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HOSTAGE Lyrics by Braden Bales

CATALYST

2023

[Verse 1]
Out with the bitterness now
I'm trying to train myself to feel indifferent, wow
Bliss I feel from floating inside my ignorance
Call me a hypocrite
But hiding from the pain I cause myself will make me happy, oblivious

[Pre-Chorus]
(Ooh) My skeletons won't hurt me from the bedroom closet
If life is like a movie, then I'm waiting for the plot twist (Ooh)
Following what moves me and procrastinating progress
Signing up for loneliness that holds me like a

[Chorus]
Hostage, I'm tied up
Short on what I need for the ransom, now
Waiting on bad luck
To pull apart the person I've made up
Who am I? That's for you to decide
Always do or diе but, at the end of the night
I'm a hostagе who's had enough
Of living in this world that I made up

[Verse 2]
On with the pace of it
Any distraction I can fathom to keep away from this
Impending disaster, I'll move faster than even Usain did
Sprinting circles 'round this topic of conversation
Losing my patience

[Pre-Chorus]
(Ooh) My skeletons won't hurt me from the bedroom closet
If life is like a movie, then I'm waiting for the plot twist (Ooh)
Following what moves me and procrastinating progress
Signing up for loneliness that holds me like a

[Chorus]
Hostage, I'm tied up
Short on what I need for the ransom, now
Waiting on bad luck
To pull apart the person I've made up
Who am I? That's for you to decide
Always do or die but, at the end of the night
I'm a hostage who's had enough
Of living in this world that I made up
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Braden Bales

Braden Bales

About “HOSTAGE” by Braden Bales

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"HOSTAGE" is credited to Braden Bales. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"HOSTAGE" appears on "CATALYST" in 2023.

Visit the Braden Bales artist page at /artist/braden-bales for biography, popular tracks, and links to more lyric pages.

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