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Stepping Stones

by To Paint With Fire

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1.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT I’D JUST LET THIS LIFE UP AND PASS ME BY I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU MY POTENTIAL IF YOU COULD OPEN UP YOUR FUCKING MIND I'LL MAKE THE WORLD SEE WHAT I KNOW I CAN BE NOT A MAN OF STEEL BUT A MAN THAT’S TRULY REAL I CAN'T BE A GOD OR YOUR SAVIOR JUDGING FROM MY MISBEHAVIOR YOU HAVE TO GO BE THE ONE THEY WANT TO KNOW WHERE'S YOUR POTENTIAL? WHERE'S THIS POTENTIAL? YOU CAN'T CRY TO ME WHEN YOU'VE WASTED YOUR TIME YOU'RE THE ONE THAT DIDN'T PUT ANY EFFORT INTO LIFE IN THIS LIFE, MY LIFE FROM THE BEGINNING I'VE WATCHED THIS DEMISE. WITH THE WAY THAT YOU ARE HOW CAN YOU CLAIM TO BE ALIVE?
2.
WE CANNOT BE STOPPED I'LL SCREAM IT LOUD AND CLEAR THAT WE WON'T BE FORGOTTEN I NEVER GAVE UP ON YOU NO MATTER HOW MUCH I WANTED TO GIVE IN TO ALL THE DOUBTS AND THE LIES TOLD TO DECEIVE YOU LIKE STICKS AND STONES I COULD BREAK THEIR BONES BUT ALL I REALLY WANT IS TO MAKE THIS KNOWN WE WILL NOT FALTER WE WILL PREVAIL OH WHERE DID YOU GO? I CAN'T DO THIS ON MY OWN TAKE WHATEVER WE COULD SLEEP FOREVER WHERE DID YOU GO I NEED YOU NOW MORE THAN EVER WHY CAN’T I JUST BE SET FREE FAR AWAY AND SAFE, JUST YOU AND ME BREAK DOWN THESE WALLS THAT DIVIDE US OH WHERE DID YOU GO? I CAN'T DO THIS ON MY OWN TAKE WHATEVER WE COULD SLEEP FOREVER WHERE DID YOU GO I NEED YOU NOW MORE THAN EVER IT’S HARD TO LIVE IN A BLACK AND WHITE WORLD WHEN ALL I SEE ARE SHADES OF GRAY WHY CAN'T WE JUST BE SET FREE FROM THE CHAINS OF SOCIETY WE CANNOT BE STOPPED
3.
I WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE THAT I HAVE A LIFE WORTH LIVING BUT WHAT'S A LIFE WHEN YOU'RE ONLY GIVING? I USED TO WATCH THE HOURS SLOWLY TICK BY WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THE CHANCE TO DIE BUT THEN I SAW YOUR FACE AND IT TOOK ME TO A BETTER PLACE SO HOLD TIGHT DEAR THEY SAY ITS A BUMPY ROAD BUT I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU WALK IT ALONE IT TEARS ME APART TO SIT AND WATCH YOU RIP OUT YOUR HEART DARLING TAKE A SECOND TO BREATH YOU'VE GOT IT IN YOU TO PASS THESE AMBITIONS & PEAKS NO YOU CAN'T CRY WHILE I'M HERE DYING ON THE INSIDE THINGS DON'T FEEL RIGHT UNLESS YOU'RE HERE RIGHT BY MY SIDE DON'T LET THOSE TEARS PUT OUT YOUR LIGHT OH WOAH YOU CAN DO ANYTHING JUST LIVE OUT YOUR OWN LIFE MOVE PAST THESE AMBITIONS & PEAKS DARLING TAKE A SECOND TO BREATH YOU'VE GOT IT IN YOU TO PASS THESE AMBITIONS & PEAKS NO YOU CAN'T CRY WHILE I'M HERE DYING ON THE INSIDE THINGS DON'T FEEL RIGHT UNLESS YOU'RE HERE RIGHT BY MY SIDE NO DON'T GO NOT TO THAT BROKEN AND EMPTY HOME CAUSE I KNOW I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF YOU
4.
