Dragging Us By The Chain

from First Kiss by Excitotoxins

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Our home was forged
by the blood of the poor
and through hundreds of years
it's all been ignored

stick the slaves back in the cage
dragging us by the chain
i know you feel sorry
but you still won't change your ways

dear lord, while you've been gone
I've been keeping score
right here on this board
first I used black
then I used white
then I went back to black again
counting up all the sin
now we're in for some of that judgement
I've heard so much about
then I'll know I'm not let down
then I'll know it was at all
yeah.
people don't lie to children anymore
and press their agenda
they stay back and defend you
if this day is as different as they say
then why do I have this
unstoppable urge to run away
de-demonize it quickly
before the hammer falls.

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from First Kiss, released August 17, 2016

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