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In My Sleep
04:03
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Something is wrong,
I can’t sleep at night,
When darkness engulfed the sky,
It also took my heart and mind.
I toss and turn,
Nothing feels right,
Clock is ticking, mind is racing,
This could go on til daylight.
And I’ll find (my) peace of mind,
This piece of puzzle that I/I’ll find
Will fit into its rightful place
Within due time.
When the sky swallows the sun
And the light of day is done,
It’s a vicious cycle
Of repetition.
Don’t you remember
Days that are now gone?
Memories are fading
Like the setting sun.
I’m reminiscent
Seven days a week.
I’ll dream nostalgia
In my sleep.
Stormy skies
And major chords collide,
Melodies and words together;
Truthful feelings cannot hide.
Dopamine, natural high,
Mother nature’s gifts;
Endorphins,
Crystal clear starry skies.
And you’ll find your peace of mind,
Your piece of puzzle that you’ll find
Will fit into its rightful place
Within due time.
When the sky swallows the sun
And the light of day is done,
It’s a vicious cycle
Of repetition.
I don’t remember
Days that are now gone,
Memories are fading
Like the setting sun.
We’re reminiscent
Seven days a week.
I’ll dream nostalgia
In my sleep.
Darkness grows,
Sleep unknown,
Feelings cold,
You’re not alone.
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2. |
Tampered Rope
03:51
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Never thought
That it would come to this
But did you just bid farewell
With an ice cold kiss
To everyone and everything
That I knew throughout your life,
The most gut-wrenching and painful
Of all goodbyes.
In an abnormal world
Where normality begins at death,
You just hope you don’t choke
On your last final breath,
So you I can say one last fuck you
To all the people that have tried to
Bring others down in every single way
And they talk shit behind your back, they say
That you’ll never get better anyway,
Fucking little bitch, say that shit to my face.
I’m moving forward,
Leaving your ass behind,
Get lost and gimmie my piece of mind,
Self love and self care aint no crime.
Got no time for your bullshit,
I’m looking after mine.
I fell into a black hole,
And down here it’s peaceful and quiet.
You’re selling tampered rope,
Bullshit is all I hear,
I won’t fucking buy it,
And I know your games you play,
Bullshit, liar, two faced,
And I know those things you do;
No one is true.
Everyone is out to get you,
its true,
So the only motherfucker
that you can trust is you.
The truth hurts
And reality burns,
So every scar
Becomes a new lesson learned.
Now I don’t wanna go around
Repeating myself to these kids,
just go get your shit together
Like I did,
Or perhaps go (and) find
Some sort of purpose in life,
Instead of revolving your existence
Around mine.
People will lie, steal, cheat,
And betray you
Until nothing is left
But that bottle beside you.
One day it will be your last sip,
Pick the gun up,
Load one in the clip.
Perhaps then in death
You will see,
that this world
Has no fucking mercy,
But I guess
You knew that already,
Your brains painted the walls
Like mosaics and confetti.
I fell into a black hole,
And down here it’s peaceful and quiet.
You’re selling tampered rope,
Bullshit is all I hear,
I won’t fucking buy it,
And I know your games you play,
I’ll smash your poker face,
I’ll tear the mask off you,
No one is true.
(Fake ass. Liar. Fake ass. You lie.)
I fell into a black hole,
And down here it’s peaceful and quiet.
You’re selling tampered rope,
Bullshit is all I hear,
I won’t fucking buy it,
And I know your games you play,
I’ll smash your poker face,
And I know the things you do;
No one is true.
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3. |
Talking To Myself
03:43
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Woke up to a fire in my room
So I began to fan the flames
To engulf myself
Til nothing but my spirit/ashes remained.
Spontaneous and crude,
My wooden heart ablaze.
The sticks and stones that are my bones
Are all that will remain.
So tell me if you’re sorry
Or if I am to blame,
I’m talking to myself
But I’ve got nothing to say.
So will we ever change this?
Or just stay the same?
I’m talking to myself
But I’ve got nothing to say.
This perpetual conversation;
Never-ending questioning.
I’m running out of room to grow in,
At least you’re outside, still waiting.
I pass out with your body on my mind,
I’m lonesome but I’m safe.
I long to rest upon your breasts,
Sobriety is pain.
Alone amongst all these souls,
I wonder if they’re the same,
Debating with themselves,
Confusion in their veins.
So tell me if you’re sorry
Or if I am to blame,
I’m talking to myself
But I’ve got nothing to say.
So will we ever change this?
Or just stay the same?
I’m talking to myself
But I’ve got nothing to say.
This perpetual conversation;
Never-ending questioning.
I’m running out of room to grow in,
At least you’re outside, still waiting.
I know myself,
Not the way that you all do,
And I’ll save myself
And forget you.
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4. |
Burn Down My Cage
03:05
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My sunburnt skin,
I guess it could say
I had a wonderful day,
I never thought of it that way.
My longing for love,
I fluctuate
Between loneliness and feeling great,
I’m okay.
But you see,
that world on the outside,
It hasn’t changed
But you’ll see,
The world inside of me,
There’s love, and fire, and rage
And it rages on and on and on and on
In me, the fire’s burning
Strong enough to burn down my cage.
I’ll let it burn, and burn, and burn
so I still learn
to burn down that cage,
and Start again.
