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everything worth saving

from strut in the dirt by grayman | geraldson

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another year has gone away
another year has come my way
another year has gone away
another year has come my way

so what am I doing here?
what am i doing with all my fears?
so what am i doing here?

the flowers die. but there's still a seed.
i beg them to come and save me
on bruised heels, on sulfuric earth.
I beg them to come and save me.

too many years have gotten away
too many fears have got in the way
too many years have gotten away
too many fears have got in the way

so what am i doing now?
what am i doing with my power?
so what am i doing now?

the chief's a liar now the tribe's on fire.
and they need us to come and save them.
the devil strikes. the water weeps
and they need us to come and save them


Another day,
another dollar,
another fight in my mind
waiting for another protest,
another song,
another "Strange Fruit" to come along
and save me from another mad man,
another sick joke,
like a rope thrown down
but it's coated in lard and oil,
and made from war-buried bones
and the tears of their ancestors,
and braided like a noose
but I love Nina Simone for writing that song Mississippi Goddam Goddamn Goddamn Goddamn Goddamn Goddamn.
Goddamn this standard progression,
Goddamn all my self-doubts that keep me from doing what i love Goddamn the voice of my generation for being so dumb
But most of all,
Goddamn the beasts that gorge while my gorge rises
to the summit of my knowledge
in the twilight of my power
This is my power.
to decry the beast.
and beat on against the current,
ceaselessly into the future that's waiting for us all
whether we like it or not
'cause it's all we've got.
And I'll see you when I see you
and I hope it's soon
and i hope we save everything worth saving

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from strut in the dirt, released June 26, 2018

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