Bending Backwards

by Arden Kind

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I can feel the pain under my skin,
tired of being another washed up has-been.
Tired of giving into life's stupid games,
everybody learns from their mistakes.
I'm just trying to make sense of it all,
when you let me down I just fall.

Like I did when we first met,
I'm just a pawn in a game of chess.

Anxious for whatever comes next,
violated press is on the desk.
Take your gun to this terrified boy
Accepted but resentful at the same time.

Provoked and taken back,
feeling repugnant towards that.
There is so much loathing to be done,
I want to get it all my way.

Like I did when we first met,
I'm just a pawn in a game of chess.

Anxious for whatever comes next,
violated press is on the desk.
Take your gun to this terrified boy
Accepted but resentful at the same time.

I left my life,
And through the strife,
I keep on holding onto what we used to do in my old bedroom
As I watched your eyes,
as they pace backwards,
through the ladders and towers of my mind.
I'm sick of this disguise.

Sometimes you've got to live with what you've got,
sometimes you've got to sit and rot.

If there was something I could change,
I'd change it all and rearrange.

They ask me why I do what I hate, it's the only thing that keeps me sane.

credits

released August 17, 2016
Songs written and performed by Arden Kind.
Recorded at Studio 825.
Mixed and engineered by Ray Gagliardino.
Artwork done by Mia Cruz.

Vocals - Oscar Zappa Compo
Guitar - Grayson Roberts-Jolly
Bass / Piano - Emmett Dwyer
Drums - Giles Wall

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Arden Kind is an alternative rock band from the East Coast.

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