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Decisions I Didn't Make
03:12
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The road it forks before me, guess its crunch time once again
If I pull over and pause maybe I'll put off all the pain
Benevolent self-sabotage freezing up my brain
Hands still on the wheel, foot on the brake
I think of all the risks I don't wanna take
As I sit with the decisions I didn't make
I know that I should seize my situation with both hands
Try to stay on top of everything this restless world demands
Create a system or be enslaved by another man's
At least if you believe old Billy Blake
His sentiment's the icing on the cake
As I sit with the decisions I didn't make
Freedom, sweet freedom
I'll go do what I like
Maybe I'll go and play sad songs at an open mic
Oh so many choices
What movie should I see
Not knowing what the fuck to do, what a luxury
I couldn't make the call, couldn't quell the crushing fear
She's moving on without me so I guess I'll wait right here
Hopefully whatever I've been waiting for is near
Or just someone to soothe my ache
To look over and smile when I awake
As I sit with the decisions I didn't make
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Feed
03:57
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Do you tire of drifting indifferent
Through a world that's indifferent to you
Don't you long for a reason to get out of bed
And push yourself through
Create for yourself what you're lacking
Make yourself matter more
The world needs more people like you to keep fighting
An unwinnable war
Just trust in yourself and the future
Forgetting whatever you've seen
A lifetime's a long time to be alone
Feed another soul to the machine
Don't you wanna keep living forever
Be that one little link in the chain
Won't you spread your unlikely good fortune
It's sure to happen again
What sacrifice doesn't behoove you
What loss is it that you so fear
Your parents perceived a permissible price
And that's why you're here
Why fight against your own nature
Why defy the creed of the gene
A lifetime's a long time to be alone
Feed another soul to the machine
It's not such a bad existence
Quit worrying what does it all mean
A lifetime's a long time to be alone
Feed another soul to the machine
So what if it's true what they're saying
A reckoning's probably nigh
Ain't it better than wallowing, watching the water
Passing you by
Have a roll of the dice, it might be nice
To have someone to hold or hold you
To have someone to bludgeon you out of your suffering
When it's the kind thing to do
Satisfaction is fleeting
You gotta take everything you can glean
A lifetime's a long time to be alone
Feed another soul to the machine
What's one more devouring mouth
One more fish to be hooked by a screen
Sit down and shut up and watch the world burn
And feed another soul to the machine
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Matthew Thornton Massachusetts
Weird guy seeking fulfilment through noisemaking.
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