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125 lbs

from Autopilot by Mitchell Thompson

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This track is about the comfort in the constant and the fear of change, and how that affects your personal growth.

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I've weighed the same since I was thirteen,
No I haven't grown one single pound,
My body's known nothing but routine,
It fears any change that may come around,

Maybe I have grown into nothingness,
Some sad consumer, a tumor on the world's back,
I'm nothing more, I'm nothing less
Than someone else's small success, I am a wreck,

It doesn't take a Nostradamus
To see where I'll be in twenty years,
Same size, same shape, same empty promise,
To grow into some sort of career,

When I don't try I'm guarded from progress,
It's my protection from rejection that I can't face,
Oh what a waste, what a shame,
What a way to wash away my name, I am a mess,

I'm still alive,
I can still try,
To be something more,
More than alive,
More than before,
More than good-bye,
Someone that you can truly adore,

No longer will I wake wet,
In a pool of my own sweat,
A sweat from the fear I get,
Of living with such regret,
And what if I put to rest,
All the words that were said in jest,
About how I feel so stressed
Thinking of life as some contest,
It takes a little more,
Than comparing some made up score,
Than trying to be the one more impressed,

(If only my dear, my only fear, fear of being lonely)

Now, now is the time to finally grow up,
To move higher, inspired by your drive, your life,
Lately I walk just a bit taller,
I feel like I've stemmed an inch,

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from Autopilot, released November 1, 2010

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Mitchell Thompson San Francisco, California

Solo artist/songwriter, working on various forms of rock and folk, mainly in the form of concept albums.

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