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The Writing on the Gun

from Strange Encounters by Opel

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a little blues for ya

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Broke down on the highway
With a dollar in my hand
Can't even buy a gallon
Like I did back when I was 17
Still livin' on a dream
as my thoughts roll back like the wheels on 91
I realize I'm a fortunate one

Order gives way to entropy
Wisdom yields to symmetry
Social inequality
Held in earth's divinity
With all I owe, who can carry this load?
If we all lift together we can hold the whole weight of this world

People can you see the writing on the gun
People what we need to know is we are one
Its not for sale
No change is not for sale
Look all around this world and you will know
That war can only fail

They call me when I'm sleepin'
They call when I'm awake
I say "how much do you need?"
They say "your life is all you'll stake"
and I say "No,
My freedom won't be sold."
Revenge is no solution
Let the government know,
We have no delusions

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from Strange Encounters, released March 1, 2008
Music by: Opel
Lyrics by: James W. Fiore, Jr.
Recorded and Mixed by: Michael Stitsinger
Mastered up in the basement by: Dan Richardson

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Opel Springfield, Massachusetts

Driving bass, complex percussion, dark melodic keyboards, and intense electric guitar leads define the sound that Opel claims as their own. Springfield, Massachusetts based rock band, Opel began writing and performing songs about love, life, loss, and addiction back in 2005 when bassist Bill Szafarowitz and song writer James Fiore (formerly of the band Project Fuzz) joined forces. ... more

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