Taken
from Desync (Deluxe Edition) by James Paddock
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"Taken"
A short but soul-baring piece written out of frustration with a number of personal strifes, including my own sense of social separation from others in the pursuit of things like attention, popularity, or romance. One can make the effort to stand out to the best of their ability, but at the cost of feeling utterly alien and othered in doing so - especially when, ironically enough, it appears that everyone else is trying to do the exact same thing.
Even if you break out from your comfort bubble and are finally able to reach out, what if no one else around you has escaped from theirs?
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A short but soul-baring piece written out of frustration with a number of personal strifes, including my own sense of social separation from others in the pursuit of things like attention, popularity, or romance. One can make the effort to stand out to the best of their ability, but at the cost of feeling utterly alien and othered in doing so - especially when, ironically enough, it appears that everyone else is trying to do the exact same thing.
Even if you break out from your comfort bubble and are finally able to reach out, what if no one else around you has escaped from theirs?
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lyrics
Paper cut my heart, why don’t you
Help this moment last, why won’t you
The effort it's taken
To be the self that I'm trying to sell
They're all taken
With themselves or with somebody else
It's some kind of hell
Don't want to live as a single cell
Why do I feel I missed a chance to end the mad?
Paper cut my soul, why don’t you
The endless backbreaking
To sell the soul that I'm trying to sell
Left me scarred and aching
Show me something that compels
Been smiling and faking
And all I know is the “else”
Why do I feel I missed a chance I never had?
Help this moment last, why won’t you
The effort it's taken
To be the self that I'm trying to sell
They're all taken
With themselves or with somebody else
It's some kind of hell
Don't want to live as a single cell
Why do I feel I missed a chance to end the mad?
Paper cut my soul, why don’t you
The endless backbreaking
To sell the soul that I'm trying to sell
Left me scarred and aching
Show me something that compels
Been smiling and faking
And all I know is the “else”
Why do I feel I missed a chance I never had?
credits
from Desync (Deluxe Edition),
released September 9, 2022
Additional personnel:
Kevin Martins - arrangement, additional guitar
Additional personnel:
Kevin Martins - arrangement, additional guitar
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James Paddock England, UK
Composer, singer, artist, and video game developer.
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