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Things are looking up and I’m by your side
Watch the moon shine through the power lines
Two of a kind only hijacked light
The sun the source around we go
As above so below
We wax we wane we whine we blame
We disappear and reappear as much over there as over here
We have the world at our feet
Lets not turn it into concrete

I used to find myself in the meadow
Can’t get centered inside a ghetto
Are the effigies my home
I’m coming back and I am my own

I remember thinking what are we thinking
Nothing adding up adds up to nothing
Self activate me self motivate me
I’ll listen hard I’ll listen fast
A time to think a time to act
Don’t need a preacher Don’t need a teacher
Don’t need a speaker Not even a leader
Show me someone who knows how to be here
Knows how to be here and does it well
No need to inflate nor degrade the self
Cuz this is right now we’re alright now
Show me how you dream outloud
This is right now we’re alright now
Prodigal daughters and bastard child saints
Well on their way to the next phase

I used to find myself in the meadow
Can’t get centered inside the ghetto
Are the effigies my home
I’m coming back and I am my own

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from Pre​-​Echoes for the Postmodern, released December 29, 2009

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Michelle Lynn Ptacek Decorah, Iowa

Here you will find Michelle's first five albums. She will soon record her history songs: The Inventors, The Explorers, and The Interrupted. Please sign up for the newsletter on her website for notifications.

Michelle owns an online education business and loves teaching in a variety of mediums about topics relevant to curious and passionate learners. ... more

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