I AM AN ENEMY OF EVERYTHING YOU STAND FOR! ALL OF YOUR INJUSTICES THAT KEEP ME LOCKED IN THIS PRISON HELD TIGHT WITH STEEL BARS CORRUPT LAWS AND CROOKED SMILES WE’RE ALWAYS FIGHTING TO BE OUR OWN IN A WORLD WE CAN'T CALL HOME WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO TELL ME HOW TO LIVE MY LIFE YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN BUT YOU'RE NOT ALONE WE'RE NOT ALONE YOU'RE NOT ALONE I'M ALWAYS ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN ONE OF THESE DAYS YOU'RE GONNA WATCH ME WIN YOU HAVE NO MIND OF YOUR OWN ONE DAY YOU'LL END UP ALONE (Tyler Trokan) I KNOW THAT SOMEDAY YOU'LL ALL END UP ON YOUR OWN ANOTHER COG IN THE SYSTEM ANOTHER ONE OF SOCIETIES DRONES YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE WITHOUT A PURPOSE YET YOU TRY CRITICIZING ME BUT NO ONE IS GONNA GIVE A FUCK ABOUT HOW COOL YOU ARE WHEN YOU'VE BEEN LEFT TO BLEED WELL HERE I AM JUST THE SHADOW OF A MAN I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THIS AS I WEAR MY EMOTIONS CUT ON MY WRISTS CAN'T YOU SEE WHAT THIS SHIT DOES TO US? NOW YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER PERSON THAT I DON'T TRUST I HOPE THAT SOMEDAY YOU'LL SEE WHAT YOU ARE I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE WE'LL MAKE IT OUT... WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO TELL ME HOW TO LIVE MY LIFE YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN BUT YOU'RE NOT ALONE WE'RE NOT ALONE YOU'RE NOT ALONE I'M ALWAYS ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN ONE OF THESE DAYS YOU'RE GONNA WATCH ME WIN YOU HAVE NO MIND OF YOUR OWN ONE DAY YOU'LL END UP ALONE I KNOW THAT SOMEDAY YOU'LL ALL END UP ON YOUR OWN ANOTHER COG IN THE SYSTEM ANOTHER ONE OF SOCIETIES DRONES YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE WITHOUT A PURPOSE YET YOU TRY CRITICIZING ME BUT NO ONE IS GONNA GIVE A FUCK ABOUT HOW COOL YOU ARE WHEN YOU'VE BEEN LEFT TO BLEED
5.
GET FUCKED! I SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT ALL MY HOPES AND DREAMS BUT YOU TOLD ME THAT NOTHING IS AS EASY AS IT SEEMS HELPLESS YOU LEFT ME FOR DEAD MY SALVATION CAME FROM THE DISTANCE WE HAD DON'T SPEAK TO ME LIKE YOU'RE SOMETHING BETTER THAN ME AND I KNOW YOU WISH YOU WERE THE KING OF THE WORLD AND YOU THINK IT'S GOSPEL THE THINGS THAT YOU SAY DON'T SPEAK TO ME LIKE YOU'RE SOMETHING BETTER THAN ME THERE IS NO CURE FOR THESE SICKLY DECISIONS I'LL WATCH THE WORLD CRUMBLE BY YOUR OWN HANDS DON'T SPEAK TO ME LIKE YOU'RE SOMETHING BETTER THAN ME AND I KNOW YOU WISH YOU WERE THE KING OF THE WORLD AND YOU THINK IT'S GOSPEL THE THINGS THAT YOU SAY DON'T SPEAK TO ME LIKE YOU'RE SOMETHING BETTER THAN ME YOU'RE FUCKING DEAD TO ME CURSE MY NAME UNDER YOUR LABORED BREATHING I AM THE KING AND THIS IS MY COURT AS YOU GAZE UPON MY MAJESTY I'LL WATCH YOUR LIFE COME TO AN END
6.
