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hard times. vol. 4

by common cycles.

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1.
you don't know how I see myself because through these eyes, I just don't look well. Nothing will change, I'll always be this way. I don't what else is left to say. I'm ugly and I know it, I just wish it wasn't showing. Nothing can change the way I've felt, I've locked myself in this hell. you see this face, and you know it's waste. In my heart, I'm out of place. Some might say that it's acquired taste. No one around here could love this face. I'm ugly. I'M UGLY.
2.
I feel this now, the power to drown. We are what we make, we have what we take. Now that I'm down, ease my pain somehow; because even though we're all fake, our hearts can still break. I feel a change coming in the wind, flow through my body and out my fingers. I'll just say that I'm okay, while inside I know that this won't be saved; and this won't go away. The apple won't fall as far as I'd hope; because I became what I used to hate. I miss our home, and I miss that warmth. It's so out of hand, and I'm sinkin' again. Tell me, can I save myself, or is that chance long gone? Tell me, can I save myself, or did I wait too long? oh, well...
3.
All these actions are familiar I do this every time, and I'm getting tired. I shift along the cold side of everything, and I'll make you hate me again this time. I could never leave this all alone, and now I'm reaping what I've sewn more than you could ever know. All these actions are familiar in this impeding doom I'm too repeat I shift along the cold side to stay away, and I'll make you hate me again this time. In all the chances that I've blown, with all the shit I can't outgrow I'm drowning faster than I know. I'll make you hate me.
4.
I always get it wrong, you know I never could keep things going for too long. I like to rip my own heart out of my chest. I've torn you apart so many times, I know that this is dead. What have I done? Why must I keep letting all of this burn to the ground. What have I done? Tell me why is all of this love that I've found to be destroyed by me. Feel this energy I'd wife, Tear it up and severe every tie it held here in my life. I really hope that you hate me now. I've torn you apart so bad, I'll never get it back somehow. I'm always tearing us apart, I'm always tearing us apart, I'm always tearing us apart. Why do I always have to be it this fucking hard...
5.
This exquisite bullshit isn't worth it, we have all outgrown our homes. Suspended in all the things I keep avoiding. Carving all my ways in stone. I break things. Please, this contorting isn't working. Release all you have held. Peace rest not with you in all this mourning. Why do I destroy so well..? Stay away from me, because I break things.
6.
Don't come back. Not like this, not this time. I gotta catch my breathe, and keep all of this trapped inside. I can't befriend what is left of all of this, even if I try. Restless with less than I thought I had kept in my heart, away from the dark. Pressed to undress and lie naked in front of the demons I've had from the start. Don't come back. Not like this, not this time. I should've left, all this rest dead here inside. I can't defend what I did in the end, even if I try.
7.
Hard times, here they come. It's a heap of all I've done. You see my face and you know that I'm encased. Hard times, here they are. They're all I've known so far. I can't replace all that I've given to this place. I never knew how I much I could miss this place, where you and I'd go to escape being torn apart. Now that I can't remember what it looked like, I know that it's gone I just wish that it wasn't far. Why do I keep this hell, alive and well; and in the way. It's all I've done to make sure that these hard times stay. (These hard times stay) How'd I know that I would take this too far. I know that I'm to blame, I've been doing this from the start. That's what I get for embracing all that pulls me down. I'm the one who's been leading myself astray. I'm holding on tight just to leave myself torn apart. At times, I feel like nothing will ever change; but maybe it's me who's not trying very hard. Why do I keep living on with this bullshit in my way. It's all I've done to make sure my hard times never go away. (These hard times stay) How'd I know, that I would take this too far. I know that I'm to blame, I've been doing this from the start. That's what I get for embracing all that pulls me down. I will hope that I can escape the dark. I know I'll find some peace, and heal this broken heart, the day that I finally find the strength to cast my demons out. It's time to grow out of all that remains of this, and release the demons I've held onto from the start. Return to that place that I miss so much, where you and I'd go to escape being torn apart. This will never work if I keep leading myself astray. It's all I'll do, to make sure that my hard times finally go away. (These hard times go away) How'd I know, that I would take this too far. I know that I'm to blame, I've been doing this from the start. That's what I get for embracing all that pulls me down. I will hope that I can escape the dark. I know I'll find some peace, and heal this broken heart, the day that I finally find the strength to cast my demons out. We'll make these hard times go away. We'll make these hard times go. We'll make these hard times go away. We'll make these hard times gone.

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released April 25, 2014

music is all written and performed by Joseph Cassis.
recording, mixing and mastering by Mike Vanstone.

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common cycles. Montreal, Québec

It's just a bunch of love songs. Some are happy, and some are dreadful.

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