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Why Do I Do the Things I Hate? EP

by Trash the Dress

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1.
This is more than just a setback Yeah I've done it again As if Irony wrote the script The things I hate have become habit And I prove to myself That talk is cheap Unless you've got a strong will to back it My worst days are when I'm honest with myself I don't need a mirror, just silence To know that I should be disgusted I'm a hypocrite, though it sounds harsh Who doesn't fit your definition No one said this would be easy So why did I think it would be? Why do I do the things I hate? I can take the blame but not the weight The thing about compromise Is something's gotta give And it feels like the good left in me It was a slow decay To where I am today What's worse is I didn't even notice My worst days are when I'm honest with myself I don't need a mirror, just silence To know that I should be disgusted I'm a hypocrite, though it sounds harsh Who doesn't fit your definition No one said this would be easy So why did I think it would be? Why do I do the things I hate? I can take the blame but not the weight I can take the blame but not the weight I can't take the weight If we're all living just the way that we want We can't complain when we end up like this If we're all living just the way that we want We can't complain when we end up defeated (I can carry the blame but not the weight)
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Your stubbornness is set in its ways Don't worry I won't forget it You'll be the first mention In my personal thanks You think the pictures will bring back the happy times But memories don't lie I can see through my forced smiles And through your empty eyes That's enough reminiscing for one night Seasons change and so did I So I'll take back this life of mine I won't be your punching bag anymore My heads been filled with problems And leaving you will solve them I won't be your punching bag anymore Slammed doors and handprints on my face That's how I think of you these days You can bet all you have I'm done and I'm never coming back That's enough reminiscing for one night Yeah that's enough reminiscing Seasons change and so did I So I'll take back this life of mine I won't be your punching bag anymore My heads been filled with problems And leaving you will solve them I won't be your punching bag anymore This is the first and only time You'll be inspiring in your whole life Here's my two cents embrace it Here's my two cents embrace it Seasons change and so did I So I'll take back this life of mine I won't be your punching bag anymore My heads been filled with problems And leaving you will solve them I won't be your punching bag anymore I won't be your punching bag anymore
3.
My stomach is in knots And it's not because my balance is off And if I trip you know it's not my fault I'll just blame my circumstances No one stands by my side And I've finally figured out why I've been impossible my whole life My past is controlling my present If these bonds are just a bomb Then I'm the wick And when the sparks fly I'll explode And most times I'll provide the flint Rocks thrown in glass houses will leave cracks And my words will shatter what we've built and I can't take it back No, I can't take it back I'm turning into what I said I'd never be When I look in the mirror there's half my father staring back at me But this is my life not his And I hate that I can't tell the difference My past is controlling my present If these bonds are just a bomb Then I'm the wick And when the sparks fly I'll explode And most time I'll provide the flint And when the sparks fly I'll explode And most times I'll provide the flint Some days I've got a devil for each shoulder Some days it feels like no one stands by my side Some days I've got a devil for each shoulder Some days it feels like Bad habits use to give me some relief If it's in my blood then I guess it's my destiny But I don't feel any less alone After I've said all the things I didn't mean To my friends and you The ones who mean the most My past is controlling my present If these bonds are just a bomb Then I'm the wick And when the sparks fly I'll explode And most times I'll provide the flint
4.
Looking back at us is hazy (I'll take it back) Cuz I don't know what I was thinking I've got your attention You've lost all of mine Give up on who you are And give in every time I've been thinking of some big changes lately And they have to do with you They have to do with you It's safe to say that I was second place And I can do better than this I can do better than this Because I didn't go to ND You think you're better than me You won't do better than this You know money isn't everything I call it how I see it I pick you up You hold be down As these waves crash on me Your hand is relentless I'm helpless Or so you'd like to think Stuck in this rut you dug I'm sorry it's not true Simply put I can't stand you I've been thinking of some big changes lately And they have to with you They have to do with you It's safe to say that I was second place And I can do better than this I can do better than this Because I didn't go to ND You think you're better than me You won't do better than this You know money isn't everything You know Money isn't everything You don't gotta lie to kick it You don't gotta lie I'll raise my glass and preach this false cliche That we'll all stay the same But deep down who doesn't wanna change? I just thought you'd never be Every frat boys dream You know that never really did it for me If all these standards are just lines in the sand Then I hope the tide comes up and washes everything you've written away
5.
This won't hold us down forever Reality sank in Or rather hit me in the gut Worse than the time we all realized The house on Inwood Street was gone I'm finally coming to grips That cause and effect is all about consequences And admitting I was wrong This time I jumped in the fire You can guess that I got burned I believe in the common deceit Self control seems like the simplest thing This won't hold us down forever Cuz everything breaks in time Even the weight on our backs You know what we're able to bear We find ourselves disappointed and let down This won't hold us down forever Who needs critics when I beat myself up daily When I'm down I stay there for awhile But then I get up And straighten my back And dust myself off And all the scars I have I've earned them This won't hold us down forever Cuz everything breaks in time Even the weight on our backs You know what we're able to bear We find ourselves disappointed and let down This won't hold us down forever I'm aware of my mortality And honestly I wish it scared the "Hell" out of me I can look at my hands and see A past that haunts And potential that's waiting for me This won't hold us down forever Cuz everything breaks in time Even the weight on our backs You know what we're able to bear We find ourselves disappointed and let down This won't hold us down forever

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released January 14, 2012

All songs written by Trash the Dress

Recorded and Produced by Mike Cervantes @ TheFoxboro Studios Grand Rapids, MI

Mastered by Jim Falzone @ Venus Mastering Nashville, TN

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