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Welcome
00:56
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Hi, hello, hey, let’s do introductions
I avoided writing it, I was afraid you’d hate it
So I spent 10 years, saying “tomorrow I’ll be brave”
F it, I’m terrified, I burst into a flame
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Awakening
03:43
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I stop and look at myself
Not recognizing who I’ve become
Instead of finding what I love
I did what I always thought I should
I’ve been a fraud
This whole time
Chasing a secure
and comfortable life
Now I just want to be set free
Something has to change
Something has to change
Building an addiction
With fear and shame
Hiding myself
Behind anything
Saying that I’m fine
Smiling all the time
But deep inside
Hating life
It’s not that I want to die, I’m just not sure how to be alive
Something has to change
Something has to change
Maybe I’m not as alone
Nearly as much as it feels like
Maybe I’m not the only one
Waking up
I can’t change my past
But today I am made new
Only by accepting where I’ve been
Can I begin to let it go
I’m not where I’d like to be, and that’s ok
I’m not who I’d like to be, but I can change
Just know you’re not the only one
With a wasteland for a past
Stop living the same nightmare
And wake up
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Retreat
04:15
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I sat with myself a couple of days
Without any form of escape
Away from all distractions
Day 1 I still felt the same
Hopeless broke too far gone to save
And not worth the effort
On day 2 not much of a change
But by 3 a little less pain
At the thought of being me
Day 4 I finally let go
Stopped forcing and gave up control
And felt lighter for it
It’s ok. To be imperfect.
It’s ok. It’s to be human.
Day 5 I felt so alive
A resurrected love for life
Like when I was a little kid
Then it was back to the grind
I crashed and burned back to my old life
And felt powerless to stop it
How could I? How could I sever what was mending?
How could I? How could I forgive and accept what I’m ashamed of?
It feels like I'm too far gone for saving
It feels like I'm too far gone for saving
It’s OK! I remind myself and sit again
It’s OK! I close my eyes and breath in
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4. |
Human Condition
02:24
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Don’t ask about last night
Or even how I’m doing
I’ll act like everything is alright
And then isolate myself
And turn to addiction
To fuel my disconnection
From how I’m really feeling
And to pass the time
But it’s not just an addiction
More like the human condition
To seek out something
External to fix me
But it’s just one harmless little hit
Cause I can stop at any time
You know where you’re heading so just stop now
This is the voice of reason screaming out
The object of my addiction
Will only fuel my disconnection
From how I’m really feeling
And distort time
But it’s not just an addiction
More like the human condition
To seek out something
External to fix me
We create a monster to satisfy our discontentment
Then life becomes obsessed with managing it (S.F.)
I turned to addiction
As an innocent solution
To the dis-ease I’m feeling
About something being missing
But maybe I’m worth saving
Understanding and forgiving.
Smiling. Laughing. Crying. Holding.
Growing, loving, and accepting.
I now understand we build our own personal hells
So I’ll be more kind knowing you’ve suffered too
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5. |
Seasons
02:37
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I wrote a tragic story, about how I’m worthless
And used it as an excuse to remain a victim
I am the hopeless hopeful rotting with self-pity
There’s always someone better so why even try?
I watched the sun hide from the clouds
Faded to black, cracked, and growled then wept
The long rain
Drenched everything
I stood outside
And said I’m dry
With nothing left to lose I gave in
Cause my desire to control just left me broken
What I thought was certain crumbled through my fingers
I was attached to fleeting things like labels and identity
The storm passed
The wind calmed
Dripping wet
I manifest
More weathered
Yet still singing
I’m not the same
But I’m still here
Life will flicker and then explode
Awake in darkness cold and alone
Not immediately but over time
The sun will shine on the other side
A ball of fire plummeted down
Engulfed the sky before touching ground then burst
The dust settled
the smoke cleared
In the crater
I reappear
Motionless
Tattered clothes
Bleeding wounds
Broken bones
Somehow
A crooked smile
I’m not the same
But I’m still here
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Weight
03:33
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7. |
Note to Self
05:02
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If I could sing beautifully, then would you notice me?
But if it was out of key, would you think less of me?
I’ve spent so much of life wondering what is thought of me
If I let all of it go what would be left of me?
If I could make a tissue dance, then would you notice me?
If instead that got blank stares, would you think less of me?
I’ve been listing all the ways I do not measure up
AND if you didn’t notice yet, here’s the start of it
I’m tone-deaf and bad at guitar
I’m quiet and socially awkward
I’m selfish and lost in my mind
And I remember nothing
If I tried so hard, and still failed miserably
Would you just roll your eyes or stop to comfort me?
