1. |
The Kraken
04:24
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seasick for days & these waves carry on like an empty maze
my back so blistered from the sun,
my hands so dry- cracked & calloused
knees on the deck, but my eyes in search of shorelines
now that i am here- i wish my feet never lifted sand
i forget the feeling of grain between my toes
all i feel are soap seeped pores
oh captain, my captain- what are we searching for?
for me it's one thing: a boat and a paddle
gotta find solid ground before it eats me alive,
find a way to a new home, one that lets me stay awhile
and i know he sent me to meet thee, but what if it swallows me?
you can't expect me to live in there till i carve my way through
oh captain, my captain- i'm not what you're looking for
i’m coming home
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Dreamwalls
04:08
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so here it goes: my last chance to make something of this
i can't imagine doing anything less than what i've been given
this gift, this dream, this love, this hope- it could all be ours
it could all be yours
it’s in our palms, so close yet so far
this is something that i need
to feel so free standing right where i am,
to take that part of my chest & place it to where it belongs
this is something that i'm tired of dreaming of
help me find a way to this higher place
struggling to find myself in this last year
my place in this world, my purpose in this life
i wrote it on the walls of my mind so long ago
now i'm dragging my feet to settle for anything less
somehow i can't give up now & just not yet
if it was etched in stone, would it all come true?
could it come to light through all their eyes,
instead of the backsides of mine?
i need a sign to know this all means something
it's so overwhelming-
the thought of doing something i don't love
to live out each day knowing this is not where i belong
each day i know this is not where i belong
oh where do i belong?
and so i pray that i can take all that's been in my mind
and bring it to life every single night
and reach to the sky & feel so alive
to know this is right where i'm supposed to be
to know this is our home, our home away from home
our calling to never live lesser lives
save my life, this dream won't surrender
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3. |
Sailor's Luck
04:11
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taking time to remember when i was young
my future should be so simple with all that i've said
a better time of no fear, my destiny manifested in my backyard
the world was small & innocent,
and right in front of me -for me to grab
don't even begin to tell me i was all wrong
'now is the time', they said:
'..for you to choose a new path, it’s right ahead'
'go jump aboard,
the sky is clear- not a cloud in sight for a sailor to fear'
i hope you're not all wrong,
'cause i aspire so much more
to know the world could bend or break right in front of me
as i turn to a new page
i said i'm not finished writing yet
the sky was once just red at night now with such delight,
but now it's every morning with a warning
damn- yeah i'll be fucking damned, man
if this sky sails scarlet red
everyday when i wake knowing
it soon becomes a fire that no one will escape
our world so small, our fate in his hands
and i'll plead mercy for this life that i seek
and hope for better days
-the days i've always planned to live out
grasp everything that i love & embrace it for as long as i can
my life/light is just beginning, my time's not up
it’s up
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4. |
Vault 101
03:47
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oh no, you left me here to rot under the ground
the closest thing to sunlight i've seen was my birth
and now you're gone & she's always been
you led me in lack of her scent
-directions that fathers should take
you shaped me, please don't break me
i'm taking my first steps in a way i never have before
i walk what's left of a pathway destruction paved
in search of something un-defamed
finding truth in a world without a hand to hold
there’s no shelter to fall over me now,
but i swear this sky won't take me
god will not take me till my work is done
too many will fall before the hand of god & i’m just not one
now that i've carved my heal in the dust
i see the world for what it truly is
-a long dark, vast space that's been laid to waste
it has been laid to waste
oh god, this is just my first taste
i wonder once stood so tall
i'd build these foundations back if he stayed to show me how
i've got a weight of a world's best betrayers on a battle ground,
but my singular line will not fall down
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Misconceptions
03:31
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close the curtain,
these thoughts have been bought & broken
-i said
where do you lay your head with a pillow so cold?
yet the sun still sets while the headlines grow-
standing so black & bold, but yet the paper's old
this should be made of gold
when the mines are empty there's nothing left to dig for
you & me made of gold, earned from hard work & soul
church bells ring & you bow at the door
-repent for sin, but bleed forgiveness dry
the dirt on your face will never wash clean
till you lather your own brush
is this you?
the mirrors have all fallen & shattered
your only identity is lost in the portraits that they painted
if only he could wash away the colors that have dried
you could take the brush- repaint a masterpiece for the world
you're a masterpiece if you only let yourself
let your colors bleed through
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Soulful melodic deathcore from a backwoods town northeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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