Substance

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lyrics

Substance
out of reach
and taken with it
Silence

we had hoped to
put it out first
and yet it's all that
we are left with

words we never said
did we really need them
someone give them to me now
words that I can say
but you never hear them
someone's standing by the door
the common man wouldn't give up his throne
the common man wouldn't give up his throne

changing the guard
though you don't even notice
it's mine to discard
too ashamed to deserve it
you will forget and I will remember
everything changes
you don't know I exist

words we never said
did we really need them
someone give them to me now
words that I can say
but you never hear them
someone's standing by the door
the common man wouldn't give up his throne
the common man wouldn't give up his throne

and you will forget and I will remember
and you will forget and I will remember

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from Carrier, released August 27, 2013

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Grizzly Peak

Nov 2021
The Atlantic

Oct 2019
The Surface

Mar 2019
Certainty Waves

Oct 2018
Individ

Jan 2015
Carrier

Aug 2013

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