Issues - Issues Album Lyrics

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Sad Ghost

Standing in front of this bed with some matches, watch it burn
I'll pray my body burns too
Why do, I do the things I do
Things I do
And did it blind you, blind you
That you are the only one who can see what I've done
Eight years just to feel the same
I need to get up and make a change
Get up and get over this
My voice it echoes
My thoughts collide
You said I'm dead to you I prayed for you
Now you're dreams can come true
There's a place in my bed where you rested your head
Now I'm resting alone in this bed and it's cold
I Feel like a ghost
These memories go up in smoke
You didn't want to hear it
Did it make me delirious
Two, forty AM my room was
Why do, I do the things I do
Things I do
And did it blind you, blind you
That you are the only one who can see what I've done
Guess I'll never know what I meant to you
These years been lonely
But at least it's through
I'll write a letter to my former self
Dear Sad Ghost, why'd you put your heart on a shelf?
You took the boy out of them
Is when you took the life out of me
Take a look into the mirror
But you don't see yourself inside
Why don't you grab a hold
You'll be locked up here with me
Like it did with you
I know you're drunk again
And I'm thinking clear
But when you write this down
At least try and sound a bit more sincere
Guess I'll never know
What I meant to you
These years been lonely but at least it's through
I'll write a ere's a place in my bed where you rested your head
Now I'm resting alone in this bed and letter to my former self
Dear Sad Ghost, why'd you put your heart on a shelf?

 

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Mad At Myself

I'm so mad at myself
For giving in to what I want, never again
That feeling we felt
We called it love, you called it off
And I never been so mad at myself

I got this old girl I know she's trying to play me
She's like a Honda, these days I drive Mercedes
She's a killer, try to get inside my head
Try to give her wine and bread
But she prefers the blood I bled
Playing chess ain't no way I'm gonna fight fair
She's playing tricks like the vixen in my nightmares
So damn greedy, that girl is so needy
I'm the king of this game, but I think she just beat me

I never should have let you in
I needed a hit of something
High for this feeling they call love

I'm so mad at myself
For giving in to what I want, never again
That feeling we felt
We called it love, you called it off
And I never been so mad at myself

I've got your melody in my head
Feels like I'm singing it wrong
Then again there's nothing worse
Than being addicted to a bad song
She's a fiend for attention
And I'm a guilty dealer
High for this feeling they call love

I'm so mad at myself
For giving in to what I want, never again
That feeling we felt
We called it love, you called it off
And I never been so mad at myself
So mad, so mad at myself
So mad, so mad at myself

Test me while you can, while you can test me
She said she likes the edge, but then she pushed me
You know how to make it hard, to walk away

I'm so mad at myself
For giving in to what I want, never again
That feeling we felt
We called it love, you called it off
And I never been so mad at myself
For giving in to what I want, never again
That feeling we felt
We called it love, you called it off
And I never been so mad at myself
So mad at myself

 

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Life Of A Nine

Your broken throat is swollen
Street walking nonchalant
Fresh wounds all scars you've chosen
Thirsting for a taste of you
She's a mother f*cking five living the life of a nine
And thinking that she's a bad bitch
Trick is so selfish
Eating the bullshit of every player that's grabbing her
I guess if you're in love with the streets then you'll die in the sheets with a coke on your chest and his lips on your chin
Live it up for me
Cause no one here can see all of your schemes so it's more like
A dream
Whoa, oh la la la
If you can't be all that you see well then you've lied to your mirror
It's not the way to do it
Can you hear the sounds of your heart beat pumping so loud
And it's gone when you're hitting the town getting around
Sounds so empty
But you pop another pill so you won't feel guilty
You know the routine
Cause when you get laid every guy is the man of your dreams
It's so surreal
With the opinions on her knees
She's a mother f*cking five, living the life of a nine
And caught up in the traffic of midnight madness
If only there was a way to let go of the passion for a few little conflicts and a trap house fashion
Want get in the game, what is your name? Wanna have fame? But In retrospect your just like your mother you'll never win
You never change
Live it up for me
Cause no one here can see all of your schemes so it's more like
A dream
Whoa, oh la la la
You can't be all that you see well then you've lied to your mirror
Pretend that you live for this moment
Be sure how you live
That it's worth every breath
Pretend that you live for this moment (For this moment)
Be sure how you live that it is worth every breath

