Soot Black

from Better This Way by Lights Over Bridgeport

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was that a dream?
was that euphoria like i had never seen?
maybe euphoria is not a state of peace
like a stray bullet that my heart had to release
breaking away
where i can see your emptiness in light of day
and how you never back up anything you say
it's up to me to cut the loss and call the spade

but it's a long way up
it's a long way up...

I'm trying to wake up
I'm trying to forget the way you messed my thinking up
messed my thinking up

was that a dream?
your little character is not quite what it seems
you play the victim and the martyr to a T
selling to anyone who'll submit to the tease
it’s not about your shame
it's about a heart that couldn't get back what it gave
and not using that to make excuses every day
about everything and everyone that's in my way

but it's a long way up
it's a long way up...

I'm trying to wake up
I'm trying to forget the way you messed my thinking up
messed my thinking up
I'm trying to wake up
I'm sipping on this soot black cause i'm tired of feeling stuck
tired of feeling stuck, yeah yeah

I'm shedding the victim for problems i choose
what good are your words when i never have you
my handful of shit's surely filling it up first
and the hope in my other hand sure feels the absolute worst
I'm throwing this thing in reverse

I'm trying to wake up, trying to wake up
coffee my strength to carry on

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from Better This Way, released May 22, 2020

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