Cutting Corners

by The Flims

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Music recorded and mixed by Declan McGoran.
Mastered by Vic Bronzini-Fulton of Earthmusic Northern Ireland:
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lyrics

From the sandbox to the playground
I swapped my pencils for pens
Joggers for a uniform
Learned our times tables
Had trouble with the clock face
Packed lunches with the stickers on them
Our names on the labels
We put all our trust in the grown ups
That we could be whatever we aspired to be
Oh, to be young and naive
They said catch yourself on, pull your socks up
Cus you'll look back in regret and know that you messed up
Hard to picture at 16, all the what ifs and could've beens
Where did I go wrong?
Should've known it all along
Cutting corners reaching dead ends Should've stayed on the straight
Fall flat
And try to find my way back through the maze
The system set me back and now I can't get a break
Dropout professional
Never learned my lesson, never learned my lesson
A different pace for every person
A different pace for every person
And I rowed, rowed my boat too ferociously
Swimming desperately upstream
Carelessly, carelessly, carelessly
This life ain't all it seems
They said catch yourself on, pull your socks up
Cus you'll look back in regret and know that you messed up
Hard to picture at 16, all the what ifs and could've beens
Where did I go wrong?
Should've known it all along
Cutting corners reaching dead ends Should've stayed on the straight
Fall flat
And try to find my way back through the maze
The system set me back and now I can't get a break
Dropout professional
Never learned my lesson, never learned my lesson
A different pace for every person
A different pace for every person
(Bridge)
They said catch yourself on, pull your socks up
Cus you'll look back in regret and know that you messed up
Hard to picture at 16, all the what ifs and could've beens
Where did I go wrong?
Should've known it all along
Try to get back on the scene, make education my routine
Surprise, surprise I don't belong
Just sit at home and sing my songs
Cutting corners reaching dead ends Should've stayed on the straight
Fall flat
And try to find my way back through the maze
The system set me back and now I can't get a break
Dropout professional

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released September 25, 2020

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The Flims Belfast, UK

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From Belfast,
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