[Intro] I feel I’ve lost my place Floating in space no grace, life’s a race and I don’t know what to chase anymore The words just come out sore [Verse 1] Just wanna be great Don’t have to rely on faking for its sake I make grandiose claims, clamp chains No one else to blame Just wanna soar, find more heights See the lore understand the mights The wheres, the whos, the clues to the spotlight I can’t seem to maintain or stay in lane Fanning flames to my burnout Stanning artists with turnout Learning more, showing less, it’s all a test all the stuff I churn out Aimed for rolling stones, but I can’t get no satisfaction What I have left I ration [Chorus x 4] Blank pages no stages well, I might just leave this here Wrong phrases dark places, yeah Changes start to appear [post-Chorus] I got this, I got this [Verse 2] Need to be daring like Daredevil, Frank Miller But I’m Swimming in Circles like Mac Want to be new and nuance, J.Dilla But I’m lost in the facts and that’s Pushing me into a hole, leaving my soul in two Lost my role, where’s my goal to be one of the few who do Hits the wall and climbs, reaches the view and finds There’s more to life than landmines [Verse 3] All I see is empty pages, Half-finished projects haven’t touched for ages Wrote six songs, crossed out phrases Time to break out the basics And it narrates the question of changes Do I push against the wall in pain Act like everything’s still the same [Verse 4] I get headaches, hands shake, I can’t speak, can’t work, anxieties multiply like Fibonacci’s rabbits, developing habits, bad ones. I don’t want to talk about The elephant in my room, Rather hire Daedalus, throw ‘em in the labyrinth It’s bull, like squeezing water from a stone Locked out of my mind kingdome I don’t sleep as well, too much time to think it’s hell Just wanna excel, That’s me in a nutshell. [Chorus x 4] Blank pages no stages well, I might just leave this here Wrong phrases dark places, yeah Changes start to appear

[Chorus] x 2 Now It hurts that I fight though I know you’re no good to me Just wish, I didn’t lie, to say that it’s love Just want it, to be great, let it play out like it could be Living, at a level, where it’s okay, it’s enough [Verse 1] I feel like a dog chasing its tail Went after that whale, again I’m playing pretend, I can’t fail, my friend, don’t have a choice I’m bending that crutch Losing my voice 6 years destroyed, mark it even Still, go back to watch you leaving Maybe, I’ll be singing bleeding love Dead horse I’m beating but I bluff Off mountains, they don’t move Playing a game, I know I’ll lose, still I choose To show up, maybe it’ll work this time. [Chorus] Now It hurts, that I fight, though I know you’re no good to me Just wish, I didn’t lie, to say that it’s love Just want it, to be great, let it play out like it could be Living, at a level, where it’s okay, it’s enough [Verse 2] I’m faking distaste, pushing away feelings, post haste Why can’t I replace, you Staying away to make do I hate, that I can have a good thing You send a message and I forget I let you hold the net No matter how good it gets All bets are off and I’m with you. Ruin foundations to continue Poison resolve with youth Why ruin this with the truth [Chorus] Now It hurts, that I fight, though I know you’re no good to me Just wish, I didn’t lie, to say that it’s love Just want it, to be great, let it play out like it could be Living, at a level, where it’s okay, it’s enough [Post-Chorus] I feel like a dog chasing its tail I went after that whale, again [Bridge] I’ve been bleeding, leading on eating my soul and will What a hole to fill Debt to pay and I don’t want to see the bill Grill me and I’ll tell you how to do it right Still, I’ll let it play through the late night Kill time, reading my thoughts in fright Then bury them away, out of sight Part 2 | 6/8 B Major [ Verse 3 ] I’m Freeeeeeeee What a way to be, All polite smiles, no animosity. Loves requited, fueled, excited I’m delighted, writing with ignited passion Cashing Checks, they small though But I’m building a folio and following Swallowing pride and not wallowing In self-pity, [ Verse 4 ] Now it hurts to see I fought to lose A path to choose, Reduced to self-abuse, confused Nothing I can do, can’t be excused Walk on daggers, Perusing, Hindsight is slightly amusing When I think of the life I’m producing The new things, Head in the clouds I’m a fiend [Verse 5 ] Looking back, thinking Why I, gotta be a moby dick about it Reminisce, sinking But I’d, be a different person without it Chasing White Whales like it defines me Clayfaced, lost shape, I need reminding Losing touch end up in Arkham Confrontational, turn around, pardon? Stand Nobel, don’t react to Argon Adjust to the real world, no-garden For eve, we learned to leave [Summer of George Outro]

