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Perception of Life

from Seen So Far by Mono

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about

I wrote this when I was 16 years old. My sister Devy also collaborated with me on this track.

lyrics

[verse one]

Murder rape, sickness hate
swine thieves lies and fakes
the darks sides getting heavy
no body can lift its wait
I’ve seen more then enough
theres not much more my eyes can take
so I migrate to my dreams
and thats were I hibernate
I wouldn't say its my mistake
in another world whilst I'm wide awake
off with the Fairies, make me participate
in a stickier web then the kind that spiders make
never listened in school I'm not easy to manipulate
even though I love to procrastinate
I'm on this gigantic planet simply to be and create
in this frantically and manically tragic roller coaster
to ensure I will never break
damn straight
every door will eventually have a lose hinge
enter my metaphor mentally explore a new thing
the pictures the letters draw heavenly sooth the bruising
imaginations supposed to be rugged and amusing

[chorus]

(times two)

This is my perception of life
so alive and intense like a fight
its so messed up but everything will be alright
we don't need a helmet on the rugged bike ride


[verse two]

let my mind run as fast as it goes
getting drunk getting stoned till I'm numb
watch my conscience unfold
I know absolutely nothing because nothing is told
everything thing I think I know seems to dig a bigger whole
I cant see the bottom
pit filled with mud and dirt
I already feel forgotten and it fucking hurts
Im a rock Ill never soften, you learn to love it first
but when the trees blossom you know its just another curse
I've been abandoned in my misery,
beat battered so viciously
I vividly visually see a point to build a bigger me
I’ve been belittled and crippled so bitterly
its taken my ability to pick up my utilities
imagine a shark with out its killer teeth
the demons on the leash I still cant seem to kill the beast
there are a lot of monsters up in St kilda east
you’l never see it it always hidden right underneath
Ima lighten up my heart like it the last night of Chanukah
Ima burn the world up gonna melt your thermometer
gonna get on top of my head like a yamukah
this is out world to defend like Karav Maga
peace harmony home? na look how far we are
when its each to their own w’ell never see our Narnia
don’t you want to see your Narnia

[chorus]

(times two)

this is my perception of life
so alive and intense like a fight
its so mest up but everything will be alright
we don't need a helmet on this rugged bike ride

[verse 3]

This is rock n roll
to live in the now is magnificent
hitting ten pins when I bowl
don’t be afraid to be different
my fingers don’t even fit on the whole
I move it forward with my mind and the magic from my finger tips
I got my fishing rod and I'm hear to catch Poseidon
whens the mossier arriving? I'm really starting to miss you god
I know you know where I’ve been and yeh I beat the odds
raised one way but went and did the complete opposite
with confidents
I was only curious
if I'm being honest I was just bothered and furious
I wanted the pureness in this but something clicked
felt like a tourist visiting the places I missed
felt like a new tank to a fish
too strange makes me think
through the days that I’ve existed
I’ve morphed and I’ve shape shifted
what moments have I thrown away to embrace what in my vision
what words have escaped my ears cause I wasn't able to listen
and this is

[chorus] (times two)

my perception of life
so alive and intense like a fight
its so messed up but everything will be alright
we don't need a helmet on this rugged bike ride

credits

from Seen So Far, released July 15, 2017

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