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City Of Rain (2019)
05:13
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Lyrics By Chris Leavell and Derrick Faith
Well I like the streets a little better this way
Covered in the rain.
This quick precipitation takes a dive
With a wicked infiltration so deprived
It’s raining and it’s pouring outside
So why aren’t you dancing?
Ride tides and run down alleys screaming your dreams to the sky
Inside they’re telling all the tales of days that they stayed dry
It’s raining down upon this city to dissolve our fears
You’ll stick around and realize the weathers better here
We see the truth when it’s not spoken
City of rain for draughts unbroken
Come alive
A fool’s time is worth as much attention he will pay
Frozen in his ways
We cross streets, so off beat to try and escape
Floods of disarray
This humid day it always lives
With a small consideration left to give
The burning ozone takes a hit
From a hateful sky
We’re so infatuated with the way it’s falling down
Tonight the mess we made had freed its day to hit the ground
It’s raining down upon this city for those flying high
Don’t come around to bring us down cause we’re not staying dry
We see the truth when it’s not spoken
City of rain for droughts unbroken
Come alive
There's no need to be a afraid
All the pain gets washed away in the city of rain
It doesn't bother me that these clouds have a touch of grey
As long as we're making waves in the city of rain
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2. |
Tim's Song (2007)
02:45
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4. |
Jailbreak (2009)
03:16
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Lyrics by Derrick Faith
I've dealt with crazy
I've heard your reasons
I know it's better not to live life in
Captivity
Justify me
A resolution
Won't live long enough for you to
Get past mediocrity
Running like the devil when there's hell to pay
Twenty steps ahead still no time to pray
Please please tell me but please don't say
I'll never get away
Driving through the night like a hurricane
Searching for direction without any light
Standing by myself when I look for a fight
I've gotta get out tonight
Driving real fast
Going 90 on the highway
Police man was crusin'
His attention turned
My way
Hiding on on a Saturday night
Sirens wailing and the flashing lights
Gotta go gotta get out of sight
Heading out of town tonight.
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5. |
Can You Feel It (2009)
03:27
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Lyrics by Derrick Faith
Everyone's always in such a hurry
To go nowhere at all
Got me thinking maybe I should worry
I can't seem to see my feet before I fall
In and out of the same situation
Burn it down, build it up again
I can taste your infatuation
Tearing up my mind so let's begin
You're alot of smoke and mirrors
And maybe I should make this clearer
Runnin' through the past
Still you never know it's true
How's it come to be
The only person here not crazy
Is me?
And can you feel it
Crashing down around you
And can you feel it
Holding back the fear
And can you feel it
Rising up against you
Cause I can feel it
Breaking me down
The tide has shifted
And the game has changed
Can you help me baby
Do I seem deranged
Lost ambitions
And the wasted pain
Only make you stronger
When the money fades
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6. |
Switch (2010)
04:46
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Lyrics by Derrick Faith and Jeff Forrester
I opened up your door
As silently you prayed
Tried to switch it on
But you stood in the dark
To prey for the better daze
Look up towards the sky
It never stays the same
Until you come to find
People, always change
They say that you should give out
More than you take
But I know it's not the same
Here's to the knife in your side
For those you lost with your pride
Can never be replaced
The lines you cannot trace
Will you ever leave the shame
Or switch it on again and again
Switch it up and shut it down!
In the house that bears your name
Never gonna live it down!
Until you come to find life's a
Series of changing lanes
Hold on to the things you trust
Sometimes win, sometimes lose
When in time it turns to dust
People, distant, always find the clues
Saying you should give out more than you take
But I know it's not the same
Drink to that knife in your said
For all those songs you let die!
They'll never be the same
The lines you cannot trace
Will you ever leave the shame
Or switch it on again and again
I opened up your door
As quietly you laid
Tried to step aside but
You stood in my path and said
"Baby don't be afraid"
Look up towards the sky
It never stays the same
One day you will find
PEOPLE. ALWAYS. CHANGE
Saying you should give out more than you take
I know it's not the same
Dance with a knife in your side
You're just along for the ride
You'll never be the same
The lines you cannot trace
Will you ever leave the shame
Or,
Switch it on again and again
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7. |
Dark Illusions (2011)
04:04
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Familiar lights shine on my soul
Hidden deep behind their eyes
Isolation, thought control
Surrounded by a fog of lies
When innocence forever fades away
And life and love turn shades of gray
Will I find my understanding there?
