PAINFUL HUMILIATION SCORNS
THE INNER WORKINGS OF A CHILD
A BLACKEND ROSE WITH SHARPENED THORNS
IS OVERLOOKED AGAIN
ON THIS FACE RESIDES NO SMILE
AND WHY DO PEOPLE SEEM TO BE
SO WRETCHED AND SO VILE
YOU TURN AWAY FROM ALL YOUVE KNOWN
THIS CHILD NOW HAS GROWN
FIND OUT THESE PEOPLE
WHO INSINUATE THINGS ARE MORE
INSECURE THAN YOUVE EVER BEEN
SO CONJOUR UP YOUR STRENGTH WITHIN
TO FIGHT
COLORFUL SCARS
TELL THE TALES OF OUR LIVES
FOR EVERY PROMISE MADE
I MAKE TO BREAK THEM TWICE
HARMFUL WORDS THEY CALL "ADVICE"
SOUNDED MORE LIKE LIES
THICK SKIN GROWN ON
YEARS OF REJECTION
WHERE IM HEADED THERE IS NO CORRECTION
WHERE THE LOVE IN THIS TOWN?
ITS BURIED IN THE GROUND
FIND OUT THESE PEOPLE
WHO INSINUATE THINGS ARE MORE
INSECURE THAN YOUVE EVER BEEN
SO CONJOUR UP YOUR STRENGTH WITHIN
TO FIGHT
credits
from The Unravelers,
released February 24, 2021
LYRICS : JAMES EMELIO
MUSIC : AJ EMELIO / JAMES EMELIO
GUITAR SOLO : JAMES EMELIO
MIXED BY BRIAN REEVES
MASTERED BY BRIAN REEVES
PRODUCED BY AVI DURCHFORT
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