sky like a helicopter onto concrete.
No taking root here, predestined timelines.
The sun beats down like a bully in the summer dead heat.
Long to grow towards bright and open skies.
I don’t know who I am.
I must’ve done it again.
Not here for long, and I was looking for a good time.
Events are settling in.
Thank you for being a friend.
With you around, I know everything is gonna be fine.
Pacing around in this cage. Incarcerated only by my insecurities.
I move with the wind it seems to change directions.
Take a deep breath. Dream easy.
I don’t know where I am.
I must’ve done it again.
Not here for long, and I was looking for a good time.
Events are settling in.
Thank you for being a friend.
With you around, I know everything is gonna be fine.
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5. |
Eat My Rubber
02:35
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You can take me for granted if you want to.
I ain’t paying you no mind these days.
I would’ve called you, but you wouldn’t answer anyway.
You can paint me a demon if you need to.
I ain’t fighting cause I’ve got no more strength.
I would’ve called you, but you wouldn’t answer anyway.
I would’ve called you, but you wouldn’t answer anyway!
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6. |
Fences
03:18
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Where to begin? I’ve got myself out here on desolation.
Defenseless ground, no will to fight,
And I just can’t feel it, just can’t reel it all back in…
Been tearing down all these fences. Been questioning my existence.
Life is relentless.
Been wandering for a while. Everything I am is on trial.
Life is relentless.
And it goes.
This is the end. Another failed attempt at amalgamation.
Defenseless ground for one more time,
And I just can’t feel it, just can’t reel it all back in.
Been tearing down all these fences. Been questioning my existence.
Life is relentless.
Been wandering for a while. Everything I am is on trial.
Life is relentless.
With your eyes closed.
…And you woke me up!
I’m not sleeping these days!
I’m right where you left me…
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