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Before
02:29
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Undeniably the greatest of her time
You would concur if you had half a mind
If I could liken this to anyone, they couldn't come close
If you were to subside for another one, interest in the prose
You're getting close to it
She potentially has this under control
Quite probably taking it down the road
If I were to find myself wondering, you would come explain
Never giving up under pressuring, check it's all the same
Then settle down a bit
Even if you take them all for granted, they will stay by you
Textbook definition will never be as beneficial and true
These acquaintances stay by you through anything you face
You never thought that you would learn all of this before
Before, before
I've heard about all this before
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Used To
03:49
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I used to be the greatest thing this world had ever seen
But now I'm powerless, just trying to get by and thinking back
I remember why I did just what I said I was going to
Not to make you look away but only
So you could see just what was happening
It wasn't really meant to lead to any change of views
All I can do now when I sleep is chase down someone else's dream
And that's not what I'm used to
I used to speak a little louder, now I've quieted down
I keep on promising that I am moving on, and I'm okay
I keep saying while I'm thinking otherwise, but what else can I do
If nothing you may as well take me
Back to where I was waiting patiently
Content and happy even with no hope of rescue
All I can see now when I sleep is chasing someone else's dream
And that's not how it used to... how it used to be for me
You may call this home, but it's nowhere I'd consider living
You may try to convince me along the lines of contrary
And think you're doing me a favor
But all you've really done is given me another chance to let you down
Relearning all these things I realize
I can't be one to make complaints, I need to pay my dues
And what I see now when I sleep is that I'm following my dreams
It's something I'll have to get used to
Something I'll have to get used to...
Another thing I'll have to get used to
You'd still be this, I'd still be that
If we didn't used to
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3. |
Three Cheers For Victory
03:55
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Still not sure what we're meant to be, I hope we find out soon
Out of all the things we've done and seen, there aren't too many truths
What if we had remained stagnant?
Stuck in place to never move
Three cheers for victory (yeah yeah yeah)
Nothing will stop us now
We'll find our destiny with a one, two, three
Even though we may be different, we share a common goal
Who would think in time we'd grow to be better than most would know
If our determination had faltered (and we fell through)
We'd have failed at getting through to prove again and again
With just one thing to say
There is nothing to fame
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Over my head you fly as I'm grounded
In time I'll find my own sense of purpose
Whatever it takes to be
Would you believe in everything just for my sake
I need you to maintain your attitudes of honesty and kindness
In the name of friendship... we'll prevail
These days I know I will never be lonely
I spread my wings even if I go nowhere
For all that you mean to me
Would you believe in everything just for my sake
I need you to maintain your attitudes of loyalty and laughter
In the name of friendship
If that's how it's gonna go, I'm going home
If that's how it's gotta be, you'll never find me
Here... here
And if you believe in me
Would you believe in everything just for my sake
I need you to maintain your attitude of generosity
Would you believe in everything
I need you to maintain your attitudes
In the name of friendship...
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5. |
Standing Still
05:38
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If it becomes worthless being reckless
You'd best bet I'll become better
Striving to see nothing but victory
While my head's up in the weather
Always dreaming of who I will be
As I pull into the lead, here for everyone to see
I have only had a single doubt in mind
When you say that you're my friends, do you mean until the end
Because I don't want you to go and pass me by
I don't want to be left here standing still
If doubt creeps in I'll assure you that
My loyalty is truth
When the time comes I will be right there beside
Each and every one of you
Finally seeing why you believe in me
As I'm looking back at the defeat I've seen
Finally I understand why you think so much of me
When I feel I'm near defeat, struggling to make ends meet
All the little steps to get here will be plain
When only one choice can be right, whether to give or to deny
I hope that I mark the right places with your quills
And see that this is all a test of will
Even if nobody's overly thrilled
I don't want to be left here standing still
Left here standing, left here standing, left here standing...