I GO HARD IN THE MOTHERFUCKING PAINT PLAYER LEAVE YOU STANKIN WHAT THE FUCK YOU THINKIN I WON'T DIE FOR THIS SHIT OR WHAT THE FUCK I SAY FRONT YARD BROAD DAY WITH THE SK SEE GUCCI THAT'S MY MOTHAFUCKIN PLAYER I HANG IN THE DALE WITH THEM HIT SQUAD KILLERS WAKA FLOCKA FLAME ONE HOOD ASS PLAYER RIDIN REAL SLOW BENDIN CORNERS MY PLAYER GOTTA MAIN BITCH (AND) GOTTA MISTRESS (WHAT ELSE) A COUPLE GIRLFRIENDS I'M SO HOOD RICH KEEP MY DICK HARD AND KEEP ME SMOKING YOU'LL GET BILLS FREE SHAWTY NO JOKING AND WHAT I STAND FOR (BRICK SQUAD) I'M A DIE FOR THIS SHAWTY MAN I SWEAR TO GOD WHERE YOU AT? WHERE YOUR TRAP? YOU AIN'T HOOD I GO HARD IN THE MOTHERFUCKING PAINT PLAYER LEAVE YOU STANKIN WHAT YOU THINKIN AND I WON'T DIE FOR THIS SHIT OR WHAT THE FUCK I SAY I HOPE YOUR GOONS ARE RIDING WITCHYA THEY GONNA FUCKIN MISS YOU GLOCK 9 TO SK IF YOU WANT TO BEEF SHAWTY POINT BLANK RANGE I PUT YO ASS TO SLEEP SHAWTY TALK IS CHEAP SO WATCH WHAT YA SAY I GO HARD IN THE MOTHERFUCKING PAINT PLAYER LEAVE YOU STANKIN WHAT YOU THINKIN AND I WON'T DIE FOR THIS SHIT OR WHAT THE FUCK I SAY WOAH,WOAH, WOAH (Chris Nutting) KEEP THIS SHIT 300 PUT THAT SHIT ON MY HOOD CRIPS FUCKIN WITH ME G'S AND THE VICE LORDS ESES AND AMIGOS FREESTYLE OFF THE DOME BRICK SQUAD WAKA FLOCKA FLAME ITS FUCKING ON!
7.
COULD WE JUST START OVER? FORGET WHAT WAS SAID? DON'T WORRY ABOUT MY SCARS OR HOW MY WRISTS BLED JUST COME BACK TO ME SO WE CAN WRITE NEW MEMORIES OH, THIS CATASTROPHE WILL MAKE A BEAUTIFUL STORY MILES AWAY I CAN STILL TASTE YOUR KISS YOUR HEAD IN MY ARMS YOUR HIPS ON MY HIPS BABY GIRL WITH YOUR BLOODSHOT EYES COULD I JUST WIPE AWAY JUST WIPE AWAY ALL YOUR TEARS? I'VE DONE SOME THINGS I REGRET BUT DON’T GIVE UP ON US JUST YET JUST LET MY LOVE EMBRACE YOU JUST LET MY LOVE EMBRACE YOU TAKE ALL MY GUILT AND TAKE ALL MY PRIDE TAKE ANYTHING YOU WANT I'VE ALL BUT DIED WITHOUT YOU HERE RIGHT BY MY SIDE I CAN FEEL MYSELF FALLING SLOWLY INTO THE NIGHT MILES AWAY I CAN STILL TASTE YOUR KISS YOUR HEAD IN MY ARMS YOUR HIPS ON MY HIPS BABY GIRL WITH YOUR BLOODSHOT EYES COULD I JUST WIPE AWAY JUST WIPE AWAY ALL YOUR TEARS? BABY GIRL WITH YOUR BLOODSHOT EYES COULD I JUST WIPE AWAY JUST WIPE AWAY ALL YOUR TEARS? I'VE DONE SOME THINGS I REGRET BUT DON’T GIVE UP ON US JUST YET JUST LET MY LOVE EMBRACE YOU JUST LET MY LOVE EMBRACE YOU TOGETHER IS WHERE I'LL STAY (JUST LET MY LOVE EMBRACE YOU) WITH YOU EVERY NIGHT AND DAY (JUST LET MY LOVE EMBRACE YOU)
8.
