As I Lay Dying
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Destruction Or Strength

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Destruction Or Strength

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Whether locked up or on top of the world

I felt the same sense of unrest

Pursuing numbers

The approval of others

Outward illusions of success

Just an illusion (illusion)

An illusion masking restlessness

All ending in a downward spiral

Rock bottom is all relative

Some people lose their homes

And others lose their heart

The sad truth is I lost them both

‘Cause I perilously chose

To compromise my soul

I could not see past all the distraction

(Distraction, destruction)

Until everything to hide behind

Until everything to hide behind was gone

Now that everything is gone

I’m free, free to see without distraction

There’s nowhere left to hide

As I face what is inside

What is inside

Now changing like the tide

Devoid of peace but now finding

What brings serenity

And what can be centering

But it’s not the things it used to be

Because they have been taken

And cannot be retrieved

Now that everything to hide behind

(Distraction, destruction)

Until everything to hide behind was gone

Now that everything is gone

I’m free, free to see without distraction

There’s nowhere left to hide

As I face what is inside

What is inside

What is left (what is left)

When you take it all away (when you take it all away)?

A battle between desolation and sorrow

Leaving behind destruction or strength

Destruction or strength

Destruction or strength

Whether locked up or on top of the world

I felt the same sense of unrest

But now it’s gone

Now that everything is gone

I’m free, free to see without distraction

There is nowhere left to hide

As I face what is inside

What is inside

Whether locked up or on top of the world

I felt the same sense of unrest

But now it’s gone

(What is inside)

Just an illusion

An illusion masking restlessness

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