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End of My Success
03:34
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The day breaks
I awake to the sound of the passing traffic
Memories come, of mistakes
So I lay myself back down
What's the point of trying
When you can't live with yourself?
I've had my share my dying
But I'm still serving time
What has this life got me into?
I was supposed to come out just fine
I guess at the end of my success
Someone's got to draw the line
And I will never be the same
I am sure
Sometimes I feel like a beast
Just following my instinct
It brings me peace when I think
That I don't have to change
The past has shown that I am
Much better off alone
And here I am:
An independent rogue
Society is not my friend anymore
I chose this life when I left the war
Now my stream of conscious shows
That life's not turning out the way I wanted
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2. |
For the War
03:28
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If you spend enough time somewhere
It becomes your home
I never meant to live behind that payphone
It's easy to feed a family when you're alone
But sometimes I still wonder where things would've gone
If it wasn't for the war
I'd have more than just a couple friends
If it wasn't for the war
I could guess how this story ends
If it wasn't for the war
I'd be bound to a nine-to-five to keep me alive
If it wasn't for the war
If you spend enough money on something
It becomes your love
Lucky for me, the world never got a dime
It's funny how you feel you never have enough
But I've been scraping by and I'm doing fine
When I learned what I deserved
Because of what I'd done
I chose instead this life of solitude
And if I had the chance to start it all
All over again
I'd go back and change my life for you
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3. |
Creatures of Habit
03:24
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I am a man who lives in fear
I know there is a man who wants to take my life
And so I hide from everyone who
Might be considered a threat
I know that death is very real
And so I choose to not make bets
I house regrets from my mistakes
I have not redeemed myself yet
I see a man who lives with more
He has a store of everything that he could want
And so he hides within his life of being always entertained
No matter what the cost of fun
He has it all to spend away
And pass the time
That all the rest of us
Spend working hard
And that is unacceptable
With a gun to his head
I made him an offer that no one can refuse
'If I take your wealth, I'll spare your wealth
And now it's time for you to choose'
And oh, how we're creatures of habit
The future is plagued by the past
If I can't find an end to this cycle
Then I don't know how long I'll last
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4. |
The Other Side
05:52
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It's funny that I burned down
All my bridges as I crossed them
Now I've only myself to meet my needs
And it's funny that a heart attack
Left a hero helpless
Years of battle training
now I'm on my knees
Now I lie here
Pondering my final hour
And I fear
What's on the other side
It's funny that I never wanted happy endings
Until it came time for me to learn my own
It's funny how a deathbed
Makes philosophy important
So much about the afterlife that I don't know
Now I lie here
Pondering my final hour
And I fear
What's on the other side
And now I lie here
A man of insignificance
And I fear
It's for nothing that I will die
I turn my head to footsteps approaching
And I see a face I don't want to see
The man who I had freed from his possessions
Was standing tall over me
And 'Who do you think you are?'
He said 'You know what you deserve
Though you took from me all of my blessings
I want to remove your curse'
He clutched my hand and told me help was on the way
Though the ambulance would be too late
The words he said next turned night to day
He said 'Though you live your life in solitude
There's a God who always watches you
Though we killed his Son, He paid the price
For all the evil things we do
And for years, my life was meaningless
But his love has set me free
And his love for you
Though you never knew
Is as much as it is for me
Let Him be the ruler
Of these ruins of your life
And you will find a purpose
When you reach the other side'
Now I lie here
I give to Him my final hour
And I kneel
My soul before its King
And now I lie here
A peace replacing emptiness
And I feel
This is how it's meant to be
And as my stream of conscious goes
My life's finally turning out
The way He wanted
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