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Shrug It Off

from Sorcerer's Orphans by Cicada

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lyrics

when I think about the times I thought that I was right
I thought I knew a thing or two and that everything was fine
I was just a child then, deluded to the core
the things that I knew then, I don't know them anymore

it's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all
but should a woman spend her life at his beck and call
when you gamble with your freedom zero is the score
the things that I knew then, I don't know them anymore

the radio it tells me you can't trust a desperate man
you must protect your freedom, you gotta get it while
and that's the way it has to be; some have less and some have more
the things they told me then, I won't listen anymore

don't let no one tell you this ain't the time to be brave
there's a way to treat each other, there's a way to behave
and the ones on top are terrified that we'll break down the wall
the ones I am supposed to trust, I don't trust them at all

everyone's a critic, everyone's got their ideas
everyone's an actor, looking for lines to steal
it's too much, there's too many
you gotta realize you don't need any
and the weight of the world won't leave your shoulders 'till you shrug it off

all is fair in love and war and also at the bank
if you ain't got the money you only got yourself to thank
and the powerful names play the same old games
because they're tried and true
the things that I know now, I wish I never knew

if we can't learn to recognize a human when we see one
if we go on to demonize those we place beneath us
we walk into a trap designed to divide us more
the things that I knew then, I don't know them any more

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from Sorcerer's Orphans, released July 19, 2019
Roxy LeBlanc -guitars, vocals
Bayley Crow -bass, vocals
Hannah Schaeffer -drums

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Bayley Crow-bass and vocals,
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