written and recorded in Justin's garage summer 2012
lyrics
I wanted to take everybody
but I couldn’t and I don’t think
that it matters anymore
So carelessly we shut out the others
in a kitschy display of platitudes
don’t even look at it
don’t even think about it
say goodnight to the comfort
of the purist the least of
anything but hope
I wanted to be a hero in my own mind
but I’ll settle for what’cha think of me
don’t even look at it
don’t even think about it
call me a slave, a dreamer awake on the front line
ooooh, I see….it comin’ down
I did not ask for this
I cannot return to the bliss, the bliss of ignorance
feels just like a curse to never have known until now that
I did not ask for this
I cannot return to the bliss, the bliss of ignorance
feels just like a curse to never have known until now that
credits
released January 23, 2014
Written and recorded by Justin Hertzell
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