Life Is Not A Race

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I'm afraid I've reached the end of my rope.
Racing to a headstone is not what I would call hope.
This world desires every form of control.
It only needs the tired to do what they're told.
Everyday I see my friends misled;
they lure you with a paycheck and leave you with a life debt.
So every night when you can barely sleep, you struggle to remember your foolish dreams.

Chorus:
All these worries are wasted on anyone hoping for change.
Fight to earn a new place far from everyone else or face this game in vain.

Compare your life to others everywhere;
every little detail; proving you did not fail.
All this haunting leaves you feeling old;
nothing is accomplished going down that road.

Chorus

Bracing for disaster
as our youth crumbles to ashes.
and
Fear of being average
causes all your passion to fade.

double chorus.

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from Arcade Island, released January 13, 2017

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