Better Off

Ten Second Epic Better Off Lyrics
1.Young Classics

Waiting as the months are changing,
Hoping for the cards to fall my way.
The bad luck overstays.
But every time an underdog is backed against a wall
He will repay the ones who stole his day.

No one is counting on me coming through,
But I'll show them the truth.

What do I got, what do I got to lose?
'Cause all along, I carried on,
I found a way to pay the dues.
What do I got, what do I got to prove?
I'm fighting on, fighting on.
So if you're feeling the same way
You're not alone.

I persevere, ignore the warnings
Left to dig my heels into the sand to be a better man.
For every time they said I couldn't,
I will take a name and make a stand.
Make actions of my plans.

No one is counting on me coming through.
Fuck that point of view.

What do I got, what do I got to lose?
'Cause all along, I carried on,
I found a way to pay the dues.
What do I got, what do I got to prove?
I'm fighting on, fighting on.
So if you're feeling the same way
You're not alone, you're not alone.

When no one's on your side it feels so lonely,
Yeah so lonely.
So here I take my stand...

What do I got, what do I got to lose?
'Cause all along, I carried on,
I found a way to pay the dues.
What do I got, what do I got to prove?
I'm fighting on, fighting on.
So if you're feeling the same way
You're not alone, you're not alone.

Not alone, not alone.


2.Sanctuary

I just want to give you shelter,
It's safe to close your eyes.
I'm not going to sugar coat it,
This is a hard life.
And every time I see you,
by accident or design,
There's something beneath the surface
(In between the lines).

I want you to talk to me,
But I don't say it.
You don't have to run.

Lay your defenses down,
You've been running like a refugee.
Lay your defenses down
And I'll be your sanctuary.
Whoa oh, oh yeah
And I'll be your sanctuary.

When you get tired of fighting
And you've had enough.
When you're walking wounded
And it's too much.
You can take off your armour,
You can lay down your shield.
I just want to hold the world back
Give you time to heal.

I want you to talk to me,
But I don't say it.
You don't have to run away.

Lay your defenses down,
You've been running like a refugee.
Lay your defenses down
And I'll be your sanctuary.
Whoa oh, oh yeah
And I'll be your sanctuary.
Whoa oh, oh yeah
And I'll be your sanctuary.

Close your eyes, it's a hard life.

I could make you a promise,
But time will make it clear.
After the dust has settled,
I'll still be right here.

You need to let me in.

So lay your defenses down,
You've been running like a refugee.
Lay your defenses down
And I'll be your sanctuary.
Whoa oh, oh yeah
And I'll be your sanctuary.

Whoa oh, oh yeah
And I'll be your sanctuary.
Whoa oh, oh yeah
I'll be your sanctuary.
Whoa oh, oh yeah


3.Runaway

Dear insatiable,
We're watching while our future disappears.
It's damn regrettable.
There's nothing here to do to pass the years
But join the status quo.
And wait to die a mile away from here.
We just got to go now.

I will wait for you to run away.
I will take the chains that make you stay,
Break them off, and make our getaway...
So hold on, hold on tight.

Dear Miss all-the-way,
Will you regret when all that's left are scars?
And are we tempting fate,
Denying where we come from is who we are?
Yeah we will disobey,
And break the rules before they break our hearts.

We know who we are now.
We know who we are,
We know who we are now.

I will wait for you to run away.
I will take the chains that make you stay,
Break them off, and make our getaway...
So hold on, hold on tight.

Just hold on.

We've got to find our way out now before we become
All of our fear rolled into one.
You know we're not looking back now,
We've got to believe.
We're going to leave it all behind.
You'll see.

I will wait for you to run away.
I will take the chains that make you stay,
Break them off, and make our getaway.
So hold on.

I will wait for you to run away.
I will take the chains that make you stay,
Break them off, and make our getaway.
So hold on, hold on tight.
Just hold on.


4.Better Off

You're a ghost,
the mistake I miss the most
and I'm losing hope.
'Cause all and all,
there's nothing left to change.
You're exposed,
when the heart and mind aren't close.
A forgotten road
that disappears before I find a way
to get you to stay

You didn't change your mind,
but you're not better off.
I couldn't take back time...
I'm not better off
So all that could've been is paper thin
and we'll never know, we'll never know

You're a curse
that can never be reversed
and it's getting worse
(when we both know that I'm the one to blame)
And to you,
how could I be untrue?
My grip so loose,
that holding on is all that remains
when you don't feel the same

You didn't change your mind,
but you're not better off.
I couldn't take back time...
I'm not better off
So all that could've been is paper thin
and we'll never know, we'll never know

You didn't change your mind,
but you're not better off.
I couldn't take back time...
I'm not better off
So all that could've been is paper thin
and we'll never know, we'll never know

And me, I'm always wrong.
Couldn't make you see
the silver lining sewn on.
It's me, the one you lean on.
We can find some common ground
to believe in, believe it.

