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Until the Stars Align
04:29
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Until the stars align
I’ll just bide my time and do what I can
In this present set of circumstance, what else is there?
Unfurling tragedy,
the only remedy is to sit and wait it out
But what of the time, that’s in between?
Until the stars align
I’ll just bide my time
Until the stars align,
We’ll commit the time to keep the spark alight
Even if it’s just your face and your voice
We can talk about our days
And the many ways we keep our hopes alive
For the moment when, we reunite.
Until the stars align
One day at a time
Until the stars align
One day at a time
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Lately, it’s easy to get overwhelmed
With so much noise and so much need to get ahead
Always something to do, always someone to please
Meanwhile, you bury needs beneath
Switch off, switch out
Or you might find yourself burning to the ground
Switch off, switch out
No need to feel guilty for the rest that you need to have
You can take the time, if you like
Take a walk, go outside
Disconnected virtually, reconnect with reality
The trees above and the grass beneath
I feel the flow of the gentle breeze
The sun glistens down on the sea
In this moment, I’m with the peace I’ve found now
You can take the time, if you like
Take a walk, go outside
You can take the time, if you like
Breathe the air, clear your mind
You can take the time, if you like
Take a walk, go outside
You can take the time, if you like
Breathe the air, clear your mind
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Liability
04:22
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How many times have you told a lie on record?
How many times have you told a promise you couldn’t keep?
How many times have you scoffed at those you consider beneath you?
So disingenuous, and there’s no reason to trust any Goddamn thing you say
You’re a fake, a charade, a liability
No sense of any responsibility
What is it about you that makes you think you’re so exceptional?
What is it about you that makes you think you’re above everyone else?
Do all that you can to protect your false sense of supremacy
Pay lip service whilst the system suppresses minorities
Your priority to protect your overprivileged bubble of elites
Here’s a message for you and all your crony crew, your bubble’s gonna burst
You’re a fake, a charade, a liability
No sense of any accountability
You’re a fake, a charade, you liar
Here’s a message for you and all your crony crew, your bubble’s gonna burst
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Negative Partisan
04:01
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I’ve picked a side, I’m going to stick with it
And if you dare change your mind, you’re gonna stick it
You’re a hypocrite, but so am I
But who really cares, it’s just a case of whether you’re on the winning side
Less of what I’m for, More of what I’m against
If our exchanges our binary
Just the blame game
If truth is buried and there’s no clarity
Just us and them
If illusion steers us more than any reason
We end up worse
If hatred and fear drives us more than anything else
Downward spiral
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Deep Waters
04:22
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The water looks calm from the surface above
But what of the currents of chaos that lies below
There are those of us who can swim with it on their own
Whilst some of us are gripped in fear of the bewildering unknown
Don’t shut me out
Your pride can’t hide the face that you were hurting like no one I’d ever known
I kept my eyes fixed on the sky above, I have the strength to breathe
Your eyes had sunken down, fixed on the dark beneath
So tell me what I could do, I waited for as long as I could
I could hold out my hand for you, so long as you would
Don’t shut me out
Yet you would not reach until I found myself drowning too
Don’t shut me out
All of my compassion
All of my guilt
What of everything that we had built?
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Resistance
06:59
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Dreams are abundant
They glisten in minds,
As bright as the stars
That fill the night sky
Who are you to become?
What change do you seek to make?
What challenges do you set before you?
What will it take?
Any time I take a step forward
Part of me holds me back
Any time I make a choice
Fear puts me under attack
Contradicting myself
Saying one thing then doing another
I cannot show up without a voice in my head
Saying that you are setting yourself up for disappointment
Setting yourself up
For disappointment
Setting yourself up
For disappointment
It isn’t fatal but feels like it is
Dreams are too strong to play it safe
Resistance, your voice will not go away
Resistance, I must face you every day
But now I define you and give you a name
I ignore you and let my dreams take aim
Overcome any sense of resistance
Find the courage within
Elevate yourself
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Ryan Mark Elliott Cardiff, UK
Ryan Elliott is a Welsh musician, composer and producer known for his adventurous, distinct and eclectic guitar playing and untempered ambition in writing and performing music.
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