[Intro: anoravt & Rustage]
Rather stay lost in the abstract (Yeah)
[Verse 1: Rustage]
Scrambled and wordless (Yeah)
Fate rearranged by the hand of the circus
Man that they worship
Act like it’s perfect, but pain will be coloured by paint that they have on the surface (Nah)
It’s not a game you can challenge in earnest (Nah)
The set falls away and the camera is whirring (Yeah)
Lines on a page, but the chapter is burning (Ayy)
Keep changing direction, but see that I haven’t been turning
Only got five letters, but I've taken a vowеl
Try better, it won’t change thе amount (Yeah)
Nice weather, and there's rain in the clouds
But the water don’t come 'cause the paper ran out (Nah)
I don’t control all the words that I say with my mouth
Started with hope, but then laboured in doubt
Destined to float, but then stayed on the ground
'Cause they sent us a saint, but then made him a clown
I cannot flee the machine
Singing their song and repeating the theme
Singing their song and repeating the theme
Singing their song, but not keeping the beat
I’m not keeping the rhythm, there’s freedom in dreams (Yeah)
I’m not the person they see me to be (Nah)
I’ll be the melody, playing my discordant tones on the music they teach us the preach (Yeah)
[Pre-Chorus: anoravt]
Crumpled white pages (Crumpled white pages)
Blanks between the spaces (Blanks between the spaces)
Time nothing but wasted (Time nothing but wasted)
In and out like phases (In and out like phases)
Mind nothing but vacant (Mind nothing but vacant)
Losing all my patience (Losing all my patience)
[Chorus: anoravt]
Dreamlike
Can’t hide
Feeling like I’m trapped in my own mind
Blurred lines
Don a new mask
Rather stay lost in the abstract
[Verse 2: Rustage]
Lost in the abstract, rot in the back
Watch 'em stop and collapse as they drop in the black mass
Honestly mad, man, off of the track
They forgotten the past, just a comedy gang act
What do you do when the jokes start to laugh back?
There ain’t no bass in my backtrack
Stuck in a maze, ain’t no place on no SATNAV
Hit after hit 'til I bust like it’s Blackjack
Too many doors, don’t open
Say that it’s deep, but they can’t leave the ocean
Changing the speed, but repeating the motions
Took all our words, so we speak with emotions
Leaves staying green though the season is frozen
Keeping us trapped like we're creatures and rodents
Seizing the moment is needlessly coping
They glue me together, but can’t see the pieces are broken
Every patch and stitch were branded with's a label (Yeah)
The narrative they have us in’s unstable (Yeah)
There's asterisks on happiness and angels (Yeah)
The damages are laid upon the table (Yeah)
Don’t stop the pain, just manage its portrayal (Yeah)
Locked away in labyrinths and cradles (Yeah)
Not a game, just mannequins and fables (Yeah)
So turn it up but redirect the cables (Yeah)
[Chorus: anoravt]
Dreamlike
Can’t hide
Feeling like I’m trapped in my own mind
Blurred lines
Don a new mask
Rather stay lost in the abstract
[Post-Chorus: Rustage]
Yeah
Lost in the void
I can’t remember the feeling of joy
I’m not a person, I’m more like a toy
Fell off the path and succumbed to illusion of choice
Can’t hear my screaming throughout all of the noise
All of my dreams are left bare to exploit
Assembled a lie and then mended the joints
'Cause there ain’t nobody still hearing my voice
[Pre-Chorus: anoravt]
Crumpled white pages (Pages, pages, pages, pages)
In and out like phases (In and out like phases)
Mind nothing but vacant (Mind nothing but vacant)
Losing all my patience (Losing all my patience)
[Chorus: anoravt]
Dreamlike (Dreamlike)
Can’t hide (Can’t hide)
Feeling like I’m trapped in my own mind
Blurred lines
Don a new mask
Rather stay lost in the abstract
[Post-Chorus: Rustage & anoravt]
Lost in the void (Dreamlike)
I can’t remember the feeling of joy (Can’t hide)
I’m not a person, I’m more like a toy
Fell off the path and succumbed to illusion of choice (Feeling like I’m trapped in my own mind)
Can’t hear my screaming throughout all of the noise (Dreamlike)
All of my dreams are left bare to exploit (Can’t hide)
Assembled a lie and then mended the joints
'Cause there ain’t nobody still hearing my voice