You didn't change your mind,
but you're not better off.
I couldn't take back time...
I'm not better off
So all that could've been is paper thin
and we'll never know, we'll never know

You didn't change your mind,
but you're not better off.
I couldn't take back time...
I'm not better off
So all that could've been is paper thin
and we'll never know, we'll never know


5.Don't

If our connection's disconnected
why do I feel your silence sting?
I lost myself inside this cold war
The familiar sound of you not calling

I'm stranded here without direction
Until i remember you undressed
So I call to tell you I don't want you
You're second-hand
I'm second best

Don't tell me you're lost
You don't know what I've seen
You fall apart every time you want my sympathy
Don't talk about you
Don't ask about me
Don't argue 'cause all you want to do is disagree
and if you're coming back for me
Don't

Take your time get some perspective
Contemplate the mess you've made
You trade your tricks and they surrender
I know you always get your way

Don't tell me you're lost
You don't know what I've seen
You fall apart every time you want my sympathy
Don't talk about you
Don't ask about me
Don't argue 'cause all you want to do is disagree
and if you're coming back for me
Don't

Take the good times with you
'cause there's no turning back
It's not like me to second guess
('Cause you've lost the meaning somehow)
Dive into the deep blue
'cause there's no turning back
Your second-hand
I'm second best

Yeah!

Don't tell me you're lost
You don't know what I've seen
You fall apart every time you want my sympathy
Don't talk about you
Don't ask about me
Don't argue 'cause all you want to do is disagree
Yeah all you want to do is disagree
and if you're coming back for me
Don't

If you're coming back for me
Don't


6.Eastbound

Exhale as I hang up the phone.
My stomach sinks like a stone.
It never feels like home without you here.
I stumble through nights on the road.
The hotel key lost in the cold...
But my room is a time zone over.

I lost my way,
But I didn't notice, I didn't notice
How fast things change,

And now I'm travelling east bound.
Don't know if you miss me.
I've been living so hard and coming up empty.
I, I was always missing you.
East bound,
Waking up face down,
Doubting myself for not turning around.
I, I was always missing you.

The postcards don't ever get sent,
They're stuck in our hearts like cement.
Written to mail but stranded on the floor.
Every glass left with a sip,
And each glass will loosen my grip.
Reminds me what I left behind...

And now I'm travelling east bound.
Don't know if you miss me.
I've been living so hard and coming up empty.
I, I was always missing you.
East bound,
Waking up face down,
doubting myself for not turning around.
I, I was always missing you.

And all the nights we stayed awake,
And all the days that we were wasting time, wasting time.
But I don't see a way out.
'Cause we built this brick by brick,
Then I tore it to the ground.
I was heading for a wall...
I'm not giving up now.

West bound,
Driving on empty,
Counting down towns until you're beside me.
I, yeah I'm coming back for you.
West bound,
coming up empty,
Counting down nights until you're beside me.
I, yeah I'm coming back to you.
Whoa oh oh
Yeah I'm coming back for you.
Whoa oh oh
Yeah I'm coming back for you.

Whoa oh oh
Whoa oh oh
Whoa oh oh


7.Animal Choices

The scent of cigarettes is hanging off my breathe.
I've been partying too hard...
I've been partying too long to see
It's been 30 shortened days
With 30 longer nights.
I keep holding on for more,
I keep crawling back until they close the doors.
But all along we counted on moving on.

This night is harder than last
('Cause I'm not part of it).
This fight is not going to last
(But I'm still part of it).
It's time to let it go,
Try to stay dry while the fire burns out.
It's time to let it show,
And try to stay high when it brings me down.

The taste of last night weighing heavy on my lips.
Makes it harder just to speak...
Makes it hard to know the way we got here
When every detail is so blurry it turns black.
I start craving what I need,
I stopped worrying about the place it leads.

But all along we counted on moving on.

