Pick your battles Obsessional ticks, bouncing off the bricks It is what it is, everything slips Sure you're gonna get it 'til you miss Reduced to repetitive myths Pound for pound with the devil who kicks I can't stop swinging but it never connects I throw my whole body into nothing but mist Face like a plate of raw meat Screaming I can't be beat Half dead, ready to drop Truth is I just wanted it all to stop No matter how many times I shatter How many times I break It's not the end 'til the end comes And when it comes it will be too late So move I'll fight you 'til I win I'll fight you 'til I win I'll fight you 'til I win I'll fight you 'til I win Move I'll fight you 'til I win I'll fight you 'til I win I'll fight you 'til I win I'll fight you 'til I win Move You would not believe the kind of day I had today Far from graduation, but they test me on my patience Keeping my receipts from all the dues I had to pay Never learned to swim, but it look better than this slave ship Barely see the road, but way too far I'm often taken Such a crying shame when intention get mistaken Not another story of a wronging in the making Couple wrong turns, but who am I to never take 'em? Who died and made me perfect? Entangled in a statement 'Cause when they sing my praises, I still question how they phrase it And that don't make me lazy, entitled, or angry Or any adjective that they use to understand me And if I'm overwhelmed, I don't mean to cause a panic I just got a couple problems that are bigger than this planet So move I'll fight you 'til I win I'll fight you 'til I win I'll fight you 'til I win I'll fight you 'til I win Move I'll fight you 'til I win I'll fight you 'til I win I'll fight you 'til I win I'll fight you 'til I win Jumping at shadows, sketchy Smiling like nothing upsets me, it's upsetting Drown it in silence, fence myself in until nobody answers Clutching the carpet, praying Tears like a storm breaking over a desolate plain Waiting for the moment when everything changed But it never came Eager to please, help, help Going under, telling myself I won't settle for anything less than the best, I can wrestle Out of this tenuous vessel I've seen the monster came out from under the bridge Even that didn't stop me, as long as I live I will flounder, buckle, doubt But I'll go round for round 'til the rounds run out When it's all too late and the rain in the graveyard Plant my tree looking out over London So many things that never came good But I did what I could now Move I'll fight you 'til I win I'll fight you 'til I win I'll fight you 'til I win I'll fight you 'til I win Move I'll fight you 'til I win I'll fight you 'til I win I'll fight you 'til I win I'll fight you 'til I win Move

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