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Better Off
04:31
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Better Off
© Absolution Project 2023
Are you better off fighting, or better off dead?
Are you better off here behind these walls,
Or when you break them all down again?
Because I’m better off dying, then watching you try to live,
While you’re falling to pieces again.
I’ve always known you were a person who would hurt the ones you love,
And despite of all our differences, some things you can’t absolve.
So while you validate the reasons for the pain inside of you,
It still seems it’s in your nature to spread hatred like you do.
Your eyes have told the story-
I already know that you’re a fake.
So take these shackles off me,
And let me spread my wings.
So I can fly away.
Are you better off fighting, or better off dead?
Are you better off here behind these walls,
Or when you break them all down again?
Because I’m better off dying, then watching you try to live,
While you’re falling to pieces again.
I’ve always known you were a person who would kill the ones’ you love.
And despite all of our indifference, some things I can’t ignore.
So while you validate the reasons for the hate inside of you,
It doesn’t seem to matter what you say or what you do...
Your eyes have told the story-
I already know that you’re a fake.
So take these shackles off me,
And let me spread my wings,
So I can fly away.
Are you better off fighting, or better off dead?
Are you better off here behind these walls?
Or when you break them all down again?
Because I’m better off dying, then watching you try to live,
While you’re falling to pieces again.
Again, again, again,
You’re falling to pieces…
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2. |
Like Everyone Else
03:28
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Like Everyone Else
© Absolution Project 2023
It seems like your words have been falling on deaf ears,
While you sit here wallowing behind those fake tears.
I am not convinced your entitlement is in any way deserved.
Should I contemplate what your purpose is, or have I just missed what you mean?
What did you say?
What did you mean?
So you’ve been vindicated but look at you now…
Obsessed with validating,
Your minds not fucked up, just like everyone else.
You’re like everyone else…
It seems like your world has been revolving around fear,
It’s compromised your integrity and left you insincere.
I have been convinced that your mental state is completely self induced,
And the things you say, they are hard to hear, or I have just stopped listening?
What did you say?
So you’ve been vindicated but look at you now…
Obsessed with validating,
You’re not quite as fucked up, as everyone else.
Can I save you from yourself?
So you can trust in someone else.
You’re still abusing all you have.
While you lose yourself again.
So you’ve been vindicated but look at you now…
Obsessed with validating,
You’re not much more fucked up, than everyone else.
You’re like everyone else…
It seems like your words have been falling on deaf ears…
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3. |
Absolution
03:27
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Absolution
© Absolution Project 2023
Absolve my sins into you,
And I’ll bet that you’d break before I do.
Isn’t there a better way?
There’s got to be a better way…
We’ll just let it all fade away-
Until it brings us back to grey…
Seems like the world has decided who we should be,
Telling me how to feel about everything I see.
Should I define reality for someone else?
Can people really handle thinking for themselves?
Absolve my sins into you,
And I’ll bet that you’d break before I do.
Isn’t there a better way?
There’s got to be a better way…
We’ll just let it all fade away-
Until it brings us back to grey…
Seems like the world is divided through our misdeeds,
Everyone casting stones at all the people we see.
While everybody freely speaks for someone else,
Can each of us still handle speaking for ourselves?
Absolve my sins into you,
And I’ll bet that you’d break before I do.
You build me up…
To watch me fall…
To watch me fall.
All this time, I can’t believe,
Or try and live my life, based on things that I can’t see…
But will there come, a time when we,
Can see we live our lives, by what someone else believes?
Absolve my sins into you,
And I’ll bet that you’d break before I do.
Isn’t there a better way?
There’s got to be a better way…
We’ll just let it all fade away-
Until it brings us back to grey…
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4. |
In Flames
03:54
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In flames
© Absolution Project 2023
While I watch the world around me as it’s falling apart,
I’m bothered by the fact I should have know from the start…
We can always tell our children that "there used to be more”,
But the ones we’ve chose to lead us all abandoned us and watched the world burn…
Sit back and watch it all burn.
If we watch it all go down in flames,
Would you even care to sift through what remains?
If we watch it all go down this time,
Do you think I’d even cross your mind?
Should I change my mind on my beliefs that have got me this far?
Should I turn my back on everyone who’s hurt me before?
Can I separate my hopes and dreams so I can be more?
Or embrace this fear and uncertainty that divides us all, and watch the world burn?
I think I’ll just watch it all burn.
Sit back and watch it all burn.
I think I’ll just watch it all burn…
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5. |
The 9th Life
05:32
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The 9th Life
© Absolution Project 2023
I know that I have fallen short of the man I was meant to be,
And the depravities I’ve sought will be the death of me…
And if the sand in the hour glass has finally run out,
Can someone tell me what the fuck I do now..?
I’m dying again,
And I need you to save me,
While I know nothing,
Because if I die again,
And my soul leaves me and I’m without you,
There'll be nothing left to save.
Despite my best attempts I’m always “lacking faith’,
And in that vein, reality’s been more than I could take…
And if the sand in the hour glass has finally run out,
Can someone tell me what the fuck I do now..?
I’m dying again,
And I need you to save me,
While I know nothing,
Because if I die again,
And my soul leaves me and I’m without you,
There’ll be nothing left to save.
There’s nothing left to save...
I need to find a way out…
It’s taking over me now,
While I’m bleeding out…
It’s taking over me now,
And I can’t find a way out…
Is this as good as life can get?
Before I lose it all again?
