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Analyse and Incentivise
09:36
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My mind wanders
Over reaching, over thinking
Never stop, never calm
I'm always pulsating
I can't switch off
Over reaching, over thinking
Never stop, never calm
I'm always on the move
Exhausted, time wasted
I'm a nuisance to myself
Erratic, distracted
Sometime I know I'll sleep
I never know, I never knew
I never told, I never grew
You only hear what you see
You only see what you want to
I can't switch off, it takes too much!
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Crystals are everywhere
Time is warped
And only I can stop him
He's a doctor of sorts
My mask will protect me
On my journey through time
Shrouded in colour
With eternal majesty
His evil twin brother
Trying to rule the world
They'll try to defeat me
By making a frog kiss me
I'll sacrifice myself so I can save the world
You won't even know, just what it took
Crash is my name
Wumpa fruits to claim
There's a gem to win
I'll smash the crates (not TNT)
With my best tornado spin
Coco is in her boat
And I have my plane
Back to dinosaur times
Am I trapped inside a game?
Please don't tell me I am just a simulation!
Those elusive crystals beckon to me
I'll blindly collect them
To save humanity
I'm 'gonna twat Cortex
Kick him in the balls!
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We Tried To Make It
03:26
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We tried to make it, but we fell so low
A dream spanning decades
Feeling so futile
Patronised and told to move on
It's just a waste of time
I don't accept that I'm a failure
I guess I'm in denial
I'm in too far
Can't get a hold of where I am
Trying to justify
I'm gonna try just one more shot
We tried to make it, but we fell so low
I've now decided
What's important to me now
I cherish the moment
Just daydreaming
I don't accept that I'm a failure
I guess I'm in denial...
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Identity
06:03
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The last note rings in my ears
The final light comes down
I hide away and I fall into myself
Do I exist beyond the stage?
My identity is misinformed
Detached and discontent
I'm distant with those I love
A life of balance, well that's not me
Do I exist beyond the stage?
My identity is misinformed
There are those who only wish to see
A man with a mic and a song in his heart
The stage is where he feels free
Egomaniac you can bet, just another cliché
I'd like to think I'm more than a name
I'd like to think I can be free
As the lights fall down
I bathe in adulation
A hero to few, money to others
Escapism now...
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I can tell the next 100 things you'll say
I think this, I think that
Your opinions, all lead to the same things
Spouting nonsense everyday
The limelight is all you crave
You don't have a clue
Limelight
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Stay Your Course
04:37
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Falling away, in cold obtrusive dark
Wasting away, the old elusive mark
We feel that the world is closing in on us
We fear that our legacy will be reduced to dust
And I see the frustration
That god knows we all harbour
But think of the elation
When these passing ships reunite
So stay your course
Stay your course!
So we mourn that we may never feel alive again
But we've learned the hard way
What begins must end
And to long for a friend
But I'll see you soon
But keep brave
This cursed time will soon be done!
The weight upon our shoulders
We live with patience and strength
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Tired
04:58
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Die today
Be free tomorrow
Relinquish myself from all the pain and toil
It's so relentless, I dream of the end
I can be happy that doesn't mean I'm cured
I can be sad, it means nothing more
It means nothing more
Nothing!
I'm tired of being here
Marooned in a state of fear
I'm tired of being lost
I've got so much to offer
So many things to say
So much to give
So much to share...
I've come to terms with it all
Accepting how I feel
I can let go now
I'm always on the brink
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Totality
05:56
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When will it end?
I hate feeling like this!
I need to connect, the contact is lacking and anger is ruling
It surely can't go on...
Decide for me, tell me what to do
Decide for them, ensure all of the hate
Decide for me and everyone of us
Tell us there's danger and we need to be saved
When will it die?
It wasn't here yesterday
I need my life back
I wanna divulge, I wanna connect, create my own world
It surely can't go on...
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