(Fire)
I long to be
Lost out at sea,
Dependent upon
Only I and me.
I’ll fish for self-love
Everyday,
I feel crazy,
I’m okay.
But you see,
that world on the outside,
It hasn’t changed
But you’ll see,
The world inside of me,
There’s love, and fire, and rage
And it rages on and on and on and on
In me, the fire burning
Strong enough to burn down my cage.
Let it burn, and burn, and burn
While I still learn.
To Burn down my cage,
to Start again.
I’m scratching deep inside my mind,
Not too sure of what I’ll find.
Something’s rearranged,
Now you can’t cage me.
Scratching deep inside my mind,
Not too sure of what you’ll find.
Something’s rearranged,
Now you can’t cage me.
You can’t change me,
You can’t cage me.
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5. |
Step Away
02:16
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Burn outs with raging fires
Inside of them for life,
Diseased by their addictions,
Struggles and sacrifice.
No mercy for their substance,
Abstinence the only key,
Onwards to the new tomorrow,
This is recovery,
This is recovery.
No more blurry nights;
Forgotten days.
Step away.
No more regrets,
No more mistakes.
Step away.
You just can’t see the ocean
If the water is but a blur.
You can’t take in the beauty of life,
The birds are never heard.
Each sunset now a painting
And not a call to intoxication.
This is me truly free,
This is recovery,
This is recovery.
No more blurry nights;
Forgotten days.
Step away.
No more regrets,
No more mistakes.
Step away.
I’m here to change some things,
One of them is myself.
This bridge is for both you and I
And as a way out of this hell.
No more blurry nights;
Forgotten days.
Step away.
No more regrets,
No more mistakes.
Step away.
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6. |
Remain Crucified
01:18
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Nailed to the X
Or chosen crucifixion,
Live for a faith
Or die for the conviction.
The believing of lies,
The demeaning of life,
I can cut out my eyes
Or remain crucified.
Remain Crucified.
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7. |
Nature Provides
01:56
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Crops in the field,
My gun at my side,
Power available,
Nature provides.
Food on the table,
Music inside,
Adequate lighting,
Nature provides.
Societal pressures
Simply subside,
Moonshine now brewing
As nature provides.
Nature provides,
Brewing peace inside,
Safely consuming,
The addict now dies.
For this man is not evil,
The world can just change
Loving men into creatures
Of pure hate.
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8. |
Diseased
03:13
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God bless the meals
that I have received
as you cut off the hands
of the souls that you feed.
May the land fill with graves
As our blood fills the sea,
Am I insane
Or is sane within me?
Who is sane, you may ask?
Well, not me, obvious,
But he’s got a big cock
And its stuck up my arse,
And the rape it ensues,
As it ravages through,
My innards are split,
Got my shit on his dick,
And it’s lubed up with spit,
I just need one more hit,
I vomit, I’m sick,
I’m a live horror flick,
A domestic terrorist,
I’m Gutting your chick.
The walls closing in on me,
My eyes deceiving me,
Strangle myself to sleep,
Wake up and then repeat.
The walls closing in on me,
My eyes deceiving me,
Strangle myself to sleep,
Wake up and then repeat,
Am I insane
Or is sane within me?
The roots of my pains
Is not what they expect,
Consequence of empathy
And not of neglect
Coz the pain and the weight
Of the world on my heart
Tears the fragments and pieces
Of my brain and soul apart.
Spit and shit from the peeps
Left to rot in my brain cells,
Left to infect the rest
Of the ones that are told
That you can be the normal,
Generic bitch ass motherfucker
That only drink social
to chill and then smoke some grass but you cant.
Diseased and infected;
Allergic.
Its not change of season,
Your bliss is bulimic
So vomit
after the consumption you chose
or just follow that new path,
just fuck off and go.
Its gonna be a new road that you’re taking
But chill.
You got this, spill guts, take no shit and be ready
To kill.
Pure power, no mercy, may anger be energy
Still.
Higher power, my brothers and sisters;
Free will.
Succumbed to desperation,
Beat to shit by our own frustration.
Now we’re force fed this old religion,
None of this ever worked before.
These inner conflicts and altercations,
We’re a Prozac Ritalin
Degeneration.
This is way too much to take in,
We know we’re all
Feeling like we’re destined
For better lives.
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9. |
Saranity
03:42
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I anticipate
To feel you shake
Your sweat off.
Unspeakable things
I rage to do to your body
Through and through.
Groped by rope,
Flesh bulged out,
Fish nets ripped,
My queen crowned
In liquids of making
All orifices gaping,
She’s mine for the taking,
Inside her I’m home.
Let me have you,
Let me use you,
I love that you choose to
Pervert and abuse you,
Every part of you,
Every hole of you.
Every atom,
Every orifice,
Every fibre,
Every smack and kiss.
Open wide,
Let me inside,
Open for more,
Let me explore
What’s mine.
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FiveSidedDice Port Elizabeth, South Africa
FiveSidedDice is a multi-genre music project from the coast of South Africa which was started in 2008. After attaining an inclusive degree in music having done a year of a general diploma in music at Nelson Mandela University, the journey of FiveSidedDice remains ongoing, and the sound ever-changing and evolving. The music of FiveSidedDice and affiliated projects is available across all platforms. ... more
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