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This Will Begin To Hurt
02:36
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I don’t have friends for days like these
Where everything is slipping away but the pain never slips my mind
And this all begins to hurt when I begin to care
It’s why I’ve gone so long living day to day
I’ve shown just enough of the view to stay out of trouble with you
There is so much to know about someone these days
And I’ve kept my promises by lying through every one of my teeth
You’ve got to make the choice between the truth or me
This will begin to hurt when you begin to care
This will begin to hurt when you begin to care
This will begin to hurt when you begin to care
It’s why I’ve gone so long living day to day
No one around here seems to hold their breath
Because nothing around here is a moment away
And this all begins to hurt when I begin to care
It’s why I’ve gone so long living day to day
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Allegiance
03:00
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Now I miss my days of calm
Yes I miss my days of calm
You think you control the stars
Oh honey you think you control your fate
There was nothing you could do when you held me in your arms
Now there’s nothing you can do now that I’m gone
We never pledged our allegiance
Now I’m sick of my views of the courts and the banks and the jails
Where everybody here is a suspect
You've got a paycheck, a job, and a judge that doesn't give a fuck
And he’ll weigh your life down with one swing of a gavel
You’re out here singing some sad, sad song like we had pledged our allegiance
Lord I never pledged my allegiance
Now I miss my days of calm
Yes I miss my days of calm
You think you control the stars
Oh honey you think you control your fate
There was nothing I could do when I had held you in my arms
Now there’s nothing I can do now that you’re gone
We never pledged our allegiance
We never pledged our allegiance
You’re out here singing some sad, sad, song like we had pledged our allegiance
Lord I never pledged my allegiance
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Convince Me
02:28
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Lord knows that we’re going to crash down from on high
Because when we reach the top every bone in our body will be shattered
And it just goes to show that the pain you hold inside your heart
Well it never really mattered
Pick yourself up now and tend to every wound
The path we choose to batter is our mother’s cradle down to our father’s tomb
And it just goes to show that the love you hold inside your heart
Well it’s for those who know
You won’t convince me today that you found yourself a better way
And I can’t let you off this time
You won’t convince me today that you found yourself a better way
And I can’t let you off this time
Honey I can’t get you off my mind
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In God We Trust
02:32
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Fire and threats scream through the air and everybody wants their peace and care
Forget the slaughter, the open war; this is a battle for so much more
Now one by one we’ll march on and we will conquer every wall
And the borders we’ll cross to impress the laws we lust
In God we trust
This nation fought its wars with sons and blood to spill
But now the daughters are growing up and they’re picking up arms as well
We are the new tragic Romans and everyone here will become a soldier
And one by one we’ll march on with a hand placed over our hearts
In God we trust
So democracy did not build Iraq but U.S. dollars kept filling the gap
I’d rather have seen this democracy rebuilding our New Orleans
Now I will never blame the right and I no longer trust the left
I’ll just watch another mother cry with her hand placed over her heart
In God We Trust
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Grind My Teeth
03:57
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Well I’d rather hold you in my heart than never hold you again
So I will fill the ground beneath my boots with wood, iron, and steel
And I’ll tune every piece to hit every note dead on
So when I drag my feet it’ll play our song
Now I don’t believe every word you've burned was truly meant for me
Don’t take them back, don’t apologize
Just don’t bring them here again
I’ll take every word that you've spit at me and put them on the tip of my tongue
So when I grind my teeth it’ll play our song
So I wish I could you here my dear only like a lover should
But I cannot wish for such sweet, sweet, things I know you've got a man at home
He doesn’t know a thing about me and you and I don’t think it’s wrong
So when we’re breaking his heart it’s going to play our song
So I’d rather hold you in my heart than never hold you again
So I will fill the ground beneath my boots with wood, iron, and steel
And I’ll tune every piece to hit every note dead on
So when I drag my feet it’ll play our song
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