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we don't chase longevity, we chase a feeling
we all know we deserve so much better
than what the streets have been dealing out
so don't push your cleanliness
we've all got this sludge running through our veins
we don't fuck with ambition, we lay there limp
we don't burn either end of the candle
instead we burn our fingertips
so don't push your cleanliness
we've all got this sludge running through our veins
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i'm not your friend, don't call me brother
you can't crawl back after all this time
i'm not looking back and i've got nothing to
look forward to
i took up the slack, picked up where you left off
where the fuck were you
i'm not your friend, don't call me brother
you can't crawl back after all this time
burns and punctured skin, bad medicine
so much for cleaning up
curled up in a bathroom stall
soiled sheets on the bedroom floor
i'm giving up on you man
you can't crawl back... after all this time
i'm not your friend, don't call me brother
you can't crawl back after all this time
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i spend half the day in bed
the other half wishing i was dead, i'm one-percenter
if i give it all i got
then i'm bound to wind up shot, i'm one-percenter
one-percenter... one-percenter...
there's a grave for my self-worth
i've been burying since birth, i'm one-percenter
i'll ruin everything i touch
before i leave you in the dust, i'm one-percenter
one-percenter... one-percenter...
burned out in the basement
auditioning for my own replacement
everywhere i look i see the same handful of crooks
burned out in the basement
auditioning for my own replacement
everyone i've seen wears the same shit-eating
grin on their face
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don't close your eyes, i know you're not sleeping
you haven't slept a full night since and i know the reason
won't look at me, you can't look away
i'm a car wreck strewn across the interstate
once again i bite my lip to spite the bait
if i had an ounce of courage i could finally say...
don't call, don't write, forget my name
the good, the bad, the ups, the downs,
forget em all the same... this time i'm through
when it came for us, you didn't even flinch
while i ran like hell you barely moved an inch
let it devour me, sink its teeth
pull me limb from limb and swallow every piece
i won't bite my lip this time, no way
with every ounce of courage i can finally say...
don't call, don't write, forget my name
the good, the bad, the ups, the downs,
forget em all the same... this time i'm through
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a perfect patch of skin, a vein that's worth
dumping all of the money i've been pumping in
if you've ever felt love like this, you wouldn't stand
in my way, you wouldn't question the reason i persist
i can't hold back my tears
i haven't laughed this hard in years
there's life and death and there's in between
if i ever lose my way, i've got tracks to
lead me back to where i'm supposed to be
inside these loving arms, runs a blood
so warm invincible and safe from harm
i can't hold back my tears
i haven't laughed this hard in years
there's life and death and there's in between
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i had my chances to make things better,
i pissed them all away
warmer weather, greener pastures
shitty times have come and gone,
only to come back twice as shitty
cloudy skies, natural disasters
i'm not living my life right, always a step behind
ships to sunny lands, skin with darker tans
warmer weather, greener pastures
i watched them leave the shore, i watched them all
cloudy skies, natural disasters
i'm not living my life right, always a step behind
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released March 30, 2011
