"Let My Love Be Real"

I've suppressed my beating chest
For so long
Each compression, never resting
Upon
What is real, how I really feel
I let go
In a quite place I never face
Below

[chorus]
Love is a journey
And I can't go it alone
Why is everything placed on a single soul
So let my love be real
I don't want to live a lie
In hesitance, that robs the heart inside

I've been locked up, it's all chalked up
To wisdom
Observe in depth, every single step
It's a prison

Because I know this love in me is real
And it's something that I've let me steal
I can't go on like this

[chorus]
Love is a journey
And I can't go it alone
Why is everything placed on a single soul
So let my love be real
I don't want to live a lie
In hesitance, that robs the heart inside

This heart inside, could open wide
Pour out all that's trapped inside of me
For far too long, I've crept along
Unaware of my own capacity
I'm not afraid to change
My heartstrings now unchained
No I'm not afraid, to face the pain

[chorus]
Love is a journey
And I can't go it alone
I'll embrace each bend along this winding road
So let my love be real
I don't want to live a lie
In hesitance, that robs my heart inside

"On Your Way"

Don't be discouraged
You're not that far along
Not everybody starts out strong
Always in a hurry
Don't cut the journey short
We've all been there before

Every artist had to start an amateur
So don't go feeling insecure

[chorus]
You're on your way
You're on your way
Though the future ain't as bright
As the light of day
You're on your way
You're on your way
Got to wake up every morning
And put on a brave face

Don't lose your patience
You've not that far to go
Though you're always gonna feel so close
Lift up your burdens
Yeah, they'll only bring you down
I don't want to see you on that sinking ground

[chorus]
You're on your way
You're on your way
Though the future ain't as bright
As the light of day
You're on your way
You're on your way
Got to wake up every morning
And put on a brave face

You're moving on
(And on and on and on)
No you'll never get just what you want
The path is changing
But you just keep going
Like every step's the only one you've got

[chorus]
You're on your way
You're on your way
Though the future ain't as bright
As the light of day
You're on your way
You're on your way
Got to wake up every morning
And put on a brave face

You're on your way
You're on your way
Though the future ain't as bright
As the light of day
You're on your way
Yeah, every day
You're going to wake to find
You've found your way

"It's The Way I Felt"

Take these little particles
And turn them into gold
I've been waiting around
I did what I was told
What was bought has now been sold
And do you even want it

Cause I was spun into a thread
Wrapped me around your head
And you took me where you want
But then I was left for dead
It left a bitter taste instead
And do you think I want it
Do you think I want it

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Leave it as you found it
With the corners jagged and rough
They labeled me insane
And who am I to blame
It was the way I felt

Take the drops of rain outside
And turn them all into fire
Cause it's hell that's coming down
On this wasteland, barren and dry

And you can tell me that it all makes sense
Dig a little bit deeper, and I promise you won't
Fall of the edge of a cliff

[chorus]
Leave it as you found it
With the corners jagged and rough
They labeled me insane
And who am I to blame
It was the way I felt

It was the way I felt
It was the way I felt
No better now

"Upon A Fairytale"

I don't know why
I can't talk to you
There's something in the way
Something more than I can say
And even if I try
The words won't come to me
So they stay stuck in my head
Half-thoughts trapped and still unsaid

When all I know
Is that you hurt me
In a kind of numbing way
That didn't hurt at all
'Cause I could hear the words
Before they even left your mouth
You see, I knew it all along
That all of this was heading south

But I didn't care
I led you there
With pretty words I meant at first
But then just spoke into the air
That blew into a sail
I knew was doomed to fail
But I knew you were on board
So we embarked upon a fairytale

I see you now
And it feels the same
Just another painted conversation
Paved over a wasteland

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I could have given you
My whole heart, my whole heart
But I knew you wouldn't carry it
From the start, the start
And where I let it go
I'm ashamed to let you know
Was all on my part

But I knew you were on board
So we embarked upon a fairytale

"Photos Of Yourself"

Can a picture steal a soul
I don't know
But I do know
There's a glimmer in your eye
I watch it die
Each time the shutter flies

Point the world at me
Point the world at me
Oh, the humanity
The vanity
It spreads like a disease
Dress yourself up nice
It's a disguise
For all the world to see
Just another cry for help
In photos of yourself

Can an old injury mend
Or is it pretend
Cause we can pretend
Our skin is concrete-thin
The nails go deeper in
Each time that we play mannequin

So where's the selflessness
Insecurities and stress
You say you do your best
But it's just your Sunday best

Point the world at me
Point the world at me
Oh, the humanity
The vanity
It spreads like a disease
Dress yourself up nice
It's a disguise
For all the world to see
Just another cry for help
In photos of yourself

The polished surface fades
At the end of days
Where all that stays
Is what the flashing lights won't penetrate

"Away"

I can handle more, so you hand me less
Take it all from me and call me blessed
Another doomed-from-the-start retest
I can feel the failure weigh on my chest

See the world move on, see me change as well
Move away from light and I'm bent on hell
With no end in sight as far as I can tell
Looking back on just how far I fell

If I were to trust, to really believe
Would it take my life away from me
Cause the power of choice, my humanity
Feels like it's stripped away
And if you love me the way you say you do
I know, that you don't have to prove
But could you show me how these things are true
Why I've only slipped away

I can't stand for this, all these opposites
A reversed version of me that only aims to quit
When I see the correlation, I can't handle it
Even by my own strength it's all counterfeit

Embrace all the loose ends, embrace all I see
Like a kid in a candy store, but life ain't sweet
I've stopped narrowing down who I don't want to be
To become a worse person that's becoming me

If I were to trust, to really believe
Would it take my life away from me
Cause the power of choice, my humanity
Feels like it's stripped away
And if you love me the way you say you do
I know, that you don't have to prove
But could you show me how these things are true
Why I've only slipped away

There's hell to pay, if I have it my way
If I choose to ignore all the things you say
You've paved the way, and I feel like I've got it made
But there's a tremor underneath the surface that makes the whole road sway

If I were to trust, to really believe
Would it take my life away from me
Cause the power of choice, my humanity
Feels like it's stripped away
And if you love me the way you say you do
I know, that you don't have to prove
But could you show me how these things are true
Why I've only slipped away

"Gray Matter"

I don't want to be your fact or fiction
I don't want to be your lie
I don't want to be your mark or mission
I don't want to be your fight

I don't want to be your thought or vision
I don't want to be your sight
I don't want to be your heart's contrition
Don't want to be your guiding light

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Let me be, a nothing in the wind
A stillness in the still
An afterthought in a quiet place
And I will

I don't want to be your spark or friction
I don't want to be your scar
I don't want to be your cold condition
Consuming who you are, you are

I don't want to be your ammunition
I don't want to be your war
I don't want to be your division
Your heart in pieces on the floor, the floor

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Let me be, a nothing in the wind
A stillness in the still
An afterthought in a quiet place
And I will
Yeah let me be, a minuscule shadow
Behind you that you never see
Let me be, a fire that never goes out
On a candle, flickering

And I'm so afraid,
These hands like chains
Could burn down all I see
But in the same refrain
They love the same
And they're reaching desperately

Let me be, a foggy winter morning
A gloomy April afternoon
Let me be, the one who stands beside you
In a busy, crowded room

I don't want to be a super hero
I don't want to be your saint
I don't want to be your saving day
Just somebody who will love you through the gray