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Laughing Alone
04:09
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Laughing Alone
Empty shell, emotion boils over
Cracks another drink and goes away again
Loneliness sings another lullaby
“May this bottle help me to sleep tonight!”
Late at night he reads notes he saved from her
“Woe, my pride has dug me a hole to laugh alone…”
Every word he thought rang with truth became his folly
Getting lost, looking at his rear view
He slams another drink and starts to have fun
Getting mad at thoughts and misgivings
“Perhaps, a soul is lost, but a drink is worth saving!”
Bellowing, through tears, songs he sang to her
“I butcher our songs, yet here, I still laugh alone…”
Each note he thought rang with truth became his folly
All this time, I thought I’d never die alone…
Thinking back, on how she used to like my jokes
A chuckle overcomes me, as I spend my days laughing alone…
Each lie he thought rang with truth became his folly
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2. |
The Slur
04:15
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The Slur
Passed out in glass and blood only when you’re not around
A gloriously wasted day
In bed with madness, the dry mouth is closed around
The only friend that listens to me
Hey, I’ll numb this…here it comes
Shake the room with same old songs
“Everyone only has each other”
Ohh, here comes the slur
Hateful words and curses to the only ones that were around
What’s family and trust anyway?
I’ll break down doors because you never wanna be around
Knuckles clench with teeth as we sleep
Hey, I’ll numb this…here it comes
Shake the room with same old songs
“Everyone only has each other”
Ohh, here comes the slur
I’m leaving this place behind, I’m living on borrowed time
No sleep until I get out of here
Discolored walls repeat secrets when I’m not around
‘Cause the world still owes me someday
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3. |
Bars
04:46
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Bars
Seasons shift inside her body. So
Take cover in emptiness
And pray she razes it
What is the flickering light in
The cave of your regrets
A hopeful flame or…
Your soul exploding?
I’m no good for anyone
It’s better if I am locked up in here
For the good of everyone
It’s safer if I am behind these bars
Seasons spent in perpetual grey
A perfect world, I give up
Give me my bible now…
I’ll figure out the universe by
Staring at patterns of rust and paint on the wall
Murals of galaxies!
I’m no good for anyone
It’s better if I am locked up in here
For the good of everyone
It’s safer if I am behind these bars
In the mouth of oblivion, I pray she forgives
Madness of consequence enslaves and swallows me whole
Grind these bones into a cancerous mass, and the sunlight burns
A guiding light of a life never lived shone!
I’m no good for anyone (It’s better if I am)
Take the picture now
For the good of everyone (It’s safer If I am)
Remember what I’ve done
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4. |
City Lights
05:14
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City Lights
Purify mother with the boy’s tainted blood
Underneath the pale luminous all-seeing eye
Phantoms and whispers know what’s to come
As the cold air crystallizes the lungs
City lights will look like souls
Confessing to the wind
Flickering lives tell dead men’s stories
Conveyor of solace in shadow’s form
Neon lights will witness what is to come
Ripping out needles from jaundiced arms
Fucking zombie never knows when enough is enough
City lights will look like souls
Confessing to the wind
Flickering lives tell dead men’s stories
How did I get here?
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5. |
Ice Queen
06:04
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Ice Queen
Hypothermia
Thinning blood
Do I panic?
Or just smile and go Ahhh!
This nausea is impervious to my pain
Breath in some of this cold air to ease the retching
Will my limbs shake from the outside or inside?
Why do I have to wait and see?
Back to the bronze ballroom
All light is shone, it’s all for you
Euphoria
Visions dancing
With my fears and laughing at me
I just shake and go Ahhh!
Trudging through the arctic to escape the place
Where tears and cold sweats are a normal part of my day
Dysrhythmia
Spitting blood
From all the orifices
I just panic and go Ahhh!
I see a neon light…let’s dance
Back to the bronze ballroom
Highness enthroned, it’s all for you
To the bronze ballroom
Highness disrobed, it’s all for you
Here’s to not getting what you want and drink to that
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6. |
DT's
06:53
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DT’s
Savoring the taste of dehydration
With this white tongue
I’m stuck in limbo with the apparition
A sacrifice to be done
I wish it was over, to be done
Malnutrition dancing with sleep deprivation
I’m hearing those noises again
Hands can’t stop shaking as I write this
Muscles crumbling
Oh, I wish I could leave this body soon
That threatens to kill me in my sleep
Starving organs are consuming me
As I turn inside out
Hopefully, into nothing
As I turn inside out
It’s not over
Can’t fall asleep, don’t fall asleep
(Seizures have their ways to silence you)
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7. |
Convalesce
02:33
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8. |
Cloud
08:32
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Cloud
Sorry is free
I can tell you all about it
It’s all a part of the plan
Turn the page and read the dark pages of your life
Keep in mind
Your patience will help to guide you
To your brightest days I promise
Now sign here and remember promises don’t change you
If forgiveness is what you want
You have to take stock of your traits
If a book or chip is what you crave
We have ‘em all in spades, can you see yourself
In the mirror and face the ones you want
Forgiveness from, it’s not free like you
Want it to be, that’s reality
And is it easy to forgive yourself?
Keep on walking out that door…
They will tell you what you don’t want too
Does that bother you
It’s okay, take a breath and live
Another day, It’s as simple as
Walking through fire
To prove what gives you uniqueness
And no, that’s not your weakness
And from this point on
Sorry, will be the only thing that was free
Keep on walking out that door…
Look…They’re still there aren’t they?
How did I get here?
Don’t sell me ways to get away
In time, I will find my own way
If I’m lost and I am found
Let me walk, as I create to live
‘Cause struggle is always free
They will kill you if you let them
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Dusk (Will Everything Be Alright?)
Are we alone?
A mural of galaxies
A body of scars
It’s safer down here, when it’s you and me
Will everything be alright?
A star to name
A world to blame
It’s better out here, where no one sees
Will everything be alright?
Are we alone?
Wonders of dusk
Are we alone?
The force of gravity
The vacuum of space
It’s harder down here, when we don’t see
Will everything be alright?
No one to blame
A child to name
It’s vibrant out here, when youth will see
Will everything be alright?
We’re not alone
Glory of dawn
We’re not alone
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Forrest Lonefight Des Moines, Iowa
Forrest Lonefight: Des Moines, Iowa. Solo Singer/Songwriter, guitarist for Low Fiction Underground & The
Maw.
Latest Solo album: Flickering In F-Sharp!
The new album is as diverse as an album can be. It's also the darkest. It is a journey through one man's struggle with alcohol & drug addiction. The descent is captured with an unsettling score and plays out like a cinematic concept record.
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