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The Nonconformist
07:16
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Hide In Our Illusion
03:33
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Walking through the street last night
Hearing people whine as I pass them by
You can't open eyes
The bus is late, the ring's too small
Your coffee's spilt and shoes are stained, she didn't call
She just makes you crawl
She tells her friend, it's so unfair
She wants to find the perfect flair, he didn't care
You deserve much more
She looked at me, cheer up mate
I let it go, she doesn't know, it's getting late
It's time to say goodbye
We won't be the same, after this illusion fades
Close your eyes
Watch them play their game as their delusion hides
Behind a lie
Walking through the street last night
Hearing people fight just makes me scream inside
At their soulless lives
She looks at me, cheer up mate
I let it go, she doesn't know, it's getting late
It's time to say goodbye
We won't be the same, after this illusion fades
Close your eyes
Watch them play their game as their delusion hides
Behind a lie
We won't be the same, after this illusion fades
Close your eyes
Hide inside your faith, a dire solution's fate
Back against the wall, the truth that comes to us all
Staring at the floor, swallow me whole
Look into her eyes, she's seen this all before
She holds me but I know, I have to go
Look across the ward, see them all wait in line
See their hollow gaze could take this heart of mine
I walk into the street, the cold air stings my eyes
The ground that swallows all, won't take me yet
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Numb
05:23
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I'm lost, jaded dreams
Fading fears wash them away
I fear my words
Don't scare me anymore
And I know, what that means
We remain, bound by fear, by fear
I'm done!
I'm done with feelings
The world won't scare me
Fear leaves me numb
When you just think of
Your forsaken soul
All about you now, like always
You make this all about you
So, I'm done. I'm over! Not lost. No hate. No love, I'm just numb.
All the shouting, all the fighting, all the pointless times we tried, I'm over it, I'm just numb
All the times we tried to fight it, all the time too scared to say it, done with it, I'm just numb
All the time we waste to save it, will not even lie to make it better again, I'm just numb.
Numb
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4. |
You Don't Want To Be Me
03:58
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You can go hang the moon, on anyone
Just don't hang it on me
I am not yet numb to it, the keen regret
The secrets that we hide
Truth blinds but lies reveal, that you haven't healed
The pain that you now feel
Says that you're never free, I hope that you see
You don't want to be me
You don't want to know
I can't let it go
Can't let it show
You're better off free
I don't want to know
You can't let it go
Can't let it show
You're better off free
You can hide the truth, from anyone
But you can't hide it from me
Hold on to precious guilt, I always felt
You don't want to be me
You don't want to know
I can't let it go
Can't let it show
You're better off free
I don't want to know
You can't let it go
Can't let it show
You're better off free
You don't want to know
I can't let it go
Can't let it show
You're better off free
I don't want to know
You can't let it go
Can't let it show
You're better off free
Free
You don't want to be me
You don't want to be me
You're better off free
You don't want to be me
You don't want to know
I can't let it go
Can't let it show
You're better off free
I don't want to know
You can't let it go
Can't let it show
You're better off free
You don't want to know
I can't let it go
Can't let it show
You're better off free
I don't want to know
You can't let it go
Can't let it show
You're better off free
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5. |
Nothing Is Deserved
06:02
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It's not un-fair,
Nothing is de-served or owed
It's not un-kind
It's not un-wise to say what you need
I allowed a distance, between us, and let it grow
There's such a difference, grown between us, we let it go
No, it's not unfair
Nothing is deserved
The remnants, they remain
I know it's hard, for you to say
The discontent, you feel inside, to hide behind a lie
And you've grown, you've come so far
But you act so tough, it's hard to know, the person that you are
I didn't know, how you felt
When we look so hard, to others' thoughts, we fail to see our-selves
To ask ourselves, with open eyes
The hardest truths, we ever find, are the lies we keep in-side
There is nothing deserved, there are no rights to win
I can't fight a lie, that's baked inside, that's destined us to lose
There is nothing deserved, there's no fight here to win
I won't fight a lie, that's baked inside, getting us nowhere
There are no rules, there's no chains
But I ask for you, to know yourself, the cause of your disdain
And your dreams, how things should be
I would make them real, with truth revealed, but remnants they'd remain
There is nothing deserved, there are no rights to win
I can't fight a lie, that's baked inside, that's destined us to lose
There is nothing deserved, there's no fight here to win
I won't fight a lie, that's baked inside, getting us nowhere
You can say what you feel
You should say all the things you need
Took the wind out of me, had no more words, I could not see
As for feelings you find
they are not always on our side
Feelings lie betray, know when we lose, it starts with pride
By the sea
You should have seen us, we laughed
I saw you smile, you were happy or so it seemed
I want to know
But we don't talk, or hear
I try and fail to see who you really are
So far apart
I want to be there, to learn
To break through the lines that keep us locked apart
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6. |
Pretense
04:28
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7. |
Numb Refrain
05:33
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Burning Paper Trondheim, Norway
Writer and recording artist of instrumental rock based music.
Although often progressive in nature,
I like to keep the tracks raw and not too polished. Each has a story in mind, which is told as the track progresses. Given the inspiration is usually some injustice (which is not hard to find!) or memory of regret, they tracks can meander between softer and more aggressive expression.
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