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Colonization Story

from New Band Old Problems by balance

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Colonization Story:
Why should I confide in you, when you always blame me. It's what I have always dealt with, what I've always seen.
Those who are meant to protect me are the reason I buried him at 15. He was only a kid, forced to grow up to quick. Couldn't make ends meet. You beat him in to a pulp, made an example out of him or so it seemed.
But what could have I done.x6.
Mother had post-traumatic stress, from what she called "School". It was thirteen years, of being abused. She lost her language, she lost her beliefs. It made her scared what they could do to me. What they could do to us. Why can't we just be. Why can't we just be, why can't we just be, why do we have to leave.
Why can't we just be, why can't we just be, why do we have to leave. Why can't we just be, why can't we just be, why do we have to leave. Why can't we just be, why can't we just be, why do we have to leave.
Stolen from birth, taken from our parents, for all it's worth. Put into homes, committed to foster care, what could be worse. I ran to the coast, expo 86, land of opportunity. I turned to the bottle, shortly after, his death was hard on me.
Why should I confide in you, when you always blame me. It's what I have always dealt with, what I've always seen.
I started a routine of self medication, to darken the night. Domestic disturbances, physical abuse, no one would do what's right. Forced to a alley, a man who's face was dark in the night. He said I was his next victim, life looked grim for me. That's when it all went black.

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from New Band Old Problems, released November 17, 2013

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We believe humankind can change, but for the next ten minutes lets vent, let's blow off some steam and think about how everything really does suck.

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