Validation Sickness

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A panic-stricken mob, caressing the streets with
Blistered feet in the honest pursuit of your
Animal affection, in a war of sedation
I am the corporal who defects, I fell from the nest
You don't need wings to fall, and falling is just flying away from you all

Don't catch me, just let it change me
I've been sitting up here safe and dry
wondering how I've kept myself alive
Because it's been a while since I tried

You couldn't imagine what a risk it was
You should take me at my word, and mock the killing bird
You calculate every imperfection in
Your precious digital self portrait of a soul

Within your nirvana lies a covetous will
The art of the outlier will outlive the photos of your lives
I can tell by the whites of your eyes
That you know that you're losing your mind
You're longing for the world that you run from
You're falling behind
You're falling behind
You're falling behind
You're falling behind

You couldn't imagine what a risk it was
You should take me at my word, and mock the killing bird
You calculate every imperfection in
Your precious digital self portrait of a soul

Self portrait of a soul

You can come but you can't hide
You're out on display for the mind's eye
And you can run but you can't fly
So jump now or the next life, either now or the next

It's now or the next life
Jump now or the next life

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released November 11, 2018
Engineered by Michael Sahm, Stephan Hawkes

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