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Awakened
07:50
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Tremble your lip and shake your knees
They don't know what you really need
Plead your case and beg for your rights
They'll only knock you down for picking fights
I know who you are and what you're trying to do
I know all your plans and I can see right through you
You can plan your life around the truth and its path
To the real eventuality
You can throw it all away for a chance to decay
In the pace of life's futility
I know who you are and what you're trying to say
I know all your plans and I'm ready to walk away
So count all the ways that your truth has foundation
You might find a thin line within the communication
And feel awakened
The doubt in your mind sows the seeds of regret
As you try to calm the urgency
Wondering why you even try
To tread the line so carefully
Listen to me
I know who you are and what you're going to tell me
I know all your plans and where you're going to leave me
So count all the ways that your truth has foundation
You might find a thin line within the communication
And feel awakened
The second you hide is the second you make your admission
The minute you hesitate to make your decision
The moment you change your mind to avoid confrontation
Is the instant you trade your power for submission
Stand up to betrayal
You're the only thing for sale
The smiles on their faces
Hide the devils in the detail
Now you know it's worthwhile
To stand up to your denial
You can feel awakened
When you pass your inner trial
Truth is what you make
Strength is what you take
The proof can be a fake
You can always break away
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Testament
06:16
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For all they've done for you you force them out into the flood
Pushing on your veins like they're all a venom in your blood
Time to recognize there's a compromise you haven't seen
Tear it all apart until there's nothing left to see
You don't realize it
But it's not that surprising, yeah
It all starts with a lie that you make for yourself when the cards are on the table
When your eye's on the prize, no you can't deny that you'd take it if you're able
Got your ace in the hand but you can't understand why the dealer's got your number
Better take what you can and lay down your hand before they all go under
You don't realize it
But it's so tantalizing, yeah
This is just my testament
To the truth within the evidence
When everything's gotta fall apart
You can trust your heart
Got your eyes open wide in the middle of the night and your mind it starts to wander
Was it always right? Is it black, is it white? Is it all your biggest blunder?
By first light you're afraid that you could never change if you're only starting over
You can't see the light inside your heart you're waiting to discover
You don't realize it
But you're done compromising, yeah
This is just my testament
To the truth within the evidence
When everything's gotta fall apart
You can trust your heart
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Afterglow
08:46
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After the calm comes the storm
It's just what you've been waiting for
A chance to write it in
A chance to write it in
After the comfort comes fear
Over truths that have no meaning here
This time it's the real thing
This time it's the real thing
Twice have you crossed over land
For dreams that fall like desert sand
Flows between your fingers
And floats upon the wind
Many you've crossed on the path
To something you could say at last
This might be the real thing
This might be the real thing
The heaviest truths are the ones that you keep to yourself
You might just mess this whole thing up
The treasonous lies that you've only come to expect
Are only pieces to pick up
They say the timelines are tight
They don't know how right they are
It's a matter of time till they're left with nothing
But footprints in the snow
I'll say what's on my mind
I'm leaving you behind
Like the waters that run from the melting snow
Bid a newer seed to grow
Don't tell me I'm wrong when I want to move on
When it melts in the afterglow
Dawn approaches and brings the darkest of nights
I feel the sun's heat on me now
The greatest of fires in chaos brings us the light
The night is only fading
The life around me is like shooting stars above
Like new discoveries of love
The night has turned to day
I'll spread my wings and fly away
This is just my testament
To the truth within the evidence
When everything's gotta fall apart
You can trust your heart
Like the waters that run from the melting snow
Bid a newer seed to grow
Don't tell me I'm wrong when I want to move on
When it melts in the afterglow
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Alex Lafortune Toronto, Ontario
Alex is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist from Toronto, Canada. His music is self-recorded and produced, with influences from metal and progressive rock genres.
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