Failed State

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The final song we recorded. A culmination of everything else on the record. Failed loves, failed life goals. The realization that everything hasn’t worked as you’ve planned, and that change must be implemented to make things progress.

“I was thinking I was something I was not” is the key lyric here. A self realization that causes the change. Accepting defeat and figuring out how to move on.

lyrics

[Verse 1]
Swear to god I’ll leave the city
Taking only Zelda with me
Maybe somewhere in the northwest
Where no one knows my name or past yet

[Verse 2]
As a kid I fell for Topanga
The way her love was like an anchor
In my mind I thought I’d find
Someone like her down the line
But it was just a very nice show

[Chorus]
When was it I strayed
Another way
Another way?
Something’s gotta change
From the failed state
There’s no room for love
Or wishing for whatever was
There’s no sense of place
Failed state

[Bridge]
I was thinking I was something I was not
I’m losing my cool

[Chorus]
When was it I strayed
Another way
Another way?
Something’s gotta change
From the failed state
There’s no room for love
Or wishing for whatever was
There’s no sense of place
Failed state

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from Failed State, released August 22, 2017

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