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Parallels

from Odyssey by Optimist

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It always seems that it doesn't even matter how hard I fucking try 'cause everything just falls apart when I have the best in mind.
Progressively I feel everything that I've been taught was based on a hope falsified by an avaricious world, so I will find my own way.
This will be the worst part of it all, but I don't know if it's worth it.
Right now the strongest part of me wants to run away, but I am terrified of failure.

I don't deserve this.
I've given everything only to find there's nothing but uncertainty shrouding these places that always kept me safe.
I cannot let this be.

It was never enough to just be content 'cause I never got back anything that I would give.
It seems that everyone else has it all figured out and I still don't even know how to shake this doubt.
So I'll stand and scream and let my soul sing while the world just laughs and takes every damn thing and they'll keep on asking what about them...
But what about me?

I am holding onto the thinnest lines I've drawn.
I've seen it: the seamless.
Even though I've never been so weak and I'm trapped in this fucking mess of me,
I will not let this be.

I'll tear down this foundation and build a world all my own.

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from Odyssey, released June 14, 2013

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