Family/ Onion-like at Heart-less

from Planet Paradise by Ahmed El-Motassem

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Sick n tired, can’t afford to retire
I know I’m right, wrong, not beyond
Testing, testing!
Down to the wire, bird for hire;
Lord, I found a home in your song!

You make my heart sing,
Straw man plays the marketplace;
You drown the days in a drink,
We’re all too scary to face!

I love you, we’re a family
Of the wild old wise tree;
Don’t know how we got here,
Out for love or out of fear;
What you see is what you get,
Everybody plays the angles;
What you see isn’t what you get
Everybody covers their asses!

So you’ll snap, then, screw that, I’m overwhelmed,
Lets forgive, lets not forget
We are dust from the stars!
I got your back, well, you got mine when
I wake up looking like a shipwreck;

You make my heart sink,
I make your blood boil;
You drown the nights in a drink,
Tin man trades blood for oil!

I love you, we’re a family
Of friends and frenemies;
Perfect in each and every way,
So where do we go from there?!
What you see is what you get;
Get it now, valued customer!
What you see isn’t what you get;
False flag, crisis actor!

Don’t you ever, don’t you ever, don’t you ever wanna see what it’s like? ( Your shadow side);
Don’t you ever, don’t you ever, don’t you ever wanna see what it’s like?/ (God-like)
To be the mind that can’t see what it’s like to be the mind that can’t see what it’s like;
To be the mind that can’t see what it’s like
To be onion-like at heart-less;
Arise, refined, through chaos of voices!
-Magnified is the peace I feel following Wicked unease!-
To be the voice that can’t hear what it’s like to be the voice that can’t hear what it’s like
To be onion-like at heart-less,
A fountain of light in a heart of darkness!

credits

from Planet Paradise, released March 21, 2019
Words: A. El-Motassem
Music: A. El-Motassem/ E. Gallagher/ E. Opsvik
Evan Gallagher: Keyboard
Mounir Sobhi: Keyboard
Eivind Opsvik: Electric Bass
Ahmed El-Motassem: Vocals, drum beats
Additional voices (in order of appearance): Uncle Kader, Richard Emmolo.

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