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When the wheel stops spinning the closer you get
No more bets
No more bets
I'm a dirty old dog chewing on the forceps
Forever breaching at the womb
Got a perpetual rocking motion at the base of my spine
I'll raise my leg and piss on the moon
So you better get in line
I'm a tightrope walker of the lowest order
Wear a noose loose around my neck
Sometimes I stumble, sometimes I fall
I'm a beacon of hopeless regrets
So you better get in line
When the wheel stops spinning the closer you get
No more bets
No more bets
Got plague pitted eyes and a funeral suit smile
Wear it out every once in a while
Ridiculed don't be fooled by the fraudulent laugh
It's just self-medicated denial
So you better get in line
When the wheel stops spinning the closer you get
No more bets
No more bets
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Joy of Living
04:08
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Pretty little pearl with a price tag on
Gritting your teeth like an oyster shell
What can be done about the sun
Drying up the poison well?
Lifeless species floating up
Instead of drifting back downstream
I’d give my life for an aimless wish
But I’ll never die for a king or queen
If you have a fear of living
There isn’t answers for everything
Don’t fret
Your life is just beginning
Long before the wheels fell off
We all walked through the old school gates
With eyes like Raskolnikov
Expanding into empty space
With minds of fire, dreams turn to smoke
Rainclouds douse the flames
The black dog barks until it gags
Forever straining on its chain
So build a fire in your heart
Burn everything you’ve ever learnt
There’s nothing sadder than regretting
For fear of life and getting burnt
If you have a fear of living
There isn’t answers for everything
Don’t fret
Your life is still worth living
When you find the joy of living
You won’t need answers for everything
Don’t fret – your life is just beginning
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Shaking Chains Manchester, UK
Debut Album ‘Overvalued Ideas’ out 29th Jan 2021.
”The overvalued idea, first described
by Wernicke, refers to a solitary, abnormal belief that is neither delusional nor obsessional in nature, but which is preoccupying to the extent of dominating the sufferer's life.”
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6391600/
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