Because I know how bad my life can get,
Once it drains me until there’s nothing left…
There’s nothing left for them to take away from me…
There’s nothing left…
No there’s nothing left for them to use against me…
This time it’s falling away from me,
I’ve enjoyed losing my sanity,
But this time all the things that I’ve come to trust have left me dead inside…
And if the sand in the hour glass has finally run out,
Can someone tell me what the fuck I do now?
I’m dying again,
And I need you to save me,
While I know nothing,
Because if I die again,
And my soul leaves me and I’m without you,
There’ll be nothing left to save.
It seems there’s nothing left to save...
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6. |
Ease The Pain
03:07
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Ease The Pain
© Absolution Project 2023
Should we sacrifice our hopes and dreams so we can co-exist?
Can we find a way to ease the pain that we’ve been living with?
Can we break these chains and try to start again?
Will we miss the sight, or dream about each other now and then?
Can we throw away these rainy days and see if we can grow?
But no matter how the world may turn, I hope you always know…
That you’re not alone.
You’re not alone.
Can we reminisce about the ways we know things should have been?
Can I find a way to tolerate all the things you’ve been burdened with?
Can we break these chains and try to start again?
Will we miss the sight, or dream about each other now and then?
Can we throw away these rainy days and see if we can grow?
But no matter how the world may turn, I hope you always know…
That you’re not alone.
You’re not alone.
This pain deep inside, like a thorn stuck in my side
Is breaking me down, until it’s killing me.
Can we break these chains and try to start again?
Will we miss the sight, or dream about each other now and then?
Can we throw away these rainy days and see if we can grow?
But no matter how the world may turn, I hope you always know…
That you’re not alone.
Will we miss the sight, or dream about each other now and then?
So let’s throw away these rainy days.
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7. |
Not This Time
03:12
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Not This Time.
© Absolution Project 2023
Torn from the insignificant and what matters most,
My actions define who I’ll be. My actions are defining me...
Reflect on your life and the choices you make,
Because in the blink of an eye, your friends become your enemies…
Not this time…
I won’t pretend for anyone else anymore; your true colors have shown.
In my minds’ eye…
No sympathy for anyone else anymore; because I left behind all that I’ve ever known…
Denied of my serenity from my racing mind,
I strive to accomplish my needs. My need is my serenity…
I try to see while pondering all my beliefs,
I recollect and suddenly, I’ve become my own worst enemy…
Not this time…
I won’t justify for anyone else anymore; your intentions have shown.
In my minds’ eye…
I refuse to lie for anyone else anymore; because I left behind all that I’ve ever known…
I’ve known…
I left it all behind…
I left it behind…
Not this time…
I won’t pretend for anyone else anymore; your true colors have shown.
In my minds’ eye…
No sympathy for anyone else anymore; because I left behind all that I’ve ever known…
Not this time…
I won’t justify for anyone else anymore; your intentions have shown.
In my minds’ eye…
I refuse to lie for anyone else anymore; because I left behind all that I’ve ever known…
I’ve known…
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8. |
Lies
03:57
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Lies…
© Absolution Project 2023
I’m losing, failing; things are never what they seem.
I’m feeling, hating; watching the way you deceive…
It’s hard to draw the line between your lies and what I should believe, I need this.
It’s hard to draw the line between the truth and what you said to me, it’s needless.
You’re slipping, fading; but not how you perceive.
Creating, innovating; the lies that are altering me…
It’s hard to draw the line between your lies and what I should believe, I need this.
It’s hard to draw the line between the truth and what you said to me, it’s needless.
And for all I know, you’ve deceived me all along because I don’t know you…
Believe me… The longer it goes, than the farther I take you.
Deceive me… Still you abuse me and make me so hateful.
Believe me… I’m lying to you.
Deceive me… I opened my mind and I tried but couldn’t buy into your lies.
Lies…
It’s hard to draw the line between your lies and what I should believe, I need this.
It’s hard to draw the line between the truth and what you said to me, it’s needless.
And for all you know, I’ve deceived you all along. For all you put me through; I had to.
It’s hard to draw the line between your lies and what I should believe, I need this.
It’s hard to draw the line between the truth and what you said to me, it’s needless.
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9. |
Wreck It All
04:13
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Wreck it all
© Absolution Project 2023
My sympathy is wearing thin,
From all you’ve done to try and kill what’s left of me again.
Why won’t you learn from your mistakes?
You’ll never get the best of me…
I’m still waiting here for you to wreck it all.
You’re the one that’s hurting you and has been all along.
You’re your own worst enemy no matter who you blame.
Can you respect yourself and prove to everyone that you can change?
“Hat in hand”, “on bended knees”,
Don’t you regret the hypocrite you’re acting like again?
“You still can’t see the forest from the trees”.
Tell me where is your integrity?
I’m still waiting here for you to wreck it all.
You’re the one that’s hurting you and has been all along.
You’re your own worst enemy no matter who you blame.
Can you respect yourself and prove to everyone that you can change?
Who we are and what we think…
Are all we have to make it through the day.
What you do and what you say…
Is all I have to take the pain away.
Take back the things that you said to me to try and make me cry.
Inside your motives are threatening and racing through my mind.
Take back the things that you wished on me to try and make me die.
Sometimes the search for serenity is more than we can find.
I’m still waiting here for you to wreck it all.
You’re the one that’s hurting you and has been all along.
You’re your own worst enemy no matter who you blame.
Can you respect yourself and prove you really want to change?
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