This night is harder than last
('Cause I'm not part of it).
This fight is not going to last
(But I'm still part of it).
It's time to let it go,
Try to stay dry while the fire burns out.
It's time to let it show,
And try to stay high when it brings me down.

I'd say I'm sorry,
If I knew how the story ends.
And after morning,
without a consequence.

The sight of wreckage when you finally see it straight.
I've been partying too hard...
I've been partying to long it seems.
It's been 30 shortened days
With 30 longer nights.
I kept holding on for more,
Now I'm finished what I started for.

This night is harder than last
('Cause I'm not part of it).
This fight is not going to last
(But I'm still part of it).
It's time to let it go,
Try to stay dry while the fire burns out.
It's time to let it show,
And try to stay high when it brings me down.


8.After Hours

First you made your choice,
Now you can't commit.
Then you dug your grave,
Now you're sleeping in it.
You left me in pieces.
When you walked away,
Did you really mean it?

Take it away, take it away,
Take it away, it's over now
Every day,
May you pay, may you pay somehow.
We built it,
Now watch me burn it down
And take it away, take it away.

As you're loosing ground,
Are you feeling stressed?
Another memory that you cannot suppress.
You lost me, no reset.
When you walked away,
Could you really forget?

Take it away, take it away,
Take it away, it's over now
Every day,
May you pay, may you pay somehow.
We built it,
Now watch me burn it down
And take it away, take it away.

All you wanted was decided.
You chose wrong,
Don't hide it.
But did you really mean it?
Did you really mean it?

Take it away, take it away,
Take it away, it's over now
Every day,
May you pay, may you pay somehow.
And we built it,
Now watch me burn it down.
And we build it,
Now watch it falling down.
We build it,
Now watch it hit the ground.
And take it away, take it away.


9.Giving Up

Nothing seemed worth fighting for
Until I stumbled onto you.
'Cause every night we spent together
Was a lie that we made true.

Never ever want to give it up.
Never ever want to give it up.
No no no.
Never ever want to give it up.
No.

Incomplete lost in your puzzle cause he fits better with you.
Yeah every piece you force together will eventually unglue.

Never ever want to give it up.
Never ever want to give it up.
No no no.
Never ever want to give it up.
Never ever want to give it up.

Tonight can we pretend,
The stars defend us from the morning light?
Although this dream must end, you know,
Never ever want to give it up.
I'm not giving up on you.
I'm not giving up on you.

Every instinct brought us closer but the logic would come
through.
And even though he's with you together,
We both know I'm meant for you.

Never ever want to give it up.
Never ever want to give it up.
No no no.
Never ever want to give it up.
Never ever want to give it up.

Tonight can we pretend,
The stars defend us from the morning light?
Although this dream must end, you know,
Never ever want to give it up.
I'm not giving up on you.

And if I love you I should let you go chase the day.
And if you end up coming back to me,
I will feel the same.
I hoped you would find your way.

Tonight can we pretend,
The stars defend us from the morning light?
Although this dream must end, you know,
Never ever want to give it up.

Tonight can we pretend,
The stars defend us from the morning light?
Although this dream must end, you know,
Never ever want to give it up.
I'm not giving up on you.

Never ever want to give it up.
I'm not giving up on you.
I'm not giving up on you.


10.Northstar

You always stayed right by me,
I'll always be in debt.
I never made things easy,
You never had regrets.

Let's compromise so we both get through
I'm a little bit crazy when it comes to you.
It makes me whole from your point of view,
It's taking me from you.

If you love me, you shouldn't take it from me.
I count the days and all the ways you steal me.
So believe me, I'm only yours completely.
Just know you are the Northern Star that leads me.

The door remains half open,
My suitcase always full.
I never meant to push you,
But you still feel the pull.

Let's compromise so we both get through
I'm a little bit crazy when it comes to you.
It makes me whole from my point of view,
It's keeping me with you.

If you love me, you shouldn't take it from me.
I count the days and all the ways you steal me.
So believe me, I'm only yours completely.
Just know you are the Northern Star that leads me.

We'll live to fight another day,
And even when our dreams seem far away,
We carry on, we carry on.
So never let this go to waste,
We found something that cannot be replaced.
We both belong.

If you love me, you shouldn't take it from me.
I count the days and all the ways you steal me.
If you love me, you shouldn't take it from me.
Just know you are the Northern Star that leads me.

Just know you are the Northern Star that leads me.
Just know you are the Northern Star that leads me.


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