 

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The Langdon House

Coming out of my shell again
No one's there, let's pretend to
See a girl and a boy standing next to me
And at this party I'll pretend
For a moment I just might have friends
The times of them dancing to break free
I've got to cut the chains all loose so I can fit in
They said be silent
No one can hear you
You feel like i did when no one comes near you
Cause they think that you're weird and you're stained like a carpet the carpet your mom ruined, making you pay
What did I do to deserve this?
I forget that it's all apart of my imagination
I could actually pick and choose my loose ends
And tie a knot but all I do is
Run and hide
It'll get you boy
Run and hide
I was born unaware
That, my whole life would be a war
So I battle myself and until I Run and hide
It'll get you boy
Stupid is what stupid does
We're like an offspring of stupidest and always will be mad in luck
But I just don't have it in my blood
Blood runs deep
When we're growing up there'll be blood dripping from your ugly mug
Cause papa don't like it like momma does
So give it up
For the guardian angel just sip it up
Rub a little dirt in it boy and bear with me just take a little ? of my kidney
Well it's not your problem when people come near you
Well it seems I'm right that most people fear you
What a shame that you feel so insane
But the truth of the matter is your shadow is cold and afraid
Did I fail to mention
It's all part of my imagination
I could actually could pick and choose my loose ends
And tie a knot but all I do is run and hide
It'll get you boy
Run and hide
All I need is a friend
My whole life has been a war
So I battle my self until I run and hide
One after one they'll all spin around
And one after one they'll all fall down from love
No body ever gave them enough
One after one and they'll all come around
And one after one they'll all fall down from love
Somebody's gonna give you it all
Somebody better give you enough

 

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Late

Yeah I would wake up next to you if I could
And I would stare straight past them all to you
I could never say it like I sang it
Drunk tally, cause we're fading
But I'll be, I'll be, But I'll be the first to say
You could be my mistake
I know I want it but I can't stay
I can't stop thinking it , thinking it
I can't stop thinking it, thinking it
You could be my mistake
I know I want it but I can't stay
I can't stop thinking it, thinking it
I can't stop thinking it, thinking it
That it's a little too late
A little too late
A little too late
And when the sun comes up again
And we're gone| We'll remember every beautiful thing that went wrong
I could never say it I scream it
Drunk tally, cause we're fading
But I'll be, I'll be, I'll be the first to say
You could be my mistake
I know I want it but I can't stay
I can't stop thinking it, thinking it
I can't stop thinking it, thinking it
You could be my mistake
I know I want it but I can't stay
I can't stop thinking it, thinking it
I can't stop thinking it, thinking it
That it's a little too late
A little too late
A little too late
(Cut up vocals)
You could be my mistake
I know I want it but I can't stay
I can't stop thinking it, thinking it
I can't stop thinking it, thinking it
You could be my mistake
I know I want it but I can't stay
I can't stop thinking it, thinking it
I can't stop thinking it, thinking it
You could be my mistake

 

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Old Dena

Put the needle on the record.

Got a bunch of homies in Pasadena we call the PHC. You know.

 

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Stingray Affliction

Show me what you're worth
Get up
Facedown, thinking out loud
He's so hardcore when he's running his mouth
There's always gonna be that f*cking guy
You got a few things bottled up
Jump on a couple bottles like double dutch
Jager got you faded when society's got you jaded
How do you expect to grow
When all you wanna do is break
It's time to let shit go
And let the chorus play

No I don't wanna be tough
I wanna make sure they can see me cry sure enough
Don't wanna bottle this up
The way you make me feel when you're around
Tough guy dies a little inside
This town might show no love
But kid you gotta wake up

This is the real world
And you're only hurting yourself
When you spend every waking moment
With your fingers crossed
I don't think you can afford
To set karma further in motion
Go ahead
No one cares
Talk shit you mean nothing
Talk shit you mean nothing

No I don't wanna be tough
I wanna make sure they can see me cry sure enough
Don't wanna bottle this up
The way you make me feel when you're around
Tough guy dies a little inside
This town might show no love
But no, I don't wanna be tough

