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Jerusalem

from Life Neurotica by Foster

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And a dream becomes a hill, and a hill becomes a city
and there’s peace and love for all who dwell within
and we started out so brave, and we started out so holy
but with beauty there is always pain therein

Oh dusty death, you call your children home
from earth we form and earth we shall sustain
but we build our walls and urban sprawls on superficial lines
a thick divide fortified with beauty and pain


Though our dream was meant for all, our words become so hollow
for with difference there’s an element of fear 

and since apathy’s the throat where ignorance is swallowed 

our stomachs filled with every passing year


Oh Jerusalem, your children beg for you
to reveal a truth we never can obtain
and then we wake one day with stiff decrees so thick we cannot breath
such a shame that it all came from beauty and pain


Though Jacob was the first to stand up and be counted
against every thinly fashioned false pretense 

our frantic pace increased, each growing fear unfounded
and every effort went to strengthen our defense 


Woe is us, woe is me, woe is leaves, woe is tree

Woe is change and all that remains, beauty and pain
And our only function came to feed the rich and damn the poor

And Jacob died with a sign that said “We are secure”


Woe is us, woe is me, woe is grain, woe is seed

Woe is chains, all is stained with beauty and pain

Science is no match for our brevity 

til anything can be defined as an enemy 


Oh what have we become? Bartered lives for income
Filled our mouths with so much hate 

Can’t see beauty through the pain

On every flag, on every pole, power rises to take control
on the backs of uninsured, with excuses so absurd 

Tell them all what Jacob saw, tell them all how he stood tall
And said we no longer defended all

No empire’s complete until it falls
Oh Jerusalem

Your children beg for you

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from Life Neurotica, released November 26, 2017
Lyrics & Music by Morgan Foster

Guitar - Morgan Foster
Vocals - Morgan Foster
Keyboard - Michael James Brooks
Bass - Jake Chandler
Electric Guitar - Jake Chandler
Drums - Vijay Bangalore
Vocals - Michael James Brooks
Ukelele - Narciso Lobo
Mandolin - Zack Whittington
Violin - John Schieber
Trumpet - Amanda Nelson

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Part rock, part folk, even part dance, but all the unbelievably catchy stylings from Morgan Foster (lead singer of Common Shiner).

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