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RUNAWAY - half•alive

I've been searching, nothing's working
I've been tripping, no one's perfect
chasing visions, just the surface
shirt's on backwards, not on purpose, yeah

I've been learning, something bigger
expectations, feet were failing
I found blessings flowing from
this side of heaven

staring into my reflection, redirecting my perfection somewhere else
when there isn't any progress, lean on truth inside the promise, it is well

I hold my life out in front of me
dreams of who I want to be
I'm seeing every empty page
but I find that everything I am is
everything I should be
I don't need to run away
I don't need to run away
yeah, I don't need to run away

something's working, heart is turning
vision's clear, and still I'm learning
that what I am, what I am, what I am, what I am
is something more than I can plan

go, tell me now!
I don't need to run away

I've been standing on a stage with just a mirror, forced to face who I've become
searching for a new escape, I scan the exits that embrace an easy out

I hold my life out in front of me
dreams of who I want to be
I'm seeing every empty page
I find that everything I am is
everything I should be
I don't need to run away

I don't need to run away
I don't need to run away
(I don't need to run away)
I don't need to run away
I don't need to run away

no, I don't need to run away
I don't need to run away

Power - Bastille

aim, throw your best shot right at me
'cause pain, I can take it easily
did you really think I'd fall to my knees
just to pray for some sweet simplicity?

'cause woah, you're squeezing my heart,
too hard in your bare hands, they hold too tight
and woah, the air is on fire,
this room feels electric caught here in your sights

power, power
I will never understand the power you were holding over me
power, power
oh, you had it too long, yes, you had it too long

pain, just synapses firing
in our brains, so when you cut me, cut me deep
hurt the ones you love the most easily
'cause in time, we show our Achilles' heels

and woah, you're squeezing my heart,
too hard in your cold, bare hands, they hold too tight
and woah, the air is on fire,
this room feels electric caught here in your sights

power, power
I will never understand the power you were holding over me
power, power
oh, you had it too long, yes, you had it too long

if you're gonna hit me, hit me harder
(hit me, hit me harder)
'cause you better knock me out the first time
and if you're gonna do this, rip the plaster
(do this, rip the plaster)
if you're gonna hit me, hit me harder than this

power, power
blows my mind to think I ever let you hold it over me

power, power
I will never understand the way I let you hold it over me
power, power
well, you had it too long, yes, you had it too long
(power)
oh, oh, oh
(power)
oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh, oh
power, power
I let you have it too long, yes, you had it too long

Treacherous Doctor - Wallows

could I trust you with my thoughts
or would you use them all against me?
can you replace my eyes for yours?
see what I really look like
I could help you criticize

looking for a sense of relation
where do people want me to be?
I can't help but cry on vacation
dressed to unimpress easily
losing sight again
I'll go ahead and give you your eyes back now

you grow up, gone
so what's the point of connecting to anyone?
is a relationship bought or is it won?

are the things I think are important
simply just distractions from death?
all of my ideas turn to content
they can't be conceived 'til they're read
lost my words again
it doesn't matter
'cause you wouldn't understand

love in teens and life in your twenties
nothing much to look forward to
I can't help but die on vacation
is this the way to exit my youth?

oh, treacherous doctor, do you know what's the matter with me?
oh, treacherous doctor, do you know what's the matter with me?

Anxious - Hippo Campus

I could say it right now
but it's not the time
I see those friendly faces
but they only make me anxious
I could shout it out loud
in a crowded space
people have been hoping
but I've never been that open

there's not much left to do
and even less to say
but glue together moments
just to throw them all away
am I looking for a change?
a way to mend?
something tells me different
but I know it never ends

I've been here before
(don't you know it's all the same?)
I've been here before
(don't you know you're not to blame)
for feeling?

this head won't quiet down
for a single thought
I'm all circles, psychopathic
barely up, I just forgot
that I could say it right now
I could make the time
people have been hoping
and finally breaking open

I'll scream it, but I won't believe it
I'll tell them what they want to hear then
just give me a week or two to find it
then maybe we'll get past the place we started

I've been here before
don't you know it's all the same?
don't you know you're not to blame?
I'm thinking that
I've been here before
don't you know it's all the same?
don't you know you're not to blame
for feeling?

I'll scream it, but I won't believe it
(I've been here before
don't you know it's all the same?)
I'll tell them what they want to hear then
(don't you know you're not to blame?
I'm thinking that)
just give me a week or two to find it
(I've been here before
don't you know it's all the same?)
then maybe we'll get past the place we started
(don't you know you're not to blame
for feeling?)

Lemon Boy - Cavetown

there once was a bittersweet man and they called him Lemon Boy
he was growing in my garden and I pulled him out by his hair, like a weed
and like weeds do, he only came and grew back again
so I figured this time I might as well let him be

Lemon Boy and me started to get along together
I helped him plant his seeds and we mowed the lawn in bad weather
it's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him
so I got myself a citrus friend

but soon his bittersweet started to rub off on me
you'd think smelling like lemon zest would be pretty neat
I found out that my friends are more of the savory type
and they weren't too keen on compromising with a nice lemon pie

so Lemon Boy and me, we just gotta get along together
I helped him plant his seeds and we mowed the lawn in bad weather
it's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him
so I got myself a citrus friend

but what if I run out of fertilizer?
what if the clouds run out of rain?
what if Lemon Boy won't grow no longer?
what if beaches dry of sugarcane?
oh, well

the whales start to beach themselves
tortoise shells tear away from their spines
it happens all the time
it happens all the time

Lemon Boy and I, we're gonna live forever
(like Snufkin and Little My, we'll get around wherever)
Lemon Boy and I, we're gonna live forever
like Snufkin and Little My, we'll get around wherever

it's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him
'cause we're the bitterest boys in town
yeah, we're the bitterest guys around
and I got myself a citrus friend

On Your Side - Day Wave

they're all just the same
when I look from far away
and you ask me to stay
but I'd rather let this fade

but I'm on your side
but I'm on your side
but I'm on your side
I am on your side

and my mind's already made
'cause I'm different anyway
and you ask me to stay
but I'd rather let this fade

but I'm on your side
but I'm on your side
but I'm on your side
I am on your side

but I'm on your side
but I'm on your side
but I'm on your side
I am on your side