Dead Weight

from Cosmic Joke by Pantomime

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The car spurts and sputters but refuses to acknowledge my desire to drive
The black hole, the lack of control is enough to make the angels weep, watch it fall apart
Withholding information, time is running out
The rose coloured glasses I used to wear were bitch slapped offa my face
Without a doubt, I been living it out through a series of miscalculated efforts to right some perceived wrong
Withholding information, time is running out

The room is clearly full
Underneath it all I feel alone
The neverending push and pull
Empty bottles can't quite take me home, you know

Leaving without a place to go
Indulging in all of those classic misdirections to piss away the time
And save me from this dead weight keeping me behind

The ground shakes, the earthquake makes an undeniable attempt to unearth
A subconscious plot to overthrow the only source of motivation keeping my head above
Withholding information, time is running out

Smiling, laughing room is full
Underneath it all I feel alone
The neverending push and pull
Empty bottles can't quite take me home, you know

Leaving without a place to go
Indulging in all of those classic misdirections to piss away the time
And save me from this dead weight keeping me behind

You gave me hope, you kept me going
A ray of light in trying times
But when you left, the implication was weighing heavy on my mind
The constant doubt, the self reflection
The darkest truths I've ever known
Now without hope, I blindly wander
I'll try to find my way back home

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from Cosmic Joke, released July 13, 2018

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Pantomime is a powerful power trio that plays songs with power. Cosmic Joke is coming July 13th.

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