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A Cheap Watch and a Cake

You sell yourself for money
Hour lunch two coffee breaks 
To punch a card at 5pm
For a cheap watch and a cake
You live on autopilot 
A zombie for the pay
Make copies, staple papers
Day, after day, after day
You think you're irreplaceable 
Never make it without you
But if you dropped dead on the floor
They'd step right over you
And when your time is over
They blow up some balloons
Toast you with some Diet Sprite
Goodbye they're done with you
Tell me was it worth it?
Did it bring you any joy?
Did you trade your soul,your dreams
To be gainfully employed?
Were you ever happy 
Or was it lies , just fake 
Do you wish your life was more
Than a cheap watch and a cake?

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My Own Worst Enemy

YOU'LL NEVER WEAR THE CROWN
NO BETS YOU'LL WIN THE RACE
NO MEDALS ON YOUR CHEST
NO TROPHIES FOR YOUR FACE 
NO ONE COULD EVER LOVE YOU 
YOU'LL NEVER MEASURE UP 
DON'T EVEN BOTHER TRYING 
YOU'LL NEVER BE ENOUGH 
THESE THOUGHTS SWIRL IN MY HEAD 
I'M DROWNING IN SELF DOUBT 
THE FEAR TRIES TO CONSUME ME 
MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I DON'T COUNT 
I HAVE TO BREAK THESE CHAINS 
SEE THE BEAUTY INSIDE ME 
NEED TO CHANGE MY OWN PERCEPTION 
I'M MY OWN WORST ENEMY 
I WAS JUST A A LITTLE KID
WHEN THESE FEELINGS GOT THEIR START
THE OLDER ONE WAS PRETTY 
THE YOUNGER ONE WAS SMART
I WAS NOTHING SPECIAL 
WAS JUST THE IN BETWEEN 
A SHY CLUMSY TODDLER 
THEN AN AWKARD NERVOUS TEEN
MET WITH LOTS OF BULLIES
AT THE SCHOOLYARD ALONG THE WAY
THEY SENSED MY INSECURITIES 
THAT I WAS EASY PREY 
EVEN THOUGH IT'S LONG AGO
BAD MEMORIES FROM THE PAST
IT'S FUNNY HOW HURT FEELINGS 
ALWAYS SEEM TO LAST
I'M SO TIRED OF FEELING USELESS
LONELY IN SUCH PAIN 
SCREW THIS INSECURITY
JUST TOSS IT DOWN THE DRAIN
I'M PROUD TO STAND IN MY SHOES
I'M PERFECT IN MY WAY
AND I KNOW THAT ONE DAY SOON
I'LL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO SAY
I HAVE NO MORE FEARS
I'VE RELEASED ALL MY SELF DOUBTS
I'VE CHASED OFF MY DEMONS
REALIZED THAT I COUNT
HAD ENOUGH OF FEELING WORTHLESS
LONELY AND AFRAID
NO MORE GOING BACKWARDS
IT'S A PROMISE THAT I MADE

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Monotony

WORK SLEEP REPEAT 
WORK SLEEP REPEAT 
THE SAME OLD SORRY STORY
THE SAME MONOTONY 
EVERY DAY THE SAME
NO FUN NO JOY NO CHANGE
ALL I WANT IS TO BE FREE
OF THIS DAMN MONOTONY 
MY HEART HAS NO FULLFILLMENT
I'M JUST A HOLLOW  SOUL
GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS
AS I DIG MY SHALLOW HOLE.
I SMILE ON THE OUTSIDE 
HIDE WHAT YOU CANNOT SEE
THAT INSIDE I AM SCREAMING
PLEASE END THIS MONOTONY
I WANT TO STOP THE CYCLE
I NEED TO LEARN TO TRY
TO FIX THE SITUATION
TEACH MY SOUL TO FLY.
IT'S TIME TO FIND THE COURAGE
TO UNDO THIS LOCK AND KEY
AND SOAR INTO THE UNKNOWN
 LEAVE THIS MONOTONY

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Drown

JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE 
STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE 
WEIGHTED DOWN WITH SADNESS
AS MY SOUL DESCENDS IT'S DIVE
TIRED FROM THE STRUGGLE
SWALLOWING THE PAIN
SINKING TO THE BOTTOM
WILL I FLOAT BACK UP AGAIN?
DO I HAVE  STRENGTH WITHIN ME 
TO FIGHT AGAINST THE TIDES?
I NEED TO WIN THIS BATTLE
TO MAKE THE  HURT SUBSIDE 
SO ONCE AGAIN I RALLY
TO REACH BEYOND THE CREST
I RISE UP TO THE SURFACE
IN TIME TO CATCH MY BREATH.
 TODAY I AM THE VICTOR
THE DARKNESS LOST THE FIGHT 
THE SADNESS DIDN'T DROWN ME
TODAY I'LL BE ALRIGHT
TOO SOON IT WILL RETURN
TRY TO STEAL MY JOY AWAY
 I HOPE I SEE IT COMING
IN TIME TO SWIM AWAY.

