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Better
02:58
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Don’t want to be like this anymore
Don’t want to be hateful and ignored
I’ve so long been in love with violence
Thirsting for a chance at vengeance
Don’t want to be like this, not today
Don’t want to wake up and have the shakes
Cause that need to destroy has nowhere to go
But inward towards the thing I hate most
I want to get better
I want to have a life worth living for
I want to be better
I want to feel like there’s something in store
Don’t want to be set against the world
Don’t want to be be sure I’ve no future
I’m like an animal that’s been cornered
And will attack for survival
I want to get better
I want to be someone you want here
I want to be better
I want to be someone I don’t fear
Maybe nature made me wrong,
But nurture’s what made me defective
A fucked up loser tired of always
Feeling like a helpless victim
Don't want to be like this anymore
Don't want to be like this, not today
I want to get better
Defy my nature and be kind
I want to be better
I want to leave this shit behind
Leave it behind
Leave it behind
Yeah, I’m gonna leave it behind
Leave it behind
Leave it behind
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Perfectionism
01:28
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Standing around, I’m paralyzed
Pressure’s wrecking me inside
At everything I do I always have to be the best
I don’t know how I got like this, but now it’s making me stressed
If I miss a single step, that’s it; I fucking lose
If my work doesn’t measure up, my life’s forever ruined
Standing around, I’m paralyzed
Pressure’s wrecking me inside
Fixated on other people to see how I compare
They look so far ahead of me, and I know I shouldn’t care
My competitive streak has me shackled to the grind
Perfectionism’s driving me out of my mind
Standing around, I’m paralyzed
Pressure’s wrecking me inside
And I know that I’m not merely slow
Got held back in ways out of my control
But I don’t know what the way forward is
And I need to find some clarity with this
Too many choices for the future; I don’t know which to pick
Can’t choose a single direction; the prospect makes me sick
Expecting every option to give me everything
Don't know what I want for myself and what I want just to get ahead
Standing around, trying to decide
Before opportunities pass me by
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Teenage Psycho
02:19
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Seventeen, nihilistic, live to get high
Smartest in your class, but you’re too good to try
Bring cigarettes to school, and everyone’s your friend
While secretly you’re waiting for this life to end
You were miserable and pissed before it was the trend
And you don’t need their morality
Cause you reject all authority
You’ll have your day, or so you say
You’re all there is so nothing really matters anyway
All the outcasts come to hear your words profound
They see that the darkness in you has no bounds
With a need to be destructive even to yourself,
You’ll disappoint all those who thought you could be helped
Evil is your good; you’ll make a Heaven of your Hell
You don’t really care
Beneath your tough exterior there’s nothing else there
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Lash Out
02:37
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Throughout the years suppression stays the same
Concealing mental strain
Containing venomous pain
So many times I have been overlooked
Nobody wants to see
Nobody listens to me
So I get up on the mic
Pick up the guitar
Can’t contain the conflict
Music manifests internal war
Lash out
Lash out
Lash out
Rampage now
In everyday life, I let so much go
I can say nothing, no
Not even for my own good
Now, if I let all my emotions flow
The crowd won’t even know
They think it’s all just for show
So I take my place onstage
Injured and enraged
We’ll cleave your ears with horrid sound
Leaving you amazed when we
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Seeking and Straying
02:51
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Coming closer to reaching the open air
Rending my skin to get out of these thorns
It’s never-ending: the torment, the rage inside
Keep pushing forward knowing if I stop, I’ll drown
And I know that I’m unwanted
Know that I’m alone
A beast that God unleashed upon you all
I’m going all the way for myself today
Even though the pain I cause won’t make up for all I’ve lost
I will command respect, be free of my distress
Since I can’t be good I’m gonna be the best
As far back as I remember I’ve been told
That I’m a monster, misshapen and deformed
I can’t deny it; I was never meant to lead
A normal life, so now you’ll all feel what I feel
And it’s true that I’m unwanted
True that I’m a dog
A beast that God unleashed upon you all
And I think about the moment when I overcame my foe
And I can’t get past how he ruined it all
I’ve worked every day to earn myself a place
While he fought to avoid his responsibilities
And now he’ll never know I have my reasons for doing this
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Suburban Decay Washington, D.C.
Inspired by 80s hardcore and 90s punk, Suburban Decay was born from the ashes of the middle class with a gaze toward both the past and future. With an introspective side and a thing for classic literature, the band strives to create fun punk songs while confronting individual and societal demons. ... more
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