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I tried to write an optimistic song
But the words got twisted and it came out wrong
And all the hopeful words that I could have said
Got knotted by my hopeless tongue instead
How can there be so many good things?
How can none of these good things come to mind?
I’m trying hard to pull my heartstrings
But I’m tripping on the lines
I tried to write a love song
But my heart turned black and it came out wrong
Instead of all the ways that I care about you
I can only sing about the hell I put you through
Now it sounding like a gimmick
Now it’s starting to sound just like a fad
I wish I had some other lyric
But when you’ve never been happy then it’s all you have
Why must I be so miserable?
Why are misery and I inseparable?
I swear I want to write something
I swear I want to be someone better
But I get tangled with the letters
And I can never tie the words together
Misery, misery
I tried to write a miserable song
But the chords hit a stroke and it came out wrong
Lock it up lock it up with the major key
So nobody can understand the misery
Why must I be so miserable?
Why are misery and I inseparable?
I swear I want to write something
I swear I want to be someone better
But I get tangled with the letters
And I can never tie the words together
Misery, misery.
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IT’S WORST IN THE MORNINGS
Woke up from a fractured dream of a sleepless night
You woke up to face the nightmare of a brightening sky
An alarm in your head, ringing heart echoing with dread, bloodshot eyes
Woke up with the terror of the thought of going outside
But you’ve got a list of things you’ve gotta get done today
Of all the things that you should’ve done yesterday
Piling up, riling up with every delay
You know
It’s worst
In the mornings
When it hurts
Without warning
You could stay cowering in your room
But the whole day’s towering over you
Cause it’s worst in the mornings
Bury your head in the pillow or in the sand
Bury your thoughts in the grip of your shaking hands
Just a dark silhouette trying hard to take it step by step, if you could stand
Then you can bury your heart in the mask of a smiling man
Oh sun oh son what have you done?
Just another burning challenge to overcome
All your troubles, and your struggles you have to confront
You know
It’s worst
In the mornings
When it hurts
Without warning
You could stay cowering in your room
But the whole day’s towering over you
Cause it’s worst in the mornings
Tomorrow can’t come quick enough
This is worse than yesterday
And tomorrow you will say the same
And the day after until maybe one day
You’ll face up to what’s in front of you
And stop putting off your plans
And take a knife to your wrist so you don’t have to spend
Another day in the life you can’t fucking stand
But I can feel it
I can feel it
I can feel it
I can feel it
I can feel it
I can feel it
I can feel it spreading like a fungus
Across the whole of my existence
It’s what I’ve become now it’s who I am
I would try to resist it but I know I can’t
It’s spreading like a fungus
Spreading like a fungus
It’s what I’ve become now
It’s who I am now
Spreading like a fungus
Spreading like a fungus
It’s who I am now
I would try to resist it but it’s spreading like a fungus
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Take your pills
You can feel the weight returning
And the burden is unliveable
Unstoppable
That means you gotta take your pills
Now you can feel your heart start running
And the race is unbearable
Unwinnable
Only thing you can do
Take your pills
Though they make you retch and heave
Though they leave your mouth chalked and parched
Though they can offer no relief
Though they can’t change what you are
Choke em all down
Choke em all down with pride
Choke em all down
Choke em down with your pride
Here’s one for the highs, and one for the lows
And one to smooth out the in-betweens
A little for the ups
A little for the downs
And some to stop you slipping
now you’re slipping
Crying
screaming
Take your pills
Take your pills
Yeah, sedate your useless body
Dim out those dark places
Until reality is foggy
And friends become unfamiliar faces.
Take your pills
Dull your pathetic senses
Shadow your shame in cloud
A lick of paint on your defences
Before they all come crashing down.
Choke em all down
Choke em all down with pride
Feel em rotting out
Rotting out your insides
Here’s one for the highs, and one for the lows
And one to smooth out the in-betweens
A little for the ups
A little for the downs
And some to stop you slipping
now you’re slipping
Crying
screaming
Take your pills
You raging cunt of disappointment
Suspended in an air of discontent
A dying fly in the ointment
Sucked down the drain of supplements
If this is how it’s gonna be this year
Then let this year be the last
If this is how it’s gonna be once again
Pop the lid, spill em out, raise your glass
And choke em down
Choke em down
Choke em down
Choke em down
And choke em all fucking down
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Don't Tell Me (acoustic)
03:45
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DON’T TELL ME
You’re sitting on the sofa
While I’m self-harming in the bathroom
I think you need to think this over
Why waste your time with me
when you know what I will put you through?
You tell me you love me and you get no response
Still holding onto me when I’ve completely withdrawn
And I’m coldly detached while you try to connect
And try to understand and try hard to accept
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh
Don’t tell me this is what you wanted
Don’t tell me this is what you had in mind
I can tell that you are exhausted
Hoping everything will be alright
Lying next to you when you feel like a stranger
With your arms around me, waiting for my mood to change but
I can still feel your tears running slowly down my back
I’m aware, can’t understand during a panic attack
So turn off the movie cause I can’t sit still
Cancel that night out cause I’m too unstable
Stick that food in the fridge, I can’t stomach another meal
Turn off the light, I need more fucking time to heal
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh
Don’t tell me this is what you wanted
Don’t tell me this is what you had in mind
I can tell that you are exhausted
Hoping everything will be alright
Everything will be alright
But when I’m awake all night, I’ll run my finger up your spine
I’ll still reach out for you even when my health is in decline
My arms flapping on Valium find their way round your neck
I might not be there for you, but I’ll still remember to check
Even though you tell me not to, I will still apologise
I might have a blank stare but I will still try to meet your eyes
Even if I pull away I know that you will pull me through
The blood on the floor comes from a heart that truly loves you
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