Name: Guilty, Guilty
Duration: P00H04M37S
Description: Sometimes we watch the struggles of others on a screen, sometimes we find some small way to help. What are you doing now?

Guilty, Guilty

from Eking Out A Prophet by Ilan Speizer

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Sometimes we watch the struggles of others on a screen, sometimes we find some small way to help. What are you doing now?

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I understand some think it’s a must,
That the people always gonna fight over dust.
You might be talkin’ about India, Colombia, or Israel,
But in the end, all I can see?
Human attraction to Hell.

And we be guilty, guilty, guilty.
I just as guilty as you.
Guilty, guilty, guilty!
What we gonna do?

There’s people knowing all too well
How to carry a grudge.
They could watch their own children die,
And still, they won’t budge
To reach out with open arms
To all the people in need.
No, instead we do them harm
And then we watch them bleed.
We watch it all on TV!

And we be guilty, guilty, guilty.
I just as guilty as you.
Guilty, guilty, guilty!
What we gonna do?

You might be a rastafarian,
You might be muslim, too.
You could be the Buddha,
And you might be a Jew,
But this rage that’s in your heart?
It’s only making you blind.
And if it should have its way,
We’ll see the end of Mankind.

And we be guilty, guilty, guilty.
I just as guilty as you.
Guilty, guilty, guilty!
What we gonna do?

Each and every night I pray
Before I bed down,
That tomorrow’s gonna be the day
That we put our guns into the ground.
But it won’t happen on its own,
No, we got to decide
That holding hands is easier
Than holding grudges and picking sides.

Then we’d be guilty, guilty, guilty
Of causing bloodshed to cease,
Guilty guilty, guilty!
Guilty of waging peace!

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from Eking Out A Prophet, released July 16, 2019

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