Music (Redux)

So his eyes are closed, hands shaking
Heart rate's at the speed of Gabba, a twitch from his normal manner
Thoughts clouded like it's about to pour down
Safety's off in the trenches - it's war now
Half-assed, cap leaning
Pants sagged, Air Max fresh, Dazed reporting for duty
Proven guilty by the Jury
Haters laying by the curb-side
The fuel for the fury
Lighting strikes the blood drips from the wrists edge
Stumbling down Swanston St like a pisshead
Mis-lead child sparks up another cigarette
Smokes it to the filter
Flicks it to the street
Trips over milk crates his therapy's beats
Otherwise he's drowning in the street
Mind of the beaten track
Smacked out an overdose of haters
Rips the cardboard from the flyer
Reach for papers
Weed broken up like past relationships
Dumbing all his thoughts out with spliffs
Necks another longneck down
These lights start to blind him
On lookers watch what he's doing
It's too confusing
Spits phlegm at a park-bench and passes
Junkies and dumb fucks in the midst of smashed glasses
Then it hits him
His heart starts to panic
A long walk home but this time it's gonna be tragic

What do you see when the lights go out
What do you hear when you fight the power
It's the reckoning hour
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What do you do when the music stops
What do you see when the lights go out
What do you hear when you fight the power
It's the reckoning hour
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What do you do when the music stops

I feel this pain rushing through in my veins
I try to numb it when I realise from the pack that Zac's not quite the same
There's a change
A catalyst of thoughts
An influx of a flood
The scar's deep the dirt turns into mud
I guess I'm back where I started
A game of Snakes and Ladders
Mis-matched worlds for my universe to manage
Never one to really open up unless I really trust 'em
Or rhyming over bars though to most the word won't mean nothing
But what happens when there's no one there to trust
Or want to save their burden 'cos you think it means too much
It gets darker the walls are closing in
You start to scream search around for an opening
Breathing at a higher pace time to sit the fuck down
Lighting up a joint put my brain into lockdown
It seems like this way's the only way to be
Sitting in a daze living life like a Zombie

What do you see when the lights go out
What do you hear when you fight the power
It's the reckoning hour
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What do you do when the music stops
What do you see when the lights go out
What do you hear when you fight the power
It's the reckoning hour
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What do you do when the music stops

So being free to me's a whole new experience
Living with my head high whilst bad's an insignificance
I seem to get close the finish line in eye sight
It's almost at an arm's reach
The shine from the star light
It's bright
I swear it's kinda like a dream
Cos I wake up in reality and shit isn't clean
Sometimes I feel like I don't even exist
So if I left it'd make no difference for you people to miss
It's clear to me that way's a shitty weaker option
Won't do it but I'll think it
A game of thought chess boxing
Grabbing ladders always searching for a higher place
Search into the past to find that weak mind state
I pinned it down but the nail isn't sharp enough
Hammering my head down cos life is tough
And it seems to me that I will never be free
But I'll always keep trying cos it means so much to me

What do you see when the lights go out
What do you hear when you fight the power
It's the reckoning hour
Lay the path view all the plots
What do you do when the music stops
What do you see when the lights go out
What do you hear when you fight the power
It's the reckoning hour
Lay the path view all the plots
What do you do when the music stops