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Sickness

I've still not healed from you
You're in my blood, my veins
You've seeped in every pore of me
A plague upon my brain
You make me hot like fever
I sweat, my body aches
Lose air when I am close to you
How much sickness can I take
I'm infected with this passion
Desire like disease
It lives in every cell of me
My body's under seige
This carnal need is savage
It's eating me alive
I have to touch you, feel you
Or else I cant survive
There has to be an antidote
A treatment, remedy
To cure this lustful sickness
That's taken over me
I need to search, to find it
And make this go away
I'm so weakened by the wanting
I'm temptation''s easy prey

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Rust

DECAYING.
ROTTING.
MY HEART CORRODES IN DUST
OUR LOVE ONCE BRIGHT AND SHINY.
NOW HAS TURNED TO RUST.
YOU USED TO TREAT ME  DELICIATE.
I WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
SO CAREFUL NOT TO DAMAGE ME.
I MEANT SO MUCH TO YOU.
BUT NOW IT SEEMS YOU'VE  TIRED OF ME.
BORED WITH YOUR  WORN, USED TOY.
FOUND SOMETHING NEW TO PLAY WITH. 
I NO LONGER BRING YOU JOY.
SO NOW I LAY ABANDONED.
LIKE AN OLD BIKE IN THE RAIN.
TOSSED CARELESSLY AGAINST A CRIPPLED FENCE. 
NEVER USED AGAIN.
I TRULY WISH YOU UNDERSTOOD 
THE TOLL YOU TOOK ON ME.
ALL WEATHERED AND PATINAED.
WHILE YOU'RE HAPPY BEING FREE.
YOU SEE MY MIND JUST CANNOT COMPHREND .
HOW YOU LEFT ME HERE TO ROT 
LIKE A OLD BEAT UP WATERING CAN
A DENTED CAR LEFT IN A LOT.
I WANT SO BADLY TO BELIEVE
 I'LL BE STRONG ENOUGH ONE DAY.
TO SCRAPE THE RUST UP OFF MY HEART
SAND IT ALL AWAY.
UNTIL THEN I'LL JUST LIE HERE STILL.
CLOSE MY EYES AND PRAY.
THAT I WON'T DISENEGRATE AND CRUMBLE
BECOME ASHES, BLOW AWAY.

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The Last Punch

Hit, scream, pound, punch
Have I learned my lesson
 Have I had enough
I taste my blood
I writhe in pain
I made you mad
My fault again
You know the answers
You're always right 
I'm  wrong to doubt you
So let's not fight
Please settle down
We'll go to bed
I know you're so sorry
About the cut on my head
As you sleep I'll be awake
I've packed a bag, few things I'll take 
I'll run from here Run from you.
Don't look you won't find me not ever its true
And then my life will start again. 
I'll heal my soul . Meet new friends.
Fall in love. Be me again.
And you will be all alone. 
Drunk and angry in once was home 
I hope you change. Get the help that you need.
Cause you'll  never again put your damn hands on me

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For Vegas

I can't begin to fathom
What it must be like 
To be filled with fear and terror
While running for your life.
I can't begin to fathom 
Looking all around
Searching for some shelter
And seeing bodies on the ground.
I can't begin to fathom
To find a loved one lying still
Begging them to wake up
Yet know they never will.
I can't begin to fathom
Hiding and in wait
Ducking in the shadows
Afraid of tempting fate.
I can't begin to fathom 
How a human, same as me.
Could rifle down the innocent
Destroy lives and families.
I can't begin to fathom 
The confusion,trauma, pain
The survivors have to live  through 
To go on with life again.
I can't begin to fathom
How such bloodshed still goes on
When will we come to realize
We're doing something wrong?
This has to be the end of this
There can't be one more time
How many more must lose their lives
Before we draw the  line?
Let's crush this senseless madness
Don't leave it up to fate.
We need to find an answer
Before it's way too late.

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Small

A pebble on the walkway 
A smooth soft grain of sand
A microscopic  insect
A freckle on your hand
Sometimes I want to shrink myself 
Crawl in a little ball 
Become my own inconsequence 
I feel so very small
I'm mired with emotions
I feel so hard so deep
Anguished in the agony
And the secrets that I keep
My thoughts they run they race
They haunt my gentle mind
I long for peace. Serenity.
A calm I'm yet to find.
Maybe if I'm quiet.
Tuck myself away.
Or crouch into the corner.
All day and night I'll stay.
Maybe if I close my eyes
And I don't think at all.
These demons will not find me.
And make me feel so small.

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Precipice

I stand upon the precipice
Feet teeter on the ledge
A step away from peril 
My emotions on the edge
Look down into the valley
Search for signs of life
A light within the darkness
To end my lonely plight
But all I see is emptiness 
Stark and hollow ground
No sign of peace, serenity 
There's noone else around
So I inch my body forward
One twitch will seal my fate
I brace myself then suddenly
A voice tells me to wait
It says that I can make it
That I can soldier through
I'm stronger than I think I am
Got important things to do
So I breathe in very slowly
Back myself away
No longer on the precipice 
This pain won't win today
And so I go on fighting
It's gonna be alright
Just keep on pushing, going
Through darkness you'll see light.