Zero Down

Down This Road

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Another day, another dollar, another bill collecting caller. Disillusioned, let down, all my heroes are junkies now.
I've been down this road, in the end it's all the same, Another day I'm getting older,
Another day nothing has changed.
I've been down this road,
I'm wrong when I know I'm right,
Hard pressed to make it better,
But I got no will to fight.
28 and I'm flat broke,
I've been down so long I have given up hope.
Shattered nerves anxiety, so much more that I wanted to be.
I often wonder what went wrong, but I can't remember, it's been too long.
Think out loud things I want to change, but I know I never will,
I'm gonna stay this way.
Is this my great reward, servitude and solitude, a lifetime of chances I have blown.
I woulda coulda shoulda been so much more than I really am, and it's nobody else's fault but my own.

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shallowmeans On Aug 14, 2002

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2002-08-14 03:22:25

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by TJE_Drummer_11

23y ago

what the hell? has anyone ever heard this song? such a good song, its about a guy living on his own thinking how his life could be so much better.

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by Tool

23y ago

ive heard this song, these guys have an amazing amount of talent and i respect them very much, these lyrics are really good as well. this song is about the people who are more than average but because of their own fallacies, they are much less than what they should be. it happens all the time

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by TurboFox

21y ago

God how I relate to this song.

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by MattyJinn

21y ago

Its too bad the lead singer kicked the can after the first album :(

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