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An Excuse To Be Weak

from The Most Delicate Muscle by The Trying

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I will cut my smile away
I paste what doesn't fit to make me feel better
Because it looks like it might...

But the picture together
Whole and where everything may need to be
Feels unusually cold to me

My infantile life support still is
And I can't help but shine it
But I feel like the autumn leaf
Waiting to fall

I find myself down, dark
Filth I play in I love
I slip to sadness....

And I will soar
Soar within ruins free
I will see everything I never cleaned up
I will see what constrains me

And I will soar
Soar within ruins free
I will see everything I never cleaned up
I will see what constrains me

I will cut my smile away
I paste what doesn't fit to make me feel better
Because it looks like it might...

And I will fuck this taboo sore I create
Just pile upon another mask
I wish I could start from the beginning
But know what I do now

I'm laying next to the torn metal, torn
We thought I was going to get up
I'm laying next to the torn metal, torn
We picked the glass from my face
I'm laying next to the torn metal, torn
We could've sworn we saw me walking
I'm laying next to the torn metal, torn
I'm laying torn

And I will soar
Soar within ruins free
I will see everything I never cleaned up
I will see what constrains me

And I will soar
Soar within ruins free
I will see everything I never cleaned up
I will see what constrains me

Wallow and
Wallow and
Drown and I'll
Wallow and
Fuck me
For trying to do so

Seething and
Seething and
Seeing me
Seething with
Everything
I never fixed

You can't plant a tree on dead soil
But we'll try to anyway
You can't plant a tree on dead soil
But it's the only soil we have
You can't plant a tree on dead soil
We could've sworn we saw it growing
We did.....

And I will soar
Soar within ruins free
I will see everything I never cleaned up
I will see what constrains me

I am as hopeless as the blindfold in which I tie myself.
I am as hopeless as the blindfold in which I tie
I am as hopeless as I
I am not as hopeless as I feel
I am not as hopeless as these perceptions I force myself to feel
I am not as hopeless as these perceptions I force myself to feel because I need an excuse to be weak

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from The Most Delicate Muscle, released April 18, 2008

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The Trying Cincinnati, Ohio

The Trying is a solo music project from Chris Kaetzel. I blend sounds from a wide array of genres and influences to create a unique sound to encapsulate a myriad of emotions and topics. My lyrics are always genuine, no matter the content, and that is a major driving force behind The Trying. ... more

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