this is where my heads been at for a while now
- watch me sink -
a breaking in spirit, a breaking in promise, a breaking in me
how can i find the peace inside me, in a world i can see....
thats taking and taking all for ourselves, taking and taking
and its dragging me down, deeper and deeper
watch me sink like a stone
in a sea of selfishness,
where me is more and you is less
the vanity, it becomes insanity.
we eat the shit that's fed to us.
we stomach it, and we embellish it,
and we confuse our love with lust.
cant we find another way?
the way that goes against the grain.
Abstain, The Grain.
abstain, abstain, abstain, abstain
THE GRAIN
the ugliness, licentiousness,
the love that is just skin deep
PLEASE GET ME OUT
before i become just a memory of what i used to be
GET ME THE FUCK OUT
we're deaf and blind to a age's cry
we refuse to fucking hear.
not learning to grow, just losing the one
i used to see in the fucking mirror
the egoists, the narcissists
the shallow waters wade in
PLEASE GET ME OUT
before i become just a memory
of what i used to be
GET ME THE FUCK OUT
"of a world thats doing its best, night and day,
to make me everybody else" -e.e. cummings
please take me out...
of a world without any heart
take me out
when they see my hope and rip it apart
take me out
of a world we built to serve our selfish-fucking-selves,
can you tell me
where does love fit in?
remember what love is.
EDIT: this has been 'on my mind' for a bit, but doesnt specifically relate to me and another person. It does generally relate to me, and you, but i meant it as more of a general statement regarding the population. most people simply choose to hate rather than to love because its not cool to love one another.
money and economy are slowly raping our societal morals of its most important values (love, empathy, trust, imagination) and bestowing our own demise through competition, selfishness, doubt, and vanity.
maybe im being hypocritical because, yes, i am there too functioning in this world just as you are, but its time we wake up and 'vote for [a real] change' this time, and inspire a grassroots movement for individuality. not the 'be yourself' adds that media promotes because we all know thats the last thing they actually want, but a change where humanities real values, as one species, can thrive.
a breaking in spirit, a breaking in promise, a breaking in me
how can i find the peace inside me, in a world i can see....
thats taking and taking all for ourselves, taking and taking
and its dragging me down, deeper and deeper
watch me sink like a stone
in a sea of selfishness,
where me is more and you is less
the vanity, it becomes insanity.
we eat the shit that's fed to us.
we stomach it, and we embellish it,
and we confuse our love with lust.
cant we find another way?
the way that goes against the grain.
Abstain, The Grain.
abstain, abstain, abstain, abstain
THE GRAIN
the ugliness, licentiousness,
the love that is just skin deep
PLEASE GET ME OUT
before i become just a memory of what i used to be
GET ME THE FUCK OUT
we're deaf and blind to a age's cry
we refuse to fucking hear.
not learning to grow, just losing the one
i used to see in the fucking mirror
the egoists, the narcissists
the shallow waters wade in
PLEASE GET ME OUT
before i become just a memory
of what i used to be
GET ME THE FUCK OUT
"of a world thats doing its best, night and day,
to make me everybody else" -e.e. cummings
please take me out...
of a world without any heart
take me out
when they see my hope and rip it apart
take me out
of a world we built to serve our selfish-fucking-selves,
can you tell me
where does love fit in?
remember what love is.
EDIT: this has been 'on my mind' for a bit, but doesnt specifically relate to me and another person. It does generally relate to me, and you, but i meant it as more of a general statement regarding the population. most people simply choose to hate rather than to love because its not cool to love one another.
money and economy are slowly raping our societal morals of its most important values (love, empathy, trust, imagination) and bestowing our own demise through competition, selfishness, doubt, and vanity.
maybe im being hypocritical because, yes, i am there too functioning in this world just as you are, but its time we wake up and 'vote for [a real] change' this time, and inspire a grassroots movement for individuality. not the 'be yourself' adds that media promotes because we all know thats the last thing they actually want, but a change where humanities real values, as one species, can thrive.