Drag It Out

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Just drag it out
Release the pressure I've felt so long
Don't drag me down
Let me find where I belong

I want to evade this pressure in me
And break my way through the sand
So I can find who I ought to be
And reveal who I really am
Before these walls close me in
I want to find my place
Want to find my place again

Push the pressure down beneath the cracks
Before I slip deep into a world of black

Just drag it out
Release the pressure I've felt so long
Don't drag me down
Let me find where I belong

I know where I used to stay
But will I ever get back there
And break these shadows of grey
To pull back in my air
So I can feel much better
And relieve myself of this
Relieve myself of this pressure

Push the pressure down beneath the cracks
Before I slip deep into a world of black

Just drag it out
Release the pressure I've felt so long
Don't drag me down
Let me find where I belong

I can feel it starting to hold me inside
The lights fades and now I'm petrified
But its your fingers that lift me from the dust
And clear me out from this molded rust

Just drag it out
Release the pressure I've felt so long
Don't drag me down
Let me find where I belong

Push the pressure down beneath the cracks
Before I slip deep into a world of black
2x

Just drag it out
Release the pressure I've felt so long
Don't drag me down
Let me find where I belong


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    This song is actually a song the band wrote for their EP album before working on their debut album. It had been performed live at the shows to support the EP.

    MusicFREAK20on July 16, 2006   Link

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