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Photo by Paul Guzzo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1. No One’s Island
2. Then It Rains
3. 11:11
4. Moodswing
5. Holding Onto Strings
6. In Dreams
7. A Love Encapsulated in Some Harmonious Illuminating Atmosphere
8. Still<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No One\u2019s Island<\/strong>
(Dead Fish Handshake)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six feet away from light of day
I never asked to be here.
Need another reminder I’m still breathing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayers that I said,
Skinned knees, I begged,
Plead for an act of mercy.
Can I get some meaning?
Shouldn\u2019t be this difficult<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lost my grip on everything
Now I’m letting go
I’m slowly dying on an island
And I’m finally home<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stuck in reverse,
Can\u2019t get much worse.
One step is two steps backwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reached for a hand.
Left in quicksand.
Times running from an hourglass.
I want some meaning
I gotta know there\u2019s more than this<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lost my grip on everything
Now I’m letting go
I’m slowly dying on an island
And I’m finally home<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All we are. We are what\u2019s wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then It Rains<\/strong>
(Dead Fish Handshake)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gravity, feel it weighing on my soul
Teaching me, while I spin out of control
Mentally, think I’m better off alone
Hanging on for life
Now I hear your message loud and clear
Bcuz what goes up comes crashing down<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then it rains
I feel the change
Echoing all around us
Wash away all yesterdays
I love the sound it makes
When it rains
I’ll make my way thru
One more day in the grey<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Energy, reigniting in my bones
Failing me, when I always need it most
The highs and lows are oh so draining
Feels like you never decide
Maybe it’s all just a fear of failing
Silence is the only sound I hear
Bcuz what goes up comes crashing down<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then it rains
I feel the change
Echoing all around us
Wash away all yesterdays
I love the sound it makes
When it rains
I’ll make my way thru
One more day in the grey<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh let It pour down, always raining, always raining
Oh let it pour down, always raining, til I can\u2019t take anymore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then it rains
I feel the change
Echoing all around us
Wash away all yesterdays
I love the sound it makes
Then it rains
It all comes down and
Always raining til I can take anymore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:11<\/strong>
(Dead Fish Handshake)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trust lies broken
Hearts are damaged now
Camouflage emotions let you down
Lost my footing here on sacred ground
Lead me in the wreck and take a bow
I’m starting to fade out<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Didn\u2019t think I’d ever wait for the day
Where I watched you throw it all away
All that you live for
You got what you wished for
11:11, one minute would change things<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have so many questions now
Answers that you always meant to hide
Addition by subtraction
Is a lonely multiplier
Will you come and bridge the great divide?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Didn\u2019t think I’d ever wait for the day
Where I watched you throw it all away
All that you live for
You got what you wished for
11:11, one minute would change things<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How am I gonna live now?
I’ve grown tired of the breakdown
How am I gonna live like this?
I don\u2019t know how.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In time you’ll find, the smoke from all your candles blows away<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Didn\u2019t think I’d ever live for the day
Where I watched you throw is all away
All that you live for
You got what you wished for
11:11 it lied<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember every word that you said
Only wish it left my head
All that you live for
You got what you wished for
11:11, it lied<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moodswing<\/strong>
(Dead Fish Handshake)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This sickness, disorder
Came on as no surprise
It\u2019s not shocking, to find out
I’ve been living dead inside
The only time I feel alive
Is when the wound is self-inflicted
If it\u2019s just a state of mind, I’ll leave it all once and for all<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This ain’t no love song
It’s just the tale of us dying
I pushed it too far anyone with eyes can see<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not one for therapy
(Hate to say I told you so)
Look what its done to me
Moodswingin’<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dont worry, about this
I’m up and down again
Got restless, left helpless
No need to let you in
The only time I feel alive
Is when the wound is self-inflicted
If it’s just a state of mind,
Another thing that I can\u2019t save<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This ain’t no love song
It’s just the tale of us dying
I pushed it too far anyone with eyes can see<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not one for therapy
(Hate to say I told you so)
Look what it\u2019s done to me
Moodswingin’<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not one for therapy
(Hate to say I told you so)
Look what it\u2019s done to me
(I don\u2019t believe in)
Don\u2019t believe in you<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holding Onto Strings<\/strong>
(Dead Fish Handshake)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Symmetry, a separating view
Chemistry, better split in two
Well it’s a little late, too long I’ve been holding on<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh you tied my hands
When you led me on again
The red string of fate, pulling on my body<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Threads interwoven
We’re holding onto strings
Fabric is broken
We’re all unraveling
Weighed down, In self-doubt and
Endless bottom-feeding
Coping, we’re overcoming
All of your dead horse beatings<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tapestry, a needle tearing thru
Travesty, is what we live up to
Well it’s a little late, too long I’ve been holding on<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh you tied my hands
When you led me on again
The red string of fate, pulling on my body<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Threads interwoven
We’re holding onto strings
Fabric is broken
We’re all unraveling
Weighed down, In self-doubt and
Endless bottom-feeding
Coping, we’re overcoming
All of your dead horse beatings<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of me, is a part of you
No more and no less
Everything, that you put me thru
It was a pain that I confess
Part of me, is a part of u
I trust nobody else
Cuz no one can hurt us, the way we hurt ourselves<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Dreams<\/strong>
(Dead Fish Handshake)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No shame now, I surrender
And I’ve done everything that I can
I hope one day you’ll remember
The man I was and not who I am<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuz I want it back, and all I ask
Is have some faith in me
Cuz if I got it back, I’d make it last
Without your heart I’m incomplete<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes I think she still loves me
Think about the things we both could be
Then I get a dose of reality
Some things aren\u2019t always as they seem, in dreams<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me rest and don\u2019t wake me
If I could just lie here still asleep
Then I wouldn\u2019t feel my heart breaking
And a piece of us I could keep<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuz I want it back, and all I ask
Is have some faith in me
Cuz if I got it back, I’d make it last
Without your heart I’m incomplete<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes I think she still loves me
Think about the things we both could be
Then I get a dose of reality
Some things aren\u2019t always as they seem, in dreams<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, don\u2019t want you to walk away
My love, stay here
Oh, don\u2019t walk away
I want to feel sunlight on my face
Oh, don\u2019t walk away
I want to feel some light today
Oh, don’t walk away
I want to feel sunlight on my face<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still<\/strong>
(Dead Fish Handshake)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From beautiful to stranger
I feel the size of this hole
I’ve never been good at pretending that I’m indestructible<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes the tides, they lead us nowhere
So I will drown in yesterday
Like ships that cross at night and drift away<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disguised in all this heartache, a blessing
I never thought that things would end this way
For every time our eyes would meet
I swear I saw my destiny
The hardest part for me was letting go<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes the tides, they lead us nowhere
So I will drown in yesterday
Like ships that cross at night and drift away<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now, I’m saying goodbye
To the best moments of my life
I’ll keep you always inside
You’ll be safe in the back of my mind
If all wounds heal in time
I would lie and say I’m alright
Promise me one thing inside
You won\u2019t leave me falling apart
Cuz you’re still here
You’re still here
In my heart<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. No One’s Island2. Then It Rains3. 11:114. Moodswing5. Holding Onto Strings6. In Dreams7. A Love Encapsulated in Some Harmonious Illuminating Atmosphere8. Still No One\u2019s Island(Dead Fish Handshake) Six feet away from light of dayI never asked to be here.Need another reminder I’m still breathing. Prayers that I said,Skinned knees, I begged,Plead for an act … <\/p>\n

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