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Contingency

from By Design by Test of Time

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IT ALL COMES DOWN TO ALL THOSE THINGS WE SHOULD HAVE SAID
AND SHOULD HAVE SHOWN, BUT HID INSTEAD
THOSE UNSPOKEN FEELINGS WE'VE HAD WITHIN
KEPT TO OURSELVES SO WE COULD FIT IN
SUBCONSCIOUS THOUGHTS, UNCONTROLLABLE FEARS
DISCOMFORT INSIDE WE'LL STRUGGLE WITH FOR YEARS
HAD WE KNOWN EACH OTHER'S PAINS
WHAT SOLACE WOULD WE FIND?

WE'D REALIZE THAT IT'S NOT SO STRANGE
TO BITE OUR TONGUES AND WALK AWAY
NOT TO UPSET OUR FUTURE PLANS
WITH FEELINGS WE DON'T UNDERSTAND
TO FIND IT IN, IN OURSELVES
A SELF WORTH, AN UNTAPPED WELL
WHY WE SHOULDN'T BE SO SCARED
BY OPINIONS OTHERS HELD

TRY TO SPIT IT OUT BUT GET CHOKED UP
MISSING THE MOMENT THAT MEANT THE MOST
SAYING SOMETHING NOW
WILL ONLY MAKE THINGS WORSE
PRESSURE MOUNTS, I SEARCH FOR WHAT TO SAY
MINUTES TURN TO HOURS, HOURS TURN TO DAYS
THOUGHTS SWIRL INSIDE MY HEAD
BUT I KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT

I'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE, I'LL BE THERE AGAIN
FEELINGS NO ONE KNOWS, NOT EVEN FRIENDS
FEAR OF JUDGMENT
ADDS TO THE DOUBT
KEEP IT TO MYSELF
OR SHOUT IT OUT

WHY DO WE SHUT OUR MOUTHS
WHY DO WE CLOSE OUR MINDS
WHY CAN'T WE EXPRESS OURSELVES
LET OUT WHAT BUILDS INSIDE

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from By Design, released July 22, 2014

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Test of Time Boston, Massachusetts

Contact/Booking: xtestoftime@gmail.com

Test of Time is:

James Christopher - Guitar
DJ Butler - Bass
Charles Chaussinand - Guitar
Jeff Novak - Drums
Todd Pollock - Vocals

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