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Demo Tracks 2011

by Surly Temple

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1.
Respire 02:57
Breathe in Breathe out Breathe in Life comes, life comes, life comes so fast Tonight’s your last chance to get out of this town The decision is yours, so quit dicking around Just know that no one’s waiting Yeah, know that no one’s waiting there for you When all you do is talk talk talk Choices must be made And your time is running out I could go on for hours About responsibility or your lack thereof But I’ll only say this once And I’m saying it out of love The choice is up to you But you better make it now Because this shit adds up so quickly Breathe in Breathe out Breathe in Life comes, life comes, life comes so fast We can talk about all the chances we’ve missed But if you remember one thing, just make sure that it’s this There’s no sense in waiting Yeah, there’s no point in contemplating Sometimes you need to do more than talk So get up off your ass This life it moves too fast Have you figured it out yet? Do you see what it’s all about? There’s no winning in this game And there’s only one way out If you want to know the answer, then you’re shit out of luck It doesn’t exist, you gotta make it for yourself
2.
In the old days In the old days In the old days things were better x2 In the old days things were better We had our whole lives ahead of us With nothing to lose Yeah, we did alright But if we always tell ourselves those were the best days Then there’s really nothing ahead of us We’ve already lost Given up the fight You’re kidding yourself if you think things were better then You drank too much and I treated you like shit If we’re always looking backward We’re never moving forward And living’s a one way street Why don’t you get over yourself, Pack it in and walk away? Been dragging us down for far too long I’m not listening to a word you say There’s nothing in the past that’s better than our future I believe that with all my heart So it’s now or never, time to cut the cord, And make a brand new start In the old days In the old days In the old days things were better x2 By now you have to see nostalgia’s a luxury It’s something that I can’t afford I’ve got my own life I’m moving on And if those days were so great That’s not the way it seemed to me Because back then We couldn’t wait to grow up And to tell you the truth, I wasn’t really happy then I always wanted more and you would never give I’d never take it back But I’d never go back either And that’s just the way life is Why don’t you get over yourself, Pack it in and walk away? Been dragging us down for far too long I’m not listening to a word you say There’s nothing in the past that’s better than our future I believe that with all my heart So it’s now or never, time to cut the cord, And make a brand new start
3.
Are giving in and giving up all that different? Because I feel like it’s a pretty thin line And I’m sick of you always telling me I’ll be fine Compromise isn’t the word for it If you’re always on the losing side It feels like it’s been twenty years since I tried I barely knew you I never knew myself But that’s all gonna change Tonight I’m digging my heels in even if it kills me I’m gonna stand my ground this time Been pushed around for far too long Just how long did you think I’d put up with it? And is your life worth more than mine? It’s so hard to see which one of us was blind Yeah, this may all be a bit dramatic And you may have my best interests in mind But for the first time in my life I don’t care I barely knew you I never knew myself But that’s all gonna change Tonight I’m digging my heels in even if it kills me I’m gonna stand my ground this time Been pushed around for far too long
4.
Droning 03:18
Making wealth for someone else Never sounded that great to me But still I’ve got to feed myself and pay the rent Can you tell me is this what it means to be free? It’s about survival About making do It’s about having to put up with all of their shit Instead of doing what’s right for you But I just shut my goddamn mouth Always keeping to myself Is this the way we have to live, to deal with it? Or is there a way out? It’s about survival About making do It’s about having to put up with all of their shit Instead of doing what’s right for you You’ve got lungs so fucking use them Shout it out like you’ve got one day left to live I don’t care who you think is listening All that matters is that you give Because I think we could be happy Living lives we want to live And I highly doubt we chose this mess, but it’s ours now And I think it’s time we cleaned it up
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It stays the same (everywhere I go) It stays the same (everywhere I go) As I walk these streets at night I catch my reflection by the neon light Mistaking satellites for shooting stars Am I the only one that sees things as they are? It stays the same (everywhere I go) It stays the same (everywhere I go) Another block down and I see the same things Concrete and glass cover over everything Could it be that it was always this way Or is there a reason for a world painted gray? It stays the same (everywhere I go) It stays the same (everywhere I go) Call it what you want and call it what you will But when I look around I see a fucking oil spill We’ve covered this place in our own toxic waste Is it too much to ask for an escape? It stays the same (everywhere I go) It stays the same (everywhere I go)

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released May 21, 2011

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