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Started out simple
Started out clean
Like a starlit night
Smell of rain
The day stacked up
And the air grew thin
Gravity pulling
Pulling me down in
Push up from the bed
Feel my hit the floor
Dreamt I was running
Through a field of fire
Shadows in my tracks
But I ain’t looking back
At the rest of you
Hey I’m trying so hard
To see the light
To see the light
To see it burn thru hey hey hey
Not going down with the rest of you
I’m not going down with the rest of you
Now you’re asking for answers
You want a clarion call
But you’re drowning in echos
Bouncing off walls
I ain’t no prophet
I got no horn to blow
So let the darkness fall
Let the sky charred up black
Let the animals out
Let the plate come back
So you rock me in the morning
Wake my body up
Till the light comes through
Till you gotta shout
Hey I’m trying so hard
To see the light
To see the light
To see it burn thru
Hey I’m trying so hard
To see the light
To see the light
To see it burn thru hey hey hey
Not going down with the rest of you
I’m not going down like you want me to
We all want something else
We all want something else
Now you’re running in my tracks
But I ain’t looking back
At the rest of you
Now you’re running in my tracks
But I ain’t looking back
At the rest of you
Now you’re running in my tracks
But I ain’t looking back
At the rest of you
Oh you’re running in my tracks
But I ain’t looking back
At the rest of you
Now you’re running in my tracks
But I ain’t looking back
At the rest of you
Oh you’re running in my tracks
But I ain’t looking back
At the rest of you
Now you’re running in my tracks
But I ain’t looking back
At the rest of you
We all want something else
Started out clean
Like a starlit night
Smell of rain
The day stacked up
And the air grew thin
Gravity pulling
Pulling me down in
Push up from the bed
Feel my hit the floor
Dreamt I was running
Through a field of fire
Shadows in my tracks
But I ain’t looking back
At the rest of you
Hey I’m trying so hard
To see the light
To see the light
To see it burn thru hey hey hey
Not going down with the rest of you
I’m not going down with the rest of you
Now you’re asking for answers
You want a clarion call
But you’re drowning in echos
Bouncing off walls
I ain’t no prophet
I got no horn to blow
So let the darkness fall
Let the sky charred up black
Let the animals out
Let the plate come back
So you rock me in the morning
Wake my body up
Till the light comes through
Till you gotta shout
Hey I’m trying so hard
To see the light
To see the light
To see it burn thru
Hey I’m trying so hard
To see the light
To see the light
To see it burn thru hey hey hey
Not going down with the rest of you
I’m not going down like you want me to
We all want something else
We all want something else
Now you’re running in my tracks
But I ain’t looking back
At the rest of you
Now you’re running in my tracks
But I ain’t looking back
At the rest of you
Now you’re running in my tracks
But I ain’t looking back
At the rest of you
Oh you’re running in my tracks
But I ain’t looking back
At the rest of you
Now you’re running in my tracks
But I ain’t looking back
At the rest of you
Oh you’re running in my tracks
But I ain’t looking back
At the rest of you
Now you’re running in my tracks
But I ain’t looking back
At the rest of you
We all want something else
Lyrics submitted by uteinfullerton
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So let the darkness fall... Let the (tectonic) plate come back
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