Name: Ruin (feat. Tom Armstrong)
Duration: P00H05M07S
Description: Ruin is about self-sabotage, pushing people away thinking it's for their own good, when it hurts everyone involved. You bear the guilt and punish yourself for it. Tom Armstrong lends his vocal talent for a great contrast of clean and harsh vocals.

Ruin (feat. Tom Armstrong)

by Jack Longo

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Ruin is about self-sabotage, pushing people away thinking it's for their own good, when it hurts everyone involved. You bear the guilt and punish yourself for it. Tom Armstrong lends his vocal talent for a great contrast of clean and harsh vocals.

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I'm sorry I'm this way
And that that's all I seem to say
If I could change, you know I would
(You know I would)

I hear the way you grit your teeth
When I open my mouth to speak
If I could change you know I would
(I wish I could)

[ The truth is that I'm happier
The further we are apart
I can breathe
I can sing
But the hardest part
Is the way my heart sinks when you come home
So next time, give me respite, stay gone, stay gone ]

I push you away
As if to say
I'm better off without you

But you're better off without me
I was never meant to be
Here this long

How selfish of me
I'm chipping away, at you
Feeding off your selflessness

How can you ever whole again
My friend?

I'm trying my best
To hold us together
I'm so sorry for everything

I'm nothing if not sincere
Believe me
I don't want to leave you here

Tell me it's alright
I know it's a lie
I will punish myself for hurting you

It may not make the surface
But I hold this within
I ache everyday
I'm so sorry I'm this way

I'm sorry I'm this way
That's all I have to say
I won't live with the guilt
Wont stay here in this place

I'm sorry I'm this way
I'm putting you through hell
I can't live with the guilt
I will ruin myself

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released October 16, 2020
Music and lyrics by Jack Longo, Teddy Flags
Feature vocalist, Tom Armstrong
Mixed by Teddy Flags
Mastered by Sam Bianco
Artwork by Markus Sharpe

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Jack Longo VIC, Australia

Solo alt-rock project from Gippsland, VIC.

I make music I don't know how to categorise.

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