1. |
Photophobia
02:06
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I’m still not well, but I’m better now
I’m still not well, but I’m better now
Even if I’ll never fully change, I’m getting tired of all this hate
Show me what love is about, I’m gonna try this out
It’s taking time for my eyes to adjust from the dark
This sunlight is still at odds with my heavy heart
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2. |
You Carry a Heavy Burden
02:38
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I hold my life in my hands
But cling to branches that break under the weight of mistakes
I tried to hide behind pain
Scabs felt like badges but scars bring me nothing but shame
Use me up, throw me away
I was still back the next day
I needed an escape
I finally made a change
Now language hides the perfect crime
But complications still arise
She cries as worlds collide
I think my world has died and
The bright side is still where the shade resides and
That shade has all been internalized and
My fear of consuming has become an all-consuming fear
Just when it starts to go away, I do my best to keep it here
And I’m still asleep at the wheel tonight
And everybody has passed me by
But if I’m sleeping through the sunrise
At least I’m sleeping through the sunset too
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My dreams still speak to me in past tense
I see the future through a cracked lens
Presently enveloped by disease
It calls me inside, it beckons me
But I step outside, it’s cold as ice
Wintertime is a paradigm
I’m tranquilized by tranquil lies
“Just stay inside, you’ll be alright”
I’m dreading how the time flies
The disappointment in my father’s eyes
I’ve lived and died so many times
But only in my own mind
I’m cataloguing second chances
I’m dodging other people’s glances
When betrayed again by mouth and limb
I burn all the bridges
I tear at my skin
Free me
Can they see me?
I could hear them laughing just outside
Heal me
I can’t heal me
Help me lift the curtain on my life
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