Fear

from Unnatural Currents by Pretend Friend

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Well I'm not the only one
Who takes the names of traitors
But I'll still sit on my own side
While the rest of the world floats away

Oh me oh my just how bad can it be
Isn't the poor man still eating for free
Why can't he stand on his own two feet
Try a little harder and then

You'll see it's all uphill
And it's not just the truth they kill
But lord when the T.V. is telling you
Take all these pills
You let yourself live in fear
If something ain't right
Cover your eyes and ears

Well people will keep bleeding money
Till the money satisfies the greed
Of all the banks that owned you from the start
Well all this ignorance creates a need

And oh me oh my all the dreams you'd become
Are ruined by the internet socialite scum
And don't give up yet
There's a war to be won
But we will all learn the hard way

We know it's all uphill
And it's not just the truth they kill
But lord when the T.V. is telling you
Take all these pills
You let yourself live in fear
If something ain't right
Cover your eyes and ears

Oh me oh my
Just what have we become
The sins of our fathers would blot out the sun
We're so slow to reason
So quick to the gun
And we'll curse our brothers again

We say it's all uphill
And it's not just the truth they kill
But lord when the T.V. is telling you
Take all these pills
You let yourself live in fear
If something ain't right
Cover your eyes and ears

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from Unnatural Currents, released May 17, 2019

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Pretend Friend is a progressive bluegrass band from Wichita, Kansas. Touring and releasing new music since 2017.

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