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Recovery

from Wretch EP by Motion Scoundrel

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Recovery ends the EP on a slightly more optimistic note, and I wanted it to be that way. It took me a few attempts to get this track right, as it's the only one on the record with any clean singing in it, and it's got a more atmospheric vibe than the previous three songs.

I was keen for this track to show I've moved on from my past, I've accepted my mistakes and I'm trying the best I can to move forward - but it isn't quite as easy as that. I included a lot of questions: can I change or was I made this way? Will I ever learn? Those queries have cropped up repeatedly in my head over the last few years, and it sums up the point I'm at right now.

I don't think you can ever entirely leave behind bad memories, or the things you did wrong in the past - I think you just learn how to live with them. It's taken me a long time to get to this stage but this is just the next step. Things are far from perfect but they're improving, and one day I hope this will be a firmly closed chapter of my life.

The intro clip is from Bojack Horseman, one of my favourite TV series. Go watch it.

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lyrics

LYRICS
"How do you make something right when you've made it so wrong you can never go back?"

This is my recovery.
Taking responsibility.
Still searching for the better me.
Can I change or was I made this way?
Why am I still this bleak?
Some are far worse off than me.
So much inside I need to say.
Let this be my stage.

Rewrote my DNA, found myself a spine.
Cleaned up my skin but can't clear my mind.
This is my recovery.
Learn to live now you're a part of me.

Come to accept all the damage I have done.
Unresolved guilt, will I ever truly learn?
My younger self in disbelief at who I have become.
Where's the good you saw in me?
Was it even there in the first place?

I can't believe I was so selfish, thinking I was the main one affected.
Hypocritical liar. Pathetic behaviour.
Now when I look in the mirror, all I see is you.

Rewrote my DNA, found myself a spine.
Cleaned up my skin but can't clear my mind.
This is my recovery.
Learn to live now you're a part of me.

There's a comfort in death. A reassurance.
Forget my name, let it fade away.
Go live your life, I'll keep living a lie.
I'm not the same but I'll be fine.

Kings of the brave face.
Will I ever learn?

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from Wretch EP, released August 20, 2018
Bojack Horseman, Season 3 Episode 1: "Start Spreading the News"

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Motion Scoundrel was a one-man metalcore project from Scotland.

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