Too many times I've found despair
Complexity in a simple mind
Run to keep up or fall behind
Never quite getting ahead of the game
Never quite accepting all of the blame
Reality is a smack in the face
A punch in the gut
Our heroes disgrace
And endless stream of sweat and blood
Our search for answers from above
Age seventeen and fearing change
An obsessive compulsive waiting game
Confused and intrigued by a dark illusion
Driven away to a sad conclusion
Searching through the density
Of a mind confined defensively
With the doubts and the fears extensively
Growing in intensity
On the thin line between love and hate
At the end of the day it;s all the same
When the passion dies and the fire burns out
Is indifference all the remains?
In this conflict of interest
Is there compromise?
Is resolution ahead
Where promise lies?
Will progress be made
In the next thousand years?
Or is the road ahead
Filled with pain and tears?
As the cold winds blow from miles away
I will proudly declare "I'm not afraid"
Standing on the edge of eternity
Throwing caution to the wind
The beginning of the end is hard to face
And the heart and mind begin to race
When asked of you just how happy
You said as good, as it's going to be
Insanity in a complex rhyme
Counting on the tempo to save me some time
Selfishness and self-forged chains.
Maybe it's time we take the reigns
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8. |
Whispers (2011)
06:28
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Lyrics by Derrick Faith and Chris Maples
Whispers make
For a shady disposition
The burden you wear
A black coat of inquisition
For the sake of the debate
You're at the scene of the crime
And I could put in two cents
For a nickel or dime
Blind ambitions
Now I can see
Through clouded judgments
And reasoning
Fixed desires
False Disguise
Secret Motive
Truth Denied
Discretion at hand
Throw it out take it in
Chew on the fact of the matter
Before it begins
The lonely child wants
What the problem child gets
And the shooter shot to kill
When she shot from the hip
*(missing)
I wait by your window
I try to keep quiet
I pray to the needle
And worship the night
I refuse your helping hand
Weaving my demons
Straight through the eye
*
Curiosity killed the cat
But there's eight left to go
Actually four after this
But only two in the know
Drive it out of context
And turn at the phrase
Because the words are not always
What the message conveys
Blind ambitions
Now I can see
Through clouded judgments
And reasoning
Fixed desires
False Disguise
Secret Motive
Truth Denied
I’ll just pretend
It was better this way
We can just pretend
And never really say
Something smells like summer
Most of the time
But the chill of December's not
Far behind
Forget the past
And you're doomed to repeat it
But what if that's fate
And exactly what I needed
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9. |
Doublespeak (2012)
05:39
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Lyrics by Derrick Faith
Sleep sleep sleep
"You can sleep when you're dead"
All caught up, in your head
Trying to make it out right
Give me the world
Everything in my hands
So I can throw it away
And complain to your friends
Just putting it out there
In case you wanted to know
I don't mind waiting forever
But my patience has finally let go
I won't try to explain it
It's exactly like this
Give me the answer
Now what did I miss
No mind for conversation
No ounce of motivation
Abstract distractions
Nonchalant reactions
No time to think about it
'Cause the thought doesn't count
Ignore all the sights
But beware all the sounds
Stick to the path try not to stray at a glance
Living two lives when there's only once chance
Burning
Tumbling
Spiraling
Crumbing
Spiraling out of control
Blinding flash of light
Brings me back into reality
Information received
And the message is clear
Caught up in the moment
Hold on for a second
Wandering thoughts still
Drifting away
Failing concentration
Inspiration waiting
Prisoner to boredom
Slave to expectation
Derail the train of thought
Before it leaves the station
Trying to learn all this useless information
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10. |
Water Dinner (2012)
07:02
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Lyrics by Derrick Faith
Manufactured
Right in style
Mass production
Audiophile
Restitution
For capital gains
An institution
Of fortune for fame
You're writing symphonies of bullshit
And haven't got a clue
That the only one
The Joker's laughing at
Is you
Watch your back
Cover your Face
Mind Your manners
And don't be late
Playing pretend
So the sheep can prey
They used to call out your name in vain
Now they'd rather not call at all
When you were blinded by the proposition
And then bled to the concert hall
Firing up inside my head
With the scars I left under your bed
Running around in circles
And the mystery still escapes me
Fabrication
Of second chance
Degredation
Dancing a blameless dance
Salvation
From impending attack
Another story?
Just obscure all the facts
Well I think,that it's fucking ridiculous,
And calculated
Now is not the time
To play the game
Just walk away
Cause there's nothing left
Can't stop it now there's
No time to rest
Stealing integrity
like petty theft
They used to call out your name in vain
Now they'd rather not call at all
When you were blinded by the proposition
And bled to the concert hall
It's been firing up inside your head
With the scars you left under your bed
Running around in circles
And the mystery still escapes you
You keep on waiting for your salvation
Instead why don’t you make it happen for yourself
I burned the bridge now I wade
Through the cold, cold water
Because I’m not afraid of what I’ve done or who I am
And where the fuck were you when I needed saving
You’re just too selfish to care about anyone else
I lit the flame, now I walk through a lake of fire
Can anybody hear me as I scream?
