[00:00.00] 作词 : Nick Wu[00:00.72] 作曲 : Nick Wu[00:01.45]i’m ripping my heart out[00:03.60]just hold it close to your ears, hear the beat of the drum[00:07.90]it’s broken and calloused[00:11.47]but why would you care, no why[00:15.18][00:15.62]are you running away from the things that you say[00:19.22]why are you running away from the things that you say[00:23.01]why are you running away from the things that you say[00:26.77]why are you running away[00:30.03][00:46.33]noises, headset[00:47.85]lights and soundcheck[00:48.81]chords and voices[00:49.84]line the soundtrack[00:50.78][00:50.73]something in the way i hear your voice with mine[00:53.82][00:54.22]3am, and i’m exhausted[00:56.27]teary eyes and water droplets[00:58.09][00:58.28]as short-circuited synapses reharmonize[01:01.24][01:01.54]a love-letter you’ll never read[01:05.41]writing away the deepest insecurities[01:09.56]i swear there’s nothing else that i’d rather be[01:16.12][01:16.90]but every fiber in my fragile body screams, “surrender”[01:23.14]and if i had the option, i’d pick a passion better[01:30.77][01:32.30]hands bound by piano strings[01:35.98]a copper wire noose[01:39.68]still, i’d shut my eyes forever if i couldn’t hear the tune[01:46.80][01:48.08]this is what i have decided[01:51.91]this is what i want my life to mean[01:56.04]i stood in my room[01:57.65]and sang to my screen[01:59.28]and realized[02:01.33]that this is my[02:02.57][02:03.64]i dont wanna fall for your sweet embrace[02:05.51]if i can’t make rent, if i can’t make ends meet[02:07.52]within the realm of possibility, what a stupid dream[02:10.12]but i still hear the magic between the intervallic frequencies[02:15.10]it feels like i’ve already won[02:17.34]1 2 3[02:18.62]for every doubt that’s floating through the atmosphere[02:22.65]like fireflies drawn to the open flame[02:26.01]i’ll bring the smoke, i’ll sing these notes until i choke on the blood, sweat, and tears[02:31.69]so i declare[02:33.22][02:34.31]that this is what i have decided[02:37.99]this is what i want my life to mean[02:41.58]i stood in my room[02:43.27]and sang to my screen[02:45.20]and realized[02:47.40]that this is my[02:48.72][02:49.58]my lifeline, oh my safest place to hide[02:56.95]the cowardly retreat in view of absolute defeat[03:04.23]a stupid thing to dream for someone seventeen[03:12.11]yet a song that turns out right is still a victory[03:18.39][03:19.81]this is what i have decided[03:24.10]this is what i want my life to mean[03:27.83]i stood in my room[03:29.66]and sang to my screen[03:31.27]and realized[03:33.57]that this is my[03:34.91][03:35.74]my everest, my neverending climb[03:40.32]if i don’t get to see the world i’ve pictured countless times[03:45.14]at the point of burnout, can i just leave it all behind?[03:49.59]who would even blame me if it's my life[03:53.83][03:54.81]like the mountain on my back, my face into the stone[03:59.28]and isn’t music not supposed to happen on your own?[04:04.42]stuck behind these walls, still singing all alone[04:08.71]the day my world is silent, i will go[04:12.65][04:14.12]if all i’ve ever known about is the curse of these damned keys[04:18.89]then these notes, these scales remain my enemy