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All attempts to fly away
Fell short of
Outer space
Still I,
Can’t shake my denial
Landed back in my distaste
In an aggravated display
Of affection
I beg your attention
No no no no no
Place like home
Place like home
Place like home
No no no no no
The only house I ever built
Every room decorated with guilt
Came to life
When I set it on fire
Skin to bone
From my head to my heels
Undecided on who gets to feel
Alone
Alone
Heaven knows
The hoops I jumped through
To deny it
Reprise it
My lips move but
That’s not my voice I know
It shows
Consequence of trying
To hide it
Defy it
Starting to leave marks now
You’ve been talking bout taking risks
Tucking me into the fire
Telling me there’s no no
No no no no..
No room for reason
A temporary act of treason
To outgrow
Nobody will know
Still I carried it
All the way
Evident in every word I say
Brick by brick
I’ll get rid of it
Heaven knows
The hoops I jumped through
To deny it
Reprise it
My lips move but
That’s not my voice I know
It shows
Consequence of trying
To hide it
Defy it
Starting to leave marks now
You’ve been talking bout taking risks
Tucking me into the fire
Telling me there’s no no
No no no no
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TWP
03:53
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Disappears in a minute
All the context, the floor stood on
Trying to get to come to terms to admit
Free-falling and trying to maintain the
Feelings in my face
As I abbreviate
At the whim of memories, I can't place
Chalk it up to reckless squander
No, it's not the design, no deviations, please
Schizophrenic neon thunder
Oh, I get it. They knew what's best for me
Their context is all that we can be
(Trust, they must have been right)
What am I, but what I'm made to be
(Trust, they must have been right)
To feel the poetry behind
All the fractions in all the fractures
To feel life
Beyond the gist
The spots we missed
Chalk it up to reckless squander
No, it's not the design, no deviations, please
Schizophrenic neon thunder
Oh, I get it. They knew what's best for me
Use their incomplete reactions
To muffle discrepancies
(Not a single movement,
Not a step beyond the gravity of time)
Their context is all that we can be
(Trust, they must have been right)
What am I, a possibility, to be
(Trust, they must have been right)
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Oh how the night is thick
Buried within are its secrets
The ones we keep
The words we speak
Are just not enough
Oh how the stars are sweet
Strewn across the streets
The scriptures bare
The wolf the hare
Must eat each other
There’s a ridge of bone
That keeps back the parade
The unsteady sleep of books stacked
And all that they say
I’ve lost a limb to you
Oh what a gorgeous view
Your talons bare
The wolf the hare
Must fight each other
There’s a ridge of bone
That keeps back the parade
The unsteady sleep of books stacked
And all that they say
Wisest men have known
that it’s folly to part
From the phantom pains of limbs
that we lost through the march
There’s a ridge of bone
That keeps back the parade
The unsteady sleep of books stacked
And all that they say
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I stand across you
Made of bricks
For better or worse
I’m letting myself enjoy the kicks and blows
But for the time being
I’ll let myself be just another one of your hard feelings
I’m not afraid of all your stupid obsessions
I’m peeling
my skin
Not kneeling down for your sins
I’m peeling
My skin
You keep running round
But I’m done
My time is running down
But I’m done
I’m done
Better be broken even than broken down
I stand above you
Time is still
I’m better, you’re worse
We’re setting this thing on fire for the thrill
But for the time being
I’ll let myself be just another one of your hard feelings
I’m not afraid of all your stupid obsessions
I’m peeling
my skin
Not kneeling down for your sins
I’m peeling
My skin
Not kneeling down for your sins
Think I wanna stay, think I wanna stay a little bit longer
Think I wanna stay, think I wanna stay to watch you go down
Think I wanna stay cause your misery is making me stronger
Think I wanna stay, watch you looking for your styrofoam crown
Think I wanna stay, think I wanna stay a little bit longer
Think I wanna stay, think I wanna stay to watch you go down
Think I wanna stay cause your misery is making me stronger
Think I wanna stay, think I wanna let you sink and drown
But I’m done
My time is running down
But I’m done
I’m done
I’m done, done
I’m done
Better be broken even than broken down
Better be broken even than broken down
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Blood's on your hands,
Thanks for mapping down my path
Do you see me dance?
Do you understand?
Holes in your motif is how
I learned to use my feet
I learned to be discreet
I know what it means
To love, to live out for myself
To be me for someone else
Can you tell?
Ideals and ideas surrounded by opinions
A history of thought aside, I still don't know how I'm feeling
(I don't know how)Rigor mortis is
Just another new
It all turns, from red to blue
I'll stomp harder than I know I can
Wrap yourself in divine plans
I don't yet understand
Do you see me dance?
To love, to live out for myself
To be me for someone else
Can you tell?
Come in take my hand take the lead
Pretend I don’t step on your feet
I will let you take this to your head
Wrap yourself in divine plans
I don't yet fully understand
Eyes on mine but do you see me dance
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6. |
Bubbleboi
03:41
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And I, I wrote you a letter, I roped you in with a letter with all the letters I could find.
As I, tucked you in with tethers, tucked you in with whatever, whatever was left to try.