[Verse 1] This is the part where I put the lyrics Fun phat basslines and satirics And have you dancing And have you applause But it’s been a bit off because [Verse 2] I can't work out if it's get out of bed day Or get out of bed, no shower, I lay Thinking about all the things I should be doing, projects brewing Left to steep, goals too steep The beach is good in theory But I'm pale and I burn like mellows By the campfire, Am I too weary Eerie thoughts to the future Staring at a computer that doesn't have the answers [Chorus] Can you maintain the high Can you make it edgy Can you perform a lie You do it already Can you maintain the high Can you make it edgy Can you perform a lie Can you light a fire [Verse 3] Tried to write a hot summer album Found them little inspiration Burn out then deceleration Learn so much I forgot, Tongued tied up in knots, I've been [Verse 4] Watching holiday flicks and frat comedies Wondering if I'm in the anomalies Is my quality of life undermined by my inclined to stay inside, I find I'm spending too long in comparison Could I be more adventurous if I'm Harrison If I could afFord it. Grabbed my bags, picked a flight and boarded [Chorus] Can you maintain the high Can you make it edgy Can you perform a lie You do it already Can you maintain the high Can you make it edgy Can you perform a lie Can you light a fire [Verse 5] I wanted to make something special But I’m stuck working on me This was going to be next level Maybe that’s album three Or do two point five, get back the drive Feel like I arrived, then sat outside Feel like it’s sex drugs, and depression Everything else's for likes, that’s my impression But this album can’t get another extension

[pre-Chorus: Amber Ferraro] Tell the world it’s love to feel the high And I’ve got a funny feeling Holes that we make Just destined to ache All is fair so choose to feel the high [Verse 1: Ezra Allen] I live in expectation Finding rock bottom has a basement Delusions of the places I can go, no patience Trouble with hearing half the time, Van Gogh Ouch, my mutilations Aren’t quite as physical, difficult to diagnose Not visible when I take off my clothes And I’ve learned I can do that well enough I’m no longer bluffing but nothing is rushing When it comes to loving I’m coming to conclusions and the judging is flooding my mind Standards are ruining me, behind closed doors Settling old scores, always, asking, for more But I don’t know where my illusions begin Can read the lies that I’m living in I can see that you're pretty and I’ll exaggerate the rest or try my best Or maybe this is genuine [pre-Chorus: Amber Ferraro] Tell the world it’s love to feel the high And I’ve got a funny feeling Holes that we make Just destined to ache All is fair so choose to feel the high [Chorus] [Verse 2] I can dream of mice and men I’ll move forward but wait for the bend Self destructive trend The rush of exchange, deranged Lost in expectations i've arranged It’s a high until it’s not and I’m lost in thought Counter intuitive to advice I’ve supported So well versed I could’ve taught it, but despite It doesn’t apply well in the late night I’m emotionally repressed at your expense What I’m receiving, it’s intense Do you see me through a blurred lense? Don’t notice where the face ends and the mind begins. Better at dictating with a ballpoint pen I’m watching furniture crash into walls But you’re smiling and waiting Do you like understand what you’re saying Or ignoring the fire you’re playing with Placed it in myth, amongst Arthur I can't take it farther [pre-Chorus: Amber Ferraro] Tell the world it’s love to feel the high And I’ve got a funny feeling Holes that we make Just destined to ache All is fair so choose to feel the high [Bridge: Ezra Allen] I’m in my mind more and more Floating through space I can’t find the floor I’m sore and seeing through doors I’m not taking I’m sure, I’m not making, the most of my time Breaking my soul not cross a line Shaking I need to unwind Open myself, realign Come down to earth No more alpine [Chorus]

