1. |
Written In Captivity
02:35
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What will they think of me
When they see the choice I've made?
My hands are cold but still hold firm
Looking at my life through bars
I'm safer in here
Trapped but free of scars
Trembling
Trembling
Make up my mind
They won't remember you
If you kill one from behind
Looking him dead in the eyes
A future of his daughter
Growing up without a father
She keeps to herself
Her mother is her only friend
Dead inside
She puts the pen to paper
When she writes her stories end
Trembling
Trembling
Make up my mind
One last breath
Close my eyes
And pull the trigger
If I could turn back time
I'd do it all again
I'd fire every bullet
Just to make sure he was dead
One less heart to beat
One less mouth to feed
I'm the hero of my story
Written in captivity
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2. |
Rub & Tug
02:54
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It's been a while I suppose
Since I've been in love with anything
I want someone to share my pizza with
A girl who thinks that she can beat me
In a one on one game of Rocket League
A girl that makes me feel as cool as her
Something so simple is so hard to find
A rare Pokemon but you gotta catch 'em all
So you lose a little bit of your mind
I guess I'll have to wait
'Til I can find a date
And see if she can be weird with me
Listen to J-Pop sukoshi
We'll be in love
Living the way we wanna be
Drinking OJ down by the sea
We can build sandcastles
And live royally
Love
Doing the things we wanna do
Giving my everything to you
Make it more obvious
So I can find you
Make it more obvious (x4)
I need a little more rub and tug (x2)
I need a little more of your love
We'll be in love
Living the way we wanna be
Drinking OJ down by the sea
We can build sandcastles
And live royally
Love
Doing the things we wanna do
Giving my everything to you
She made it more obvious
She wanted me too
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3. |
Questionnaire
00:17
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I tried to apply for a job today
I saw that it had a questionnaire
I didn't think it was worth it
So I gave up
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4. |
Halos
03:26
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A story told to you and I
Too far out to believe
Strangers huddled quietly
Halos float above their heads
Their necks crane back
All eyes watching us
They make one more move
Too far out to trust
Five or six of them still as stone
Too far out to believe
Tattered wings and blackened cloaks
There's no more air for us to breath
So we try to make a break for it
Maybe it's a joke or I'm hallucinating
(But it feels so fucking real)
I take a look behind
As they re-align their heads
Advancing still in formation
(And I'm beginning to feel)
Like prey
The choice is not ours to make
When they lay cold hands upon your skin
And your soul turns into ice
You're one of them
A rendezvous with the angels of death (x2)
No time to say what's inside
Your glory days are left behind
It only makes sense
That the angels watching over me
Are the ones who want me dead
Prisoners of existence
A million things I could have done
A million things that wouldn't work
A million ways to keep our feet on earth
It's already gone but I can dream
Their necks crane back
All eyes watching us
(But it feels so fucking real)
They make one more move
Too far out to trust
(And I'm beginning to feel)
Like prey
The choice is not ours to make
When they lay cold hands upon your skin
And your soul turns into ice
You're one of them
A rendezvous with the angels of death (x2)
No time to say what's inside
Your glory days are left behind
It only makes sense
That the angels watching over me
Are the ones who want me dead
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5. |
Game Of Chess
01:30
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Gotta fake it 'til you make it
I'm disposable and taught to take it
Take a chance on me then admit
I'm more than they tell me
I ain't gonna quit
Today
Live more
Give more
Cause to die for you
Die
Die to prove my worth
It's useless
Live to prove you wrong
My game of chess
Die for you
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6. |
Fault
03:37
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I can't fight
I'm face-down with a broken jaw
My innocence now stripped -
Me down to just my bra
I recall the words he'd spoken
Before he left me broken
"It's all your fault
You should have stayed home tonight"
I still wear bruises
As I take the walk of shame
Through the valley of the ones
Who think they should control my pain
If they had worn my shoes
Maybe they wouldn't get to say
"It's all your fault
You should have stayed home that night"
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7. |
Stuck On Me
02:16
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Complicated
It's really complicated
When I'm trying to connect the dots
I'm thinking of her
Overrated
A little overrated
For a girl who's broken my heart
She's always with me
You see
I don't want her anymore
But she keeps coming back
Stuck on me
Stuck on me
Stuck on me
It's like
Being trapped by the villain
But there's no getting out this time
I thought I'd finally broken free
But her pretty face is haunting me
An adorable girl with a heart of gold
It's amazing to me that she'd be so cold
I'll probably never forget her
Like she forgot me
(Stuck on me)
It's complicated when she's stuck on me
She's overrated but she's stuck on me
