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Paper Trail

from Home Is Not A Place by Hiraeth

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lyrics

we are living in a modern day American tragedy
sold our fucking souls to keep the clothing on our backs
our minds will lose their edge and our bones will grind to dust
from this "ordinary" nine to five life in front of us
and then we will just drift away like ashes in the rain
becoming just the ripples of the actions we have made
so drink your drink and smirk at me and say that that's just life
how can that be?
this cannot be my destiny

I will earn my worth and when I die
I will leave nothing just a paper trail to my grave

and you say that we're born just to be slaves
covering the chains with suits and ties
(we won't get out alive)

but I believe you're wrong
this is a fallacy
yes I have woken up since I have sobered up
so you can take your money
I just can't take the gravity of these gray walls
(suffocating me)
and more and more it's clear to me
that love and youth are currency
I'd thrown it all away
this is a debt I cannot pay

I am living in a modern day American tragedy
I sold my fucking soul and I will never get it back

Special thanks to Nick Osborne for additional lyrics

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from Home Is Not A Place, released April 1, 2016

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