A Prince in practice moans for the attention that he wants -
But most of this town won't even dignify his ignorance with a response -
Left to a crowded foster home by a 15 year old mom -
Never been held in anyone's arms / When you've never been moved it's really hard to move on -
A young saleswoman sets up shop when the sun sets -
She'll make your wildest dreams come true at a price you won't forget -
The sadly married set up alibis / No harm, no regret -
Hoping they meet an angel in bed to wrestle the devil right out of their heads -
This city runs fast / No one has time to sit with themselves -
No time to look into our pain and see the same despair in everyone else -
It's here, it's there, it's everywhere / Tears soak each card the dealer's dealt -
Time taught me how to see every second as heaven even though they're perfectly disguised as hell -
And I refuse to let past bruises cover the light -
It ain't all good, but it's all good enough, so I know I'm alright -
Agony is truth / It's our connection to the living -
I accept it as perfection and keep on existing in the... -
Now -
I can only build if I tear the walls down -
Even if it breaks me I won't let it make me frown -
I'm falling, but no matter how hard I hit the ground -
I'll still smile -
I can only build if I tear the walls down -
Even if it breaks me I won't let it make me frown -
I'm falling, but no matter how hard I hit the ground -
I'll still smile... -
Ear to ear as if that's all I'm here for -
Despite the wars founded by the rich and funded by the poor -
Kids barely 18 are dying so billionaires can make more -
Elsewhere, hungry mothers watch their babies starve to death in a beat up shack on a dirt floor -
The aged professor quotes "Freedom's without a path" -
Now he dresses like a widow and preaches "love is dead" in every class -
But curiosity killed the cat and taught the dog and them how to act -
Burned his bridge to Jill so he tries to drown the guilt with a bottle of Jack -
Self-proclaimed rebels say we must oppose the system -
Gotta take a stand / If you're not against 'em you're with 'em -
Signs read "Support the Troops" / Bring 'em home / No more innocent victims -
But when a homeless veteran asks for spare change you're too busy protesting to even listen -
And I'm no different / I live in conflict and contradiction -
They can be so beautiful when I don't reject what lies within -
It's beautiful the way agony connects us to the living -
I think of the world when I hurt and keep on existing in the...
Now -
I can only build if I tear the walls down -
Even if it breaks me I won't let it make me frown -
I'm falling, but no matter how hard I hit the ground -
I'll still smile -
I can only build if I tear the walls down -
Even if it breaks me I won't let it make me frown -
I'm falling, but no matter how hard I hit the ground -
I'll still smile -
Song : Smile / Artist : Eyedea and Abilities / Album : By The Throat
Cry -
Don't cry for me -
I can't take it no more -
That's the way it must be -
You can't lie -
Your way back in -
Back into my heart -
No -
I won't let it be broken again -
Well I took a tumble -
Started to stumble -
That's when I fell -
Into a love I thought was sent from above -
I was under your spell -
All the things that mattered -
Were broken and shattered -
One by one -
I was so sad, but now I'm just glad that it's over and done -
There's just one thing -
I've got to say -
I truly loved you -
But now I'm walking away -
Yeah, I truly loved you -
I put no one above you -
But now I'm walking away -
Song : Walking Away / Artist : Jonny Lang / Album : Wander This World
Bye -
You ain't never gonna see me again if I can help it, little felon, take it easy -
Fresh out of forced tears, kisses, and hugs -
You're about to lose the company your misery loves -
I never did nothing but try to cure your disease -
At least help the symptoms / Instead you infected me -
I'm not the kind of man to draw a line in the sand -
If you gotta draw at all then it's time for you to scram -
P.S. / You can keep all this shit -
And hang around your broke friends and call yourself rich -
The struggling I did with you was all for nothing -
It was never enough / Your heart set on suffering -
I admit that I was weak in the beginning -
I wanted someone to need me instead of a friendship -
I didn't think I deserved a true partner -
So I tranfered the arrangement I had with my momma -
Since you never listened to a word I ever said -
Maybe seeing this door slam will get it through your head -
I don't love you / I don't think I ever did -
And if you hadn't tried to kill me I'd have stayed for the kid -
There's nothing more for us to say -
Got my mind made up / I'm walking away -
Sometimes we just out-grow the role that we play -
Hope you find a happy ending to your story some day -
Round and round and round we used to go -
I never fucked you right / I made enough bread, I know -
If I'm such a bastard and mistreated you so -
Why is it you're losing your mind to see me go? -
Truth be told, I held you together -
For all them years, and I cheated on you never -
Defended your honor / Took in your momma when she tried to rehab and had your back through the drama -
You got a sick stone under your ribs -
Where a heart is supposed to live -
Sick, twisted, and vindictive with your windows dim -
Baby, you're not wicked hard / Bullfish, you must shiver -
How you threaten to kill the most precious -
Gift that you'll ever be blessed with -
Unless you're twisted, demented, and depressed and shit -
And alone 'cause you faithfully slayed your friendships -
Since you never listened to a word I ever said -
Maybe seeing this door slam will get it though your head -
You don't love me / I don't think you ever did -
And if you hadn't tried to kill me I'd have stayed for the kid -
There's nothing more for us to say -
Got my mind made up / I'm walking away -
Sometimes we just out-grow the role that we play -
Hope you find a happy ending to your story some day -
Song : Walking Away / Artist : Brother Ali / Album : The Undisputed Truth
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