Marionette

from High Rise by Bright City Giants

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lyrics

When your mind says give up 
Hope whispers one more time
 When you're drowned by bad luck
 Just swim to the other side
 It will hold you down  spin your world around
 It will pin you to the floor and  throw you against these walls 
And I'm a slave to it all  

Just a puppet pulling back on my strings I wanna be free 
Grab them like they're reigns and ride into the Galaxy 
You won't keep me down I'll fight against the gravity
 Pushing back against the weight that's on top of me

 No one said it would be easy and  I knew it from the start
 I won't be defeated or beaten  I've been broken bruised and scarred
 It won't always be on your side  but it will always light the way
 If you can find it through the darkness amongst all the mess 
You'll be heading for better days 
And I'm a slave to it all
  
 No matter what happens to me I'm gonna be fine
 Take control of my life I'm gonna make it mine 
Step back have a look tell me what you can see 
Pushing back against the weight that's on top of me

   You can't hold me down!
 For the first time in my life I can see what's right in front of me  
To blue skies from dark nights and fist fights with myself I lost sight
 And I'm a slave to it all

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from High Rise, track released September 18, 2015
Written by Bright City Giants
Mastered by Steve Nagasaki at Nagasaki Sound
Recorded by Rohan Kumar at Broken Sound Studios
Recorded by Tristan Sturmer at Sumo Sound Studio
Mixed by Rohan Kumar at Broken Sound Studios
Artwork by Georgia Sassenfield

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