[Verse 1] Trails of scales sliming over like snails I’m waiting for bail, another night chasing tails Dwelling on unreplied emails, the smell of male ego Because he goes off with another Or she goes, into some upper, tier Fearing inadequacy, the whens, the whos, the what could be Tunnelling up, what I see, Ignoring accolades piling Not taking the time for smiling I’m doing well, as far as I can tell Compiling new tasks and personnel It doesn’t really scratch the itch, Probably Pull a Djokovic, In time Already miming it in, frustration Staying agitated on vacation [Verse 2] I dropped three EPs in three years, but critical My spirit animal, Archimedes, You know The owl that interferes, I’m geared up For more constantly So quick to be despondent and then unresponsive I can be the fondest fan then so defensive Lash out in offensive I’m over elaborating [Bridge] Looking for validation for validation’s sake, Keeping pushing the line to see what it makes It’s been interesting so far, making imagery from sounds, sonar Knowledge and growth are my goalposts Not too concerned about breaking both coasts Living the cliche of making art But breaking even’s a good start And from there, who knows? Me, I’m five steps ahead But fail in the now, somehow [Verse 3] Tales of sales, scaling down my fails I’m biting my nails, too hung up on the details How, so and so just had a hit I missed again n’ It doesn’t sit Well and I’ll dwell whilst I pretend it didn’t get to me, And the months I’d spend In self-righteous self-pity Time to disband the guilt Committee In my mind

[Intro: Isadora Lauritz] As time comes to closing Wish I smell the roses, Now the petals are broken, roots decomposing Thorns disappeared I never noticed Could’ve watered I’m not focused Blowing dust, my lowest I never smelled the roses [Verse 1: Ezra Allen] Can’t you see my goals? I shout through empty halls Be down for the cause through missed calls and absent-minded conversation My main attraction is my constant distraction And when you subtract that you’re a doormat I walk over Selling free time for exposure Polarising links 'I'm a loner' Lowering the lines, so I fit. Minimalising time at parties before I split There's beauty in the fire that burns the kingdom down Destructive power without sound While you’re beaten down like ground beef Keep ending in a heap Leaking memories made cheap And it's not a leap to say They don't see you anymore You keep climbing stairs But don’t look at the floors Life's a chore, you procrastinate No source to imitate [Chorus: Isadora Lauritz] When all is dead, Will you take the time then When they stop calling Will you take the time then When you're wealthy independent Will you take the time then When you see the thorns, Feeling tired and worn Will you take the time then [Post-Chorus: Isadora] Take the time then Take the time then Take the time [Verse 2] Can’t you see the roles, I played Money that I made and lost Working at a cost, fingers crossed That it’ll come to something something not remembered as the dumb thing dumb thing, but figure I'm becoming A relief In disbelief conceived through looseleaf spreadsheets and bedsheets watching as friendships leaks Into structures I bulldozed when I built, without much skill Watching the connections that I killed I left a while back, new purpose Weights reracked-earnest Mistakes-gates-open, mind closed New problems exposed, but-never disclosed Steer clear of sincere remarks that when I look at my year I'm unaware, there's nothing there My life’s a private affair [Chorus: Isadora] When you're well-read Will you, take the time then When there’s applauding Will you take the time then When you don't how to spend it Will you take the time then When you see the thorns, realise you’re the cause Will you take the time then [Pre-Chorus: Isadora] Take the time then Take the time then Take the time [Outro]

[Verse 1] If I’m not depressed what’s left, will you think of me? I’d invite it in like a guest With blessed content, meant to be It’s gotta be meant to be, chemical imbalance That’s the recipe. I detest the unproductivity But invested time in this angle Tangled in self-loathing, I had it handled Watching it burn through me like a candle My Achilles’ ankle. [Verse 2] If I’m so smart why can’t I start? I planted a weed and something grew, deep Could throw to cheap takes at others, expense But that’s not a muscle I want to tense. I’m in suspense I won’t give a pretence. No one is more keen for what’s next than me Man I could be, shouting This dick ain’t free! but it is Welcome to me, I exist wrote all my character flaws in a list Hoping for a spark If I’m so smart why can’t I start? [Verse 3] Nothing comes to mind when I’m staring at stats Declining, or the success in other artists I’m finding little joy in creation I’m starting to fall into a pit inbetween releases Starting again in a few months picking up the pieces This is a thankless profession if you ignore the compliments in the sessions or the people Who come up to you at shows saying you sound like so and so, and you brought your A-game It’s only a matter of time, it's fine this industry is just turning tides If I’m not depressed, what’s there to write about blank pages unable to fill them out No passion or interest, can't think of the pun Or a hook as viral H1N1 [outro] The world is submerged in doubt and anxiety I struggle to find the surface Just wadding through open water unable to find purchase Unable to find the right rhyme or metaphor Can't stay in time or sing My voice is a stain on my memory and I can't seem to rub it out. Cringe and scrunch up good ideas because I wrote them Fall further into the deep. Hold on and ride it out