Appears on: The Ringing Bell
Lyrics:
I don’t want to be right anymore
I don’t want to be good
I don’t want to change your mind
to feel it like I do
I don’t wanna sell graves
peddle them door to door
a little something to ease your mind
and prepare you for what’s in store
[Chorus]
I don’t want to fight
brother I’m not joking about peace
we can have it here tonight
it all comes down to you and me
you never asked me to save anyone
not in whole or in part
like I was some kind of Holy Ghost
come to change their hearts
[Chorus]
you know the tree by the fruit
but just between me and you
I never do what I want
I do what I’m taught
and I’ve been learning a lot
about the violence I’m capable of
so I’m walking away from this
before I hurt someone
’cause I’m facing enemies
on both sides of the gun
[Chorus]
I never do what I want
I do what I’m taught
and I’ve been learning a lot
about the violence I’m capable of
so I’m walking away from this
before I hurt someone
’cause I’m facing enemies
on both sides of the gun
I have listened to this song for a few years now. It is cool how the same bit of truth can challenge you in different ways along at different points in life. This portion of the song is challenging me right now. I am immature to a fault when people snap at me. My responses sometimes remind me of a small child, or even my mother and sisters who can be quite bitchy. For the record I am a guy. So, this might even make this way of responding a little worse and a little more embarrassing. So, after that little heart spill I would like to say thanks for spilling your heart into these lyrics and being brave enough to broadcast your struggles to the public.