1. |
Aporia
03:03
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I can't help feeling this way -
that it's better if I don't stay
the same. I'm feeling the pain
that's in my head
inside of my chest,
and it's seizing my personality.
I’m still wondering about wandering north but I’m
sidestepping backwards and I’m
lost between these circumstances
I placed myself within.
And this never-ending brightness
is burying my eyes, and
it's branding my brain
with what I only presume are
my imperfections and
I can’t reassure myself that I’m individual,
I’m too miserable
But I’ll tell myself that I’m worth fighting for
and that I’ll live for all that’s left in store,
knowing the best may never come.
But it’s still taking too long to find some sense
inside all of these opportunities.
I’m lost within unending indecision.
I’m building bridges out of sand
Treading water with all my plans
The seeds I’ve sown, they will not grow
In all that's left of the home I've known.
Don’t ask me how it’s been when it’s not even over yet.
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2. |
Have I Said Enough?
02:58
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3. |
Leaving Everything
03:45
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Though I am not the saviour of myself,
still I won't bury my feet inside of concrete,
encase my mind inside of glass.
Despite these thoughts in my head
and these scars from all that has past -
I will keep on moving forward.
And all that I've seen
is not just what's left,
but what I've left behind.
I can't be sure if I was right
leaving everything,
I'll make a promise to myself
that I can’t forget
that I won’t forget.
Hope comes from my friends
and I’ve got this heart that I still can mend.
These chances that still greet me still enchant me.
I am forever consumed by the possibilities.
Why do I still doubt myself?
Why do I still question everything?
Can I escape?
(Can I get out of here?)
Can I run away?
(Already gone too far)
I can’t be sure if I was right.
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4. |
Walmgate Stray
03:14
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Why can’t I box up all my feelings
with my possessions?
I pack the car, to drive away
to burst the boy stuck in the bubble.
Is this me starting over?
I’m on my own again.
I can't hide here anymore.
It's not that I wasted those years, it's just that they are all gone now,
and I only hope some day that I’ll find comfort in somewhere like this.
But this place is not mine
it was never mine to call home.
I walk down Micklegate, pacing the concrete
with repetitive footsteps.
This nostalgia tints my cheeks,
my past looks back on me and
this retrospective loneliness won’t let me be.
The solitude that I'll find in the west
can't make me go astray
I’m not ready to go.
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