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dragging through the work week
going insane
praying for the weekend
to save me again.

never considering the precious life I'm wishing away.

this is me, settling in
this me becoming a man,
but this isn't me.
no, this isn't what I wanted to be
it's what I needed to be
to survive in this modern society.

dreaming through the weekend
feeling no pain
we all conviene together
to poison our brains.

never considering the broken lives we lead while we wake.

and we will wake to society.

this is me, settling in
this me becoming a man,
but this isn't me.
no, this isn't what I wanted to be
it's what I needed to be
oh, it's what I was forced to be
to survive in this modern society.

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from I Never Meant To Come Off That Way, released January 20, 2015

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Ben Hughes New Jersey

"...channels musicians like Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes, and Sufjan Stevens, as on Hughes’ previous releases. But this record immediately calls to mind Pedro the Lion’s Control, with its deep-voiced chords and melodies, lyrical themes of corporate hell, and Hughes’ slurring voice. It could stand as a complimentary album to Control just as well as it stands on its own."

-Nick Tate, WXPN
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