Don't Need It

from Chemtrail Depression by 5 Watts

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Saltshaker shaking on the table
Shadows are dancing on the wall
I wouldn't be here if I was able
Feeling so big and yet so small

You wouldn't know it if I didn't say it
I feel I'm pretty good at that now
Beat myself over the head to change it
Reaching for that burning door knob to head out

When the sun's shining down you face it
A choir of bells the birds ring out
Going through more than just the paces
A truncated feeling of being proud

Then a punch to the gut
Familiar equations playing out
A calculated risk
Worth taking, worth shaking doubt
Shaking like a leaf, a popular motif
In no one's, no one's style
Then I smile in awe of the child inside who can't wait for next time
But till then

Give me the time to stow away
Give me the time to build the frame
Loosen it up enough to fit all these faces
A little bit goes a long way
A little bit goes a long way

Remember what momma said
Baby, get out of bed
Dreamers are only dead
Long after the dream ends
Anxious for anxiety to take hold
Ooh, gotta find my vice to cope
Keeps me from all the vanity
Keeps me from all the hateful souls
Keeps me from our reality
Keeps me from being, feeling whole
But I don't need it!
Except to leave my home...

Who's gonna drive me home?..

(It's a long way through the soul)

We aren't all the vanity
We aren't all the hopeless souls
When I come out on this side clean
Only one thing I need to know

To give me the time to stow away
Give me the time to build the frame
Loosen it up enough to fit all these faces
A little bit goes a long way
Give me some time to stow away
Give me the time to build the stage
Filling it up enough to get all these faces
A little bit goes a long way
A little bit goes a long way

A punch to the gut, a punch to the gut
Knocks you down, get back up
A punch to the gut, a punch to the gut
Knocks you down, get back up
A punch to the gut, a punch to the gut
Yeah...
A punch to the gut, a punch to the gut...
Yeah...

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from Chemtrail Depression, released December 20, 2019

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5 Watts Akron, Ohio

5 Watts was formed in a basement in Akron, Ohio back in 2008 by a couple of dudes looking to just create some music. Now a solo project, singer Casey Brown keeps going to make music just for the joy of it.

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