A Song for Alex

from Codename: T.J. Eckleburg by Ryan Blaire

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I hope you know your job's a prison
I hope you know you're life ain't worth livin'
I won't let it be that way for mine

I hope you know that it was all over
The moment you ducked your head for cover
I won't let it be that way for mine

I'd rather change my name and live in disgrace
Rather make my home all over the place
Rather make my meals whatever i find

I'd rather burn my cash and cut my ids
Rather say goodbye to everything
Than live within your confines
Yeah

I hope you know there's things to see
That you would barely even believe
If you just took a step outside your door

Quit your job leave that joke behind
Give the bird to the chains that bind
Clean the puke up off the floor

Cause maybe then I would see you and you would see me
And we could all live in perfect harmony
Forget the lines, forget we're torn

Cause we're all dead at the end of the day
We're the worms all you can eat buffet
Just wanna forget the day I was born

so now I walk into the wild
Up the creek without a paddle
Every second will be a battle
Every day a chance to learn

Why I'm here
Why I breathe
What it means to be happy
I admit that I'm hungry
I'll gladly die as long as I'm still free

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from Codename: T.J. Eckleburg, released January 24, 2016

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