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Overcome the Inside

February 13, 2019
By shadow13kp SILVER, Advance, North Carolina
shadow13kp SILVER, Advance, North Carolina
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Overcome the inside

Overcome what you feel

Reach and find what's truly real

Decline life's devilish deal

And don't let death's lips unseal

Break free of the monotonous life wheel


We're all the same yet so different

All focused on the past rather than the current

Worried about the wants but never the urgent

Only seeing the pain inside

Rather than what all the possibilities may hide

Struggling to swim in the rising tide

Trying to find out who told the truth and who lied

But we can't rest faith in flesh lips

When you build on unsteady ground

The building tips

The seams rip

And it all falls apart

If I cared about my inside I'd have no heart

The biggest problem

Is just knowing where to start

So stop staring at yourself trying to remember

Rather than rip and dismember the entire picture

Be better than you were before

Because the old you

Doesn't have the same opened door

Each path you enter

Leads to more so don't stop hoping

Cause bad memories are no way of coping

Don't fall into the trap of never ending moping


Overcome the inside

Overcome what you feel

Reach and find what's truly real

Decline life's devilish deal

And don't let death's lips unseal

Break free of the monotonous life wheel


With every feeling I locked away

It only gave me less reasons to stay

I can't just concentrate on the hate

I can't keep saying “just wait”

I needed a reason to wait outside the gate

I have the key

But the key has a date

I can rearrange the day

And change my fate

But am I really ready to stop the play

Call a timeout

Or stay in the game

And wait till I make everybody know my name

Work every minute till I reach my fame

Cause let me tell you

I can't get this inner tiger tame

I keep trying to lash out

Like water rushing out of a broken spout

My flow's just out of control

As I go over every single doubt

But I'm not about to keep my eyes on that

I gotta keep my mind on the future lines

Rather than what I already spat

Pay no attention to the puddle on the floor

Only see what I need

To shake these people to the core

I only notice what I tear

Not what I tore


Overcome the inside

Overcome what you feel

Reach and find what's truly real

Decline life's devilish deal

And don't let death's lips unseal

Break free of the monotonous life wheel


The author's comments:

A song written for a friend who needed to hear it.


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