Please back away, just get away from me
(It's just too much for me)
Move along because there's nothing left to see
(It's just enough for me)
And still you watch,and you question my intentions
When the very same could be said for you
I felt the winds of a changing world consume me
But the only thing that’s really changed is your point of view
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11. |
No Fate (2012)
02:39
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Lyrics by Derrick Faith
White lite
Black city
Red eyes
Zero on me
No remorse
No pity
Can't lose it all
The price is too steep
Where did you come from?
Why are you here?
Dark silhouette
Shows you no fear
Drive away as fast as you can
Can't tell if he's machine or man
His judgement reigns down on your head
You better watch your back or you'll end up dead
Always trying to follow the road we don't belong
Can't see the way out you know you must be strong
Echoing resonates, a cartridge on the floor
Smoke in the room as he exits the door
Where did you come from?
Why are you here?
Dark silhouette
Shows you no fear
Drive away as fast as you can
Can't tell if he's machine or man
His judgement reigns down on your head
You better watch your back or you'll end up dead
Drive away as fast as you can!
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Lyrics by Derrick Faith
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13. |
Don't Stop (2014)
04:27
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Lyrics by Derrick Faith
I've never been the one to say it
Least of all not in this way
Word's like iron in a fire
So malleable
Your brittle little broken prayers
A sandstorm of
This ire
Speaking in riddle and inuendo
What are we saying?
Oh I don't know, no no
But, maybe on your end you reap and sow
The know
Of what we're thinking
Feel the sweat and heat
Burning up your energy
Getting closer now
We're moving in a syngery
Full start
Press forward simultaneously
We don't stop
No we don't stop
You've always been the one to show it
Cryptic signs just not your style
But I'm much better at explaining the situation
So correct me if I'm wrong
Or if I'm out of line
Praying to all you hold dear that you know
Just what I've been thinking
I hope you know, know, know
Unholy torture in your silence
Violence on your tongue
Feel the sweat and heat burning up your energy
Getting closer now to reconcile the chemistry
The proof of truth is spoken
Oh so very cynically
We don't stop. no we
Don't stop
I see you looking in my window
What are we doing
I think I know
Give the signal now I've got to go
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14. |
Outlier (2014)
07:07
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by Derrick Faith and Matt Seelye
Too deep inside
Too many problems
Learning to harden
The outside in
Too far out
Make up your own
Problems
Learn to accept
The inside out
Forced to survive, or
Forced to conceal
Whimsical happenstance
So perfectly predetermined
Bled, Broken
From venom unspoken
Threatening lips
Forever poised
Ragged and whipped
No crime exists
Serrated solution
Now bite the bit
Forced to survive, or
Forced to conceal
Whimsical happenstance
So perfectly predetermined
Handed everything
Told to be good
Trying to please everyone
Putting on a smile as
you struggle onward
And face the changes
Around you
Pretending you’ve got it all figured out
Trying hard to hold on
But slipping through the cracks
Unspeakable guilt
For an uncertain future
Of unwarranted hatred
Placing your trust in a
Wavering image
But truth remains
Outlier
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15. |
Tension (2014)
07:01
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Lyrics by Matt Seelye, Derrick Faith and Chris Leavell
Stretching out over a blighted road,
Under the voiceless bake of the sun
No respite from the blistering heat
No shade in a land so shunned
One strike
Irreverant whatever the
Source
Two times
Blink into shattering swords
The third one you call it a charm
Fell knight,
Bitten by a ravenous
One
He's closing around your throat
Straining you feel it close
Be, it all
Through the pain
And fall
(You've got to get up, on your feet, it's time to run)
Shrug off the shame
Begin to see
(What you've begun)
Fortunes waned
Resides in days
Recalled
(Restless in heart, don't wait, just get it done)
Furious psalms riddled in anguish
Help.......
Forward bleak but behind a vortex,
You either get sucked back or you run
Hammer's cocked and trigger must be pulled
Fire out or back into the gun
Jet black,and
sunk down low
Under surface, depths few know
No way to fathom the fathoms
Pressure twisting, silent spasms
Suspension to discord, progression and tension
Release is remission, contort to distention
Now worlds apart, shifted dimensions
Undertow churning, ceaseless descension
Tossed in brine and salted dry
No cries heard even while you’re drowning
Reborn
See through nevermore
A world
Suffered through the score
Spurned, without a hope
Do you know?
