oh no, not me, I’m not the one you want to be
I’m reluctant not triumphant not the one you want to see
I don't want to talk about war and politics
I want to sing about love and innocence
this phase is so contagious is this really how you raised us?
first you claim to save us then you throw it all away.
you degrade us then parade us in a maze of hate conflated with
and traded with your faded overrated clichés
oh no, here we are again, the same place we started in,
with broken backs and broken lives, all of this is so contrived
the inspiration is gone, all our friends have jumped the gun
they’ve said their sad goodbyes and gone away to the rest of their lives
credits
from Hot Minute,
released February 17, 2015
Lyrics vocals guitars and bass - Tom Brent
Drums - Mike Shawcross
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