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I was wrong
If I thought you could understand how much this means to me

So prepare yourself, the wheels are turning
They can sell a million lies
You're "inadequate" and "watered down"
Tear down their glossy veil
There's nothing wrong with being human
I know it's not impressive
But that’s exactly my point
We're so caught up in ourselves

I'm supposed to trade what I truly am for an unrealistic expectation set up by an industry that wants you to kill yourself every time you look in the mirror

All I want
Is just one ounce of truth
That's all I ever ask
All we do is lie to ourselves
It's so sad that we can't be happy

I will not trade myself just so I can fit in
I have nothing to prove at all

If you buy into it they'll shove it right down, they'll keep shoving it down your throat
This is what we get. This is what we wanted
This is what we get for comparing ourselves

I thought we would come to a point where we fully realized our true potential
And we would be smart enough to shun those outlets that were harmful to us.
All the magazines, the billboards the television
All of it telling us that we aren't good enough. We don’t dress right, our lives are boring
We’re not truly happy unless we ultimately replace our reality with theirs.
I’m not buying into it anymore

Let the bridges burn let the city fall
There’s a pit of sand and the lines are drawn clearly. I will not fall down, I will not buy in.
This house will
I am not the one, I’ve never been
I will not fall down again
You need to seal this with stone before we lose ourselves.

If you build upon sand, nothing lasts forever
And I wonder how much further this can go

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from CARRY THE TORCH / SIGNS OF HOPE Split 7 Inch, track released November 11, 2010
Carry The Torch, Jack Shirley, Stephen Hawks

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