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Dead Weight

from Circular Mill EP by Actor|Observer

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Does the end justify the means?
Or is this just a means to an end?

For the better part of 20 years
I reached with hope
And held my thoughts and feelings close
But when real life hits you hard
It makes you question
What matters most

Just keep saying
It’s worth what you’re paying
But if it all came down right now
How much would you really have?



It’s welling up again
That reoccurring feeling when
All choices made til now
Make it so damn uncertain how
I’m supposed to get myself out


What am I trying to prove?
That my life can be of more use
Than simply paying off debts and dues?

I’ve got to get
My fucking head on straight
This constant wavering
Is nothing but dead weight
Is it as clean cut
As do or die?
Honest struggle or
Submissive lie?
I feel it setting in
The weight of my own convictions



Just keep saying
It’s worth what you’re paying
But if it all came down right now
How much would you really have?

Im being muscled out
By the gears of life
I’m being held down
By my own device

Does the end justify the means?

Or is this just a means to an end?

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from Circular Mill EP, released August 2, 2013

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Actor Observer from Boston, MA have become a well-respected musical force throughout New England. Their dynamic sound and electric live performance are charged with a visceral sincerity and vulnerability that many audience members find refreshing in the current age of post-hardcore. Their newest album "Songs For The Newly Reclusive" may be their most powerful offering yet. ... more

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