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I Wouldn't Want To Be Powerful (pt. 1)

from I Have Been To The Future by WOE.BEGONE

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A bonus song from the Ready To Die EP.

I threw this song on the Ready To Die EP to explain why the other song is called "part 2." This song feels distant to me. A much different me wrote this. Someone who was going through something else.

Also, there is a reference to "Put A Penny In The Slot" by Fionn Regan in there.

lyrics

The night cast its ballot and I lost
treading through the permafrost
on the endless grey
putting pennies in the slot
and calling time of death
on a reckless day

if I were a wise and ancient beast
could I lay claim to be anything
or be a menace to be slain?

The truth evades my lips
crashes through my fingertips
lands on the frozen ground
desire is all for naught
checking hours and drawing lots
see the good intentions out

if I emerged from the sea
would I have learned something
or would I cough my lungs out?

Once I wrote
a treaty to the encroaching cold
word by word
fragmented and hardly ever heard

Shaking, signed my name
addressed the errors that remained
I was almost brave
self-inflicted war
let the opposition learn
what the bargain’s for

if I built a terrible machine
would it make a terror out of me?
I can’t see any other way

No, I wouldn’t want to be powerful

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from I Have Been To The Future, released September 2, 2022

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