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Collapse / Expand
05:07
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Noise Machines
03:35
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Is anything out of place
Is anything wrong
Why do you I have a feeling
that this was a close call
My days are in order
Keeping track of time
I'm losing myself
in checkout lines
I've been getting light sleep, cold feet
So far away from the morning
I need to tune out the sound of me
Growing dependent on noise machines
Repeat conversation
until it fades away
Tangled in opinions
I can't think straight
Turned round on my directions
I'm always undecided
A quiet apprehension
that I never invited
I've been getting light sleep, cold feet
So far away from the morning
I need to tune out the sound of me
Growing dependent on noise machines
I've sunken in for far too long
I've let this noise drown out the song
I'll quantify the time that's passed
Lace up my shoes, run twice as fast
Happiness comes from within the mind
It needs constant care, it takes some time
It's possible but you need to try
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Temper
05:17
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Tracing the lines on my hand
Repair the holes in my vision
Are these misfires in my head
The human condition
Been wading in standing water
Likely exposed for too long
My body is unresponsive
My god just tell me what's wrong
Don't know if this state is a threat
Can't fight with no wall on my back
Where's all of the flashing lights
Helping me stay on track
Follow the heart, follow the head
both screaming out, pick me instead
Wish I could out this to bed
Lately I'm leaving
Half empty handed
My company is telling me that we've disbanded
Can't say I blame 'em
I've been an asshole
I'd try to salvage it
buy it's not worth the hassle
I'm stuck in idle
Can't start engine
Slowly accepting
I can't hold my own attention
It might be too late
To save the embers
I killed the passion
when tried to kill the temper
A civilized moment to think
Try not to spend it alone
Do anything in my power
To keep me off my phone
These 28 years have taught me
Secrets about myself
No longer can justify
throwing away my health
I am repeat behavior
slave to my tendencies
Waiting for system failure
To put me on my knees
This foregone conclusion
It's too predictable
One of these days will be fatal
Lately I'm leaving
Half empty handed
My company is telling me that we've disbanded
Can't say I blame 'em
I've been an asshole
I'd try to salvage it
buy it's not worth the hassle
I'm stuck in idle
Can't start engine
Slowly accepting
I can't hold my own attention
It might be too late
To save the embers
I killed the passion
when tried to kill the temper
Leave while you have time
Before I change my mind
You should save yourself while you still have time
Before I change my mind
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Peak Season
04:34
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Make another pivot
I'm right within reach
Not certain I can get it
It won't be easy
Screaming at the thunder
till the voice hurts
Some days I wonder
just what it's all worth
Still got a little ways to go
but I don't wanna wait to know
We've tested the water long enough
Familiar paralysis
of never breaking out of this
I think it's time we step it up
Life's moving fast for all the right reasons
Narrow window to hit the peak season
Now's the time to play our cards
Listen to our restless hearts
Another cold winter
Another wet spring
Another dry July with memories lingering
Soon it'll be autumn
when the lights die down
We're gonna be louder when the new year rolls around
Still got a little ways to go
but I don't wanna wait to know
We've tested the water long enough
Familiar paralysis
of never breaking out of this
I think it's time to step it up
Life's moving fast for all the right reasons
Narrow window to hit the peak season
Now's the time to play our cards
Listen to our restless hearts
Still got a little ways to go
but I don't wanna wait to know
We've tested the waters long enough
Familiar paralysis
of never breaking out of this
No I'm not giving up
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5. |
Feeding the Meter
04:16
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Common composure is walking on thin ice
And everyone knows why
Under the surface, a market of swindlers
reselling alibis
What breaks the cycle? kindness or exile?
I don't have the answers
Flipping a mindset leaves behind bruises
Sometimes the truth hurts
When the problems become pressing
calm and collected begins undressing
Our comprehension is clearly lacking
How can we find out if we're not asking?
It's time to put down the pen and paper
Deal with it right now instead of later
Watching a blowout from the bleachers
We can't afford to keep feeding the meter
Basic assumptions get called into question
Trust but verify
Ration the bloodflow for things not essential
This all can't survive
I don't need progress, I just need movement
Something's gotta change
So can you feel it now as certain as the sun
shining through a summer rain
When the problems become pressing
calm and collected begins undressing
Our comprehension is clearly lacking
How can we find out if we're not asking?
It's time to put down the pen and paper
Deal with it right now instead of later
Watching a blowout from the bleachers
We can't afford to keep feeding the meter
Time's up, tick tock
No more small talk
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6. |
Child Eyes
02:50
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The world seems ripe
For taking on a new life
An easing of its gravity
A calming of the skies
The places of old
Are waiting for the new fold
To settle and get comfortable
Someone bumped the shutter speed
I'm having a hard time focusing
Surrounded by lights that I'm not used to noticing
Up in the atmosphere, it's dry of all the yesteryears
There's no going back from here
Don't wash away the past
Just pass it down the line
The sooner you let go
The sooner you can find your child eyes
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Temper (Instrumental)
05:17
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