In the Dark

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In the Dark
Lyrics by XJ Hall.

verse 1
i will never be the same
after going this far
can't cover the shame
can't cover the scars
but i try to be me
not anybody else
to open the freedom
that's locked on the shelf

the lights may be off
i'm the only one here
but i know right now
there is nothing to fear
i lost the path
couldn't see the ground
but who i am
is what i've found

bridge
you never wanted me
and i'm glad
you never gave me the time
to explain myself
cause now i'm self reliant
defiant stronger than ever
will weather any weather
reminded i can be better than better
forever
within that frame of mind
continuing to supply
the ideas of life
the strife can take a hike
this song is mine
mic 1
two to feel inferior
superior to feeling weird
i persevered

chorus
lights are gone
freedom flies
no more pain
no more crime
and we find out
who we are
that's all we got
when we're in the dark

v2
to be once rogue
in an institution
with plans of vogue
far from confucian
to see a wall
but look beyond
to sacrifice
all that you've found

look into the mirror
see a far off place
that still exist
in time and space
stand face to face
see nothing wrong
cause you understand
where you belong

br
you never wanted me
and i'm glad
you never gave me the time
to explain myself
cause now i'm self reliant
defiant stronger than ever
will weather any weather
reminded i can be better than better
forever
within that frame of mind
continuing to supply
the ideas of life
the strife can take a hike
this song is mine
mic 1
two to feel inferior
superior to feeling weird
i persevered

ch
lights are gone
freedom flies
no more pain
no more crime
and we find out
who we are
that's all we got
when we're in the dark
x3

24 karot gold

24 Karot Gold
Lyrics by XJ Hall.

those old lyrics from back then,
remember when I wrote them,
there was no reason to revoke them
though even only a token
no matter how broken
no matter what's been
cause now they're better than old
that's what I told you friend,
yes that's what I said
take a look again close
see the book with the prose
these words came outa thin air
but now they're sold

-24 karot gold

Dear John

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Dear John
Lyrics by XJ Hall.

verse 1
dear. john, i know you feel alone
right now
in a world without love cause you got no power.
(power, power)
can't erase all these thoughts
that are etched in the walls
wrecked the paint when you fought.
(fought, fought)

and you sought and you fight
and you fear for the crown
when you preach solo
(solo, solo)
no ensemble around
only prayers leave the room,
cause you can't reach the phone,
(phone, phone)

yeah, you got your own plan
hand ran tangent
drawn off page rambles
stranded, island of mind
where you find insight,
ascent, enlightenment
preamble written in light
words from spite
quill black, fill white pages
assimilated as hate is
transformed to selfless might to be the right man
but why do you feel helpless?
no one understands

...

you can change the world in a moment.
in seconds in a day,
but if you had the chance to relive it again
what would you do, what would you say?

the truth can be lost with the motive
in the void of the dark
but your actions can lighten this place again
if you choose to be the spark

29 seconds. seconds. seconds. seconds.
it only takes 29 seconds...
29 seconds, 29 seconds
that's all it takes


Dear John,
i know you're angry
contemplating taking
all the hate you've been accumulating
slating it on draft
planning you're lash back
at the mishaps that have happened
in the past
relax
i'm not saying that it's not fact

what i'm sayin is,
you just might be a whiz, a gen-ius,
intelligent kid hushed into a
co-ma.
but d'you know-what
evil is?
what genius is?
and there's no-such thing
as evil genius?

cause genius would never do wrong
the sad thing be
a lot of geniuses don't belong
in so-ciety
have a lifelong
anxi-ety
due to impropriety of social norms
they have to perform and act form-ally
i.e. confrom

every genius has the choice do right
not denying that some-ti-eemes
right and crime are defined
by our time

except for deep down inside
keep trying,
that's all i'm
saying
don't give up, don't give in
i'm praying...

the never the easy thing to do right thing
we all can be geniuses
if we choose to be


you can change the world in a moment.
in seconds in a day,
but if you had the chance to relive it again
what would you do, what would you say?


the truth can be lost with the motive
in the void of the dark
but your actions can lighten the room again
if you choose to be the spark


29 seconds. seconds. seconds. seconds.
it only takes 29 seconds...
29 seconds, 29 seconds
that's all it takes


but not angry enough to not have
have empathy for your brother
you can change
29 seconds to change the world


but you do
and how
are you supposed find
elightenment now

can't find the light right now
filled


I know you're in the darkest hour
I was once where you are now
but you have to find the light
YOU have to become the light

i know you don't think it right now
but your actions are the power.
to change the world.
in a positive way