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What It Is (What It Ain't)

from Hope Where It Lies by Justin Cross

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What It Is (What It Ain't)

Drop a bomb
Kill some people
Make them fear us
Win the war
Launch a new star in the heavens
Shows us who we're searching for
Once we find them
Drop a new bomb
Rinse, repeat, and start again
Toss the regime
Raise a new one
And it's never gonna end

Yet with all our wars and fighting
All that I can say is this
There is no "what it could have been"
There's only what it is

Build a tower
Build it stronger
Make it reach up to the sky
'Till God or car-bomb brings it fallin'
And then makes you figure why
Sabotage the streetside cameras
They will steal away your soul
Don't be last one in the bread line
Or you'll only get a roll

Of the tragic and controlled
All that I can say is this
There is no "what it should have been"
There's only what it is

Build yourself a new religion
But don't build it to make sense
Brings you comfort when you're dying
Leaves you trapped up in the fence
Build yourself a new religion
But don't build it to stand strong
Treat your duty like a vermin
That the holy live among

Seeing all your haughty showmanship
All I can say is this
There is no "what it looks like"
Love, there's only what it is

It's the next financial crisis
Or the next life changing song
There will always be a new next
When the next has come and gone
Yeah, the your future's in the sandbox
And the rain is gonna run
What you build, so sure to tumble,
Someone else will build up on

But before you cite your copyright
All I will say is this
There is no "what it's gonna be"
There's only what it is

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from Hope Where It Lies, released June 30, 2015

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