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This song has a part 1 and part 2, A Not-So-Abstract Observation of the Human Condition and Everything Fixes Broken. This song follows the tale of a once mighty and powerful city's downfall and the resulting state of emptiness, a metaphor for the human condition. There was going to be a part 3, but we felt like it was unnecessary to the mood of the song and cut it out. It'll probably resurface one day.

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Part I: A Not-So-Abstract Observation on the Human Condition

Paralyzation is a funny sensation
Fuzzy in the chest and fucking with your head
Sounding off the sirens in your mind
But the rings trigger nothing at all

Failure is just a part of the human condition
But I’m just a human who can't be conditioned
Spent my life training for a future that seems futile
And I'm sick of it

And I thought I didn't care
Kept a plan B in my jacket pocket
They said I'd go nowhere
And I’m too burnt out to give damn

But I’m intoxicated on anxiety and reeling on lack of productivity
And I'm starting to realize all my friends are ghosts
And I'm stuck in this hole alone

Maybe all we need is a city in chaos
Flashing lights of new york swallowed into the dark
Long concrete blocks, dead skyscrapers in silence
Another power hunger at rest

When everything you know is falling
Do you catch it or let it crash
Even if you pushed it over the edge
Will it come back and make an impact

Put on a smile cause I'm damned if I don't
I put on an act cause I crumble although
Behind the make believe face and the soft toned talk
Is just another broken home

I wish I could isolate emotion from practicality
But all I am in reality
Is this stress, I'm a wreck, just another dead end
Waiting for a car to hit
I'm a mess, hide my thoughts under another black dress
Hoping for the luck to miss

Maybe all we need is a city in chaos
Flashing lights of new york swallowed into the dark
Long concrete blocks, dead skyscrapers in silence
Another power hunger at rest

And I know you were here
We were meant to last forever
Where did forever go
And I know you were here
Just a step in the light from me
But now the dark has come

Maybe all we need is a city in chaos
Flashing lights of new york swallowed into the dark
Long concrete blocks, dead skyscrapers in silence
I think I've lost myself in the abyss

Part II: Everything Fixes Broken

Maybe I’m just fucked up and deal with loss with grace
From a dark cloud in march and a falling out in february
Hell with dreams because we all wake up
Open your eyes destruction is the truth

I'm the absurd hero
Spent my life working
Just to let the labor kill me
I'm walking and talking
In 6 foot bed for one

We're all here to save our investments
But maybe some are worth abandonment
I spent my whole year running to what looked like purpose
But purpose is just fucked up coping mechanism

This is what I wanted isn't it
A city at its feet crumbling at the seams

But I never asked for pure anarchy

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from All My Friends Are Ghosts EP, released May 20, 2017

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Play The Ace is a young all-female pop punk band from Dallas, Texas consisting of Iris (vocals/guitar), Molly (bass), and Dena (drums). When not making awful Star Wars jokes, the girls can usually be found listening to bands such as My Chemical Romance, All Time Low, and Neck Deep. For the past year, Play The Ace has released hundreds of covers of popular rock songs and originals on social media. ... more

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