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from Shooting An Elephant by George Orwell and the Flying Typewriters

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I got a message for my heroes
The people in whom I see all the things I want to be
Well I don't need you
Because I won't rest until all of the things I want to be are me

I got a message for my medicine
The little pills in which I gave too much control over me
Well I don't need you
Because I won't let these chemicals be my identity

And I don't believe them when they say
That things just have to be this way
Because I finally got the guts
To stop letting good enough be fucking good enough

To all of my ex friends and girlfriends
The people to whom I gave all of me, well guess what?
I don't need you
I'm stronger than I ever thought that I could be

I'm almost happy, well can you believe that?
After all the times I have laid on the tracks
Well I can feel it getting easier
And I want to be brave, won't take no for an answer
I will live each day harder and faster than
The day before because there is no ever after
Just a full stop not a fucking semi-colon
I want to be brave and make the most of it

Don't believe them when they say
Things have to be this way
That things can't and will not change
We can't do anything
We're stronger than the shackles that bind us
We're not gonna die like this
We have the guts, never let good enough
Be fucking good enough

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from Shooting An Elephant, released September 21, 2011

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George Orwell and the Flying Typewriters Flint, Michigan

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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