today i woke up with a stranger in my head
the devil on each shoulder an angel in my bed
and a god complex
the flesh is weak let the soul manifest
i used to write with more meaning before i learned to write my sixteens
you earn the most we care the least peace
belly of the beast pounding pavement like fallen angels
too busy bleeding through the pen we just step over the bodies
those that don’t have inner peace have inner war but it kills the time
been burning bridges since i realized my heroes were bullshit
whether it’s trash to treasure or treasure to trash
one man’s babylon is another man’s nirvana
electricity God dreams and karma
like its light heat and gravity that come from the same sun
i made it a point not to have one to get to
i’ll jump when i want and not through that hoop
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she hurts like a could’ve been never was does
sometimes when you hear the wrong song with the right buzz
like the feeling in your eyes when the light floods
and the first thing you wanna do is close it tight shut
baby don’t though
this isn’t bright this is normal you just been in the dark
lovely shade of combustible blew the spot with a spark
she starts fires stick around for the finale
hopscotchin’ through the back alleys
tally up the score
went to sleep on the bed so how we end up on the floor
she was love she was sex i was a name on her checklist
discussin life and deathwishes over breakfast
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this isn’t a love song
in fact it’s hardly a song at all
this is just me reading the writing on the wall
call it
sinner or saint based in how they face that temptation
we care that they think we don’t care what they think
so where’s the worth
don’t disturb the surface of our picture perfect little petry dish
with this we need to be free shit
something along the lines of if you have to explain a joke it’s not funny
you wanna get rid of somebody lend em money
you wanna earn a mans respect then beat him half to death
until there’s almost nothing left then give him back his breath
you want everyone to give you their attention
stop talking about yourself for a minute
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