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It's Not Happening

from Unnatural Order by The Black Light

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I’ve seen it on the tv
I see it in the news
All the words
And the sounds
But they mean nothing

It all exists elsewhere
It's like it isn't there
Keep my head
In the clouds
Flee the storm incoming
The meltdown

Because it's not happening to me
Should be all that i can see
But it's not happening to me
I seek clear skies
Won't you leave me be

In my home, in my head
I don’t know what’s been said
In the streets, in the crowds
Where they gather

I cross the road
To avoid
Other people’s eyes
Cast my gaze
To the ground
Leave them far behind

Just show me the truth
I won't swallow all your lies
Packaged and slick
It's what we buy
And we can't get enough
Headlines all scream
To be heard, to be seen
It's what we need
Let them show we're so unclean
By the gospel of the screen

But it's not happening to me
Should be all that I can see
But it's not happening
So don't you take me
Please call off your dogs
And let me be
It's not what I want to see
It's not happening
I’ll flick the switch
And wake up from this dream

I need some space
I need some fresh air
I don’t need arguments
About what’s fair
I want wonderment
And natural beauty
To remind myself
That there is good here

Free of all the despair
Deep in a mind
That’s opened up and clear
From their project fear

I’ll walk the streets
And hike over fields
Run to the lakeside
Mellow and healed
My headphones
Playing the music
That I hold dear
Bounce in my footsteps
Sun beating down
Upon the ground

It’s a beautiful day
It’s a beautiful world
Don’t take that please
It’s a beautiful day
Don’t take that from me please
It’s a beautiful day
A beautiful world
Don’t take the from me please

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from Unnatural Order, released December 15, 2021

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The Black Light:
Martin Bassett and Andrew Watt

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