Disheartened
This song I actually wrote the same day as the one I posted before. It was weird because it took me so long to get to the point where I could finish lyrics and be happy with them, that to write another one in the same day was kind of bizarre. I guess it was just built-up material that was waiting to be poured out. Anyway, I have gone through about 6 or 7 titles for this song and none of them worked for an extended period of time. My latest is Disheartened, which I think will be the final, but if you guys have something better, feel free to let me know. This song is just about the depravity of Man and how it can seem like we try so hard to be good and Holy, but we fall every time, each one harder than the next. I think the disheartening fact is that society seems to encourage us in our selfishness. They want to see collateral damage as we rise to the pinnacle of success. As I wrote the lyrics, it became a song about me striving to be different, to not follow the norm. I think it is a song that can bring inspiration to all of us to change. Hope you like it.
I can’t retrace my steps back to when I saw promise in your eyes.
Now there’s only white-washed glances
It’s left me terrified, A heart turned cold by selfish pride.
Bridge: I refuse to be a politician
I refuse to sugarcoat the facts
We are dying, Greed consuming
Controlled by our lusts, determines our direction
Corporations, false sensations
Have mercy on our souls!
Chorus
Disheartened
I can’t retrace my steps back to when I saw promise in your eyes.
Now there’s only white-washed glances
It’s left me terrified, A heart turned cold by selfish pride.
Chorus: And ain’t it a shame how we get one step closer and yet were so far away
A work in progress, but only till were distressed.
We are a generation of people lost in themselves
Walking on everyone else, whatever it takes to rise above the rest.
You tell me you want peace on earth
As long as it is on your terms.
The masses see through relative eyes
When there’s no absolutes, we hide behind our own disguise.
A work in progress, but only till were distressed.
We are a generation of people lost in themselves
Walking on everyone else, whatever it takes to rise above the rest.
You tell me you want peace on earth
As long as it is on your terms.
The masses see through relative eyes
When there’s no absolutes, we hide behind our own disguise.
Chorus
Bridge: I refuse to be a politician
I refuse to sugarcoat the facts
We are dying, Greed consuming
Controlled by our lusts, determines our direction
Corporations, false sensations
Have mercy on our souls!
Chorus
posted by Brent Hitman at 9:30 AM
2 Comments:
Brent, I really like your lyrics man! What I like about them is that I know what you are writining about. So often I read lyrics and though I love the song and like how the words sound I can't really get at what exactly the author is trying to express. I usually write it off as my own ignorance, nevertheless, I appreciate your stuff. So sorry about the bears. Things started out so promising, was it the rain or grossman?
Hey Kellen, Thank you. I'm glad you like them. I don't know what happened. It wasn't the rain. I think Grossman didn't play all that great, but the defense couldn't stop the run at all. They marched down the field at will on us. We had a great season, though I hated to see it end that way. I recieved all kinds of harrassment today at work. Not making the situation any better. Oh well!!
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