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A Million Stories
03:37
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a million stories
a million stories bought and sold
a million stories never told
like a strange form of currency
An addictive escape from reality
to places where we'd rather be,
With heroes that we cannot see
being ordinary
Was never such a crime
Like making up a story
Just for the rhyme
Spilling into paragraphs
Looking for a reason
Falling in a trance
For my fear to freeze in
Deeper in, Deeper in
deeper in,
To pages wilting off the tree
Melting on the glue
Their Ashes rising from the pile
Dancing, swaying,
through the restless breeze
Leaving listeners
lost in wonder
Fading
into a memory
A recollection
A recitation
An elevation
A million stories bought and sold
A million stories never told
The best ones never get old
The just keep being retold
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2. |
Ego Trip
03:03
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On a planet ruled by the Shallow
Snake oil peddlers, spirits rotten Hollow
Your, fake flair, makes the air ,hard to Swallow
To the king of talking smack
Words matter and you can't take them back
Now, Backtrack, as, you feel, my attack
think your better than everyone else
Think your pride is safe up on the shelf
Look in the mirror man, check, your, self cause
Nobody gives a dam about your money
The lies you spit. Are no longer funny
We, hear your, threats and,we're, not, running.
Ego trip
Let it rip
One day soon your mouths gonna zip
The showmanship will break your lip
If you don't get a grip of this ego, ego trip
So for the liar, the freedom marauder
So content to send the truth to the slaughter
Ig, no-rant, to change, why, even bother
Not sure who you're trying to impress
Someone wth no self respect I guess
Leading your believers right into another mess
Thought you'd skate thought you'd never get Caught
Hiding behind all the People that you Bought
Time, to piss, or get off, the pot
If you try to send us down the river
Just remember there's a fish always bigger
If you talk a lot of shit then you'd better deliver
If,you talk, lots of shit, then you better deliver
Ego trip
Let her rip
On day soon that mouth will zip
Your showmanship
Will break your lip
If you don't get a grip
Of that ego trip
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3. |
Hamster Wheel
04:31
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4. |
Boomerrang
04:02
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And like a child I threw it away
Knowing it would come to haunt me one day
Am I a victim of its spinning blades,
Or just the mess I made.
Everybody’s got a secret
But I’ve got no time, for regrets
Still the steel keeps circling circling
Circling circling back to me
Boomerang
Like runaway hurricanes
We stand eye to eye
Although I do my best to mask my shame
You know the pupils, never lie
A steam of tears make it evident
that I am still a little child
Who lives in make believe
Like an animal, in the wild
:Still
the steel
keeps circling, circling:
Circling circling back to me
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5. |
Blame Game
04:22
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6. |
The Escape Artist
04:48
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Another morning
And the pain comes storming in
Hoped I never
see you again but,
Every day we repeat this ritual
It’s subconsciously, habitual
And you want it when you want it how you want it
And You’ve got the power over me, and so you flaunt it
How I relish having to be, the grown up
this situation just makes me throw up
CHORUS
And all the while
I put on my plastic smile
You’re having fun
I bite my tongue
With brilliant style
I put on my plastic smile
When the shift is done
I’m on the run
Verse 2
In the car pump my beats to eleven
Hurry home, hit the joint I’m in heaven
Then the weights , then the fridge, then the shower
Out the door not even an hour
To the bar got to be among the living
Feeling free Hoping god will be Forgiving
Hours later on a floor ears ringing
Stop the alarm but the devils still singing
CHORUS
And all the while
I put on my plastic smile
I shut my eyes
And embrace my lies
In brilliant style
I put on my plastic smile
With thoughts in space
I escape
DEVELOPMENT
I ESCAPE
FINAL CHORUS
And all the while
I put on my plastic smile
Into the part of my brain,
where dreams still remain
In brilliant style
I put on my plastic smile
into the depths of my soul,
the blackest of holes
I boldly, boldly go
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Ever threatening
Armageddon
What are you trying to prove
How do you win an endless war
Never with endless debate
Until a better solution arrives
