Xpression.v2

Today (9/17/2005)

[verse 1]
Torn apart behind these eyes
I’ve lost it all and want to die
But you’re so god damn blind to me
You choose to fly, I choose to bleed

[pre-chorus]
I don’t wanna take it
I don’t wanna make it
I will never face it
Can’t forget, erase it

I don’t wanna take it
I don’t wanna make it
I can never face it
Please let me erase it

[chorus]
Cause I feel so enslaved
Hooked on the pain
I can’t be saved
Today

[verse 2]
Broken now, though it won’t show
The scars tell stories of the road
I’m shaking, craving what I need
Addictions take control of me

[pre-chorus]
I don’t wanna take it
I don’t wanna make it
I will never face it
Can’t forget, erase it

I don’t wanna take it
I don’t wanna make it
I can never face it
Please let me erase it

[chorus]
Cause I feel so enslaved
Hooked on the pain
I can’t be saved
Today

[bridge]
Try (x8)

Scars and hearts and broken dreams
Nothing feels as it all should seem
I fall apart wide at the seams
Away I’ll die, inside I’ll bleed

Scars and hearts and broken dreams
Nothing feels as it should seem
I fall apart wide at the seams
Waiting ’til I die and bleed

[chorus]
Cause I feel so enslaved
To the pain…

[pre-chorus]
I don’t wanna take it
I don’t wanna make it
I will never face it
Can’t forget, erase it

I don’t wanna take it
I don’t wanna make it
I can never face it
Please let me erase it

You could never take it
You could never make it
You will never face it
Unable to erase it

You will never take it
You will never make it
You could never face it
Unable to erase it

Nothing will save me now
Nothing will save me now
Nothing will save me now
Nothing will save me now

A-way!
A-way!
A-way!
A-way!

Guitar Music: Listen (Click to actually hear the music)
Notes: This song is a rewrite of my other song, “Away”. Basically, jtchange22 and his friend (Jared and Jeremy) came upon my lyrics and asked if they could use it as inspiration. I really didn’t think they would get something finished and done so quickly. When it was sent to me to listen to, I felt that I owed it to them to rewrite the lyrics to better fit the music. It’s hard work, harder than I ever expected. Existing music is so much less flexible and breakable than stuff I would usually just have in my head. It was an awesome challenge and these lyrics show that I need a lot of work with it. Just so you know, this song is not in the style of “Away”. The music carries punk undertones so it’s a little less dark than something like Staind or Seether would be. I should also mention that the music isn’t my general taste in music (no offense to the creators, we share different backgroudns), so it did affect my writing a bit. In the end, though, I’m never happy with my lyrics.

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