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
credits
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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