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Midnight Oil

by Dead in Four

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Examining a whole damn life...up to this point.

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You found your place in line
I could not find a foot step 
Left, right, this course is not mine
Trying to find some reason
My past became my future 
My past, it radiates 
Pressure from some loving humans
Pressure that eradicates my soul

Lights out, i'm leaving
Like I didn't have a choice in all this?

Walk in rows, the graveyard, it only knows those names we wrote in stone
The viable, candidates for a future now will never know
The information, once important, now complacent 
We will only find real value on our own

That's not to say
Another being cannot 
Open our eyes
Shut so long ago, let's open up
Forever changing our minds
Like a revolving disguise 
The truth is not a feeling, but being

Just named the enemy in my head
I called him Rodger, enough said
A fleeting thought, less than I ought 
To pay attention to, but
I'm too young to give up on
The only thing that makes my blood run
Think about all those out there
The sad, the poor, the unaware

I, made a call some years ago, tried to share some hopeful news
I was met with threats of home expulsion
I, thought what could I have done, to deserve this harsh response?
Always thought I was the good kid

I got nothing new to say It's all out in the world now
It's better living without a hole in your (hole in your) head
There's no living fast when the road ahead is soaked in your blood
I'm angry at everything I cannot break, cannot bend

Slipping on back to what I know
Too steep to climb, nowhere to go
All false equivalency
Don't let your heart go

Don't cover your own eyes
Life can be a lonely stage
Step up, say your lines, don't be afraid
It just doesn't matter
It never did

Walk in rows, the graveyard, it only knows those names we wrote in stone
The viable, candidates for a future now will never know
The information, once important, now complacent 
We will only find out if our hope isn't shaken
Real value comes from knowing all that's important 
The little things you find out on your own

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released February 2, 2021
Written, performed and recorded by Mark Oslord

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