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This somehow got deleted, so I’m reposting it

Stage Fright (11/13/2005)

[Chris]
This life isn’t forever, but it’s so hard to keep together
All ties are severed as we collide inside the weather
Within the clouds of all our anger and doubt
You hear a whisper even though I’m screaming so loud
As we try to get out and break out of these cages
Each life is different and we’re all on separate stages
Flipping through pages as we try to find our places
Nobody can tell that the shadows can be contagious
As they all erase us and replace us with their lies
The concealment of truth that forces us to hide
The boys and girls cry as they can’t escape it
So they alter their minds and will learn to hate it
Cause if they can’t evade it then they’ll be assimilated
Family members lost to the worst of changes
But, one day we’ll face it and they’ll listen to what we say
And they’ll find the strength and become a protege

[Joanna]
But it’s hard to figure out
When will that time come?
When will they stop caring
And show their inner self?
When can they stop faking
And just be who they are?
Of course we want to help them
But would they even listen?
Or will they just smile and grin
Like a happy kid on Christmas?
It’s sad how people live
Spitting out lie after lie
Not knowing who they’re hurting
Not knowing who they’re killing.
Again, we want to help them
But they should learn their own.
But it’s so hard to picture
If that time will ever come.

[Chris]
To the people thrown away by a world with shoulders shrugging
And the one’s who never care, the one’s who don’t know “nothing”
Cause you’re too busy fucking up this world to ever see it
The lost souls of all these kids who are always forced to breathe it
And so we’re forced to exist, tucked away in all the corners
Waiting for the day we can break down the walls and borders
We’ll stand tall, ingnoring orders to drink from dirty water
Professing all our pain in unison with one another
Cause the spectrum’s brightly colored with the blood from all my brothers
To the children beaten down by their fathers and their mothers
For everyone not listened to, you can stand behind my words
Dispelling all the lies, devastation, and the hurt
So, rise up out the dirt and embrace the white hot spot light
Find the strength and inner nerve to fix everything that’s not right
Cause there is no time for stage fright when this is all we have
A moment to shine brightly and shed away the scabs

Notes (Joanna): Like Chris told you, I’m still kind of new to this writing stuff. My part might not be the greatest, but I’m trying. I owe it to Chris.

Notes (Chris): This is one of those anthem pieces, in a way. I just go into addressing all the people who tend to feel like I do. Most of the times, those people are labeled and shoved some pills and told to feel happy. This poem is for all of them, all of us.

As for Joanna, to the people who don’t know her, she’s still very young and new to this, but I’m trying to guide her where I can. I just felt now was a good time to give her some publicity and, hopefully, hear some feedback from other people.

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