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…
.
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