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lyrics

The comfortable masses are glued onto the screens
To hear a new piece of the puzzle
Cause every mistake here is one you’ve never seen
And every new day is a struggle

But I know the wind can’t change itself or right away
Taking all of my will to abide
Just a few still sitting the seat of trust
Any man left must surely have lied

They tell me there’s nothing that anyone can say
To shed a new light on the meeting
From every dark angle is something they can sway
To spread the false hope they’re repeating

But I know the world can’t hold itself for very long
Waiting in the confusion and shame
The illusion of balance is coming to a halt
And everyone still plays the game

How can you be so incurably blinded
You may as well not be learning
The heads of our friends are shaking in rejection
The wheel of our father’s turning
How can you be so incurably blinded
You may as well not be learning
The heads of our friends are shaking in rejection
The wheel of our father turns it all around

A new bit of motion is coming to the front
The steps that lead into an answer
Believing there’s reason to why they take the time
To carefully cut out the cancer

It’s only a mask of darkness on the face we show
All the rest know it’s not who we are
The growth of a movement is eating at the core
But nobody cares for the scar

How can you be so incurably blinded
You may as well not be learning
The heads of our friends are shaking in rejection
The wheel of our father’s turning
How can you be so incurably blinded
You may as well not be learning
The heads of our friends are shaking in rejection
The wheel of our father turns it all around

No way to know when this insanity will end
When all of it’s so inconsistent
But nothing spells failure like giving up the truth
There’s never the time for persistence

But I know the world can’t hold itself for very long
Waiting in the confusion and shame
The illusion of balance is coming to a halt
And everyone still plays the game

How can you be so incurably blinded
You may as well not be learning
The heads of our friends are shaking in rejection
The wheel of our father’s turning
How can you be so incurably blinded
You may as well not be learning
The heads of our friends are shaking in rejection
The wheel of our father turns it all around

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from Life in the Punch Line, released May 25, 2018

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