Ask what I see in you
I don't see nothing, I see right through
You're transparent I know you don't wanna hear it
And I don't wanna be the person to slip up and hurt your feelings
I guess they don't wanna say it to your face but I will cause somebody's gotta put you in your place
I'm not afraid to scream and shout
And freak out and throw my hands up
And let it out
Punk bitch walking tall like you got something to prove
Nah man, cause deep down you know it sucks to be you
Stingray Affliction
Making small stabs in passing
But the pain is bigger than it seems
Stop holding me under and let me breathe...
Just let me breathe
The pain is bigger than it seems
A tough guy dies a little inside
Just let me breathe
The pain is bigger than it seems
Stop holding me under and let me breathe

 

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Never Lose Your Flames

Riddle me this, I gotta figure it out
Are they laughing at me
Because I'm prone to fear and doubt
Am I messed up, am I loud
Well eat my dust that's all I am a speck out in the crowd
I'm trying to clean up the mess I made
But the towel I used to soak up my worry it just went up in flames
You see I got a conscience like gasoline
I could siphon shit out, f*ck it and leave
But, I fuel the fire with everything they said it's stuck in my mind
You're better off dead

If you got the keys then start the car and
Drive as far as you can
If you got the blood then you got the heart to
Give yourself a chance
Seems like we've been so scarred
Some people call it art
I hope you make peace with your pain
And never lose your flames

You call yourself a doctor, you swear you got the cure
Prescribe yourself with medication when you're feeling insecure
I know the world is dark, but you've got the light
Even sitting in the closet chilling with the skeletons you fight
I guess you found the meaning of giving up on me
I'm not the person that you thought I was
I broke the ice I revealed the scandal
But the water's deeper than you're able to handle
Oh that's probably why you hit me twice
Said no son of mine, get out of my life
It's my fault it's what I deserve
I needed a blessing but I got a curse

If you got the keys then start the car and
Drive as far as you can
If you got the blood then you got the heart to
Give yourself a chance
Seems like you've been so scarred
Some people call it art
I hope you make peace with your pain
And never lose your flames

Misunderstood, I'm misunderstood
I will live to my fullest because I owned my name the best I could
Misunderstood, we are all misunderstood
Everybody own your name I wish you would, I wish you would

If you got the keys then start the car and
Drive as far as you can
If you got the blood then you got the heart to
Give yourself a chance
Seems like you've been so scarred
Some people call it art
I hope you make peace with your pain
And never lose your flames
Seems like you've been so scarred
Some people call it art
I hope you make peace with your pain
And never lose your flames

 

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Personality Cult

F*ck the voice of a generation
I just want to be who I am
No one can change your gunman?
I'm content with where I stand
So f*ck the voice of a generation
You can stand on your own two feet
No one cares from across the nation
Sing my songs when you own the streets

This is who we are, we are
A product of..
This is who we are, we are
A product of war

And the grain of her skin
We think this is it
Pretend bias stand up that won't let us out
But choice is a sin
With not enough to stand
When life is your friend when your life cuts you thin

Smooth talker and a heart breaker
But you were nothing but a cheap thinker
I am almost lower than you are

This is who we are [3x]
A product of war

I just wish that this itching I have, to be different somehow, would escape me.
Console these obstacles
Make it difficult
When you're just trying to change me

At least when we stayed together I'm not the only soul trapped here
Limbo by these pre-madonnas

Smooth talker and a heart breaker
You're nothing but a cheap thinker
I am almost lower than you are

This is who we are [3x]
A product of war

Way to think way to make us conform
Worship your words
I'll admit that I'm sold, but
The fact that you consider yourself a God
Is the very reason
You should grow the f*ck up

Smooth talker and a heart breaker
You're nothing but a cheap thinker
I am almost lower than you are

This is who we are [3x]
A product of war

 

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Tears On The Runaway Pt. 2

What if I was wrong and jumped to conclusions
Cause the chance of losing you was all too dangerous
So I just assume that you're doing things before you get the chance
So I can leave and feel like I've got the upper hand
Guilty and maybe I'm just scared of crumbling
Never wasn't much for that life of gambling
But you can't win if you don't play if don't you play there's no shame in this
That's caused me to spade

