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Relative
01:11
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With want of labor, blood, or tradition,
What's left of our kinship?
Whether learned or lived,
I have no use for birthright.
Whether learned or lived,
I am no guardian.
Move on.
I'm tired of this conversation.
Find your pity somewhere else.
This may be the best of who we are.
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2. |
One venal star
01:23
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Pass along purchase
As your sincere belief.
Irony cloaks the hate
That replaces your justice.
Poisoner
Lungs pave the roads
We walk twice removed [from our enemies]
You will pass on your hubris
As glowing targets.
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3. |
Change your mind
01:35
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Hypocrisy should mean something
Followers who look the other way
The positions of convenience...
The weak who love bullies...
I'm not perfect
[I'd be] Bothered if I'd been had.
I try to hear others
Instead of my head in the sand.
We're in this together.
There is no alternative.
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4. |
Be more
01:57
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As if you can do so much better
Already having had much more than you've earned
Blessed with Manna from the heavens
Thrown out with the trash
They'll wonder what they did
Even if they don't know it
I don't think that's something that you ever do
You can't comprehend it
Not the kind of challenge that you wanted?
Or the glory you deserve?
Not the manhood that you pictured?
Compromised and diluted.
You favor all your most basic urges.
Imperatives never ignored.
Self-justified stimulus response.
Missing chances to be more.
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Too little, too late
02:04
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Harm. Is that enough?
Yesterday is not far,
But long buried beneath sanctimony.
The excuses of the passionate,
Louder still the contradictions of their beliefs.
Lonely, are the brave
Who speak out and risk their lives.
Are you listening?
It wasn't cynical to oppose
The crimes of privileged hands.
This time is different.
Worse. With more at stake.
Another chance to build
On a foundation of malice.
How strong the threads
That bind our better angels?
The caring selfless few
That drive us forward?
Who will you be there for?
The might that never made you right?
It was never about you
It just depends on you.
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