Oh No!

from Academy Training Wasted by Character Actors

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I got lost in a forest I visited as a child
there’s an obvious chance for poetry there but I’m not going to take it
the leaves, the branches and the river, could only ever be delivered
through paper and pen and strings as just crude imitations

No one cares for your sad sack shit
no matter the metaphor you wrap around it
and you can’t believe you believed you had a unique perspective

You’re not gonna make any money (woah no)
you’re not gonna get very far (oh no)
you’re not gonna make a difference being the way you are

We all dream of the words to lure a dream of a girl
cos we’re told the artistic soul is the one most attractive
but it’s rarely interesting to answer unasked questions
and no one ever wrote a song about a girl they’re not in love with

I’m a defeatist dreamer, a faithful non-believer
a man of art with a scientist heart
trying to create something greater than me
but when I don’t believe it’s possible
the pursuit becomes irrational
and I end up in the same place I’m always trying to leave

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from Academy Training Wasted, released October 24, 2019
Josh Booth; Alex Rijpma

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Character Actors Leeds, UK

Leeds' friendliest and handsomest British-Dutch-Seychellois punk rock band, formerly Free Dogs. New album, THE HARD PART, out now!

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