from Underneath
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I know that compassion is all out of fashion,
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and anger is all the rage...
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Grow up and give in to that cynical spin
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that you see on most every page
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We all know what's wrong with the system
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how the people are puppets and fools.
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If they're not strong, it will trick them,
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they'll get used up like factory tools:
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The kids just give up in those schools...
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...yeah, but what is it, really, that's keeping me
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from living a life that's true?
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When the worries speak louder than wisdom,
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it drowns out all the answers I knew,
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so I'm tossed on the waves on the surface.
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Still, the mystery's dark and deep,
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with a much more frightening stillness...
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underneath
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Hopelessness always comes easy.
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But "easy" does not make it right.
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Courage can look past that surface,
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but fear will still put up a fight.
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When I get scared and scattered,
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and I don't know where to begin,
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why even care; it doesn't matter.
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Why fight when you know you can't win?
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It's easier just to give in.
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[chorus]
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¨Ï1999 Midnight Ocean Bonfire Music(ASCAP)/Cindy Lou My Dear (ASCAP)
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All Rights Reserved/International Copyright Secured
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Underneath
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| David Wilcox |