A Gray Life Is A White Flag (live)

from Tired Of Being Quiet by I'm Not Dead/I'm Not A Robot

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Recorded live at Plum's Bar in Saint Paul, MN during the Minnesota Songwriter Showcase with a ridiculous amount of reverb.

"A Gray Life Is A White Flag" is a quote from the philosopher Stefan Molyneux of www.freedomainradio.com The specific reference is to this podcast: www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_1339_Depression_Part_3_WAR.mp3

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You tend your island
All alone
Waiting on a ship
To take you home
But it's inside you
The one right way
Build a raft from it
And one day

You'll make something beautiful
The world can't ignore
Like the beautiful bright baby
Or the child you were before
But it won't happen
By accident
These things, they never do
"A gray life is a white flag"
Go do this thing
For you

Wake up to your
Own desires
And put to bed
Those dream deniers
Who pick and prod to
Make you fall
And bind your brain to
Keep you small

So go make something beautiful
The world can't ignore
Like the beautiful bright baby
Or the child you were before
'Cause it won't happen
By accident
These things, they never do
"A gray life is a white flag"
Go do this thing
Won't you do this thing?
For you

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from Tired Of Being Quiet, released January 11, 2011
Jason McLaughlin - Guitar, Vocals, Lyrics

Mastered at Old Fashioned Records by Thomas Maddux.

An Old Fashioned Records release.

© 2011 Jason McLaughlin

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