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Lost At Sea
04:18
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There’s a hole within this boat
The more I try, bigger it grows
The water keeps on seeping
The waves are unrelenting
But I still try to keep afloat
No matter how many times I got stuck here
There seems to be an incredible skill to keep living
If only I believed it
Learn to navigate
Then maybe I could begin
To gravitate to…
The shore, seems so distant
Am I sure or just plain ignorant?
Lost at Sea, I’m freaking out
Tread before you drown
All your dreams are filled with doubt
And now you’re burning out
I tried to stop, but I keep moving
Around and round, no one to help me
Constantly bruised and beaten
A guide to the neverending
But I still vie, to keep the hope
This time I’m not gonna get drawn into a solution
Replace the parts that keep me from moving
This is an age old problem
And I keep getting older
The doubt undoubtedly has never been so clear
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Converging
02:03
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We’re all fucked
That’s just the gist of it
Can we be saved?
Not even a little bit
Become enamoured
Astute to the drama
It’s time to sit back
And welcome in the end
It’s all just breaking down
Converging on the end
It’s all just breaking down
And converging...
It’s all converging
(It’s all broken)
It’s all converging
(It’s converging)
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All The Rage
02:58
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We pacify everyday life
I bite my tongue
To keep the words from spilling out
Eject! Eject!
Don’t let them in
Coz all they bring is the negative
Everyone’s left to compromise
But you don’t have to follow them into the line
And all the rage
Deep inside
Will find a way to burst
Right through your insides
And once again you’re consumed by fire
I’m just so tired of all these fucking metaphors
Again and again
Where to begin?
It’s a sad, long day but I’m winging it
Look around at all the hate
We’ve had enough, we’ve had enough
With all these fears
We forget to breathe
We push it down
But still we bleed
With all this hate
We consolidate
Blocking our dreams
We are left to drown
We have to break out
We have to strive
Or all the rage will die
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So Long
04:09
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In the eyes of all around
The stare brings the truth home
They say the more we change
The more we stay the same
In front of the unknown
Take hold of what’s in store
I could stay and remain the same
But would I last another day?
I lived in fear of my shadow
Time to deal with the unknown
The feeling I kept
Rendered me helpless
It’s time to make a stand
So long to the victim
The love I could share
Stopped by this poison
It’s time to make a stand
So long to the victim
Different phase has come around
A whole new world where nothings whole
Where I tried to plug the holes
Nothing left to hold my own
As I fell upon the ground
The truth, well, it hits home
What people say, is what they say
But will their actions imitate?
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Distractions
04:47
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Now you see
How is it right?
Simplicity
Fight your way to the end of it
Try to align
Opportunity
It’s not like I ever showed
Nobody ever knows
Help me
Understand the reasons for
I can’t stand
For anymore distractions
Wow, it’s like you never
Wanted the light
Opportunity
Further I go, It’s noticed
Hindsights a bitch
But necessity
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Skinlessness
03:22
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My must every time I let you in
Just for you to go and ruin it
This is the last time I’ll ever let
Someone quite like you to fuck with me
Reel it in
Closed again
Skinlessness
Is wreaking havoc
So reel it in
Skinlessness
Is wreaking havoc
So reel it in
Seems like every time I say the same
Promises to myself, vows to keep
Then I find someone that could be
Someone I could trust
But it’s fucked again
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Gravity
04:09
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Oh gravity
Welcome home once again
Holding my feet
Set in place, no escape
Oh Gravity
Pulls you down
But I know that I’m not the first to fall
From a height
There’s nowhere to retreat
They suck you in, spit you out
Nobody can ever be free
Wallowing in the mess I’ve won
Questioning everything I’ve done
I know where I wanted to be
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Little Spark
03:20
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I try to fight it
Keep it up for so long
But you can’t deny it
On the tip of your tongue
I’ve got so much to live
I’ve got no fucks to give
I’ve got so much to live
(Oh whoa… ignite)
Ignite that little spark
Something’s got to give
Somethings got to ignite
(Somethings go to win)
The air is pretty thin (…hot air)
Hot air with no feeling
Both sides are compelling
But no one can get the win
Tired of everything
Tired with no relief
Tired of yelling through it all
Ignite that little spark
Light within the dark
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Dental Plan
03:35
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Are you listening?
Are you with me?
Are you livid?
Are you living?
Sort your opinions categorically
You fought and floundered
There goes your dream
Like I’m eating glass
Like I’m burning out
The win it feels so out of reach
Your gums they start to bleed
From all these unwanted opinions
You clench and swallow belief
What’s the reason for this feeling?
Can you help it?
Are you dreaming?
Honesty can soothe those fears
Anxiety has unravelled you
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Retreat
04:27
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Started again
Stuck to the plan, but left no room
Weight of the world
Fall upon your sword
Stunted again
Left to explain
Why you didn’t take the city as you planned
All alive
When I held you in my sights
All alive
When I kept you, kept my dreams alive
Started again
Pull out the pin, advance, no control
Forced to retreat
Battle work and scarred
Try regulate
You question and you probe
Will you hold the fight and keep all your dreams in sight?
Run the streets with bloody feet
Consume the bitterness of defeat
Keep your dreams within your ranks
Retreat, keep you alive
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Hammerhead
04:11
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It came without warning
The claims aren’t helping
Somehow we keep digging
I know, I know, we’ll never learn
Too hard to fathom. Immature
We need a direction to point the blame
Is this what we’re waiting for?
Grace with a wrecking ball
How can we take you serious?
We all want to stay the course
Without ever missing
How can we take you serious?
Absurd and unnerving
No words can explain
Surrealism has taken control
How long, how long can we take
Stupidity? Are you aware?
We’ll never be the same again
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As A Rival Melbourne, Australia
With a mixture of rock riffs and punk sensibilities, catchy hooks and melodic anthems, Melbourne based, As A Rival are your new favourite band.
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