I don't want her but she's stuck on me
It's like
Being trapped by the villain
But there's no getting out this time
I thought I'd finally broken free
But her pretty face is haunting me
An adorable girl with a heart of gold
It's amazing to me that she'd be so cold
I'll probably never forget her
Like she forgot me
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8. |
Clutching Crutches
03:55
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So even when
You've broken down
Against your will
And changes everything
Your pain can turn to determination
Deter the defect
I don't wanna be useless but
I think I've failed again
I wanna be somewhere that I like
(I'm) Inside the dragon's den
I don't wanna lay awake at night
Thinking of better times
I don't wanna lay awake at night
pretending I was fine
So when
You've broken down
Against your will
And changes everything
Your pain can turn to determination
Deter the defect
I am lost generation
A forgotten reservation
Believe that some day
This hardship will fade away
I tell myself it'll go away
I've had enough of this fucking shit
Keeping my sanity
Clutching onto the crutches
That stole my vanity
Suit up and saddle up
Go back again
Prove that you want it more
Sweat and tears never meant this much before
It still means nothing to them
I don't wanna be useless but
I wanna be somewhere that I like
I don't wanna lay awake at night
Pretending I'm fine
So even when
You've broken down
Against your will
And changes everything
Your pain can turn to determination
Deter the defect
And changes everything
Your pain can turn to determination
Deter the defect
I am lost generation
A forgotten reservation
Believe that some day
This hardship will fade away
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9. |
World We Used To Know
01:11
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Walking down the street
I cast a smile at a passer by
I'm feeling good
I can't help but move to the
Beat of Hello! IVY
When do things go wrong?
The world we used to know
I still remember all the back and forth
Blood for blood
Never ending suffering
All parties guilty
Hostages of freedom
I need no safety
When everyone around me
Breathes so safely
A bit miraculous
That we'd come this far
We'd come this far to find
Fucking peace at last
We found fucking peace at last
A glorious day
To put kindness on display
We get our peace at last
We found fucking peace at last
We had a block party
Soaking in vitamin D
And then I woke up
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10. |
Heathens
04:05
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Beyond the longest road
A city lives unknown
Where heathens gather
And parade their freedom
Like common folk
Forced out by Halos
Breeding hate amongst our 'ville
Tempting children with a sense of hope
Against their parents will
Resistance met with hands that kill
We were peaceful
A community
Plagued by hatred
And fed the cure
From the same palms of sin
We want to live
We want the brightest future
We want to live
Without fear of pseudo psycho
With the blood of fallen friends
We will see the light again
Slaughtered when the Halos scream
"Heathens"
Our numbers lowered by the day
They say "accept it or be damned eternally"
If they let us live we'll be judged in the end
Though they could end us now and do it with a grin
With a grin
We want to live
We want the brightest future
We want to live
Without fear
With the blood of fallen friends
We'll see the light again
Slaughtered when the Halos scream
"Heathens"
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11. |
Reflection
02:09
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12. |
Up
04:03
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There was a time
When I could display my mind
So curious inside
(Now) Clouded by dust
I'm always quick to mistrust
The fantasies I've come to hide
Fighting the urge to give up
I'm on the verge
I'm growing bored
Of this routine
Changing the verse
It can't get any worse
It's only up from here
I'm lacking clarity
In my sincerity
Unmotivated to climb
I'm wasting all of my time
Looking for that certain style
Making me sick
I gotta get through the thick of it
Digging through this pile
Of everything I want to say
The thoughts I can't ignore
Beating the odds
Putting up a façade
What am I fighting for?
(It's only up from here)
When I stay here
The door slowly closes
Gotta stick my foot between the crack
So it will never get away
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13. |
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I just wanna tell her how I feel
She needs to know that this is real
Before she meets somebody else
I need her all to myself
Yeah
I just wish she'd notice me now and then
Nothing has changed since we met
To her I don't even exist
Maybe she's just a ghost in my mind
Playing tricks on me
Scaring me all the time
It's the way she walks and talks
She's got a spell on me
The way she smiles and laughs all the time
Gets me real happy
If beauty was time
You'd be eternity
Yeah
I just wish she'd notice me now and then
Nothing has changed since we met
To her I don't even exist
Maybe she's just a ghost in my mind
Playing tricks on me
Scaring me all the time
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LADDERLAD Ontario
I do what I want. And by that I mean, I don't stick to one thing. I like to explore different styles of music and write what I want to hear. If that's cool with you then join me in my journey.
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