Build A Day

from Don't Envy The Wheels by The Road To Ruin

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A burned out house, an angry man. a chlldhood dream
Sneaker on a wire a block up Troutman Street

A plastic form, a cloud of gas, too scared to ask
The silly teacher won’t explain the painted scene

Getting so entrenched in knowing how to say the right thing
You don’t say anything and you forget what you mean

Being so enslaved by losing, feeling so afraid of choosing
Don’t stop to think, you forget what you need

These are things you take away change a minute build a day
These are things you take away change a minute build a day

A pile of ash upon the floor and failure’s door
Another train wreck on the news at half past midnight
So run away from jay walkers and hit parades
Appalachia turns into the New York sky line

Camouflaging slowly with the colors in the backdrop
When the movie’s obscene and your crush has turned green
Waiting for a tragedy to shake you out of normalcy
The back of your head during a beautiful dream

These are things you take away change a minute build a day
These are things you take away change a minute build a day

These are things you take away change a minute build a day
These are things you take away change a minute build a day

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from Don't Envy The Wheels, released September 7, 2018

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