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Anger and Acceptance
02:25
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When I was young
I had some really big dreams
But they didn't pan out for me
Couldn't be that I didn't try
It just wasn't my path in life
What is it that you have to prove?
No one has that kind of power over you.
Who do you think that you're doing this for?
I'm just not that angry anymore.
Then I grew up and I started to see
Myself turn into someone that I didn't want to be
So I just made a change.
I'm by your side
You don't have to face it alone
I'm there when you need me
When you look at yourself
You're anything you want to be
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2. |
Make Your Own
03:00
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They'll do it again
Before you try and look away
they've pulled your thoughts and fears astray
while you stare blank-faced
confused and scared
If you don't join them in their schemes
they'll try and crush every last dream
and say they did it in the name of progress.
You will question every single dream and thought you ever had
and make you think that, for the lies and threats, they really aren't so bad
You've gotta stand up
and say you're through with all of this
this negativity won't be missed
you've gotta try to make it your own
While people try to influence
if it don't make a bit of sense
you must reject them in pursuit of your truth
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Purpose
02:53
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I wanna feel like I did this for something
I want to know that I've been heard
I want to hear the echoes of crowds
screaming every word
This is why I exist
This is my call
I take the anger, frustration, remorse, regret, and fear
and just release it all
This is my cross
This is my strife
I want my words, and thoughts, and my deeds, and my hopes to reflect
how I live my life.
I want the world to know about me
I want to make my voice known
I want to share the good with the world
that I've been shown.
When the day comes what are you gonna do?
Stand up.
When you wake up tomorrow
and look at yourself in the mirror
are you gonna realize that there are things that you have problems with?
Regrets, fear - all the things that make you who you are.
What are you gonna do about it?
Are you gonna live your life?
Or are you gonna stand down - let the world take you over?
Or are you gonna stand up and be a man? Deal with it.
Be who you are.
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4. |
Knelt Before
02:17
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heres a lot of things that pull me down
in the dark waters of my mind I drown
thinking back on how it was
and what im doing and what ive done
theres some things ive said that i regret
no amount of apologies have fixed them yet
but its something i must face
i cant take it back and i cant erase it
for the people on the sidelines waiting just to get in
for those who hold us down quoting the wages of sin
for the people trying and failing waiting for it to end
i have knelt before
but I wont kneel again
there are things i wish that i could change
some rights some wrongs some lost some gained
but what ive done makes me who i am
these mistakes made me a man
in these times it seems no one forgives
but that hate you get back is the hate you give
so you must make a choice
decide how the worlds gonna hear your voice
I am a vessel for service honor and integrity
my handshake means something
my word is my bond
I make this promise every day
i decide my life on my own terms
the trust i give is the trust you earned
but i will not bow to you
service does not mean servitude
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you are not my god or master
your goal set upon disaster
i pursue my lifes ambitions
but it goes against your mission
im a purveyor of unpopular opinion
and i dont usually trust anyone else
all i want is to make my own decisions
and be free to be myself
you lie to promote self interest
sow the seeds unending distrust
black unyielding vomitous
you cannot control us
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6. |
Firewatch
02:39
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I know it's hard believing anything
but please believe in me
I'll keep my promise to you
I cannot say for sure I won't get hurt
but I know that I'm coming back
cause I'll be thinking of you
When I'm away and dreams turn into nightmares
Know you're not alone
I'm by your side
When darkness fills your thoughts and you expect the worst
I'm always there
I'm by your side
The fire's raging now
we've been cut off and lost our safety zone
and I am thinking of you
No matter what I'll find a way to you
I always manage to come home
cause you can get me through this
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7. |
Choices
02:02
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too long we've been going
at each others throats
chalk it up to personalities
but fight more than most
we're not getting older
and we're not on the mend
so help make a decision
do we fix it or end
if my time on this earth
isn't going to last
then i must make a decision
and i need to make it fast
i could walk away without
putting up a fight
and do what i want
or i could do what's right
i know you're undecided
and i'm right there too
if we turn the wrong direction
is there getting back to
where all of this had started
or still just pretend
that we are moving forward
while we're at a dead end
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8. |
All The Kids
02:23
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you've got your style
you've got your way
and there's no one to judge you
only you have a say
in how you live your life
just gotta do right
keep this in mind
what if it ended tonight
for the kids in their rooms
who have no friends
who would rather be alone than try and have to pretend
that they're something they're not
my heart goes out
you're the reason I scream
and what the X is about
i try and live by a code
try to do no harm keep the drugs out my nose
and the junk off my arms
i don't need to fit in
i have never have i wont conform to you
i don't need friends that bad
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9. |
But Today
03:12
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i know you are
getting tired of all of this
i know you are
letting me go no goodbye no kiss
i know you are
going your own way / saying words i should have know
i know you are
wishing i would compel you to stay / trying to make up for the things you should have shown
but today
i start living for myself
today
i wont get hurt anymore by the lies that surround me lies that surround me
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Although it may seem difficult to know you are making the right decision, you need to trust in yourself.
間違っているかもって迷うこともあるけど、自分を信じろ。 Machigatteirukamotte mayoukotomo arukedo jibunwoshinjiro.
whatever choice i make i have to live with myself whichever direction i take i have to live with myself
どんな道を選んでも、
Donna michi wo erandemo,
自分と向き合って生きるしかない
Jibun to mukiatte ikrushikanai.
どんな道に進んでも
Donna michi ni susundemo,
自分と向き合って生きるしかない
Jibun to mukiatte ikirushikanai.
All of the choices we make lead us to their inevitable conclusion. Don't fear the unknown, face it.
僕達が選んだ道は結局、避けられない結果になる
Bokura ga eranda michi ha kekkyoku sakerarenai kekkaninaru.
I have to make my own choice
僕は自分で選ばないといけないんだ
Boku wa jibun de erabanaito ikenainda.
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11. |
My Legacy to You
03:53
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When it's my time and the curtain's drawn
and there's a lifetime of decision to look upon
I want you to be proud of the man I was
a man that didn't look for glory
but did the right thing because
it was right
cause you're the writer of your story
in control of the end
people may give their opinion
but you don't have to defend
your decisions or your actions
those are your alone
from the time that you are born
until the time you're called home
it may not seem like redemption is a thing anymore
people mess up, get in trouble, and they shut it
but that door isn't locked
there's still a way through
don't let your mistakes start to define you
whatever you decide to do is on you
and guidance and love is all that I can give
but whatever that path is that you decide
I will defend and honor it with an abundance of pride
and if you're ever in trouble and need a friend
and the pressure's bearing down but you don't want it to end
if you're looking all over for someone that cares
you won't have to look far...cause I'm already there
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