How hard it is to wake up,
Would you stay?
And see,
What happened
To me?
Helpless
Trying to comprehend the pain
I close my eyes
Try to find the light inside
Can you spare my time
What is it worth to know
The battles you never see
On the outside
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16. |
Oh Lovely You (2015)
06:16
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Lyrics by Derrick Faith
Your distinct brand
Of paranoia normal
You're trying to set the world on fire
Blowing up into a big production
But I'm the one who takes the blame
Picking up the pieces
Because nobody else Will
Vie for your attention
But do not reciprocate
I am not in any position
To let this be any more than distant
Oh so lovely oh how lovely you could be
If only you would stop complaining about
All of your problems to me
My arrogance you'd wear it well
No nevermind, that would be beneath you
Right or wrong you'll always
Think that you are number one
And unhearing would be nice
But I'm too far away
Besieged by guilty sorrow
And stoned to death by
Filthy rage
Everyone, wants to have you
Not even, to touch or grab you
Monopolize your time to fill their egos
flirting out of line so let's go to
The prechorus, just like the one before this
You say you want to know me better
Maybe you should get to know yourself
First
My arrogance you'd wear it well
No never mind, that would be beneath you
Right or wrong you'll always
Think that you are number one
And unhearing would be nice
But I'm too far away
Besieged by guilty sorrow
And stoned to death by
Filthy rage
Everyone could use a little attention
To get them through the day
But would you act like this if
She was yours for real
Addicted to that chemical
Imbalanced by your imperfection
Can you see what you've gotten into
Or are you just
Showing off?
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17. |
Slam Dunk Ernest (2015)
04:57
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Lyrics by Derrick Faith
I'm not here to help you
Only to destroy
Fight and build then break and kill
A presence to annoy
Winding through the hills
Sings a song best
left forgotten
A resurrection
To stave off warning signs
An insurrection
Of poorly drawn design
And fighting through fields
Of terror you know too well
Well,well
Breaking backs the sword you wield
Move faster
Rip the heart out of your chest
To placate all your masters
They are as far evolved beyond you
As we are them
A fleeting moment
Pure Of Hatred
Disappointment saturating
Broken arms that carry all
The world's fears
The sweat you taste
Holding back the tears
An introspective
Armageddon bye, "good riddance"
Follow all the steps and still be torn
But, find your strength and keep
Fighting on
And write the song
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18. |
Chrometits (2016)
05:21
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by Matt Seelye and Derrick Faith
Cry out all alone
Shaken to your bones
From them birth an indifference
Of your own
Whines and pleas of rage
Shouted from your cage
Ignored by the stock actors
Who mill about all littered on the stage
Parade
of charades
Of parts
well played
Slack jawed
but well paid
Spotlight flickers, curtains calling
Unchecked egos, hold your applause
The make up smears with counterfeit tears
Auditorium erupting with unearned cheers
Agonizingly,
Ill equipped
To portray
Any empathy
Set up the stage
Conflict for reason
Lights fade away
In spite of the treason
Typecast
to the last
Pointless
bombast
Sailed through
half mast
Listening all alone
Shaken to your bones
From them birth an indifference
Of your own
We're all singing from our own soapbox
Screaming out of tune (The voice disappears)
Picking wrong notes
In a song that ends too...
...Sooner or later, it's all just noise
You can tune it out when they come in
Picking up a measure of trust, and find the one again
Listen for the changes that divide your time
Discordant dissonance
Feigning a symphony
Of sympathy
Running back
When calm takes it's place
To reignite the spark
That shows my other face
We queens
Steal scenes
Needless
Obscene
Aimlessly careen
Watching all alone
Shaken to your bones
From them birth an indifference
Of your own
We act like TV stars
Embroiled in a feud
As Time passes passively
Amused
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Lyrics by Derrick Faith
Keep messing around you'll fall in love!!
Fixated on now
Not give and take
Castrating the dream
Not what you make
What would your daddy have to say
If he only knew
All your friends would scream right in your face
Til they're blue
Keep messin' around you'll fall in love
With a curious light
Come around in the morning hits you hard
But isn't that life?
Picking up the pieces in the dark
Shadows dancing, romancing
Beckoning the strife
How do you think that she would feel?
If she only knew
How does it feel to look in the mirror
Doing the things you do
Keep messin' around you're gonna fall in love
Is that a life?
Come around in the morning hits you hard
With a furious right.
I miss you
But I wouldn't want to be you
Am I the bigger man?
