Reincarnation Blues

from Before The Revolution by Brent Newman & The Broken Arrows

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Well you'll be taught that I was caught in the crossfire
And you'll have thought that I fought someone else
But in truth I'd been turning a profit for the empire
Before turning a gun on myself

Over 7 years of bad luck I lost any superstition
But you'll never find any kind of proof
And my obituary read that I ran out of ammunition
It couldn't be much further from the truth

I was shot down in the Indian Ocean
In the summer of 1942
I felt no pain or shred of emotion
And the wind blew me right back to you

They say my princess was found in the water
In the long, cold winter of '24
And now suddenly it seemed she was nobody's daughter
I guess somebody settled a score

If you look for the truth in the shadiest places
You might find something on a dusty shelf
While you might know the names and you might know the faces
The rest, you'll have to find out for yourself

If you find this I'll never know
I was dead and buried a long time ago
I'm burning matches and trying to show
You'll be a part of this long before you know

Well I've been cutthroat and full of ambition
I've been washed up and driven insane
I've been through heartache and self-demolition
And been so lost I don't know my own name

I had a price on my head from some corrupt politician
And I was punched out and lying on the floor
When they brokered the deal there was only one condition
I couldn't go back to where I was before

If you find this I'll never know
I was dead and buried a long time ago
I'm burning matches and trying to show
You'll be a part of this long before you know

It's not a dream, it's more a premonition
I'm not so naive I think I can break the chain
It's a cycle of endless repetition
It won't be long now before it all starts again...

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from Before The Revolution, released April 1, 2011

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