At the Candle

from Choices by .STEPASIDE.

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lyrics

lift me up high
I’ve been lying way too long
and the dreams have been just a moan
night after night
lighting the candle of my only hope to survive

my hands are empty yet still full of burdens
they’re just like the leeches of hopes
tear them all off or they will take the best of me
and everything that I’m here for
all days look like one another
but I’ll scream at the top of my lungs

the battles I fight with myself are a part of ridiculous self-torture
a poisonous bite with a long history
neither visible nor skinned over

my hands are empty yet still full of burdens
they’re just like the leeches of hopes
tear them all off or they will take the best of me
and everything that I’m here for
all days look like one another
but I’ll scream at the top of my lungs

wake up…wake up from your memories
wake up…wake up from your memories

but the river hasn’t dried out
it has only been polluted and the outcast in me is the only culprit
denial or even the slightest resistance just doesn’t make sense and it’s useless
so I declare peace ‘cause I need it so bad and I’ll get rid of the stains…wake up…wake up

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from Choices, released April 25, 2015
recorded and mastered by Sergej Dolgoš

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