I don't want to be left here, don't want to be left here standing still
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Reign
04:33
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I will erase (total complete erasure)
All that you've replaced (everything replaced)
You moved along and remain strong
But I stay the same
I'm not so sure I understand your awkward situation
To tell the truth it only bores me, yeah
Well aware of what you're thinking, I will show my face
I may field you some mercy if I reign
I will deny all that you provide
Again I prove you should have thought things through
And now you learn the truth
I'm not so sure you understand my intricate mental complex
To tell the truth it's quite exciting
Well aware of what you're wanting, I keep out of reach
I will toy with this illusion, just let me reign
Reign
Not sure that you can comprehend my clearly fair of visions
It's elementary in hindsight, yeah
So affected by your kindness, I reveal my state
This was all misunderstanding, but understand
That I still reign
Reign
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Always
01:25
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Just another feeling that needs to heal
Not exactly something I'd hope to steal
Maybe I should say goodbye
To all these so-called friends and leave them behind
Just take some time to regain focus
To gather up all these errant emotions
Maybe I could be a little more shameless
(A little less heinous)
Maybe I would be a little more famous
If I wasn't always...
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8. |
Always Changing
03:58
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Any other angle I have to deal
(Any other angle)
Do you have any feelings I might steal?
(Feelings I might steal)
Take a look away from me, it's not a face you'd want to see
(Not a face you'd want to)
I'm thinking that eventually everything will circle back to me
(Full circle)
But time will tell
It's just an outward appearance kept on the inside for too long
Simply procured non-insurance that I don't become too far gone
And maybe I would be just a little more famous
If I wasn't always
Changing
Barely avoiding this undefined treason
(Undefined treason)
As I'm constantly told that I'm out of season
(So far out of season)
Threatening to do me in, just as the facade starts to peel
(As it starts to peel)
Blase but give me one delay and it might just change how you feel
(Changing how?)
And time will tell
It's just another indecision blindly focused directly at me
Hardly giving me much warning to raise defenses or change opinions
Maybe I would be viewed as somewhat less heinous
(Just a, just a, little less)
And maybe I would be a little more famous
If I wasn't always changing
I don't want to waste any more of my life
I don't want to spend any more of my time playing pretend
Who should I defend?
Am I only a means to an end?
Changing, always
Changing
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Simple
03:08
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Virtues are easiest to say
The problem's getting them to stay
One day somebody raises stakes
That's when you give less than you take
I don't know how I can make this any more plain
Who knew that such a place could break you down and make you simple
Selflessness is what you claim
A selfish attitude holds fame
When time is cut down to the wire
Your friends will find that they've been hired
I don't know how I can make this any more plain
Who knew that such a place could change your mind and make you selfish
I didn't think that this was how you'd deal with fame
Who thought that such a place could break you down and make you simple
What does it matter if you're attitude's gone rogue?
Everything's in vogue
I don't know how I can make this any more plain
Who knew that such a place could change your mind and make you selfish
I didn't think that this was how you'd deal with fame
Who thought that such a place could break you down and make you simple
Don't be selfish... and simple
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10. |
Letting Go
03:38
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I won't let... won't let go
Of any reasons this time
I will fight for self-esteem even if it kills me
But you won't need to carry me out
"I don't care about her now"
I know that's what you hope I'm thinking
But it doesn't look that way
If so bold I may be towards letting go
She will... but I have not
Although I know I will need to
Resign this love I can't look in the face
And as I try to push away
I may stumble but I will not fall
The fault is only my own if I manage to insure
I don't get the satisfaction of getting up from falling down
If I'm stuck in between
Not letting go
You'd say I'm getting too persistent
(I know, I know)
Oblivious much to chagrin
(I know, I know)
Learning from lessons of disinterest
(I know, I know)
Reaching out for one more line, just one more time
I won't rest as I follow this out
Until I'm sure that I've finally found the strength to push it down
As I move to grab this curtain of which I've woven so
When I decide to tear the seams, it's letting go of me
Letting go
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11. |
Be
03:38
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If you really want to know me
You should start with the first things that you read
I'm a little busy now but you should try again
Sometime after never
I see so much of me in you, and seeing you in me
Any more I'm not so sure who I should believe
Wondering if this is who I really think I am
Or who I want to be
Everyone began to gather, and I just stood there
With too much left to learn
I couldn't count the times with my friends, even if I had them
To have them
I see things in this photograph I will never say
Things that I'm reminded of each and every day
Deciding that my solitude is someone I don't need
And it isn't who I want to be
If you really want to know me, we can start again
And this is who I'll be
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Kyle Collins Waynesville, North Carolina
Sometimes quiet, sometimes loud.
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