**lyrics**

*Verse 1*
Lights out! In the crosswalk
You blindside me
Lying face down in the street
With my broken teeth
I'm bleeding out, I see you've gone.
This is a hit and run

*Verse 1.5*
Someone will call for help 
Someone will save the day 
But nobody's moving 
No one has a word to say 

*Prechorus 1*
I read your eyes
They said "you're mine"
The pace was steady, all seemed fine
I just needed time.

*Chorus 1*
Hindsight makes this ache
Like a pounding heart full of terror
And I won't stand for
watching you fade away
In my rear view mirror

*Verse 2*
Broken down and gasping
No recourse will come
Inaction is what brought me here
To this hit and run

*Verse 2.5*
Nobody's made that call
Concern grows in their eyes
Still nobody's moving
No one thinks that I'll survive

*Prechorus 2*
I read your eyes
They said "entwined"
But those were lies 
This impact is hard...to describe

*Chorus 2*
Hindsight makes this sting
Like the burning blink of a fever.
And I am helplessly
watching you fade away
In my rear view mirror 

*Scream* 

*Breakdown* (instrumental)

*Bridge*
I never knew you suffered silently
You pined for me, now it shows
Eroding from the inside,
It swallows me whole
To think, "I've died to you." - Don't let go.
Not knowing what you needed,
I buried my soul
So much for happy endings,
This dies out in the cold

Bridge instrumental (solo)

*Chorus 3*
Hindsight makes this burn
Like the dressing ripped from a flesh wound
And now I see you shrinking away, away. Yeah

*Chorus 4*
Hindsight sheds bright light
On my choices that pushed you so far away 
And now you have disappeared
In my rear view mirror 
My rearview mirror
My rearview mirror
My rearview mirror
My rearview mirror
My rearview mirror










Hit and Run

**lyrics**

{Verse 1}
I've come back again to life
All my memories have died
Where is this place I have come to?
And what the hell am I supposed to do?

{Prechorus 1}
All these fears
Make me stray
From the path
Away from me

{Chorus 1}
I am here searching for the answers
That will unlock the doors
I've had enough of these cycles that rewind
And it's my hope that this life will be my last ride

{Verse 2}
I have been here now a while
Despite misleading me...I survive!
This world is a hell that is cozy
Addicting me, and now I'd like to stay

{Prechorus 2}
All these tears
Pave the way
To a path 
Straight to me

{Chorus 2}
I have been searching for the answers
That will open doors
I've done my time with riding cycles in reverse
And these comfort zones are nothing but a curse 

{Chorus 3}
I will be searching for the answers that can open doors
I've done enough of living cycles of myself 
And at the end, will I transcend to something else?








Cycle of the Self

**lyrics**

The Veil
Verse 

This is unraveling the Veil 
Behind that cloth disguise 
Is an evil face 
They want to hide 
Is it so hard for you to see
How they have gained control,
And how they refuse to let you know 
That they manipulate your mind
Now we will be their pawns
As long as we still let them lead 

Prechorus

They want all of what we got
They are tearing us apart

Chorus

Becase it's hard to see
we are the enemy, it's true
How is this so lost on you?
There must be some way 
to make all this crystal clear
No, I won't- No, I won't live in fear

Verse 2

Now that you've seen behind the Veil
Look at those sullen eyes
They're designed to hide 
With smiles and lies 
I know that this is hard to see
Undoing their control 
Hinges upon if we agree 
That they manipulate our minds
And we remain their pawns 
Reacting to a toxic feed 

Prechorus

They want all of what we got
They are tearing us apart
They got all the things we want
They are slowly killing us

Chorus 2

Because it's hard to see
We are the enemy, it's true
How is this still lost on you?
There must be some way
To make all this crystal clear
No, I won't, No, I won't live in fear

Bridge 

(Replace all the leaders and make them the past)
Say the same shit
Over and over
Empty promises
You know you'll break
Just to maintain your position
And cover your ass

Chorus 3 

Now it's not so hard to see
we are the enemy to them
They want you to hate your friends
The window's closing fast
This may just be my last
Chance for hope, 
Chance to set someone free

Chorus 4

Now I've forced you to see
We are the enemy to them
They want you to kill your friends
We have always been
The threat against their throne
Cut my throat
Gut my freedom of speech



The Veil

{Verse 1}

(It seems the time has come)

I embrace my position
in this system
I am fine
wasting my time

(You feel it in your spine)

I submit to the keepers
of my mind 

{Pre-chorus 1}

Don't try to run
There's nowhere to hide

**lyrics**

{Chorus 1}

Cuz I'm just a cog
in this filthy machine
Give me the drug
sweet seductive release

{Verse 2}

(Indeed the time has passed)

I deny my position 
in this system
I am done
Wasting my time

(It's broken down your spine)

Don't give in to the keepers
of your mind

{Pre-chorus 2}

There's nowhere to run
And too much to fight

{Chorus 2}

Cuz I'm just a cog
in this filthy machine
Give me the drug
sweet seductive release

{Bridge}

{Chorus 3+4}

*I'm just a * Cog
in this filthy machine
give me the drug
God, I need this release

You're just a cog
in this filthy machine
you need the drug
gonna set yourselves free

Filthy Machine

Lyrics, Lead Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Backup Vocals, drum programming: John Lund / @Thor_Bronson

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