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Apathy Killed the Artist
04:22
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They all turn, their ears away
A never ending social game, we play
I can't give
I can't give
I can't give
I can't give
All I want is to share who I am
They all turn their ears away
All I try is to share who I am
Apathy Killed the Artist
Don't you be, an apathetic fool!
I can't give
I can't give
I can't give
I can't give
I can't give
I can't give
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2. |
Extrovert vs Introvert
05:14
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I guess I never want
To be that person now
Someone so insecure
Afraid to my core
The weight of my own mind
Dancing cautiously
The path in front of me
Will it set me free?
I am always feeling
The constant pressure
Of my peers
To be someone
I don't think I can be
Who you want
I need to be home
To reset and grow
I just needed
Some more time
To plan and deduct
Maybe I will pluck up the courage
To be like you
So full of life
You condescend me
To the point of rage
I only ask for
Consideration
Contest me if you will
Pray on my emotions
Try to tell me
It's insignificant
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3. |
A Moment of Lucidity
04:42
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I'm listening for
All the empty conversation
The thoughts of isolation
Still I know
I'm not alone
Free from me
Who I was and who I'll be
Free from pain
My moment of lucidity
I then falter
I'm not an honest man
Just a copy of who I am
Still I know
I'm not alone
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4. |
Apocalypse... #LOL
05:23
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A reoccurring dream
Where we fly and talk about Mars bars
I do love to sing and I cherish seeing selfies
Explosions everywhere
A Starbucks over there
I didn't mean to end the world
Am I supposed to care?
Cockroaches will die tonight
No life left in sight
This is all your own fault
It's the reason you die!
There's a bar here in the afterlife
No phones are allowed
All we do is drink gin
And we poke a solemn clown
There's a little dog named Lilly
And she likes to chew your hair
Rivers run like chocolate
And we all like to share
Hey! Put down that phone!
And look into my eyes!
Try some human emotion!?
And nothing that's synthesised!
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5. |
Online and In Line
04:35
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My friends aren't really real
They live inside a screen
Telling me they like me
It's really dull and clean
Pointless engagement
Intrusive means
Some things we don't need to know
Life is now delusion
Switch off and tune in
To a purer source, you'll see
Synthesising experience it's not the way to be
Morons are everywhere
Endless updating
Posting. Look at me!
Like I really care?
A masked identity
A means of getting by
Social surroundings
Where the stakes are high
A cyber world
Filled with players and cons
No one is who they say they are
I really don't belong
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6. |
No Compromise
06:08
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Stop and listen
Now, I'm the one to hear
You, angry still you're driven
We, unrefined yet clear
No Compromise
From the premise
I set
No compromise, from the premise I set
No compromise, and times I will forget
No compromise, a journey for us all
No compromise, I'm destined to fall
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7. |
Imitate Me: Part 1
07:15
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You can't see
What's in front of you
Blind to the world around
Which life do you choose?
A temple of artifice
Consumed with empty passion
Draped with promise
With ludicrous consummation
This void of life
With synthetic probes
It eats you away and makes you so, so cold.
Synthetic overload.
Give me my fix.
My daily uploads, my dopey social tricks
Factitious friend clones
Give me my fix
My stupid uploads, my nonsense fucking clips.
I dare to check my phone.
Hypocrisy ensues
And I feel helpless like another drone.
A mirror of something I hate
I feel forced to engage
Over and over a bleak social suicide
Scrolling, lifelessly.
I am so content now.
Choking, silently.
On trivial rows.
Endless ideas
All around.
This feeling is growing.
It's a temptation from beyond.
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8. |
Nobody's Child
07:37
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Just lines on a page
Numbers in a box
My freedom is only
A life of dreams lost
A face for every occasion
I never seem to see
The oncoming pollution
Free yourself!
He is not yours, just nobody's child.
I belong to no one
I am in solitary fashion
I am nobody's child
Contented and fired up
I wish to see another way
Do I listen and nod?
Should I just never say?
Embrace misfortune
Concluded with blame
Hear no more lies
As you invite in my shame
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9. |
Hatred is a Virtue
09:49
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Poison glitters the roof
That reaches on forever
A temple to those people
Who aren't exactly clever
Shops consumed with greedy eyes
Filled with goods to choose
A mammoth obsession
To which, you will only lose
I need to buy
Need to try
Need everything I see
Unless you convince me
Then I guess I'll leave it be
I'm a stranger to myself
Hatred is a virtue
Unless you use it well
I'm always fighting someone else
Hatred is a virtue
Unless you use it well
Walk around your palace
Delusions of grandeur
Don't worry about me
I have music, I have life!
Just run along guys
You were always right
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10. |
Night Light
05:39
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Tell me I'm normal and now I am happy
Tell me it's all gone away
Give me the answer and don't you shoot me down
I just want to sleep
I'm always writing and searching
It's just to fill the time
I don't know where I am going
Everyone has their answer
A silent truth I should hear
A sharing of wisdom
Spouted without any fear
Tell me I'm normal and now I am happy
Tell me it's all gone away
Give me the answer and don't you shoot me down
The night is all one week to me
A need for routine will never suffice
It just boxes me in
And hurts my pride
And I can't get away
Everyone has their answer
A silent truth I should hear
A sharing of wisdom
Spouted without any fear
Tell me I'm normal and now I am happy
Tell me it's all gone away
Give me the answer and don't you shoot me down
Everyone has their answer
A silent truth I should hear
A sharing of wisdom
Spouted without any fear
Tell me I'm normal and now I am happy
Tell me it's all gone away
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11. |
Tomorrow
08:27
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It's been far too long
Since I last broke my smile
It's been too little time
I refused to live my life
Time to make up your mind
Yesterday
Is no longer here
Just think about tomorrow
Cry for the past and everyone who's gone
Just think about tomorrow
Yesterday
Is no longer here
Just think about tomorrow
Cry for the past and everyone who's gone
Just think about tomorrow
I got too little time
To waste it on you
And I don't what to say
Or who to say it to
Tomorrow!
I'm just talking to myself
Over and over again
With not a single soul, ever listening in
It's okay to sometimes hate
A friend taught me that
Happy isn't the truth
And neither are you
Don't tell me I'm bad
I just wanna feel and isolate myself
It's no reflection on you
I hate everyone
In that sense your equal
Your equal!
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