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Paralyzed
04:55
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We fight against the sunrise
Half asleep and lost inside our heads
Replay the run through
But I don't want to
Feeling counterclockwise
Wide awake and tangled in our beds
Is this a preview?
Don't let it shake you
We are paralyzed
With open eyes
I'll lift you out
Some way, somehow
Staring at the ceiling
Distant from the present tense
But the doubt's undertow
We're all letting it go
Bottle it up and then swallow it down
There's a heart to take over
Cover it up yeah no trouble allowed
We can breathe when we're older
We are paralyzed
With open eyes
I'll lift you out
Some way, some how
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2. |
Learning
03:35
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Keep the dreams, they're all for you
Save your prayers, you'll need them too
Another day is gone
I'm scared to face a choice I'll never have
A secret told, a lonely night
A living room without a light
This can't be all that's left
I can't accept a choice I'll never have
You can't live this way
There's so much I have left to earn
So leave a note in case I never learn
So go ahead and get your fill
Of cigarettes and useless pills
And while the sunlight churns
The deepest burn can't ever seem to hurt you
You can't leave this way
There's so much I don't understand
Why I can't sleep and why I'm mad
So much I may never know
Like where to build and how to grow
And why we always seem too few
And how to live, I wanna learn that too
I wanna learn it with you
We can watch it burn
I will wait my turn
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3. |
It's Not Over
04:28
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I'm having a thought of a simpler time
I'll take my chances with lessons learned and heartache if you don't mind
We're asking questions of our mothers
Asking questions before we go too far
Questions that remind us who we are
It feels like we are already gone
It feels like we are always sorry
She woke up and can't decide to leave or stay
That's just a lifetime of self-help and reminders hoping to guide her way
Maybe life is just a shadow
Maybe life is what kicks us when we're down
But maybe it can lift us off the ground
It feels like we are already gone
It feels like we are always sorry
It's not over
You can make your own way this time
It's not over
If it's hope you need just take mine
It's only you I have to lose
It feels like we are already gone
It feels like we are always sorry
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4. |
Great Divide
05:57
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Home and heart is all that's left
The swirling dust, an empty nest
A dreaming mind that never rests
We see it now
Addicted to another mind
Affirmations hard to find
What's mine is yours, what's yours is mine
We need you
I could scream about the tide
But you would never see it coming
Reason cast aside
To close the great divide you're running
Hold on tight
You learned your lesson long ago
Funny how it doesn't show
Just one more time you'll fail to grow
We hoped you would
A conversation you and me
Words drowned out by rain and sea
So we pretend we cannot hear the reasons you just disappeared
A moral absentee - nothing's guaranteed
I could scream about the tide
But you would never see it coming
Reason cast aside
To close the great divide you're running
Locking all the doors
Always keeping score
Drowning and unsatisfied
On and on we go
Overwhelmed and overgrown
Hidden from the world outside
We couldn't see the signs
We crossed the borderline
Protection isn't free the way it used to be
Now we're stumbling along
A clumsy paragon unprepared for where we're rushing
I could scream about the tide
But you would never see it coming
Reason cast aside
To close the great divide you're running
Hold on tight
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Greg Townsend New Jersey
Greg Townsend is a singer/songwriter from New Jersey and a member of Jersey-based rock bands Perilune and Desoto Jones.
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