And I was written to your errors, set within my terrors, oblivious and blind.
And oh, I could learn from the tremors, pull the stops quicker than ever, nevermind.
I suppose, anyway.
The lights are never quite what they seem, shooting out from the seams, I can't quite conclude
The colors are always kind of faded, a shade of almost always, always to elude
I tried, to feel you through your bubble, our plights were always muffled, but you could hear you too
I lied, all I had were my letters, it doesn't get any better, now my letters are nothing new
I suppose anyway.
To all of the answers
And all of the strife
For some higher purpose
Never give in the fight
To all of the questions
We bore from solutions
From toil and tumble
Who told you I'm right?
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7. |
Red
05:20
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Hi, it's a pleasure to meet you
It's so good that you've finally made your way
Relax, they're not gonna believe you
Everybody knows what you just did.
I know, the clean air is an issue
Everyones in on it, I can tell
So hide your hands in your pocket
You should know your skin speaks for itself
Rest your head in the gray
(Just feel the water flow)
(You really don't need to know)
how dare you give more than you could take
Wait, how long has it been now?
That can't be right, you've been just sitting here for days
Cuz I didn’t hear you come in now
It’s much too comfortable, is this why we stayed?
Rest your head in the gray
(Just feel the water flow)
(You really don't need to know)
Just put your head away
Just hold on tight
And close your eyes
No sudden movements
They'll see through your disguise
Don't let it slide
Don't let it go/just feel the flow
If you can't see them
They'll never see you
Do you like the way he said that now
Did the lighting of the room begin to change?
His furniture is my witness
And your hands are red, so (fucking) red
Rest your head in the gray
(Just feel the water flow)
(You really don't need to know)
Put your head away
Just hold on tight
And close your eyes
No sudden movements
They'll see through your disguise
Don't let it slide
Don't let it go/just feel the flow
If you can't see them
They'll never see you
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Phir say ho gai ghalat ghari
Kya hogi phir sahi kabhi
Kyun na maanay tu
Asliyat ko
Main bataoon tou
Hogi Sahi
Kyun mere haath kuch bhi nahi
Phir kya in haathon ka sabab koi
In sawalon say
Bus hai zahir
Tera dill nahi
Mere haath main so rahi hai
Inki jori baat sunake
So gai hai chori, chori
Tera pyar
Sikha diya tha, khayal kissi aur ka
Tera izhaar
Dekha dikhaya sa
Kyun na maanay tu
Asliyat ko
Is bachpanay say
Kuch faraq nahi
Phir say aagai wohi ghari
phir say jamay qadam wahin
Kyun na samjhay tu
Shakhsiyat ko
Ye aaina nahi
Waise tou mujhko yaqeen hai
Tum per nahi
Baaton main ab bhi junoon hai
Apni sahi
In saat logo main gum
Main aur tum
Main aur tum
Main aur tum
Ainay main huzoor
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Hum kahan
Gum gae hain, mere yaar
Hum idhar, udhar
Bhattak rahay hain kahan
Tere dill main dar paida honay lag gaya
Tere dill ko kaise badloonga main, mere yaar?
Tunay mere haathon main aik pathar rakh diya
Is tootay hue dill pe main tou hasnay lag gaya
Tumhe chahiye hai woh jo meri duniya main nahi
Teri khwahishon say behtar ye aik pathar hi sahi
Main tou dooboon, dooboon,
Doobta reh gaya
Is pathar ka wazan hai mujh per bhari par gaya
Main tou dooboon, dooboon,
Doobta reh gaya
Is pathar ka wazan hai mujh per bhari par gaya
Aasman main hain aankhen dekh rahi tumhen
Tum idhar udhar na phir say chhup paogay
Thand say jalay kapkapanay hain lagay
Woh milay na milay, sun rahay hain woh tumhen
Sar main mere dono hisson ke beech
Aik aadmi rehta hai samajhta nahi
Uskay chehray pe woh hai jo mujh main nahi
Mujhko sapnay dikhake woh hansta hai ji
Ab niklo wahan say mujhko tang na kar
Apna kaam karo apna rasta pakar
Main tou dat tay rahoonga
Main lartay rahoonga
Main ye dar say jakartay rahoonga
Main…
Tunay mere haathon main aik pathar rakh diya
Is tootay hue dill pe main tou hasnay lag gaya
Tumhe chahiye hai woh jo meri duniya main nahi
Teri khwahishon say behtar ye aik pathar hi sahi
Main tou dooboon, dooboon,
Doobta reh gaya
Is pathar ka wazan hai mujh per bhari par gaya
Main tou dooboon, dooboon,
Doobta reh gaya
Is pathar ka wazan hai mujh per bhari par gaya
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Ali Suhail Karachi, Pakistan
Hi, I'm Ali. I make music in a room in a house in Karachi in Pakistan. In fact, that's most of what I do. I've been making music since I was a teenager, learning from The Beatles, The Foo Fighters, Death Cab For Cutie, Freelance Whales, Pomplamoose etc. These albums that I've written are an amalgamation of my experiences and perception of the world and life. I hope they make people happy. ... more
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