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As One Non​-​Combatant To Another

from Shooting An Elephant by George Orwell and the Flying Typewriters

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I started back up with my pill taking
And I lost all respect for myself
I spend most of my nights steady shaking
And I can't control myself

And I'm sick of people telling me it's all right
And I'm sick of people telling me I'm gonna be fine

Because everyone's out to get me and so are you
Everyone else has left me so, Why wouldn't you?
Sometimes I think it might be time to reassess my lot in life
But even if I did could I change the things I didn't like?

Is this what it's supposed to feel like?
Am I supposed to feel like my life
Is going off with my consent?
It's a train and I'm tied to the tracks
Is this what it's supposed to feel like?
When I'm alive
Aren't I supposed to feel alive?

Ain't there supposed to be parties? Ain't there supposed to be lights?
And aren't I supposed to be happy? Or at least all right?
Ain't there supposed to be dancing? Ain't there supposed to be fun?
And aren't I supposed to miss this when it's done?

Is this what it's supposed to feel like?
Am I supposed to feel like my life
Is going off with my consent?
It's a train and I'm tied to the tracks
Is this what it's supposed to feel like?
When I'm alive
Aren't I supposed to feel alive

But the truth is, I'm scared
I'm lonely and barely there
The future has no lights, can't make my way in the dark
I don't know how to get the fuck off my ass and start
World's spinning too quickly, I can feel my stomach turn
Too lazy to fix this, too stubborn to learn
The system is unjust and I don't want to be a part
Of this machine that propels us toward God knows what
Not enough of us are wondering, "Hey, what the fuck?"
I'm sick of feeling like I'm fighting a war and out of luck
I'm scared I won't know what to do when it comes down to me
I'm scared I'll stay the same and end up unfulfilled and lonely
Don't want to work a nine to five, don't want to live, don't want to die
Don't want to sleep, don't want to wake, don't want to shit, don't want to shake, fuck!

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from Shooting An Elephant, released September 21, 2011

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Folk-Punk(ish) band from Flint and Hartland, Michigan. You can also find us around Ypsilanti quite often. We love you.

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