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That's Why I'm Smiling

from Apostatize! by Brooks Strause

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A little girl pushes a boy into the mud while a man's fight with his woman ends in blood, but what difference does it make? We only take what we can take and there is no sin in the world worse than whining. I've seen how it can go; I know some shit some folks don't know and that's why I'm smiling. The fear of God is there to hold the line. You will get what's yours and I will get what's mine. And people do what they can do, but doing nothing's alright, too, because you'll never see God while the sun is shining. And sometimes all I can stand is knowing someday this will end and that's why I'm smiling. Are you having a good time? Do you even know it when you're not? Be aware of the angles and of the sides and where they lie. Before you ask for what you want, know what you've got. There's only one thing I know not to be a lie: Every person in this world deserves to die. And that isn't sad at all, it's just the way we chose to fall and no cloud has ever had a silver lining. And soon when I am dead, all I will have is what I've said and that's why I'm smiling.

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from Apostatize!, released January 23, 2010
BS - guitar, organ, voice
Cole Highnam - upright basses
Bradford Highnam - drums
Nick Leo - piano
Skye Carrasco - violin
Laura Goddard - viola

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