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Artist: Mutemath
Canonical path: /mutemath/backfire
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Backfire
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Backfire
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Please tell me, why are we trying so hard?
Why worry, it's over,
We always fall right back to where we start.
There goes another on of our sure fire plans,
It backfired again.
We try to feed through the best that we can,
I bet it's gonna backfire again.
Take what is given you,
How does that sound?
Everything is hard thought through and fool proof,
Now watch it all crumble down, and down again.
There goes another on of our sure fire plans,
It backfired again.
We try to feed through the best that we can,
I bet it's gonna backfire again.
Backfire again,
It's gonna backfire again.
Knives don't carry lives that vary,
They're just what we fall on.
Self-made coffins, scars are talking,
Tell us where we are, where we are.
Where we are now. [x3]
They all, they all,
They all are talking.
They all, they all,
They all will tell another story.
There goes another on of our sure fire plans, (Sure fire plans)
It backfired again.
(Sure fire plans)
We try to feed through the best that we can,
(Oh)
I bet it's gonna backfire again.
(They gonna backfire again)
There goes another on of our sure fire plans, (Sure fire plans)
It backfired again.
We try to feed through the best that we can, (Backfire again)
I bet it's gonna backfire again.
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