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Verse 1:
Tick tock
Tick tock
Racing against the clock
Tick tock
Time is running nonstop
Tick tock
First
Slow and steady
Second
Hands speed increasingly
Third
Time's never charmed me
Fo(u)rth-
coming is the ticking bomb's destiny
The fifth
Swallowed with a numbing plea
Chorus
Reminisce each second until they all blur into minutes
Countless hours spent counting on things I'll forget
Verse 2:
Sixth
Senses warned us already
Seventh
Heaven's blissful ending is unlikely
An(d) eighth
Alone you could reach higher spirituality
A Ninth
Life gives a cat too much time, for tragedy
Chorus
Reminisce each second until they all blur into minutes
Countless hours spent counting on things I'll forget
Racing against the clock
Time is running nonstop
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2. |
Never Learn
03:10
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Verse:
You go to the one that makes you cry
What makes you think he’s gonna dry your eyes?
He swears that he’s changing, but he’s never different
Your friends try to warn you before you find out yourself
He’s no good for you; he needs help
He swears that he’s changing, but he’s never different
Chorus:
You give and you give your all to him and you get nothing back in return,
but you’ll stick around because you seem to never learn
Verse:
Wish you could stop him when he loses control
Or get enough of your own to say no
He swears that he’s changing, but he’s never different
You say he’s just broken, that you can still fix him
But next time you’re trying, he just ends up hitting
You swear that he’s changing, but he’s never different
Chorus:
You give and you give your all to him and you get nothing back in return,
but you’ll stick around because you seem to never learn
You’ll never learn (he swears that he’s changing)
You’ll never learn
He’s never different
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3. |
Mind Control
04:15
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Verse:
This one time I was under mind control
My brain washed from ideas of its own
Words were altered whenever I spoke
Every attempted breath would make me choke
Chorus:
Thoughts planted in my head began to grow
Branching further from the reality I thought I'd known
Verse:
I couldn't escape from the villainous hold
Brought destruction and chaos wherever I'd go
Each fight losing more and more of my soul
What was left of me was stuck in limbo
Chorus:
Thoughts planted in my head began to grow
Branching further from the reality I thought I'd known
Bridge:
Attacks when I'd least expect
Anxiety has always been my nemesis
Catches me before I can catch my breath
Imprisons me in my head
Forces me to block out friends
I'm under mind control again and again
I need strength to stand a chance
Verse:
I would have spent eternity there alone
But I was saved by you, my superhero
Rescued like being freed from a lasso
Retrieved the powers that Anxiety stole
Chorus:
Thoughts planted in my head began to grow
Branching further from the reality I thought I'd known
Outro:
It may not be the last fight with that villain
But Anxiety can't make my head a prison like it did
Because my mind is stronger since you got in
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Verse:
You accuse me of, neglect and abuse
Any time, your ego gets bruised
You did your best, to find a loop
Something to put my head through
Hanging onto twisted, truths
You tied the knot to that, noose
Next move is for you to, choose
One more push ends, me and you
Chorus:
It kills me to see you upset
It kills me to love you to death
It kills me to hang on what's left
You're killing me - so I guess
I should have saved my breath
I should have saved my breath
Verse:
Remarks, exceedingly venomous
Words sting with, fatal incentive
Our chemistry was, always dangerous
Reactions are a potent, stimulus
Spew toxic air as your, defense
Creating clouds that spread darkness
Pick the poison, Your Highness
Always entitled... to leave me breathless
Chorus:
It kills me to see you upset
It kills me to love you to death
It kills me to hang on what's left
You're killing me - so I guess
I should have saved my breath
I should have saved my breath
Verse:
Don’t go angry, but you made your bed
You can try to lie, or make some stretch
Claiming you want, to put it to rest
Tempting me with false hopes, of amends
Fluff a pillow like the lines you’ve, said
As if my comfort is your, intent
It’s just something to hold over my, head
Until you’re done, smothering me to death
Chorus:
It kills me to see you upset
It kills me to love you to death
It kills me to hang on what's left
You're killing me - so I guess
I should have saved my breath
I should have saved my breath
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<5 Wilmington, Delaware
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