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Basic Properties of Sight

from Taking Sides (album) by Court Hoang

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deal in dreams and stake me on them
crawling back into the ring somehow
my head is bleeding from the shock
the curtains falling to the blue
are cov'ring up the spots where i was
falling to the ground, too slow to stop
my head is reeling from the sight
can't hear the screams over the fight

one survivor tells the tale of
millions dead and millions more to come
the sequel's better than the first
the focus clearer now

you don't have to go,
you don't have to go,
just say so

i can go alone,
i can go alone,
i can go alone,
just say so

the basic properties of sight:
you look at me and close your eyes

you can tell me no,
you can tell me no,
just say so

you don't want to go,
you don't want to go,
you don't want to go,
just say so

you don't want to go
so change out of your cheap disguise
don't keep the mourning out of sight

soldiers climbing up the hill don't
raise their flags until they spill the
blood of men and children's bones are
laid out on the ground and screaming

don't get up
don't get up
don't get up
but you won't give up

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from Taking Sides (album), released November 17, 2011

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Court Hoang Fort Worth, Texas

Court Hoang is a singer/songwriter, composer and actor based in Fort Worth, TX. Originally from Dallas, he's worked in California, Vietnam, and most recently Austin before moving back to north Texas. He has composed music for several stage plays in Los Angeles as well as in Austin, where he released his most recent album, Compass Rose (2013). ... more

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