Or am I losing touch with morality?
Pretending everything's fine
Then riding into town on a wave of false accusations?
Laying Siege to the city
And carrying on as if nothing even happened
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Lyrics by Matt Seelye and Derrick Faith
You match my gaze
I want you in the worst of ways
You seemed unphased
Speak primal with a lust unphrased
Oh, we both feel
That spark, no point trying to conceal
You match my gaze
Speak primal with a lust unphrased
Instinct’s taking over
We can’t stop it now
Teeth upon my shoulder
Furrow up your brow and just
Bite down, oh it’s so electric and it’s
Too much, but baby I’m addicted to the rush
That heat, the friction that our bodies making
Right now, the fire that we found
You meet my touch
Not even shy, no hint of a blush
They talk too much
We dance, caught up in the flood
And how we burn
Moving faster as our bodies yearn
To feel that touch
You meet my lips and it's never enough
Instinct’s taking over
We can’t stop it now
Teeth upon my shoulder
Furrow up your brow and just
Bite down, oh it’s so electric and it’s
Too much, but baby I’m addicted to the rush
That heat, the friction that our bodies making
Right now, the fire that we found
It's not a question of time
Been waiting all my life then some-
Body like you comes in burning up my mind
A matter of if
I try to make some sense
I'm hurting for you
Gone an lowered my defense
The look is the proof
And it sends me through the roof
The way you look at me
Your eyes telling the truth
So afraid to live our lives
Burned too many times
When you're all alone
When I'm the one you're thinking of
When you call my name
When I'm the one you need
When instinct's taken over
When you bite your lip
And just
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21. |
Martyr (2018)
05:16
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Lyrics by Derrick Faith, Matt Seelye, Chris Leavell
Martyr
Lyrics by Derrick Faith/Matt Seelye/Chris Leavell
Seeing inside yourself
We're leaving behind no one else
Seething, at this misfortune
Believing, I rule this extortion
Wondrous reprise
Thunderous demise
Silent savior, speaking actions on high
The exalted, no one, didn't care for the prize
Became a martyr in the blink of an eye
Struggling softly as we reach for the sky
Devoted depiction
Lethal prescription
Breaking the finish line
The seasons changing
Re-arranging
Forward support in time
Winner takes it all
We are the fallen
Angels coming home
We are not victims
Just survivors left in the cold
When it's lonely
And all you can count on
Is knowing that
All you've left
Is what you've yet to
Learn
In spite of this
We all see the rainbow in the oil spill
The tattered ruins and beauty in the many
Angles in the stars
The separate shapes
Watch close as I burn out brightly
What's ahead and whats beside me
Just wish I could hide
Meteor hurdling into the sea
Hope still clings but tigther is
Gravity
Sharp Descent
Fight the motions of the waves
It's just the way that you are
Trying to make sense of it all
Crying these proud tears
I can't be the only one?
A little too close to the sun
And when will I get my wings?
This fading scene
But I wouldn't change a single thing
It's just the way that we are
In every way that we're made
Shifting through the invisible contact
If we're not supposed to cry
Then why do we come built with tears
You can take my tomorrow away
But you leave me my
Dignity
Then it hits you from the bottom
And you go for a ride
The shallow stillness in your heart
Holds onto pride
Hard to face it
Summer springs but
Winter takes the fall
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22. |
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Lyrics by Derrick Faith
You misplace your
Trust in others
Worship one and
Bait the other
Refuse to take my
Good advice
And find yourself swarmed
Fight or flight
Exonerated from the
Information
Left vulnerable to disease
Don't cry
Accept
Don't try
Do it
Watching high from a perch
Of a missed perception
Hindsight 20/20
In the wrong direction
Too wrong
To right
Two paths
To deny
You Peck and you pry
On her insecurities
Like vultures
Raping the dead
You con your way
Into her Leggings
Hand in hand you
Skip to dire
Circumstances
Guns for hire
Wash the stains from
Undeserving
Inhibitions
Quite unnerving
Betraying light for dark
Relay the conversation
(Watch from the skys like a hawk on a mouse)
Communication wrong
Delay your resignation
(We're going weapons hot, shut your mouth )
You Peck and you pry
On her insecurities
Like vultures
Raping the dead
You conned your way
Into her Leggings
The finale had already
Come and gone
To bury all your fears
Inside that book
You never
Keep your promises
How do you sleep?
Without a dream
The tossing and the turning
And never learning the
Tough lessons,you try so hard
To look away
From their instinctive reactions
Distractions, a glance; and
NEVER LOOK BACK AGAIN
Stunned silence
Reflecting what's left
To be said
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