Dual Core - Grey Skies lyrics

This time lapse impasse keeping it unethical
Stalled in all direction
Restrained by hypotheticals
Imprisoned how I felt forced
The sentence on myself
Waiting isolated in this solitary cell

From an internal wall that’s
Delaying every task
This grey sky’s a blue screen
Bracing for the crash
Reality is different, covered by this mask
I see no looking past
With this shadow overcast
Face the truth, but we can't so we make lies
Take pride
And leave that doubt by the wayside
Drop a match in the clouds
And watch the flames rise
Fire water falling from these grey skies



Trapped beneath a grey sky
Feeling so uncertain
Self-imposed and nervous
Over and it’s curtains
Thoughts of any subject seem
To amplify the consequence
Seeking a solution
All I really need is confidence
Wishing for decision like I'm
Faced with no delay
Second-guessing second guesses up until
They go away
Still I can’t release even though
I know it’s vain
‘cause the slightest imperfection always
Drives me so insane
Writing lyrics, writing code
I'm just hoping that it flows
Just a function or a verse want
To do it with the pros
Think about longevity, to never be disposed
I always want acceptance
You know just how it goes
Forest for the trees
See the sky for the clouds
There’s a maze in this haze
And I'm wandering around
Barely floating in this storm
I'm clutching to the sound
Feel I'm ‘bout to drown from
This torrent raining down
Keeping things adrift
But look who’s at the helm
This ship’s about to capsize
I'm feeling overwhelmed
Failure faces everyone
Teachers and the students
Plus I know I'm capable and
Tell myself to do it
Show and then improve it so I
Did and took it up
Compromise is fine but how
Good is good enough?
Awaiting motivation from a dozen other mottos
I just need a path
Someone tell me what to follow

From an internal wall that’s
Delaying every task
This grey sky’s a blue screen
Bracing for the crash
Reality is different, covered by this mask
I see no looking past
With this shadow overcast
Face the truth, but we can't so we make lies
Take pride
And leave that doubt by the wayside
Drop a match in the clouds
And watch the flames rise
Fire water falling from these grey skies

Rain clouds break down my
Cardboard wall of sound
Wishing it would clear but it's
All around and how
Deep can I fall, seems there's no letting up
Pressed against the pavement to
Prevent getting up
Recessed into the basement
Need to step it up affliction or addiction
I can never get enough
Fear of the success got
Me working under pressure
Plotting possibilities beyond what
I can measure
Call it over-engineered, impossibly prepared
Til I'm standing still in place on
An endless flight of stairs
And everything spins out
Worse than I’d imagined
Terrified of failure even though
I make it happen looking in the mirror and
Upset at what’s inside
Always been my biggest critic
It’s the only way I thrive
It’s a mix of good and bad so
I take it all in stride
Gotta live it up, otherwise it’s just survive

An antiquated backlash to those
That would control me
Jumping up on stage 'til the
Rhythm couldn't hold me ushered in an era
Kept it classic feeling lonely
Never leave me only love me tell
Me you're my one and only
All I’ve got is my word and
My code and my flow
If you're taking this away then
There's nowhere else to go
We cultivate it, seed it
And we got to watch it grow
Even though it all accelerates we
Meant to take it slow
Feared we couldn't make it
Scared of empty shows
But pushing past your limit's is
The only way to know
Praying to the past, waiting
Tell me when to go rise above the clouds
Pause and check to look below
Searching for a challenge I was
Ready blow for blow
So we got up in it's face
And we're standing toe to toe
Measuring ourselves
Won't compare to so and so
Arriving from the future
We are here to overthrow