Down Striving

from Absurd To Wake by The Ugly Facade

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Got such a young looking face
I’d like to know
Why you have fallen from grace
I’d like to show
You a way
You can stay
And maybe we’ll play pretend
We’ll point the finger with the very hand that we extend

Got such an innocent smile
I’d like to know
Why you can’t stay here awhile
I’d like to show
You a game
We can blame
All the portents and pretense
We’ll burn the savior who was sworn to come to our defense

I’d like to show
You the way
I have taken every shortcut and lost

I’d like to keep
You from harm
But the falling is worth paying the cost

You take too much too fast
You move to make it last
But you’re never gonna have any place unless you put it down

You take too much too fast
You want to make it last
But you’re never gonna have any faith unless you come back down

Got such a star in your eye
I’d like to see
If you can harness the fire
I’d like to be
The first one that the sun
Sends your broken body to
I’ll scrape off all the ash
And eat the darkness out of you

Built to struggle built to burst
Built so you can’t quench the thirst
Icarus is broken, burnt and beautiful
And tumbling to the earth

Tried to get so high you never left the ground
Tried to sing so loud you never made a sound

You take too much too fast
You move to make it last
But you’re never gonna have any place unless you put it down

You take too much too fast
You want to make it last
But you’re never gonna have any faith unless you put it down

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from Absurd To Wake, released October 6, 2023

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The Ugly Facade

We live our lives in boxes, with little glowing screens. We fill our blood with toxins, so we can deal with things. And sometimes, more than often, the bitter masks the taste. The fruitless failed reflection: what if it's all a waste?

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