it's so much easier
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to avert our eyes
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from all the suffering
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and injustices
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that permeate our lives
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to be in the midst of
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sickness and pain
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and always keep our
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eyes fixed ahead
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can only be explained
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away by killing
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your conscience
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because we all know
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that what we can't see
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is of no consequence
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there is some truth to the doctrine
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that ignorance is no excuse
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by knowing nothing you are
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a silent partner in their abuse
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so just close your eyes,
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so you don't have to see
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suffering out of sight,
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is more action out of mind
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knowing what i know
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about man's inhumanity to man
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i could only hate myself
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if i left these words unsaid
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don't be paralyzed by
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you're partnership in these crimes
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we have the chance to redeem
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ourselves for those who've died
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to ignore all the signs
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that man is so unkind
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and partake in this culture of death
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makes all who don't acknowledge
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just as guilty
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there's still so much to fight for
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even though this world
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seems rotten to it's core
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i know that life can spring anew
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from it's remains
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it's worth all we can do
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to see it through
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to better days
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A Prayer To Afflict The Comfortable
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If Hope Dies |