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Artist: Bygones
Canonical path: /bygones/not-what-it-is-but-what-it-s-not
Related lyric paths: 4
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Not What It Is But What It's Not
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Not What It Is But What It's Not
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In that box there is enough
It's not what it is but what it's not
That's not what I heard
Feedin' my brains to the birds
Then everyone I knew was talking like the only one
What undoes?
Feel themselves banned from their own ultimatums
I am gonna set myself apart when I'm over it
I see it the only way to preach to it while
Without words
I am gonna set myself apart when I'm over it
I see it the only way to preach to it while
Without words
They are fixed on playing cop
Seein' them scrimmage in the parking lot
It's not what it is but what it's not
That's not what you heard
Kicking your head to the curb
When everyone I knew was living like the only one
What's undone?
Out without hope, in their own hesitation
I am gonna set myself apart when I'm over it
I see it the only way to preach to it while
Without words
I am gonna set myself apart when I'm over it
I see it the only way to preach to it while
Without words
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