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(brea​)​the short​-​term

by the short-t.e.r.m.

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1.
Breathe (It's a Long Way Down) 04:26
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I spend my days just searching for a phrase that could mean something to me A passing craze I'm wasting away in my anxieties The brink of something Oh but who's to say what Need to define what I know I took a leap It left me hanging on the edge of it all Such a long way to go Such a long way to go Empty thoughts they keep me restless in the prime of the night Pursue and resist So many people afraid to admit that satisfaction does not exist I've heard the calls through the gaps in the walls Oh, God They started to drone All too familiar These scars are all shown Another one who went with the flow Such a long way to go Just breathe You can only find it out on your own I don't know if I'm on the right track Oh but it's the only way to go I don't ever want to live like this Coasting through accepting it's as good as it gets Half-hearted decisions left me stuck in myself It's a long way down
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The Used Rag 02:47
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Love is just a word that's used to gauge reaction While hate is just a word that's used for gaining traction Now but tell me what a man's got to do to gain one over you Insane's a word that stains and scars and picks it's victims Prescription pills could fix it all but the effects are always interim They'll call your shots and you'll call mine Someday I'll find me something I can choose They'll prey upon our hopes and fears with nothing left to lose Expectations are nothing more than mutual abuse They'll call you for a favor when you're hanging from the gallows to cut them loose This pettiness is all that's pure it's surely untainted Well I see a red door What do they want it painted Misfortunes always come in threes so nothing ever comes out of the blue They'll praise you for your misplaced trust It keeps them going They'll haze you just for wising up when you see the floor is bowing Ostracize you to all extents then sympathize with what your going through They'll prey upon our hopes and fears with nothing left to lose Expectations are nothing more than mutual abuse They'll call you for a favor when you're hanging from the gallows to cut them loose They'll prey upon our hopes and fears with nothing left to lose Expectations are nothing more than mutual abuse They'll call you for a favor when you're hanging from the gallows to cut them loose Oh well they'll call you for a favor to cut them loose
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Scarlett Says 04:04
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She's up about Packing her things You know she's gone before she's ever hits the door She speaks in action That honesty in her eyes There's nothing left to reach, to grasp, to hope for Scarlett says the reality hits when you are just on the brink Scarlett says that there's no lost time when your motives are your mistakes Your motives are your mistakes Force it out and then it push right back There's so much pressure brought on yourself No concern because the moment is gone and the next one never is enough The next one never is enough All that is said and all that's not said when the moment comes could never be enough Scarlett says the joke is on you It's just a lesson with a story revealed You take it all with a grain of salt though she couldn't understand how you're meant to feel She couldn't understand how you're meant to feel They always told you that it will get difficult I know you'll find out here in due time Beg forgiveness Ask for it all But Scarlett says she's drawn her line And you know deep down you've drawn your line All that is said and all that's not said when the moment comes could never be enough
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Home 02:50
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Test your luck just to face it alone She says there's no time for that Relax it's only a phase We'll find better days I want to see the world While you create your own Though we know we're only going home Sweetheart we're better apart But wont you tell me those lies I know where this was going to go But I still had to pry I want to see the world While you create your own Though we know we're only going home All's said and done at least we had fun Though I feel I skipped my turn Nothing gained despite nothing lost I guess I had time to burn And it's all we'll know And it's all we'll be In a world we're never meant to see And I feel it to no end Still you know you've got a friend in me I want to see the world While you create you're own Though we know we're only going In all respects I hope you're going home
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Rapscallion 06:02
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Gone as quickly as you came but it's not the same as it was before Art for art's sake but it's just another piece added to your repertoire And I know how it sounds The air pounds so profound through the door And once more you think you know exactly what you're here for And you're sure that you'll mince words so you pack 'em in so they don't see right through to you And gone are the days wandering just expecting all the easy views And it might have been a phase But now you're counting those days just the same Loosing touch Lost touch Find your focus Take aim Pull the trigger Duh, the gun It's 12:41 and more cliches are here just to ruin all the fun So sure of your doubt But you're hoping for a bout but you're done And haven't even figured out if all the parts could ever add up to the sum Not all disappointment needs to be a lesson Justify it any way you please It's so easy just to flirt with death when life is always such a tease And I say that tongue-in-cheek So don't you ship me up the creek with the meek Loosing touch Lost touch Find your focus Take aim Pull the trigger Duh, the gun Loosing touch Lost touch Find your focus Take aim Pull the trigger Duh, the gun Loosing touch Lost touch Find your focus Take aim Pull the trigger Duh, the gun Loosing touch Lost touch Find your focus Take aim Pull the trigger Duh, the gun

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released August 11, 2023

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