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Two Worlds
04:33
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Spoke so smooth, words like water rolling off our tongues
Sincere, sincerely fractured
We’re bending over backwards
Misunderstood, what was the meaning?
Ambiguous intentions
Arrogant and awkward, bravely manufactured
Assumptions encoded into our very dna
Layers of lies over layers of truth
Ambiguous connections disillusion you and me
Adrift on an ocean, drowning endlessly
We’re cut loose
Free to choose
These two worlds superimposed; one is real, one illusory
We could be so free; but only a moment, only a glimmering
From one moment to the next, our feelings and our context
Shifting with each passing breath, swallowed up and hopeless
Wait just a minute, if you can choose, choose now
To believe that God is good and grace will fill the spaces
You break in, make it so obvious
You break in, break me down again
You break in, make it so obvious
I see your heart, your heart for all of this
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Youth
04:05
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We said “no regrets”
But ten years have past
Get these demons off my back
We danced, we kissed
We won’t be stranded with these feelings
Of what we missed
Drive-in movies and traveling the world
With your lover at your side
Growing older, passion and pain
With your lover at your side
With the last thought of youth we sigh
In relation to the inside
We will make it through the night
With the last thought, with our last thoughts
Long hours, sleepless nights
We both say things we know we never should
High hopes, half smiles
An arm around my shoulder when I’m down
Age and beauty, Hollywood movies
They don’t matter to me
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[Outro]
00:55
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Do you still have trouble being honest?
Are you being honest with me?
Are you still carrying that heartache?
Still underneath it I think
You had unaffected joy
But a little bit of knowledge took care of that
Open up those arms
Keep those arms outstretched and wide
Downcast eyes and heavy sighs
Under the weight of the world
Please don’t let it pass you by
Please don’t let it get to you, don’t let it eat you up
You twitch and turn, is there anything left for me?
Besides harsh words and petty lies, what do you see when you look into my eyes?
Sometimes our dreams are fulfilled just moments before they die
This bleak view from inside of your head
Thinking that you would be better of
You don’t see magic in anything anymore
A kiss is a kiss, there’s no love in it like before
You take what you can get, whatever’s happening
There is no breaking this spiritless spell
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I Know Where I'd Go
05:14
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Same old places
Faces, statements
Arguments unraveling
She’s been through it
Your amusement
Is not what she’s living for
Dark feeds on dark
In her eyes, in her heart
Light is alive
Never know, never know
So I hope you know you’re beautiful
And I know where I’d go, so far away
In the sand and sun and that’s where I’d like to stay
And I’d lay right down beside you there
Breathe the salt of the sea, why can’t we leave today?
I’m so dizzy with this busyness and motion
So monotonous and broken
Want to sit right down and cry
Same emotion
Over and over
Ruminating ugly things
She’s been trying
Ever climbing
Up and out of your bribery
Sparkle
Shining
On the inside
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Open Grave
03:55
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I am a restless evil
I inspire your accidents
I hope you’ve got the cash son
You’ll eat your confidence
I’m into winning battles
I’m into sinking ships
One bad seed ruins the whole bunch
And I’m into busted lips
Bruised pride
I’ll give you solace inside my shifting skin
This monster’s built for overkill
And I’ll always drag you in
O God, I think that I’m surrounded
Same old spot that I think I got myself in
Over my head, time and again
Did I really feel I had something to add?
Over my head, time and again
Bruised hearts and ringing ears
In the aftermath of manifest thoughts
I’m into timid spirits
I’m into crushing them
You think you’re so innocent
But I know your secret sins
Got pity, we will wallow
Venerate a sacred pain
The primal tang of blood
It’s on our hands again
Will we be cleansed in the flame?
Or be taken by the same?
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Victoria Awake Saskatoon
Michael Lauen crafted massive pop-conscious modern-rock songs and Aaron Munro belted out his passionate
vocals.
All music was recorded by Aaron and Michael with the exception of Kelly Bittner's drumming on "If You'll Have Me" captured by Ryan Anderson.
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