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Heredity
04:22
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I don’t have the answers to questions you ask
I’ll take my chances, don’t mention the past
With no expectations lets see where we land
Repeat conversations a line in the sand
I’ve been waiting, I’ve been waiting, I’ve been biding my time
Gaining an advantage now I’m ready, I’m primed
I’ve been giving, I’ve been giving, now I’m taking what’s mine
You've taken me for granted left me empty inside
Full flight I am soaring above it all
Hold tight moving fast like a cannonball
Keep up because I’m not slowing down
Hands off there is nothing that can stop me now
Heredity tells me who I shouldn’t be
Inhibit the you that’s embedded in me
I held open your eyes but you still couldn’t see
But I’ve finally realised how blind you have been
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Reputation
04:30
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I’m untethered from what’s holding me down
All the tension now is being unwound
Seeing through it all and knowing what’s true
No reputation to be living up to
My attention on what’s happening now
Nothing for me in imagining how
No connection to how this might turn out
A projection of a vanishing doubt
Now I have been set free
Turning into something I can see
Holding on to what you feel inside
Don’t look back at what you left behind
Reframe the future, present and past
Preserve the time it's happening fast
Forgiveness for the things I have lacked
I won't ask for any more than that
What’s ahead has been before
With nothing left to answer for
Extraordinary we are not
In time we’ll be what time forgot
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Direction
04:36
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Running from it
I cannot stop it
Finished with it
Knowing my limit
I’ve been bruised, I’ve been used
Your false moves, I’m confused
You know me, I know you
I tried hard to get through
Talking to myself about not talking about it
But at least I am talking
Trying to recount that which had you surrounded
I can’t blame you for trying
I’ve made the connection I know my direction
This time I’ve realised I don’t need your protection
I Keep tripping keep on falling you don’t pick me up
But you can see I'm surviving
Repeat myself
Believe it might help
Breathe deep think less
A small step is progress
I know where I came from
There’s been times I’ve been wrong
Whats been said, whats been done
But how long is too long?
When I draw the line
You pick your side
I wish I spoke out
Opened my mouth
Won't let this hold me down
Carried by the sound
Just watch me ascend now
I’m lifting from the ground
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Understanding
04:16
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I’ve got the feeling that I’ve been here too long
So many things have been and gone
You’ve made the same mistake too many times
And I’ll decline to give it one more try
You said “sorry” and I’m like “here it comes”
You know you can’t keep blaming everyone
Or the things you saw when you were young
What exactly are you running from?
You could sit and wait for ever
Holding out for something better eventually
But every time is comes you pass
And other people take your chances it’s hard to see
Now you’re finding something big
This is a game that you could win if you let it be
A new kind of understanding
No more falling now you’re landing right next to me
I said you’re all the things that are wrong with you
You said you needed me to help you through
See I don’t know the way I can’t be your guide
But you’ve already picked your battle I’m on your side
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