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Built from a Stolen Rib

from The Great Dead Hope: Act I by Cattle Dogs

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You were doomed before you were born; and all those college courses, on long-dead goddess cultures, couldn’t save you from a world built entirely on your stolen rib.

And I may never know the fear you’ve been forced to know. I’ll never have to clutch my keys between my fingers when I’m walking home at night.

I could write this song a thousand times, but would it do any good? I can never unlock the latches you’ve had installed around who you used to be. Yet, with a sharpened stick we fought the tide. We are children who fight the tide.

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from The Great Dead Hope: Act I, released July 22, 2011

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Cattle Dogs Cleveland, Ohio

Nuanced and complex points of view are difficult to cram onto the back of a t-shirt; which may be one of the reasons that hardcore bands spend so much time screaming about absolutes. Confront your own opinions with the same scrutiny you apply to those you disagree with, embrace the fact that sometimes you will be right, sometimes you'll be wrong, but most of the time you will be both. ... more

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