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I really, really didn't want to wake up this morning.
I really, really didn't want to start the day
With an obnoxious little freshman spitting in my face.
I really, really didn't want to fail that test this morning.
I didn't want to face the mounds of work I've gotta do,
I just wanna go home and finally get an hour of sleep or two.
I've got nine missing assignments, and eight absent days.
My counselors keep warning me about my GPA.
I guess I'm not infectious to academic disease,
But I've got two C's, now my parents are gonna kill me,
'Cause they want me to go to college.
I don't even know if I'm into college.
What's so great about college?
...Besides the fact that you need it to survive.
It's Monday.
I'm feeling lower than my GPA.
Monday.
I'm feeling lower than my GPA.
Monday.
I'm feeling lower than my GPA.
And that's pretty bad.
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Open Up! Adore!
04:07
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Take my heart,
And take my care.
I want to see you with me
Everywhere.
Take my hand
And don't let it go.
At least not until
We make it home.
At least not until we make it home.
I know I'm not too great at talking,
I swear it's not your fault.
But darling, you're my grain of sugar
Amidst a tide of salt.
And I know you're out there,
But I shake it off
And pretend like I don't care.
Take my heart,
And take my care.
I want to see you with me
Everywhere.
Take my hand
And don't let it go.
At least not until
We make it home.
I know I can be a little stubborn,
I can be a little mean.
You said it doesn't matter...
What are you thinking?
You said that it'll hold together,
But you don't know at all.
I try and make you better
Before you watch me fall,
And oh, it's so much harder to leave something
When you actually like it.
I know that I could try and run
But that'll do
No good for me and you
Or anyone else.
I know that I could try and run...
...But I don't want to.
Take my heart,
And take my care.
I want to see you with me
Everywhere.
Take my hand
And don't let it go.
At least not until
We make it home.
Take my heart!
I know you're grabbing at it.
Take my heart!
You want it? You can have it.
Take my heart!
I've gotta kill this habit.
I'm running home to you.
I'm running home, I'm running home to you.
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3. |
Coping With Crazy
02:26
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Raindrops flowing,
I surrender
Can't stop going,
Getting better.
Take your pictures,
And stitch them together.
Try your best to pretend
That this will all last forever.
Flash of lightning,
Roll of thunder,
Strange empty shaking,
From down under.
A series of six strings,
A cult of broken hearts.
This is our escape,
And yet we still fall apart.
Insanity is brilliance.
They said insanity is brilliance.
But we don't know what it's like to live with it.
We're blinded by our ignorance.
My mind's decaying,
Dissipating.
They won't stop saying
I'm still in the making.
You're always around the corner.
You're always in my head.
You're standing at the border
Of my past and of my sin.
If this is creativity,
Then take my art away from me.
Just give me a break, let my heart resolve her aches,
'Cause I can't keep coping with crazy.
Oh no,
Insanity is brilliance,
Oh no.
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4. |
Picture
03:52
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She says that she's okay.
Her skin says otherwise.
She shows off all her pain,
Then says she's doing fine.
But I know, I know, I know,
She's only lost inside her mind.
She hates the way she laughs.
She thinks she's overweight.
She loves to fool around
So she can get away
From all those pesky voices
Screaming
Inside her mind.
Well, I'm aware this is a tough thing to sing about.
I understand if you don't care to listen anymore.
She doesn't want to listen either, either.
She still lets her darkness defeat her, 'feat her.
She swears she's gonna be okay.
She loves to advertise her pain,
Like a billboard on her wrist,
Since her very first kiss,
But I know all of your secrets,
And I know all of your games.
I swear your dreams are not too far.
You're so much more than your past scars.
But I, I saw a picture of your arms.
I saw a picture of your arms.
Saw a picture of your arms...
I can't look back, I can't look back at you.
I saw a picture of your arms....
I can't look back, I can't look back.
Saw a picture of your arms...
I can't look back at you.
I saw a picture of your arms.
I saw a picture of your arms.
I'll scream it out with this guitar.
I saw a picture of your arms.
A filthy monster named self harm.
I saw a picture of your arms.
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I'm living in this mentality
Like I'm some sort of a freak
With my ever-changing opinions,
Struggles by day
Redemptions by week.
I'm living in this mentality
Like I'm some sort of a star,
But I've been working here for years
And I still haven't gotten far.
Why do I deserve to be special?
Why should I be any different?
Why did you give me all these dreams,
When it's impossible to achieve them?
I think I'm lost inside my mind.
I do nothing but dream, dream all the time.
I can't take my life for granted anymore.
If I'm stuck inside this box of mine,
What else am I to live for?
And my soul is only singing
To the beat of your songs.
Where did I go wrong?
Where did I go wrong?
I've gotta let it happen...
I've gotta let what happen?
I don't even know what I'm feeling anymore.
I think I'm lost inside my mind.
I do nothing but dream, dream all the time.
I don't know why, I still can't fly,
I still can't touch the sky.
I do nothing but dream, and I'm losing my mind.
All I know is that
My heart is still beating.
It's beating to a rhythm.
It's beating for a reason.
I hit a wall running, but I've still got a plan.
I've still got a plan.
I've still got a plan.
I think I'm lost inside my mind.
I do nothing but dream, dream all the time.
I don't know why, I still can't fly,
I still can't touch the sky.
I do nothing but dream, and I'm losing my mind.
I'm losing my mind.
I'm losing my mind.
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6. |
The Long Run
04:41
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I've climbed the first step
Of the stairway to heaven.
Every move that I make,
I learn a new ugly lesson.
You inspired a dream,
Won't you let me fulfill it?
(I'm pushing back the urges of a broken heart)
I'm one step closer, I'm one day older,
And I'm chasing down this hope of mine until it tears me apart.
I refuse to let my mindset control me.
The doubter has her hold, but she's never gonna own me.
And I know I'm usually wrong,
But this dreamer will carry on.
When all is said and done,
I'll be alright in the long run.
Memories and anxiety make a vicious team.
You flaunt your glowing lifestyle and you watch me turn green.
And I know I've got a chance, 'cause there are tears in my eyes.
(When I leapt for the sun, I only got burnt)
I know that I could make it,
Please tell me that I'll make it.
You thought I would give up,
But haven't you heard?
I refuse to let my mindset control me.
The doubter has her hold, but she's never gonna own me.
And I know I'm usually wrong,
But this dreamer will carry on.
When all is said and done,
I'll be alright in the long run.
Crawl through the crevice of a broken home.
Tie down your opinions and claim them as your own.
You're one step closer, you're one day older.
We'll take over the world under the light of a new throne.
I refuse to let my mindset control me.
The doubter has her hold, but she's never gonna own me.
And I know I'm usually wrong,
But this dreamer will carry on.
When all is said and done,
I'll be alright in the long run.
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ＥＭＯＣＥＡＮＳ Fishers, Indiana
I'm just another dreamer wishing for new eyes.
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