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Losing Control
04:12
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Reflecting on my history leaves some thought for those who were deceived
Welcome to the end of chivalry
I’ll declare my distaste with deadpan delivery
Whatever these desires will be
Half of me is drowning the other hits the ceiling
It seems like it’s all wrapped in uncertainty
and my deepest dilemmas are plain to see
It’s taken so long to create a role
I can’t help but thinking I’m losing control
Carpark brawls and urban sprawl, this city won’t sleep until its citizens crawl
It won’t be hard to coerce once my heart broken routine is neatly rehearsed
As certain as this metal building rust
As natural as the dawn turning to dusk
It seems like it’s all wrapped in uncertainty
and my deepest dilemmas are plain to see
Its taken so long to create a role
I can’t help but thinking I’m losing control
I want to be a mess, please let me
I want to wake up on the carpet of a derelict apartment not remembering a thing
Awoken by strangers as the scenery changes and my whole body stings
Criticised and chastised but living again
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Collapse
03:22
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Ambitious hopes suddenly shattered
I’m all torn up, my stomach churns
I could have done more to prove that she mattered
Suffer in silence despite all my concerns
I don’t want to learn
I’ll put my cards on the table until I’m not able to take another turn
I’ll hide on the coast where the weary grow old, the sand burns my feet and the waters too cold
We never got started, I was constantly waiting for an excuse to save me that day
We never got started cos’ my facade was failing and my good luck was trailing away
There’s less that unites us than what sets us apart
It’s why it collapses before it can start
This roads getting thinner but I’d rather forget
Ambitious hopes turned to a million regrets
The last thing we needed was that awkward surprise, her mother sees her with those bloodshot eyes
The inner sanctum that she loved to destroy as she outlined the difference between music and noise
We never got started, stumbling drunk in the lobby, cheating death was her hobby back then
We never got started, said we’d run all the risks and get our cases dismissed till the end
There’s less that unites us than what sets us apart
It’s why it collapses before it can start
This roads getting thinner but I’d rather forget
Ambitious hopes turned to a million regrets
Ambitious hopes turned to a million regrets
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Traces to Nowhere
03:54
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Don’t want to talk about it
Don’t want to cut open those wounds
But you do
To live a life then doubt it
Shriveled sheets as sunrise looms
It comes into view
CHORUS
Traces to nowhere
All my memories are vague
I left my soul there
I’m trying to set the story straight
As far as the eye can see, hotels with vacancies
It’s all obsolete
It’s all up for lease
Don’t look to the stars for a sign, they’re all just satellites that shine
Drowned by the city brightness
Traces to nowhere
All my memories are vague
I left my soul there
Try to set the story straight
I didn’t notice before you swept me off my feet
I couldn’t focus on what was lurking underneath
I’ve been to the place where darkness lingers
Can you care for my calloused fingers?
I tend to wear and tear
There’s noone standing there
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Footnotes
04:10
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When did you get so cynical?
Your thoughts of love are cyclical, that’s right.
They ebb and flow like the tide
You’ve been a loner since you were four
Those blank canvases you adore served as an only friend
Light your cigarette with a match and cringe as you happen to catch a stare
Who would think you’d even care?
You say the whole world’s sadistic, you’re another statistic, you’re a written book.
If you can’t see the beauty please lean in for a second look
I cannot forget about the rumors that surround your name
All the thrills and the pills yeah they still only bring you to shame
You cling onto the clichés and dismiss it as a one-off phase
I can see in your face that this state is your only escape
Wherever I go, I drift back to you, whenever I win, still find it better to lose
I don’t always get to choose
Hanging from the edge of a cliff you hold me tightly in your grip
I’m scared that my judgment is impaired
I said this love is abusive and you’re being intrusive yeah you’re breaking in
Somehow just being with you feels like a mortal sin
I cannot forget about the rumors that surround your name
All the thrills and the pills yeah they still only bring you to shame
You cling onto the clichés and dismiss it as a one-off phase
I can see in your face that this state is your only escape
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City Hall Sydney, Australia
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