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SKEGSS

Stop

Release date: 5th September 2018

From My Own Mess
Track 9
2:23
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About This Track

'Stop' by SKEGSS is an alternative track on the album 'My Own Mess', released in 2018. The lyrics pivot between gratitude and a tense, self-questioning urgency, repeatedly returning to the idea that the singer feels they “should be dead already”. There is also an insistence on forward motion, with lines about going anywhere, even under restrictive signals like a red light. The result is a defiant, determined mood, tempered by the feeling that survival is both precarious and hard-won.

"Stop" is a track by SKEGSS, from the album My Own Mess, released 5th September 2018. The track is 2:23 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about SKEGSS.

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Lyrics

Stop

I swear I should be dead already
I'm not scared to live my life
I'm glad you let me
But I swear I should be dead already
I just tend to live my life
I'm glad you let me

I'm going to everywhere
I'm going to anywhere
I'm going to everywhere

Even if the light is red
Even if the light is red
Even if the light is red
I'm not stopping

I swear I should be dead already
I'm not scared to live my life
I'm glad you let me
But I swear I should be dead already
I just tend to live my life
I'm glad you let me

I'm going to everywhere
I'm going to anywhere
I'm going to everywhere

Even if the light's red
Even if the light's red
Even if the light's red
I'm not stopping
I'm not stopping
I'm not stopping
I'm not stopping

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Track details

From My Own Mess

2:232018
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Album
My Own Mess
My Own Mess
SKEGSS
6th September 2018
Track number
9
Release year
2018
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  3. 3Transaction Fee
    2:33
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    2:37

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