Dead Man

from Get Violent by Violence Is Blue

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I keep on drowning in the undertow
This mask I wear is what keeps me afloat
But how much longer can I go with the current
The sirens are coming to drag me down into darkness

Crashing
The waves break down my wall to ashes
I'm exposed to reality

The world isn't white over black
See all the things that I lack
I won't be able to survive in the elements
But if I put up my guard
I could just act out so long
A face I hide behind
The side of me that I want you to see
But never let the ugly truth reveal itself to define the surface

I am swallowed by these city lights
So many colors that fill my eyes
The blinding darkness is what creeps inside
It wants my wretched life but it will never take me alive

I am buckling under the pressure of my reckoning
The walls around me, they are closing in
The silent screams it is deafening
Is this the weight of existence?

The world isn't white over black
See all the things that I lack
I won't be able to survive in the elements
But if I put up my guard
I could just act out so long
A face I hide behind
The side of me that I want you to see what
But never let the ugly truth reveal itself to define the surface

I have got the weight of the world on my shoulders

With shaking knees I stand up to my feet
To face the world again, a brand new me
And even though I'm scared I finally see
A truths that's in front of me
I will never take it for granted

I am finally free

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from Get Violent, released September 23, 2022

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