DAY BY DAY I FIND MYSELF IN A WASTE AN EMPTY WORN OUT PRACTICE SPACE STRUGGLING THROUGH MEMORIES OF THE WAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HOW COULD YOU TURN YOUR BACK ON ME LOCKING US OUT AND LOOKING AWAY BUT WE GREW STRONGER EVERYDAY I HELD BACK THE HATE JUST TO FIND AN ESCAPE A REVELATION I LONGED BUT DREADED TO MAKE YOU WERE GONE AND YOU'RE NEVER COMING BACK I'LL PRAY FOR YOU BUT ITS TIME TO GO ON TO LIVE ON TO MOVE ON I'LL LEAVE MY HATRED TRAPPED IN A SONG YOUR EGO HELD US BACK FOR TOO LONG YOUR EGO HELD US BACK FOR TOO LONG WE ALL STRIVE TO BE DIFFERENT BUT REALLY WE ARE ALL THE SAME IT SICKENS ME THAT WE ARE ALL THE SAME OH MY GOD WHAT HAVE YOU BECOME? YOU'RE NOT CLOSE TO PERFECTION AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT I HOPE YOU DROWN IN YOUR SELFISH WAYS I'VE SAID IT ONCE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN YOU JUST WISH YOU WERE ME I BELIEVED IN YOU WHEN YOU FORCE FED ME LIES I COULDN'T SEE THE EVIL BEHIND YOUR EYES NOW ITS TIME FOR YOU TO LET ME LIVE OUT MY LIFE BOW! WE ARE UNBREAKABLE NOTHING THAT YOU EVER SAY CAN CHANGE THAT FACT WE ARE INVINCIBLE AND STANDING STRONG OH MY GOD WHAT HAVE YOU BECOME? YOU'RE NOT CLOSE TO PERFECTION AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT I HOPE YOU DROWN IN YOUR SELFISH WAYS I'VE SAID IT ONCE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN YOU JUST WISH YOU WERE ME WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? X4
9.
WHO IS THIS MAN IN THE MIRROR HIS TIME IS UP AND I WANT HIM OUT OF HERE IT COULDN'T BE ME (IT COULDN'T BE ME) OR CAN I NOT SEE (OR CAN I NOT SEE) WHERE THIS PATH IS LEADING ME YOU WILL KNOW JUDGEMENT YOU WILL KNOW SUFFERING WHEN THE DRUG NO LONGER FILLS YOUR VEINS VICES TRAP US ALL INSIDE OF OUR OWN HOPELESS MIND WHEN YOUR VOICE GIVES OUT I'LL SING THE SONG OF SOLACE AND WHEN YOU JUST CAN'T CARRY ON I'LL BE THERE DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WHEN THE SKY IS FALLING DOWN OUR HOPES AND DREAMS COME CRASHING TO THE GROUND WITH ALL THE THINGS IN LIFE THAT NEVER MADE MUCH SENSE AT ALL JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AS THE WORLD COMES CRASHING DOWN I'LL BE YOUR LIFE'S NEW AUTHOR I CAN'T BURN AWAY MY TORTURE I AM NOT A MONSTER I CAN'T BURN AWAY MY TORTURE SO GOD HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME ON MY KNEES? BROKEN AND SCREAMING SAVE ME PLEASE I'LL LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND JUST TELL ME WHY IS IT REALLY MY TURN TO DIE? DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WHEN THE SKY IS FALLING DOWN OUR HOPES AND DREAMS COME CRASHING TO THE GROUND WITH ALL THE THINGS IN LIFE THAT NEVER MADE MUCH SENSE AT ALL JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AS THE WORLD COMES CRASHING DOWN
10.
Remember Me 04:50
IT HAD TO BE THAT I WAS THE ONE BUT THESE TIMES HAVE CHANGED AND I SHOUT UNTIL I CRY BUT I'M NO LONGER HERE IT'S UP TO YOU TO FIND YOUR WAY BACK HOME THROUGH THE NIGHT REMEMBER ME CAUSE ALL I NEED IS YOU TO MAKE IT THROUGH AND TIME WILL PASS FROM THE PAST SO DON'T FORGET ME THIS SETBACK HAS TAUGHT ME THAT OUTCOMES OF THE PROBLEMS ARE SINS FROM WITHIN BUT I CAN NOT LOSE THIS LIKE I DID YEARS AGO ITS UP TO YOU TO FIND YOUR WAY BACK HOME THROUGH THE NIGHT REMEMBER ME CAUSE ALL I NEED IS YOU TO MAKE IT THROUGH AND TIME WILL PASS FROM THE PAST SO DON'T FORGET ME WOAH X3 REMEMBER ME CAUSE ALL I NEED IS YOU TO MAKE IT THROUGH AND TIME WILL PASS FROM THE PAST SO DON'T FORGET ME DON'T FORGET ME...

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released April 27, 2014

Recorded by Derek Moffat at 608 Studios
Mixed, and Mastered by Tyler Acord (Issues) at Atlantic Records.
Artwork by Daniel Wagner.
Music and lyrics by To Paint With Fire

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