I said I wouldn't let you down
But it's like we've both have changed some how
You've made a disease of this town
And you act like you don't care
But you left
Your tears on the runway
You think you're running away
You're leaving all your troubles behind
But I'm not going with you this time
I don't wanna try to pretend I'm somebody else
Take me as I am or be left alone
Tears on the runway (run away)
You know that you love the chase
With your tears on the runway
This hate with us is flying south if you know what I mean
But I'm trying my best to keep you right here in my city
A wise women said I wish people weren't afraid of love
Then she packed her shit and she ran like a coward
When the thunder struck
Things aren't always picture perfect
But picture us on top cause we're worth it
So go and get your ticket and grab your sweater
I used to live for the chase
But now I know better
Your tears on the runway
You think you're running away
You're leaving all your troubles behind
But I'm not going with you this time
I don't wanna try to pretend I'm somebody else
Take me as I am or be left alone
Tears on the runway (run away)
You know that you love the chase
I love the chase
You know that I love the chase

 

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The Settlement

Until death, used to mean something more
Than a proverb framed on the walls of a broken home

Closed doors can only hide so much
Pacing through this hallway, I listen in disgust
As you divide my mind and force my years into minutes
Destroy the hands of time, the hands that made me whole

What if I become a silhouette of this very same thing
Then everything you taught me seems to start fading
Oh how am I now to survive as a heart divided
Between the very hands that made me whole

Did you even notice, all I wanted was more of your time
Wasted on hating, when love's what should've made you blind
Did you even notice, all I wanted was more of your time
Wasted on hating, when love's what should've made you blind

You can only forgive so much
Before you give up because there's no trust
At least you tried and that's just fine
But how the hell do I know I'm not next in line
It's not my fault, then why am I in the middle of this burning bridge

Tell me oh how am I now to survive as a heart divided
Between the very hands that made me whole
Did you even notice, all I wanted was more of your time
Wasted on hating, when love's what should've made you blind
Did you even notice, all I wanted was more of your time
Wasted on hating, when love's what should've made you blind

I am the one who suffers from your bullshit, I'm the one who suffers
My world divided, by the hands that made me whole

 

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Disappear (Remember When)

Remember when I didn't need you?
Well I need you now
To hold my head
Up high, say it's all better child
Remember when
Some days I feel like a saint
I'm so alive
Some days I can't make it enough
It's like I have no spine
Can't do anything right
Now when midnight comes I've run out of time to
Make some kind of difference| But I realize
I constantly overlook the impact I've made
Maybe I'm looking to change my own fate
To make you proud
I wanna make you proud
When you're looking down on me
My mind's wide open like starry skies
I ask God questions and wonder why
The hell that you're not here
I wanna disappear
With you now
But I'm a selfish broken heart
And now I've got this far
Cope me with the thought of holding you a minute longer in my arms
If me only, I set you free
I feel so guilty cause I take every sunrise for granted
Sometimes I forget your voice I can't stand it
You're a long from moving on
Brother, dub a free world
Take me over the coast of
A better day
I'm stuck in my dark days
But I can be stronger than you remember
We're coming up on December
But I'm not cold
My mind's wide open like starry skies
I ask God questions and wonder why
The hell that you're not here
I wanna disappear
With you now
But I'm a selfish broken heart
I wanna see what you see
I wanna be where you are
I wasn't ready, I wanna see you one more time, I never got to say goodbye
Mind wide open like starry skies
I ask God questions and wonder why
The hell that you're not here
I wanna disappear
With you now
Remember when
I didn't need you
Well, I need you now
To hold my head
Up high say it's all better child
Remember when
I was alone
Crying out
You will be missed
But I know that you're all better now
Remember when
I didn't need you
Well, I need you now
To hold my head
Up high, say it's all better child
Remember when
I was alone and
Crying out
You will be missed
But I know that you're all better now
Remember when
I didn't need you
Well, I need you now
To hold my head
Up high say it's all better child
Remember when
I was alone and
Crying out
You will be missed
But I know that you're all better now
Remember when
I didn't need you
Well, I need you now
To hold my head
Up high, say it's all better child
Remember when
I was alone and
Crying out
You will be missed
But I know that you're all better now