Scratched Soul

Moving music speaks to my soul,

Makes it throb, return to home

Softspoken lullabies ease my sleep,

Soothe my mind, fade into my dreams

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Rocking ballads, guitars and drums,

Power lyrics and rhythmic thrums

My heart feels the pull and cries gold

My soul loses control and is soon sold

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Scratch scratch a broken record

Nails crack, a bent CD.

Feeding your mind with honeyed lies

Losing track, falling prey in time

You know you're battling a losing fight…

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You think you're pure, your excuses true

You learn to ignore the bad things you do

How many more soul tunes will you lose?

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Spiritual melodies, haunting sounds

Dripping in passion, deep, profound

Connecting humans to divine

Transcending physical worlds and times

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Find one scratch on a CD

Two songs impaired, skip to track three

A long groove across one side

The CD stops and out it slides

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Ten more scratches,

The CD is gone

No more listening to your favorite songs

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Scratch scratch a broken record

Nails crack, a bent CD.

Feeding your mind with honeyed lies

Losing track, falling prey in time

You know you're battling a losing fight…

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You think you're pure, your excuses true

You learn to ignore the bad things you do

How many more soul tunes will you lose

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Letting in deep embedded lies

Barely scratching the surface of your demise

You think your soul can handle one crack

But before long it's turned to black.

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And no amount of cleaning erases who you are

Time heals wounds but leaves all scars

You let yourself have just one scratch

And you can never now take it back.

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Scratch scratch a broken record

Nails crack, a bent CD.

Feeding your mind with honeyed lies

Losing track, falling prey in time

You know you're battling a losing fight…

.

You think you're pure, your excuses true

You learn to ignore the bad things you do

How many more soul tunes will you lose