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When you became a zero, Reborn again though, For pain to set in again
And although you feel like dying, Or at least like crying,
The greyness seeps in your bones
But I don't want to be there, with your fake ass family
Zero One, Forming none
And I don't want to be here, with my fake ass melodies
When you became a zero, Reborn again though, For pain to set in again
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Was it worth all of the pains of labor? Am I worth what sent you to your grave?
Malapert, won't doff my cap for no man. To exert and sprain my pride for days
When did a pencil pusher find a tongue with a whip and a mace?
(There's) no reason to tread lightly with the truth serving everyone in spades
Swollen limbs and counting down the seconds. Unmet goals won't diminish these eyes
Callous youth now battered somewhat broken. On the mend, a man without a tribe
Reaping harvest from failure. I had thought I was stronger than I was
Let ego flow watch it leaving. Acclimate slowly breath (please) be my guide
Watching myself splinter into
Scattering fragments, what's me is what's you
I've been here before, the magic won't last
Unless we push forward and forget the past
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This pain or failure, whatever, extends deeply throughout
And everybody makes mistakes it's just this looping process how
How I watch you in agony and it's always because of me
And I still don't quite understand how I cause so much pain with these hands
But I feel like a monster and I feel I can't change anyway
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J.R. Knows
04:25
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That tiny voice carries a spell as it floats gently up to me drowning down
Every enterprise I attempt is a reminder why I shouldn't ever have been
Keep myself occupied with dreams I cannot try because reality has a way
Of pressing out the truth, it's manner so uncouth but if I could stay here and pretend
I'll write a best seller about how it's easy to sing songs alone instead of around
Because no one can hear all those sounds the ones I struggle to explain as I put them down
So take your baggage now, go spread it all through town. Your truth has nothing to do with me
And as the sun sets low, my voice a howling crow. A shrilling statement pained but achieved
I guess I just wanted you to know
that there are times when I can't leave the doors of my home
But then that tiny voice will ascend
and with it's lovely lilt a purpose manifests
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How to explain depression to a five year old and all of the pain you feel as your life unfolds
Maybe he's right and I can be Iron Man put up a fight, don't let the bad guys win.
But bad guys inside make some days impossible hopefully I might do better tomorrow
But until then I'll sing you a bedtime song Lay by your side apologize and say I love you
What to tell your son when good and bad are one
The conflict here inside battling in my mind
And failure over time this constant killing bride
Everyone has dreams when silenced start to scream
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Cassie do you remember those four boys singing songs
I won't forget what you said when they'd gone
How it was just such a shame although their voices were great
They were just too damn ugly to take home
But it's alright cause we can't fight the features we're left with even if they're shit
Cassie I sang my songs and some people said I was great
don't give up or quit trying I'd catch a break
Oddly I thought just of you that maybe I'm ugly too
Some compliments end with guitars made of ash
But it's alright cause we can't fight the features we're left with even if they're shit
I wanted to be lifelike I wanted to be free
I wanted to be anyone but me
Can't help but think we're the same that we're all crippled by fate
Beauty's a burden I'm so glad I'm without
So it's alright cause we can't fight the features we're left with even if they're shit
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The way that you win (is) so important
and they say that you're not right but they just want you to be like them
So they preach and they prey reminiscing all day
maybe just let them play their game maybe just let them sing their songs
Cause to stay in place where you're unwanted is to fight their ignorance assertively
They don't know what it takes to make it and their volcano tongues remain a mystery to me
So when the cracks start appearing and the hummingbirds fly
you haven't done it to yourself and to be surrounded at wealth well
When the pressure emits and the clothing don't fit
underneath it we're the same at least on every dying day
But to come so close to all that fluttering only to end broken and abandoned
And I suppose it's every reason why cause we all hope to catch a feather and
By the time that you've blinked. By the time that you've noticed.
By the time that you've thought. You're dust. You're buzzing. You're fog.
It's all yours
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When I'm lost searching for space, breathing in, breathing out till I find my way
These placid trees and whispering lake, lit on fire, with the flames lighting up the shade
Have you been listening to my pain?
(Cause) it's not mine (and) this raging pyre's something we all made
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Lace a light-hearted melody with all my loathing intertwined
There's just one thing that connects us all. Can you feel it? Then maybe let's share.
Bound together on this voyage, we suffer and then all compare
We had no choice over just how we were raised yet a victim to experiences there
A ghost just floating around for days. A ghost just staring from here on stage
I'll stuff so many words into songs, deliberate, intentioned eyes
Blind to invention & left out of mind, thrown away up into endless skies
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The Future, for Emma
02:18
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I didn't sign up for this noise or for this fucked up place
And things aren't like they used to be in how I could escape
And it only hurts more when reality sets in
The future is female ejaculation on your face
But if you'll be a good boy and make sure you're well behaved
I'll show you how romantic ongoing consent can be
Depression doesn't let up when your five year old's in bed
And just cause people love you doesn't mean it leaves your head
Now we may suffer different, but we all suffer just the same
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That fragile state where I found myself a few months ago
I didn't think I'd see your lovely eyes and that warm smile I'm seeing now
Sometimes we feel so trapped by the weight we place on our own backs
And we can't see ourselves as light.
It's like this vicious trap, we blame ourselves for falling down just like everyone else
But I have to admit, it took me years to filter through the things you said
I was conditioned to believe in all the bullshit we project or see
And I can circle all day long. I am abused and the abuser all wrapped in one
It's why I can't take your advice
But the things you say affect me and when you say nothing it's worse
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It's easier felt, it's easier felt than said
Reach into my chest, there's teeth grinding in my head
Mmm, mmm, So stay in the now. in the here. And if you can throw out fear. Ooh, ooh.
Selfish, distant, cold. Words used to control.
Ah, ah. Trapped in my chest, heart of two. One is obsessed, (the) other blue. Ah, ah.
If I knew you loved who I am now not for who I was
Ah, ah.
When feelings surround, just try not to split in two.
To forget yourself and let all the details bloom
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Drew Danburry Baltimore, Maryland
Drew Danburry has independently toured and released records since 2002.
He's released
over 400 songs on over 20 albums/13 EPs and played 800 + shows worldwide. Including 2 Daytrotter sessions, 3 invitations to Pop Montreal, 1 to Pygmalion Music Festival and 1 to Treefort Music Festival.
He's accomplished this long list of acheivements almost entirely DIY.
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