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The Orphan and the Martyr

from Demos by Great Estates

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A swinging, swaying raptor sings a short impatient greeting to the field mouse
Temper-tantrum robins talk in circles, taking turns at crying "Fowl!"
So when the disconnected lion, absent-minded, drops his pride into his glass, the party's all a-roarin' and nobody hears his sad, defeated laugh

A sunken, sullen waiter stands insulted at a table full of egos
Who demand that his attention fall on all the little flaws he can't control
So he slinks into the kitchen, growing tired, drops a pill into his mouth
And returns all bright and beaming to the awful people he can't live without

The orphan and the martyr are a certain kind of synonym I guess
In how they both maintain their dignity in some regard when faced with certain death
Be it cause or circumstances, I can admire any man who still wakes up
After everything you've been through and can still find room to foster any love

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from Demos, track released February 25, 2015
Photo credit: Eric Anglero - devilandgodrageinsideme.tumblr.com

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