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Artist: Bad Religion
Canonical path: /bad-religion/empty-causes
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Empty Causes
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Empty Causes
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everwhere you looked there was confusion, violence, drama and drugs
so many righteous revolutionaries spouting utopian love
everyone shrouded in purple haze
then one day they woke up from their dream state
they found themselves no more at peace than before
older, meek, and conformed
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a bluster for the soul, a fix for their mind
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cling to everything you find
well, the shots rang out like popcorn and the Chief was hit and rushed out of sight
the mohawk-chain, leather brigade rejoiced maliciously on that night
someone cried out "fuck the government"
his mates couldn't define what he meant
so no one gave him the time of day
and the scene died away
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a war for the body, an army in the mind
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losing steam as time goes by
could it be that everybody selfishly desires their own personal retinue
and that causes are just manifestations of too much time and far to little to do
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direction for the soul, conviction for the mind
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cling to everything you find
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you've got yours and I've got mine
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