Defeated

from Sycamore Street (Remixed) by Familiar Theme

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oh, calamity
these things I see are all I've ever known
but introspectively and honestly I've found myself alone
I've been looking for some guidance but it's hard to find
when everybody's eyes are closed

crash your car into my life
you cut through me life a knife
stealing every bit of pride
shredding all I had inside
but if I make it out and I'm still myself
would you hold me back
and tell me that you tried?

I trapped myself in a world of my design
holding on to petty apathy and grasping at the signs
telling me there's not an answer here or anything inside
there's no answer anywhere

I only have myself to blame
I've been losing the picture
and the exposure has lost its shade

if I follow the smoke trail
I just might make it home
there's a bitter taste to every blessing
I have ever owned
and it brings out
a thought less proud

I have lost my sense of worth
though I still drag myself along
but there's no solace in a second guess
when I thought was wrong
all the miles in the world
and I'm stuck in a halfway house
and I'm half way out

I trapped myself in a world of my design
holding on to petty apathy and grasping at the signs
telling me there's not an answer here or anything inside
there's no answer anywhere

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from Sycamore Street (Remixed), released October 18, 2015
Connor Slawson wrote the 2nd verse. Check out his band:
dearinterceptor.bandcamp.com

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