Collapsing in on myself
All in hopes
In hopes of placing the blame
All on somebody else.
I don’t need relief
I’m not sick
I just need sleep.
You’re the alarm that wakes me from these dreams of breathing
So sit in the back of my lungs where you belong.
This is a quarter life crisis at its finest.
The world is on its deathbed.
And I think I’m the illness.
I’m not afraid of the dark just the things I can’t see
The most threatening voice in the darkness was the one inside of me.
This is a quarter life crisis at its finest.
The world is on its deathbed.
I, I never said I wouldn’t be the one to let you down again
Now all I’m tasting is pavement in between my teeth
And I’m tasting every inch of these
Thoughts that won’t let go of me.
She said to me, "I can take it all away.
Everything that you love as well as all you hate."
And that’s the choice I made
I gave it all away
I gave it all away and I can take it all away
I gave it all away and I can take it all away
Everything that you love and everything that I hate
I can take it all away
This is a quarter life crisis at its finest.
The world is on its deathbed.
I, I never said I wouldn’t be the one to let you down again
Now all I’m tasting is pavement in between my teeth
And I swear to God,
I’m letting go. I’m letting go.
credits
from As Ruffians Become Hounds,
released May 6, 2016
Recorded by Aaron Bradley and Mick Maslowski
Mixed and Mastered by Jay Maas
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