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Today (Away Pt. II)

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6 years ago
by bangbang023 in

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.

Exhale

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6 years ago
by bangbang023 in

Exhale (9/13/2005)

I can’t begin to see all the things in front of me
Lost inside confusion and I’m too afraid to move
Do people pity me? Looking condescendingly
Staring at the victim of a path he didn’t choose

I need to scream and exhale all of my shadows
Venting everything that I have locked up deep inside
And need to breathe, exhaling all my shadows
Freeing me from darkness of a life out of control

I try to stand the pain and play along with all the games
The rules say I can’t function, so I fade and let it go
Attempt to seize the reigns, moments I can concentrate
Then darkness overcomes me and the hatred only shows

I need to scream and exhale all of my shadows
Venting everything that I have locked up deep inside
And need to breathe, exhaling all my shadows
Freeing me from darkness of a life out of control

I drink to medicate, numbness used to compensate
Blacking out the demons I’ve conceived to bring me pain
I can not tolerate the feeling of the constant hate
I cry and gasp for every breathe, but things will never change

I need to scream and exhale all of my shadows
Venting everything that I have locked up deep inside
And need to breathe, exhaling all my shadows
Freeing me from darkness of a life out of control

I need to scream……..
Exhaling all my shadows
Please let me breathe…
I’m failing in the shadows

I can’t begin to see all the things in front of me
Lost inside confusion and I’m too afraid to move

Notes: I’m not going to get into details about the meaning as it should be clear enough. I just want to point out two things. Firstly, this is one of those sad acoustic songs (helps you grasp the sound). Secondly, I left off the “verse” and “chorus” tags as I believe they interupt the reading of the piece itself.

Dismantled

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6 years ago
by bangbang023 in

Dismantled (8/23/2005)

[verse 1]
To every single lie I’ve faced
And every single time I traced
My veins to make you go away
And purge you from my fucking brain
In burdened patterns on my skin
Doing wrong to run from sin
Scorching hope to bring me closure
Save me from your cold exposure
Won’t you save me?

[chorus]
I’m like a canyon from a thousand bombs
Eroded down and now I’m torn apart
I’m burned alive by all of your deceit
I drown myself to find some relief

[verse 2]
These simple words won’t pay my way
What you stole’s now what I crave
Bleeding dry all of our pain
To wipe the tears right off our face
I’m grasping onto what is not
I’ll squeeze it ’til it’s all I got
I’ll give to you my last of breaths
And carve your name into my chest

[chorus]
I’m like a canyon from a thousand bombs
Eroded down and now I’m torn apart
I’m burned alive by all of your deceit
I drown myself to find some relief
I drown myself for some…..

[bridge]
Dismantle me
Take me away, break me apart
Dismantle me
Take this away, rebuild my heart
Dismantle
I can no longer take this
I can’t, I can’t

[chorus]
I’m like a canyon from a thousand bombs
Eroded down and now I’m torn apart
I’m burned alive by all of your deceit
I drown myself to find some relief
I drown myself for some…..

[bridge]
Dismantle me
Take me away, break me apart
Dismantle me
Take this away, rebuild my heart
Dismantle

I can’t, I can’t

Note: If this were to be heard, it would be a mix of Staind’s “Outside” and “Devil”. It’s a little hard to explain it, but it’s one of those harder acoustic songs.

Away

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6 years ago
by bangbang023 in

[verse 1]
I, in my mind
I have lost it all and I want to die
But I, can’t you see
That it’s all panned out
We choose to fly or choose to bleed

[pre-chorus]
I don’t think that I can take it
You don’t think that I can make it
We’re too scared to fucking face it
Let’s forget and we’ll erase it

[chorus]
Cause nothing can save me so let me fly
Away
No one can save me so let me die
Away

[verse 2]
Once, I let go
I pushed away and found the cold
And so, close to me
All these addictions
They start to take control of me

[pre-chorus]
I don’t think that I can take it
You don’t think that I can make it
We’re too scared to fucking face it
Let’s forget and we’ll erase it

[chorus]
Cause nothing can save me so let me fly
Away
No one can save me so let me die
Away

[bridge]
I try…
I try…
I try…
I try…

[chorus]
Cause nothing will save me so let me fly
Away
No one will save me so let me die
Away

[pre-chorus]
I don’t think that I can take it
You don’t think that I can make it
We’re too scared to fucking face it
Let’s forget and we’ll erase it

[chorus]
Cause nothing will save me so let me fly
Away!

Note: It’s a heavy rock song, but in the style of Seether or Staind and not a band like Korn. The verses have a heavy bass line while the pre-chorus brings in the guitar fully. The pre-chorus jumpes right into the chorus with literally no pause at all between them. It’s hard to explain, but it’s in my head

The lyrics themselves are all about being sick and tired of people thinking they can help you be something you’re not. It’s about giving up and just accepting that some things/people (and perhaps oneself) will always be fucked up.

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