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Be Honest

by Thurman Merman

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When it's nice outside I feel truly glad That's how I know I'm getting older. When you look at me it's not me you see You've imagined what I should be to validate your feelings. When I steal away and I won't be found Just like seasons change, what I need to appreciate the summer. Spend some time outside, leave that place for now It will free your mind from it's focus only on you.
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What has happened here? Each confined inside. The sides are not dark, why not make the sides dark? The sides are not dark. They say you want to be released They say it through the soundproof walls, out in the ocean I can see your crazy hats i can see your sharp teeth I can see it all through the soundproof walls They say you want to be released, They say it through the soundproof walls They say you want to be released out in the ocean. Floating along I get comfortable. I get uncomfortable. Why not break the glass? Why not break the glass? ...out in the ocean. The walls are too thick, they say. There's no way to ever break them. The walls are too thick, they say. What walls do you speak of? I can see your crazy hats i can see your sharp teeth I can see it all through the soundproof walls The walls are too thick, they say. There's no way to ever break them. The walls are too thick, they say. What walls do you speak of?
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School Bells 00:27
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Be Honest 03:21
Every day when I come to this place, I see the looks that cross your face. I see the fear, I see the hatred and the disdain. That's why I feel so out of place. Be honest. Don't you lie right to my face. I'm just a child but I know how you look at me. I feel so small, feel so alone. You know why I don't give a fuck about this place? The answer's written on your face. Be honest. Don't you lie right to my face. Do you think that I can be anything? Can I be good? Can I be saved? When I arrive and step inside of your domain, Well aren't you glad to see my face? Be honest. Don't you lie right to my face.
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Daily Life 1 00:33
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Well I'm sitting right here in old Gaza city, I'm sitting right here in old Gaza city, Sitting right here in old Gaza city, and I ain't got no concrete. Well if I had some concrete I'd build me a rocket, If I had some concrete I'd build me a rocket. If I had some concrete I'd build me a rocket, Shoot straight up in the sky. Well some folks from Turkey tried to come on a ship, Some folks from Ireland tried to come on a ship, Some folks from France tried to come on a ship, But the military came and turned them away. Well there's plenty folks round but we ain't got no buildings. There's plenty folks round but we ain't got no buildings. The bombs went off and destroyed our buildings. Now there's seventeen people here where I stay. There's people right now in my grandfather's house. They're living right now in my grandfather's house. Sometimes I dream of my grandfather's house. I dream and it seems I get angry that way. Well I'm sitting right here in old Gaza city. I'm sitting right here in old Gaza city. Sitting right here in old Gaza city. and I ain't got no concrete. Well if I had some concrete I'd build me a rocket, If I had some concrete I'd build me a rocket. If I had some concrete I'd build me a rocket, Shoot straight up in the sky.
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Daily Life 2 01:01

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released April 9, 2015

All of these songs are about imprisonment in different forms, be it in your own mind, in the minds of others and the expectations they set for you, in the school system, and finally in the forms of military occupation and fear.

Album art by Daniel Mitchell.

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