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Knocked Loose
A Tear in the Fabric of Life - EP
Forced to Stay

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Forced to Stay

Release date: 12th October 2021

From A Tear in the Fabric of Life - EPTrack 33:55

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About This Track

"Forced to Stay" is a track by Knocked Loose, from the album A Tear in the Fabric of Life - EP, released 12th October 2021. The track is 3:55 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 6 articles about Knocked Loose.

About the Artist

Knocked Loose

Knocked Loose

Lyrics

Forced to Stay

Bound to the trunk of a tree stretched out for miles
Cast a shadow on all I know of life

I can't seem to shake the thought
The light is taken by the hearse
It's a lesson never learned
Everyday is getting worse

I dissolve into the pain
Pour myself into the guilt
Hanging over me like skies of rain
All the blood that I have spilt

Carried you to heaven's gate
I am forced to stay

A celebration
The finale of life
The marriage between
Soil and bride

The blood denies the rose
To carry only memories of loss
A vigil on the side of the road
Her body now belongs to the cross

I am judged and set on fire
At the stand falling deaf to their cries
The bleating of a hundred voices
In unison asking me why

Why did I take a chance and gamble life?
Every sign points me back to the dorm
In my head, you say "I told you so"
We should've left before the storm

The rain washes you away
The rain washes you away
The rain washes you away (Forced to stay)
The rain washes you away (Forced to stay)

The rain washes you away (Forced to stay)
The rain washes you away (Forced to stay)

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

Track details

From A Tear in the Fabric of Life - EP

3:552021

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Album

A Tear in the Fabric of Life - EP

13th October 2021

Track number

3

Release year

2021

1Where Light Divides the Holler
3:43
2God Knows
3:34
3Forced to Stay
3:55
4Contorted in the Faille
3:56

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Knocked Loose — Moss Covers All (from You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To) [0:46]
Knocked Loose — Sit & Mourn (from You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To) [4:47]
Knocked Loose — Take Me Home (from You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To) [2:16]
Knocked Loose — Piece By Piece (from You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To) [2:51]
Knocked Loose — Slaughterhouse 2 (feat. Chris Motionless) (from You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To) [3:04]
Knocked Loose — Thirst (from You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To) [1:47]
Knocked Loose — Suffocate (feat. Poppy) (from You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To) [2:45]
Knocked Loose — Don't Reach For Me (from You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To) [3:45]
Knocked Loose — Blinding Faith (from You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To) [2:51]
Knocked Loose — The Calm That Keeps You Awake (from You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To) [2:42]
Knocked Loose — Suffocate
Knocked Loose — Upon Loss Singles
Knocked Loose — Everything is Quiet Now [3:36]
Knocked Loose — Deep in the Willow [3:32]
Knocked Loose — God Knows (from A Tear in the Fabric of Life - EP) [3:34]
Knocked Loose — Permanent (from A Tear in the Fabric of Life - EP) [4:42]
Knocked Loose — Contorted in the Faille (from A Tear in the Fabric of Life - EP) [3:56]
Knocked Loose — Where Light Divides the Holler (from A Tear in the Fabric of Life - EP) [3:43]
Knocked Loose — Return to Passion (from A Tear in the Fabric of Life - EP) [1:14]
Knocked Loose — Mistakes Like Fractures (Lofi)
Knocked Loose — Misguided Son (from A Different Shade of Blue) [3:16]
Knocked Loose — ...and Still I Wander South (from A Different Shade of Blue) [3:42]
Knocked Loose — Trapped in the Grasp of a Memory (from A Different Shade of Blue) [3:53]
Knocked Loose — Denied by Fate (from A Different Shade of Blue) [2:24]
Knocked Loose — Mistakes Like Fractures (from A Different Shade of Blue) [3:40]
Knocked Loose — Guided by the Moon (from A Different Shade of Blue) [3:48]
Knocked Loose — Road 23 (from A Different Shade of Blue) [2:21]
Knocked Loose — A Serpent's Touch (feat. Emma Boster) (from A Different Shade of Blue) [3:03]
Knocked Loose — Forget Your Name (feat. Keith Buckley) (from A Different Shade of Blue) [2:42]
Knocked Loose — Belleville (from A Different Shade of Blue) [3:17]
Knocked Loose — By the Grave (from A Different Shade of Blue) [3:06]
Knocked Loose — In the Walls (from A Different Shade of Blue) [3:02]
Knocked Loose — The Rain (from Laugh Tracks) [2:57]
Knocked Loose — Oblivions Peak (from Laugh Tracks) [3:38]
Knocked Loose — Blood Will Have Blood (from Laugh Tracks) [2:25]
Knocked Loose — No Thanks (from Laugh Tracks) [2:16]
Knocked Loose — My Heroes (from Laugh Tracks) [2:38]
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Knocked Loose — Laugh Tracks (from Laugh Tracks) [3:52]
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Knocked Loose — Counting Worms (from Laugh Tracks) [1:12]
Knocked Loose — The Gospel (from Pop Culture) [2:36]
Knocked Loose — Manipulator II (from Pop Culture) [2:20]
Knocked Loose — Small Victories (from Pop Culture) [1:52]
Knocked Loose — Separate (feat. Carson Hudson) (from Pop Culture) [2:21]
Knocked Loose — All My Friends (from Pop Culture) [3:24]
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Piece By PieceYou Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
2:51
Sit & MournYou Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
4:47
Slaughterhouse 2 (feat. Chris Motionless)You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
3:04
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Take Me HomeYou Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
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5Return to Passion

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