By Design - Vanni

Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Well, well If this is love, I'm back on board, though I've ridden this bus before Maybe it's more, maybe it's not, oh, I'll know when we meet the wall All I got is love and time, oh, I'm just living by design All I got is love and time, yeah, I'm just living by design Yeah But I'm hoping, rooting for you Holding, saving for you I'm Evel Knievel, you know I like to take a chance Maybe we'll fall, maybe we'll soar, either way I'm getting closer to God, mm I'll take the loss if it comes with joy, then I could never lose the war Yeah All I got is love and time, oh, I'm just living by design, yeah All I got is love and time, oh, I'm just living by design But I'm hoping, rooting for you Holding, saving for you I'm Evel Knievel You know I like to take a chance All I got is love and time, I'm just living by design All I got is love and time, I'm just living by design

Born into this world of hatred We are born free from the restrains of this society Helpless to what is instilled Yeah, to all those who raise us Mold us and shape us There is a time to separate from this A reason why, a state of mind There's a disconnection A judgement made Fueled by hate, it's your mistake It's a choice you made It's tearing us apart Hate Hate by design Is destroying our lives Seek to find Some understanding Redefine your life Consequence affected in a life that is rejected Anger misplaced A burden on our hearts That's keeping us apart No love, no understanding What we design is hate inside A misconception A judgement made (a judgement made) It's our mistake, we create When we lose compassion It's tearing us apart Hate Hate by design (hate by design) Is destroying our lives Seek to find (we seek to find) Some understanding Redefine your life Redefine your understanding Redefine your own life, go Hate Hate by design (by design) Is destroying our lives (our lives) Seek to find Some understanding Redefine your life

So far gone that we can't find our way Kingdom come and now there's hell to pay Soldiers swore to save us Smoking gun don't fail me now Don't fail me now Sign the dotted line, don't think about it Guilty by design, no use, don't fight it Fame is all a fantasy Pain is cold reality I hate all that's surrounding me This time I can't deny I need a remedy Medicated, we are sold the life Stand your ground and don't be hypnotized Have we been forsaken? Constant con by suicide It's suicide Sign the dotted line, don't think about it Guilty by design, no use, don't fight it Fame is all a fantasy Pain is cold reality I hate all that's surrounding me This time I can't deny I need a remedy No time to look back now Cause we are in it too deep This drug ain't pulling us down We're fallin' back to sleep Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Fame is all a fantasy Pain is cold reality I hate all that's surrounding me This time I can't deny I need a remedy

Time heals all wounds they say But the self inflicted won't just fade away And in these shifting tides of blame Why are you suprised to see your name? It's such a drag Time got the best of you Things you gave you say were taken Explaination piled over excuse And so the story goes But by your own design And if you look to me to find you Then my eyes will pass right though Believe me I had wished We could have avoided this Please don't ask me to explain All the things that caused your pain I only want you to realize Passivity equals compliance Let it slip right through your hands Become the victims of other's demands And so the story goes But by your own design And if you look to me to find you Then my eyes will pass right though Pass right through

Oooh, tap in to the frequency, love Oooh, tap in to the frequency, love Fall from dusk to dawn, I am truly alive The satellite that sits in frame to illuminate this shaded place Is a rose that don't belong, music's the magic take the lead Come on with it Mmm, come on Moments don't pass me up, no, no 'Cause I seize them in stride Tell them winnin' never gave me in When I eternally have faith And the choices you made, it's all by design Go with it, mmmm Come on don't fuck up the feng shui Feng shui, feng shui, feng shui I see every thing with new beams, I do dream My eyes are glowing mood rings, you're boring Stop dueling with the true thing, I do think When you think too much you're removing what's moving Stuck inside a statue, look at you Go ahead and poke, then something gon' catch you A petty logo, I shed all my tattoos I read all the bad news that says I'm too careful Oooh, tap in to the frequency, love Oooh, tap in to the frequency, love The universe never steered me wrong, the universe never lied Take me bound to the come me down, the fantasy in this remedy Free from where you don't belong in the concept of time New levels Mmm, come on Moments don't pass me up, no, no 'Cause I seize them in stride Tell them winnin' never gave me in When I eternally have faith And the choices you made, it's all by design Go with it, mmmm Come on don't fuck up the feng shui So twisted in emotional notions Oh yeah I savor your love Don't fuck up the feng shui I see every thing with new beams, I do dream My eyes are glowing mood rings, you're boring Stop dueling with the true thing, I do think When you think too much you're removing what's moving Stuck inside a statue, look at you Go ahead and poke, then something gon' catch you A petty logo, I shed all my tattoos I read all the bad news that says I'm too careful Oooh, tap in to the frequency, love Oooh, tap in to the frequency, love Feel like I'm being tested every minute Feel like yesterday I was blind, I've been lost Seems like I've stumbled on a path, no coincidence Is my essence a mirage? Who am I? Who am I? Don't remind me Too alive, too alive, new arriving You were right, I was left in it before To the light, to the light I am Carol Anne Parallel to paradise, I reach out for my lifeline The angels laugh in paradise, they say I am my own lifeline Look in you To the night, to the night I'm abandoned Shouldn't I, shouldn't I? What a sandpit Couldn't I, couldn't I have an angel? To the light, to the light I am Carol Anne So twisted in emotional notions Oh yeah I savor your love Don't fuck up the feng shui I see every thing with new beams, I do dream My eyes are glowing mood rings, you're boring Stop dueling with the true thing, I do think When you think too much you're removing what's moving Stuck inside a statue, look at you Go ahead and poke, then something gon' catch you A petty logo, shed all my tattoos I read all the bad news that says I'm too careful Oooh, tap in to the frequency, love Oooh, tap in to the frequency, love Oooh, tap in to the frequency, love