Static and stone

​Yeah.

Keep the circle small.

Keep the vision clear.

I don’t hear the noise... I never did.

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They’re building houses out of playing cards and maybe’s

Looking for a nod, acting like they’re crazy

I’m the silhouette moving through the static

I don't do the drama, I don't do the panic.

You want a mask? Go and find a theater

I’m the mountain peak, you’re the desert heater

Burn yourself out trying to be a crowd-pleaser

I’m the cold truth, stone-cold freezer.

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I don’t bend, I don’t break, I don’t fold

I’m the only story that I ever told.

Trust nobody when the lights go dim

I’m diving in the deep while you’re learning how to swim.

No fraud in the blood, no fake in the bone

I’d rather be a king on a broken throne

Than a ghost in a palace built on lies

I see the exit through your perfect eyes.

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Options? I got plenty, but I choose the truth

Spent a lifetime weeding out the bitter fruit.

You’re a copy of a copy, a digital trace

I’m the original sin, I’m the look on your face

When you realize your gravity won't pull me down

I'm the iron anchor while the rest of you drown.

If I said it, then I meant it; if I did it, it’s done

I’m the only one standing when the race is run.

I don’t bend, I don’t break, I don’t fold

I’m the only story that I ever told.

Trust nobody when the lights go dim

I’m diving in the deep while you’re learning how to swim.

No fraud in the blood, no fake in the bone

I’d rather be a king on a broken throne

Than a ghost in a palace built on lies

I see the exit through your "perfect" eyes.

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Don't talk to me about fitting the mold

I'm the heat in the room that'll never turn cold.

You’re checking the weather, you’re checking the trends

I’m burning the bridge just to see where it ends.

No debt to the fakes, no tax on my soul

I took back the pieces and I made ‘em whole.

While you’re begging for likes and a seat at the table

I’m cutting the power and pulling the cable.

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The shadows don't lie, but the smiles always do

I’ve watched the skin peel off the people I knew.

They’re vultures in velvet, they’re hollow and cold

Trading their souls just to do what they're told.

Go ahead, cast a stone, try to poison the well

I’ve walked through the fire and I’ve been thru hell.

Each lie that you told left a mark on you, not me

I’m the ghost in your mirror that you’re scared to be.

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I don’t bend, I don’t break, I don’t fold

I’m the only story that I ever told.

Trust nobody when the lights go dim

I’m diving in the deep while you’re learning how to swim.

No fraud in the blood, no fake in the bone

I’d rather be a king on a broken throne.

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Stay true or stay away.

Never a fraud.

Never