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Contradiction

from One by Avi Fox-Rosen

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lyrics

“Contradiction”

So if I reach down, into the heart of the matter,
Oh Lord, I fear what may come to be.
And if I reach down into the belly of the beast,
Oh Lord, I fear the truth could devour me.

CHORUS
Cause if we all live in contradiction, why not sing out loud,
Sing it Hey Hey Hey.
And if you fear the repercussions of letting the truth out,
Just sing it Hey Hey Hey.

So with each and every choice that we thought we could master,
We still messing with transgressing in this beautiful disaster.
I don’t believe in no original sin,
But denying contradiction seems the place to begin.
So reach down low, pull it out of the dark,
If you gonna make a mess than do it with your whole heart,
As division segmentation become relics of the past,
your religion nor you nation will appreciate the task.

CHORUS
And if you all live in contradiction, sing it out loud,
Sing it Hey Hey, sing it real proud.

So reach down now with me into the deep dark belly of the unspoken
leviathan.

Every big boned woman, every skinny little man,
All you scurrying in the dark, moving fast as you can.
Scream it up to the heavens as you lifting up your eyes,
The same God that’s up in heaven is the one between your thighs.

CHORUS

If you hoarding all your money
While you criticize the poor,
Sing it hey hey hey.

If you for equal opportunity, but money got you in the door,
Sing it hey hey hey.

If you color blind with your eyes wide shut,
Sing it hey hey hey.

If you gender blind but you call a woman a slut,
Sing it hey hey hey.

In the land of the brave and the home of the free,
If you sit in your apartment with your quivering knees.
If you came to the city for creative expression,
But you’re dealing most with you economic oppression.

If you want all of your leaders to be tried and true,
But you cheating on your lover and you don’t know what to do,
You live in contradiction.
You want to heal the world because he died for all our sins,
But you killing half the world that don’t want to let Him in,
well that’s a contradiction.

You live in contradiction.

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from One, released September 1, 2007

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Avi Fox-Rosen Brooklyn, New York

Avi Fox-Rosen makes music with a sardonic sense of humor, dense and dark lyrics, and enchantingly twisted melodies. In 2013 he's releasing an EP of brand new material every month. New York Music Daily has heralded Avi's album-a-month project as "one of the most ambitious jobs anyone in the rock world has taken on lately". Damn straight. ... more

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