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This is another one of those emo/pop punk songs I wanted to do. The song is about growing more and more unstable due to the natural order of the world. People have a tendency to water down a person's mental health, by saying things like "This is just a phase, it'll pass" or "keep your chin up" like it's easy to just change "act" happy.

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Go on, you deserve a vacation from yourself
and everyone else around
So long, to a bad situation
It's been hell to keep your feet on the ground

Life's got a way of cracking your foundation
when you finally got your roof figured out
Ain't it funny when they ask you what's wrong
And you don't know what you're so upset about?

Pick yourself up
You're gonna make it
Long enough to figure out you hate this
Give up on those dreams, but still live your life

Messy makeup
Why you crying?
You feel fucked enough to start lying?
Cause they won't like the truth, so make an alibi

They said this shouldn't last forever
They said it's probably just a phase
But what if it's all you've ever known

They said that soon you'll feel much better
So put a smile on that face
And pretend that you don't feel so damn alone

I've spent the past four nights hoping
That I get this under control
I try to keep this closed mind open
But I don't want to let in the cold

I've been watching the crack in my psyche
Grow more and more every day
So wide open, the world creeps inside me
And needless to say, its afraid

I don't need anything, I'm fine
Maybe just some energy, I'm dying
To know my purpose, why does this hurt
its been eating me inside

I've been watching the crack in my psyche
Grow more and more every day
So wide open, the world creeps inside me
And needless to say, its afraid
That it just might understand me
It's scared to think we're the same
Fucked and broken, the world and myself
If it falls apart than we'll be to blame

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from Uphill Both Ways In The Snow (B​-​Sides), released June 12, 2022

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