1. |
I Am the One
03:41
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My life is ending one minute at a time
One day I'll leave this earth and dissapear without a sign
Do you think that I'm afraid of all the enemies I've made
That they'll break down my door make me beg for mercy oh please no more
Chorus:
I am the one who knocks
Just keep those doors locked (x2)
It's now the time for me to retaliate
You've crossed the line and now you have quickly sealed your fate
Do you think that I'm afraid and won't pop in for a midnight raid
To take back what is mine
You say I won't I'm too benign but
Chorus
My cancer has returned and my time is running out
But you still can't catch me that I know without a doubt
Do you think that I'm afraid and I'll fall in to the trap you've laid
Your martyrdom will leave me very much unscathed because
Chorus
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2. |
Ubiquitous
04:51
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I know it's everywhere
but I can’t find it anywhere
what's the difference
Where did you learn to share?
Don’t you know there’s no such thing as fair?
Don’t waste your time, just lather and rinse
This medicine I take
to soothe my pain for your sake
my relief is fake
It doesn't matter
What does it matter?
Chorus:
Never nothing nowhere
Always everything everywhere
Black is white and white is black
Neither exist so don’t turn your back
the trees are the facts oh the forest is the truth
Nothing like a change of pace to shake up this race
Our minds follow inertia
relaxation achieved through exertion
Sometimes you've got to invert the circle
to see what stands before you
Legality is second to morality
can't you see your inhibitions
are key factors to your admission
When I count sheep
I'd rather not count myself
But it's whatever
Yeah it's whatever
Chorus
favors traded for favors
bills exchanged too quick to savor
the only true currency is laughter
and all anger and agression
only hinders your progression
so shed your depression
Chorus x 2
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3. |
So Be It
05:05
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If this is how it's gonna end
If this is how it's gonna end
If this is how it's gonna end
If this is how it's gone
I wait calm as a storm before its come
For the words that will make it come undone
I hate the suspense and suspicion
I feel when I go fishing
For some messy solution
For some bloody conclusion
If this is how it's gonna end
If this is how it's gonna end
If this is how it's gonna end
If this is how it's gone
These words aren't very good
But I gotta tell you how I feel
Or else I'm terrified of something that's unreal
So say those words I know you will
I'm overflowing and about to spill
All my worries on the floor
What I mess I failed my test
If this is how it's gonna end
If this is how it's gonna end
If this is how it's gonna end
If this is how it's gone
Don't go
I want you here I'm so messed up without you dear
Don't go
I'm not ready
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4. |
Sweet Darkness
04:34
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It's 2 AM, I'm all alone, let's sneak out and go for a walk
We’ll count the stars and see the nightlife it's easy cause the door's unlocked
There is no plan, there is no need, we’ll walk until we’re satisfied
And when the sleepy night guard questions be careful how you lie
Just tell him what he wants to hear until he’s pacified!
Chorus
The cool night air is refreshing and decompressing all our day time troubles
The usual restraints of our lives we can’t seem to find in this world through which we trip and stumble,
There’s nowhere to hide from that sweet darkness
oh please won’t you hide all my sins
We don’t have to stay here much longer if you insist
but this night will only improve if you ignore and resist
internal inhibitions that call us back home to our bed
Just get em all out of your head and persist!
Chorus
It's pouring rain but we don’t care we’ll just stay out and get real wet
Just look around at all the scattered drinks on the ground they're free for the taking
We'll make noise as we ride our stolen shopping carts down the road
We won't wake the others if we go real fast, oh please let this ecstasy last because
Chorus
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5. |
Thank You
04:44
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Hanging out in the schoolyard
I'm waiting for some recognition
I'm caught by surprised by the fulfillment of my premonition
My trance shattered by an alarm
There's a sharp pain coming from my arm
Hanging behind my back
Hiding all the reality I lack
The culprit sitting patiently
Caught red handed but yet unscathed
Blinded by my apathy she escapes
My wound slowly spreading
I'm staring at her spiteful mark
Chorus
Thank you for giving me something to think about
Thank you for making me confront all my self pity
Thank you for giving me something to think about
Thank you for waking me up
Verse 2
They told me i should've killed it
And I could've if i willed it
But what'd be the point in that
See It was my fault after alI
I didn't guard myself at all
The attack I provoked by the words that I spoke that day,
Well it didn't help, no it didn't help
But i have no regrets, no I don't have no regrets
And quite frankly I wouldn't have it any other way
Chorus
5,6,7
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Ropeswing Marathon Columbia, South Carolina
funky jazzy jam rock from USC
"Ropeswing Marathon is both a musician’s band and the
people’s band. The group’s instrumental prowess lets it shake up multi-genre cocktails that any distinguishing connoisseur can appreciate. For your average listener, the funky blend is sure to prove an intoxicating concoction that’ll have you swaying and hip-shaking on the dance floor."
— David Travis Bland
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