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Cold World / What did you expect Lyrics by Paul the Messenger

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[Verse]
I'm slipping
Eyes Drifting
You can lose a battle even if your heart's in it
Thought I was free but turns out that my mind's slipping
On this rollercoaster, now i see my life flipping (Flip)
I do not understand
Why do things go badly when it's all part of your plan
I guess that it's perfect, I'm just not a perfect man
If things don't get better
Then I guess I'll understand
[Chorus]
What did you expect (Preach)
There's no controlling life (oh)
One day your reality will be compromised
No-one here is safe
I wish that I was lying (Oh you lying)
It's a rollercoaster up until the day you die (Roller, Roller, coaster)
When you're up high, the only way is down, down (Going down)
When you're down low you can look up to the sky (Woo)
You've just gotta realize (Gotta Gotta)
It's a cold world, it's a really cold world (Cold, cold)
[Verse]
I didn't get to choose the person I was born
Flaws I didn't choose to have
I've got to try to overcome
Gotta go through life trying to find out which path is right for me
Would you rather not be born
Or risk hell for eternity
Oh I have tried to find satisfaction
But this life is not easy
I have lost so much in the process
I need to pick the pieces
Oh we can be so cold to one another
Always quick to blame each other
Point the finger at our brother
But we seem to be forgetting
Just like everybody else
They're just learning through the process
They're just dealing with themselves oh no
We're so quick to say the world is cold ah
Don't we know that we're responsible
Nothing ever happens on its own
Everybody's tryna grow
[Chorus]
What did you expect (Preach)
There's no controlling life (oh)
One day your reality will be compromised
No-one here is safe
I wish that I was lying (Oh you lying)
It's a rollercoaster up until the day you die (Roller, Roller, coaster)
When you're up high, the only way is down, down (Going down)
When you're down low you can look up to the sky (Woo)
You've just gotta realize (Gotta Gotta)
It's a cold world, it's a really cold world (Cold, cold)
[Bridge]
Tell me what did you expect
Did you think it would be easy
Did you think you'd walk Scot-free
With no marks and bruises
Oh
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Paul the Messenger

Paul the Messenger

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