I’m always trying to hide all of my struggling
And avoid things that might lead to rejection
Have you heard of this thing, it’s called humility
It says that I’m not worse, and to just think less of me
I can sit with my own painful disappointments
And help the storm to pass by greeting and thanking it
This life is bigger than me
To give is to receive
I’ll be here as often as you need
Glad to see you
The best gift we can give is our presence
A chance for connection through human weakness
I accept you as you are without judgment
And I love you!
No need to shake the earth, I notice you
There’s nothing that you could do, to make me ignore you
Come as you are, broken into parts
We’ll heal all the wounds and bruises on your heart
Lay your burdens on the ground
Let go of shame and fear
Make time to be still with me
And I will give you peace
The very thing you fear might destroy you
Is the Truth that could set you free
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8. |
You or me
03:06
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I just keep running
I just keep running
I just keep running away from you
Desperate and searching for something
To satisfy and provide meaning
I’m afraid, someone might notice me
So I’m ruining everything
I just keep running
I just keep running
I just keep running away from you
And it feels so defeating
To fail at being me
I’m coasting by
Just wasting time
If I lost everything, then would you be enough?
Or would I still ignore the signs?
With no comforts left to hide behind
If I won’t treasure the gift of life
Then I’m missing the point
I just keep running
I just keep running
I just keep running away from you
Turning my back on the blessings
That were gracefully entrusted to me
I can't keep running
I can't keep running
I can't keep running away from you
Expecting this life to be anything
More than aimless suffering
Please take everything
And open my heart; I surrender
Grow me into who I was made to be
I welcome struggle every day
If it means that I'm following you
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Intentional
02:26
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I’m exhausted
Of waking up tired
Disappointed
With the day before
There’s never enough time
To accomplish my desires
But I still get more done than you
Try hard
Be more
Push through
I’m never enough
Is this all there is to life?
Carry the weight until I die
Or am I just wasting time
Believing the world’s lies
Aside from casting shadows
I’m good for little else
Just running from my fears
And feeling bad for myself
So I’ll isolate!
With my guilt and shame!
Hoping someone out there will take pity on me
Cause my happiness depends on you
Is this all there is to life?
Afraid to live until I die
Or am I just wasting time
Believing the world’s lies
If we don’t choose
What to believe
We’ll drift to where
The world leads
I choose to believe in a Father’s Love
Expressed through the sacrifice of a perfect Son
To atone for all sin and rise from the dead
Faith grants New Life when we choose to follow Him
I’m not perfect
Life’s still hard
I’m still hurting
But He gets my heart
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Looking Up
05:19
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Walking home again
It’s a crisp and clear night
My eyes keep drifting up
To the majestic sky
It gives me the chills and
For the first time today I feel alive
Most days I’m spaced out
Getting berated by my mind
How could you do it again?
After what happened last time
But mostly it assures me
I am a waste of life
I’m trying not to give in
But by resisting it persists
If I watch it like the clouds
It too will pass
There’s something about the sky
That grounds this speck of life
Shaking free and reminding me
I’m not my thoughts
Stop thinking through every moment
And losing yourself in the past
Don’t worry about the future
Because that’s not changing it
We are not our minds
Breathing in, we’re alive!
Touching tasting smelling hearing seeing
Experience the joy of Being
Walking alone again
It’s a haunting night
Is anyone looking up
At the same night sky
Desperate for anything
To remind them that they’re alive
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11. |
The End
05:01
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Is this the end? / Or a new beginning?
A waking up? / Or lucid dream?
Self-forgiveness? / Or grueling wait?
A way to cope? / Or isolate?
Is this the end? / Or a new beginning?
Attempted surrender? / Or vain escape?
Full collapse? / Wave undulate?
A loving reminder? / Or shameful display?
It’s unclear at this time, but I’m…
Staying in and destroying myself
Like I have some penance to pay
But the vice is its own punishment
I tried to isolate my bad
Believing it’s all that I am
And sought out something to rescue me
I tried so hard to do it alone
And never admitted how I really felt
Just kept pushing it further down
Until it was hard to feel anything
Much less remorse for what I’ve done
Searching in all those desperate places
Trying to satisfy my starving soul
With more stress and rigid control
Now I see that I was wrong
There’s nothing I can do to save myself
But gut punch my ego by sharing my flaws
In the hopes that it can free someone else
Maybe I’m ready to be seen
Maybe I’m ready to be known
Maybe I can actually do some good
Maybe I’m ready to be loved
Is this the apocalypse? / Or my humbling?
My submission? / Or liberation?
Total destruction? / Or salvation?
The end of affliction? / Or the beginning of my life?
Maybe, like me, you need to hear it too
You’re not condemned
You’re loved
And valuable
Maybe, like me, you need to hear it too
You’re not condemned
You’re loved
And valuable
You’re loved
And valuable
You're loved
And valuable
You're loved
And beautiful
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