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The Hills

from Hello, Goodbye by John Samuel

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lyrics

I forgot who I am today
The moment that my right ear left the place
The place that I temporarily escape
When I'm up in smoke
When I'm off my face, yeah

So I'll hide away
But repetition never kept the lie at bay
I lie awake, considering how I, today
Would change face without any hesitation
I don't think I understand how I came to
This old place so low that I can't move
I always said to myself
I was over you
But at the end of the day you disprove
My theories and my pride,
Buried in music and caught up in twine
So Im reaching out to an outlet of mine
I haven't engaged for ages

Chorus
My eyes to The Hills
Calling on a name unspoken
I stand frozen
I'm dressed for the kill
But they're coming for my people
Out from steeples
oh
Treading on my own
Cultural belief runs deep but
My eyes to The Hills
Calling on a name unspoken
But I stand frozen

Verse 2
Forgive me if I tend to sound
Like my influences or people I've found online
I get too caught up in my mind
And stylistically, I'm not trying to be precise
But this is how you get to know me
Then know that I'm constantly on the cusp
Of being so nonchalant that its scary
Then caring about what you think til it owns me
This is not a plea for pity
This is not a getaway
This is a coping mechanism that I've appropriated
To discover my soul again
So today I'm alone
Hoping that words I wrote in the Notes in my phone
Will give me an image of who I'm supposed to be
Under the surface supposedly

Bridge
I want to break away
I want to break away
I want to rise above the shell and be myself again
I want to break away
I want to break away
Inside a world that's burning down
I want to break away

I want to break away
I want to break away
I want to rise above the shell and be myself again
I want to break away
I want to rise above the shell and be myself again

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from Hello, Goodbye, released December 24, 2019

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John Samuel Los Angeles, California

I'm out here
I'm out in the sea
And the water's up to my neck

But Keep Moving Forward

You are more than just a digit so I beg you, try.

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