Album: Go (2012)
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  • Sifting through the broken glass
    The echoes of my ancient past
    Keep flooding into every pore
    Like scattered seeds of sycamore
    Suddenly I started wondering how I got here

    Was it a matter of time?

    Catholic school my private Hell
    I stuttered 'til the age of twelve
    Discovered sex at seventeen
    And soon thereafter self esteem
    The days did not matter
    And years were a lifetime away

    Drowning in a heavy stock
    Of teenage girls and indie rock
    I flunked out of each college course
    And set my sails for no remorse
    The nights were for nowhere
    And that's where I wanted to be

    Someone said,
    "It's not a matter of time, it's just a matter of timing"

    Do you ever wonder how you got to here?
    It's not a matter of time, it's just a matter of timing
    Do you ever wonder how you got to here?

    Branded, marked and paper thin
    This angry saint went marching in
    To war with scores of ninety proof
    Found nothing but the ugly truth
    The decade of wastage an instant
    And everything's changed

    Woke up feeling thirty-five
    Though grateful that I'm still alive
    Another chance at normalcy
    To chase the dream but now it seems
    That days run away like wild horses over the hills

    Someone said,
    "It's not a matter of time, it's just a matter of timing"

    Do you ever wonder how you got to here?
    It's just a matter of time
    It's not a matter of time, it's just a matter of timing
    Do you ever wonder how you got to here?

    Take it in and hold on while you can
    All the destruction will one day end
    And you'll finally know exactly who you are
    It's just a matter of timing

    Do you ever wonder how you got to here?
    It's just a matter of time
    It's not a matter of time, it's just a matter of timing

    Do you ever wonder how you got to here?
    It's just a matter of time
    It's not a matter of time, it's just a matter of timing

    Do you ever wonder how you got to here?
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