Let go of all of your hate
Russia, china
America
What price can tame you
Only we can save our lives
Please don’t be pawns in their game
Until a better solution arrives
Let go of all of your hate
Were telling you
It’s our world too
Don’t throw it away
Everyone knows the real war’s within
Act before it is too late
Until a better solution arrives
Let go of all of your hate
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8. |
The Fix
04:54
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VERSE 1
I cannot beat the best
So I’ll just burn the test
The truth will lie in ash
And all it takes is cash
And maybe help from friends
means are the slave to ends
What do you want to hear
Ill sing your greatest fear
And you will dance to lies
As you pray to the sky
And sacrifice your mind
Salvation you’ll never find
it only makes you sheep
As you let evil creep
To poison you to sleep
To poison you to sleep
BREAK
VERSE 2
Cheer While I spit my rage
wall you in a mental cage
You think you have a choice
Nobody hears your voice
Scream till your ear drums bleed
You will not stop my deeds
Only one thing left to do
They’ll even take that from you
Go ahead and rip my speech
Let your pundits preach and preach
Justice lies beyond my reach
My wrath can’t be impeached
The truth will lie in ash
And All it takes is clash
And maybe help from friends
Means are the slave to ends
CHORUS
The fix is in
So why should I, even begin
Trying to put the pieces
Back together again
The fix is in
So why should I, even begin
The fix is in
So why should I, even begin
Trying to put the pieces
back together again
Hey, ...It’s already the end cause
the fix is in
the fix is in
the fix is in
ENDING
Why even try
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9. |
Closer
06:54
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1ST VERSE
1. I’m trapped in a bubble
Surrounded by trouble
Nature took a pill
And now it’s on the kill
2.All the streets are deserted
All interactions perverted
People scatter in the light
It doesn’t feel right
3. when I needed relief
I used to turn to belief
Now all of my trust
Has turned into rust
4. And i know its a crutch
But i still crave your touch
So very very much
2nd VERSE
1. Suddenly my fates set in stone
stuck in a box called home
lonely but not alone
I need place, where i can roam
But you cant ever be too careful
Cause death rules the fearful
solitude’s where Ive dwelled
But now I’m feeling, overwhelmed
1. Dads walking daughters in the rain,
2. Wonder if it will ever be the same
now that Sirens howl in the night,
And people fall, without a fight
Looking someone to hold
I wish i would have been so bold
4. And though loves a crutch
i crave your touch
So very very much
CHORUS
(What am i supposed to do)
(To get into your view)
HOW CAN I GET CLOSER TO YOU
(You know it’s really not my style)
( Can’t you stay for a while)
HOW CAN I GET CLOSER TO YOU
BREAK
And if i go down
I wanna go down with you
(Lets go, lets go)
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10. |
What Did You Win
04:11
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Everybody’s else is on the ground
Not a cheer, not a sound
No one else, left to smite
No one else, to feel your spite
A hollow empire, bathed in blood
Fields of flowers, turned to mud
shaking hands still swing the blade
But the rage doesn’t fade
It was a dominating match
beast released, you broke the latch
No more friends, for you, to haunt
is this the peace that you really want
So many chances
To make it right
now your plight
just seems so trite
forever fighting for a cause forgotten
you’re the one who’s, left down trodden
BREAK
You want a trophy, ill buy you a trophy
But maybe take a chance, and get to know me
I could care less about competition
I had an ego trip, but its in reemission
I am happy with a split decision
A win win world is my only mission
there is no them, there’s only us
There’s not much more left to discuss
We can make it better if we do it, together
We can be the 21st, century resetters
Or you can just be the great regretter
Destined to defeat one last abettor
If it’s man against nature, then nature wins
man against nature is the ultimate sin
The only war left is the war within
So lets find out what’s beneath, your skin
BRIDGE
All things must end,
So that they, can begin again
But what did you win, in the end, my friend
what did you what did you win
Just another chance to start all over Again
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Mat Eiland Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"my songs attempt to unite and connect people through a shared empathy for the human experience. my stories are meant to provoke, reflect, enlighten, and inspire,"
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