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Escapism

by The Unnerving

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everyone is playing god but no one has the time 01:56
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dharma drinks with devils in the darkest of deep disease has got me dripping from the habit of dreams of dancing with the dirty things we do but don't keep ourselves from drowning in desires of dissolving seams we stab away at clocks while we hear our own voices talk karma kills kids and keeps these coffins clean can we call it evil can the end create means? carried over consciousness is kept but not keen to the confusion and chaos keeping us from being seen we stab away at clocks and hear our old voices talk
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the view from halfway down 02:06
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The weak breeze whispers nothing The water screams sublime His feet shift, teeter-totter Deep breath, stand back, it’s time Toes untouch the overpass Soon he’s water bound Eyes locked shut but peek to see The view from halfway down A little wind, a summer sun A river rich and regal A flood of fond endorphins Brings a calm that knows no equal You’re flying now You see things much more clear than from the ground It’s all okay, it would be Were you not now halfway down Thrash to break from gravity What now could slow the drop All I’d give for toes to touch The safety back at top But this is it, the deed is done Silence drowns the sound Before I leaped I should’ve seen The view from halfway down I really should’ve thought about The view from halfway down I wish I could’ve known about The view from halfway down -"The View From Halfway Down" - Bojack Horseman
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the call 03:58
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demons lie dormant behind a thin vail of smoke. as they hear the curtain call from their slumber they awoke scratching beneath your skin fighting desperately for control will you let them out will you be able to take hold? they’ve always been there, kept imprisoned behind your chest. All they need is the key to unlock the shackles and you know the rest. demons lie dormant behind a thin vail of smoke. as they hear the curtain call from their slumber they awoke scratching beneath your skin fighting desperately for control will you let them out will you be able to take hold? they’re ever lurking behind your eyes, watching, waiting for the call. One second could change everything, a single stumble an eternal fall. And to fall…. What will it cost at the end of it all? If you answer the call… What will it take to regain your control? demons lie dormant behind a thin vail of smoke. as they hear the curtain call from their slumber they awoke scratching beneath your skin fighting desperately for control will you let them out will you be able to take hold? They sleep lighter than silence, always ready to return. A single taste of the past and your whole future will burn.
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everything goes white 02:01
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Two things come together, seven fall apart The white light is fading, everything goes dark What do you want now? All hopes have left Can you tell me how these ghosts have crept Back in to my life thought id burnt that bridge Sharp as the old knife I used to call friend
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married to the booze 03:26
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Stop the war my liver yells Cant take no more my kidneys scream My organs are protesting me Running syncopated time my heart cries My brains so wet its pouring out my eyes My organs are protesting me Im married, im married to the booze Im married, im married to the booze I really ain’t got shit else to loose Cos Im married, im married to the booze No room for you! That bottle never done played no game That bottle never done point no blame That bottle never done told me to change That bottle never been a microphone For all my little going on’s That bottle never done told me to change Im married, im married to the booze Im married, im married to the booze I really ain’t got shit else to loose Cos Im married, im married to the booze No room for you! I love to make her leave but I hate it when she’s gone We’ve got a high proof tango going on Take off that brown paper skirt you know she don’t last for long We’ve got a high proof tango going on Im married, im married to the booze Im married, im married to the booze I really ain’t got shit else to loose Cos Im married, im married to the booze No room for you! Stop the war my liver yells Cant take no more my kidneys scream My organs are protesting me Running syncopated time my heart cries My brains so wet its pouring out my eyes My organs are protesting me Im married, im married to the booze Im married, im married to the booze I really ain’t got shit else to loose Cos Im married, im married to the booze No room for you!
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impasse 02:20
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Chasing the darkness in search of something familiar Regrets fade with time but the guilt tends to linger So we drink till we black out to avoid confrontation With the person we’ve become through inherent isolation The lusters long since worn out and all pleasure truly faded Still we feel coerced to swim the stream that leaves us jaded Creating the very turmoil that we drink to escape This catch 22 continually loops the same tape All logic tells us to recommence and the steps are clearly laid But deep beneath the surface grown a nagging incessant plague That eradicates our rationale and binds us to our vice Desperate to escape this cycle but can our mind handle the price?
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no escapism in escape 02:07
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Life gets in the way. There’s always more for it to take. I feel it every day, Everything was made to break. It never gets easier, and it never seems to end. The stress keeps cracking me up and sinking in To tired of the way that the world beats me down There’s no hope in sight when every time I turn around Life gets in the way. There’s so much at stake. No matter what I do or say. All we have left is what we make. It never gets easier, and it never seems to end. The stress keeps cracking me up and sinking in So exhausted by the weight hanging on my shoulders I can feel the pressure wither my soul as I grow older. Life gets in the way. There’s no escapism in this escape (there's no escaping from this escape)
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this time i got it wrong 02:39
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I sold my soul for nickels and dimes And a ride to Mississippi where I learned how to die With my conscious, also known as my enemy I made sure to bury my past Deep down in the ocean of the tall dead grass Only to return when I meet my end again Here they come… Here I come… Chasing circles in my black hole mind Only finding broken clocks I must have run out of time The beginning looks so a lot like the end again There I go rambling on a bench Trying to fix the world with a broken wrench Only to discover it’s already as good as it gets Here they come… Here I come… Here they come… Here I come and I said… -Written by Troy Clark
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fabricating the fraud 03:14
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The days drag on far too long while the night seems to be cut short Regrets are close now to gone desire to endure sobriety aborts From the outside it seems improvement but there is corrosion beneath the façade It’s the progress I’ve grown to resent knowing I’ve become a genuine fraud So we study their faces and tone and react as close as we can manage To express is as good as to emote as long as it prevents further damage And the truth can reside in oblivion just as it had for so many prior years Manipulating the crowds perception with fabricated smiles, laughter and tears It’s the stillness of movement that torments It’s the light of the darkness that attracts It’s the love in the hatred for boredom That leaves us questioning all the facts
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remnants of a ghost 02:58
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I can feel the remnants of the iterations I left behind I can taste the words on every tongue that I let speak blind The regret burns deep but the memories burned deeper. There’s nothing to do but sleep and hope the nightmares end quicker I can feel the remnants of the iterations I left behind I can taste the words on every tongue that I let speak blind The regret burns deep but the memories burned deeper. There’s nothing to do but sleep and hope the nightmares end quicker The regret burns deep but the memories burned deeper. There’s nothing to do but sleep and hope the nightmares end quicker

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released August 12, 2023

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