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A Measure Of A Life
19:36
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Time is moving faster
I feel the weight of the world, expectation
Have I been wasting my time?
On a future that has nothing for me...
The arrogance of youth is faded
My voice so weary
I'm not even sure what I'm voicing anymore
Finding the will to trust someone again
I've only ever followed my own path
Failing upwards, I can't pretend I don't defend
I cannot pretend I don't defend...
Parts of the person I used to be
I've always hated where I came from
No nostalgia or attachment
I look around at my friends, envious
And I know...
Gotta play the hand I'm dealt
To justify my seat at the table
Nepotism only gets you so far
You don't have a foundation like me
Nothing's ever come easy in my life
No silver spoon in sight...
I won't let my childhood define me
Now you can tell me the way forward
Sever connection to my innocence
I've let go!
A bad start has advantages
It clears the fakery away
You can't fool me with your smile
Being "NICE" shouldn't be an agenda...
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No Time For Nuance
06:10
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I wish I had your patience
The ability to let it all slide
I lose my mind over nothing at all
This world, so crazy to me
It's so hard to see beyond the rhetoric of it all
Left or right, black and white...
Thoughts collected, never your own though
Christ it's all too much
Say your piece and leave me be
Exacerbating, virtue trading
Christ it's all too much
Say your piece and leave me be
I'm jaded beyond belief
It's been a long time coming
So polarised, every inch of our lives
It's so boring when I speak to you
I know what you're gonna say
I know it wasn't your own thought
I can't remember the last time
Someone surprised me
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A Lifetime In A Year
05:25
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Wide awake in ignorance
Forgetting who I'm meant to be
Time dragged on and nothing changed
It's been too long my friend
Gracefully it came to me
Fighting tooth and nail
We grow to fit the rest
The weight of a decade
I've lived a lifetime in a year
Self sabotage to start again
I've lived a lifetime in a year
I'll never make that mistake again, I'll never make that mistake again!
Pressing on
Prove you wrong
A lifetime of changes in a year
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Choices
07:08
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The day I lost myself is the day it came to me
Stuck in the middle is never a place I'd choose to be
I relish the misfortune, it drives me to better places
I don't succumb to those around me
I try to ride the chaos and learn from every lesson
And have the courage to concede
It's time I accept, nothing is done
It's time I accept, I made it this far
The choices I've made
Don't dictate tomorrow
Or anything I dare to say
Mistakes never feel like mistakes in the moment
Trying hard to see past today, to accept myself
The choices I've made
Lead me to feel I hurt the people close to me
Mistakes never feel like mistakes in the moment
Trying hard to see past today, to accept myself
It's only the curse of hindsight
That let's me know what a fool I've been
Laced with ego, it's never where I aim to be...
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If you like the sophisticated musical arrangements of Rush
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