Traces - 6HRS - 1st Movement Lyrics

V1:
I hate myself every morning
But give me a second to change
Please, thanks, excuse me, I'm sorry
Yeah I know, how to fool
Crooked Smile even now I don't know is real
But I don't like to think about it.

If someone could save me from myself, I wish they would
But I'm either overthinking or misunderstood
All of the lies I place with caution won't stay put
6 hours and it's out of my hands
6 hours til I'll wake again

CHRS:
Last Door down the hall
New frames on the walls
But It's always the same.
Lost pride and self control
Bitter pill but down it goes
A familiar taste.
Down at the water I'll drowse and drift away
I'd take the fault if I drown and so I pray
Knees pressed to the floor
I'm begging you but I'm sure
That I know what you'd say

V2:
I know, I know that I've been better off
To tell the truth I'm insecure and just a bit dishonest
But maybe more honest than I should've been

I know, I know that I am bitter often
I know I never seem to finish what I always start
I know I shouldn't show my hand before I see the cards
But I couldn't help myself and now I think it's over

Pull focus, I'm always thinking, I'm overloaded
I could fall through the cracks, through the glass, sinking fast
Thinking I'm overdue, overdone, overthink everything that I was
I wanted something more than I could see
Maybe it's more than I am or I could be
Do you think you could see me?

Do you think you could see me?
In color not black and white since I was born
But now there's no feeling
Yet feels like I'm losing a part of myself

Said I used to know me, I used to know who I was
Patience and grace is now burdensome
Nothing but burden under the sun
So I turn the key and just let it run.

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INTRO:
HIGH PRAISE, DON'T BELIEVE IT
HYPE FADES, DON'T BELIEVE IT
HIGH PRAISE, DON'T BELIEVE IT
HYPE FADES, DON'T BELIEVE IT

HIGH FEVER, HIGH PRESSURE
HIGH TREASON, HIGH TREASURE
HIGH FEVER, HIGH PRESSURE
HIGH TREASON, HIGH TREASURE

V1:
DON'T YOU WANT TO SEE CITY LIGHTS FROM HEAVEN?
DON'T YOU HONESTLY THINK IT'LL LAST FOREVER?
DON'T YOU WANT TO SAY THAT YOU SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER?
GODDAMN BET YOU NEVER FELT BETTER.

DON'T YOU WANT TO SEE A FOREIGN MANSION?
DON'T YOU WANT TO SEE IT FALL?
DON'T YOU WANT TO FEEL IT ALL CONSUMING?
ALWAYS IN CONTROL.

HOOK 1:
NOW I LAY
BEFORE I WAKE
GUIDE MY WAY
SOUL TO TAKE

V2:
I WOKE UP, NO LIGHT, IN A ROOM WHERE I'M BURNING FROM THE INSIDE.
SO LIGHT IT UP, DARK SKY, MIDDLE FINGER TO THE NIGHT SCREAMING I'LL SURVIVE

HOW YOU BEEN LIVING THOUGH?
SPENDING YOUR TIME PAST LIVES, HEAD DOWN FEELING CYNICAL
WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT THOUGH, IF I SAID IT'S BETTER TO SINK THAN TO FLOAT?
IT'S KILLING YOU, CRIMINAL
AND IT'S HARDER TO COPE, I KNOW, HIT THE BOWL, THIS IS SERIAL
DAMNED EVEN IF YOU DON'T, IT'S SO INEVITABLE

HOOK 2:
RUNAWAY
FALL AWAY
DON'T YOU WANT TO STAY
DON'T YOU WANT TO STAY
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V1
I've been drinking all my feelings
They're depleting from my chest
I stopped seeking any reason
That reminds me to forget
Now I'm sleeping in til 2PM
Don't mind the mess I am
All my demons have their demons
Leasing rooms inside my head

PREHOOK 1:
Wish that you could stay
Just can't find the space
There's no vacancy

V2
Broke my peace up into pieces
Sold it to the highest bid
I've been drowning out convictions
Old prescriptions, push and twist
I've been flirting with this deep end
Feel my feet hang off the edge
Have you ever had to wonder
If you'll ever wake again

PREHOOK 2:
Don't you want to stay? (darling)
I can't let you stay
There's no vacancy

POST:
In the middle of the night
The flashing lights
No place to go
I just want to lay here quiet
The roofs on fire
No place like home.

BRIDGE:
But is this the home I wanted?
Seen the wake but not the storm
There must be more to life than coping
Rooms are full and gates are closing
Is this everything we wanted?
Is this everything we wanted?
Is this everything we wanted?
Is this everything we wanted?