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I Thought We Were Better than This

by sonicrocketman

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Laurence Warner "I want us to be better than this" - a modern mantra for progress from fellow Micro.blogger Brian #SavvyIndie.
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Been feeling this way lately. A song for 2020.

Re-recorded 10/15/2020

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I was standing in line
Passing the time
Scrolling past all the reminders of decline

When the checkout clerk asked
How was I today
How could explain, I guess the same as every day

Look around, look around, look around
At what we are
A caustic reservoir
A forworn cable car

With ropes about to break
And when they go they'll take
Us all in to the dark lest we embark on Campbell's Hero Arc

I thought we were better than this
I thought we were better than this
I thought we were better than this
I thought we were better than this

We say it's one for all
But when we hit the squall
We throw each other overboard
On promise we default

When the fighting re-ensues
The court of kangaroos
Makes lies its final ruling
And displicency it's views

I thought we were better than this
I thought we were better than this
I thought we were better than this
I thought we were better

Like a father would describe
I'm not angry
I'm just surprised
I thought I knew what was deep inside of you
But I was wrong

And yet we may persist
Climb back from the abyss
Cross back over the threshold
And rebuild what we have missed

Maybe this was all
The pride and then the fall
The reminding and the remaking
So that we could stand tall (cause)

I thought we were better than this
I thought we were better than this
I thought we were better than this
I thought we were better than this

I want us to be better than this
I want us to be better than this
I want us to be better than this
I want us to be better than this

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released October 9, 2020

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sonicrocketman San Diego, California

independent software developer, space enthusiast, hiker, blogger, mac user, coffee drinker, guitar player

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