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Jaded Summer

by OH! NULLAH

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1.
The years have come and gone, I’ve settled down Tied down to what I’ve found But anyhow it looks alright The change we all desire, it doesn’t come I’ve learnt to count what I’ve got And what I’ve got is enough When the day is done who’ll still be by your side? Have we lost ourselves inside the truth we hide? I don’t care if my life remains the same each year Carry on, do your best even when it hurts to care Change is compiling All the things you stole, composed, rewrite So precise but insincere Now tell me something In the words of a parable recite Shine a light on our lives Our former culture’s changing every day You taught me how to look the other way, not my own Maybe we’re all too smart but ignorant It takes a lot to say we might be wrong That’s the truth Who could tell they’ll paralyse the system? Poor advice when you flirt with superstition 20 years to realise that I’ve done something right Letting go of the things I couldn’t justify
2.
Forever I’m stuck with who I am Joyful folks would never understand The pain that comes from my mouth shut The cynic learning to cope with trust Calm down, your feelings don’t matter now Can you find the song that’s inside your mind? Slowly fading The moments defying Who are we kidding? We always find something to blame Maybe the reason Our blessing results in the same “So” said the sunshine “I’ll bring you some healing today” Kindness will teach you Embrace you as long as you stay There is nothing left to add Seek and you’ll likely find There is nothing new to hear The same old chords, tired ears Anxiety will produce a drug That won’t stop me with any luck I must stand up and face my fears Will I still trust these next 10 years?
3.
When the first bomb fell, it cast a spell Lifting us from the dark The silent chronicles Slowly mending broken seams apart Then the panic came, values rearranged Barely ready to fight The solemn people united Learning to take what’s right Little child, you were right You have led us where they’d left us Out of sight from atonement The economic piles of resentment Will we ever learn? Lead us on, oh what do we know It’s not easy to resist the easier road To be someone living in denial Safe inside your bubble Living for yourself Now the streets have cleared But in its place a culture war emerges The clash of yellow and blue Resisting the birth of violence The truth will stay the same Some will live in shame facing demons and strife But in these moments unscripted This could change the rest of your life
4.
Do you remember that September When the students were hit and dragged? Or how about when we took to the streets And they fired the first tear gas? It’s been nearly half a year But the feeling’s like yesterday Tensions high on dim lit Mong Kok streets And the sting of their pepper spray Police and cordons, raising their batons Cameras rolling, there’s pushing and shoving To serve and protect, not act like a threat Seven to one, that sure looks fun When the rule of the law’s broken Or simply bent with no amends To serve a few and ignore the rest Raise them high, yellow umbrella Walk with pride, don’t let them scare you Fight for change, whose responsibility? You and me, we’re all a part of this Long for our city to find tranquility Reclaim our streets, terror free Our people laughing and finally living Society that's infinitely free There were those who thought that free elections Didn’t justify the blocked roads Well I’m not sorry tents on Nathan Road Brought down your sale of gold Who cares if you cannot drive to work The future is now at stake And what’s the point of meeting for discussion When there isn’t any give or take? Asia’s finest, media bias Oh how could you destroy the truth And kiss the ass of those who rule?
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Tired eyes won’t rest inside this broken logic Can we carry the weight of time Back from our failures? The season’s changing Will we feel fine without retaining The things we’ve lost, those dear to our lives The moments passing? This summer is changing our lives Never knew what winter had lost Springtime has found us a dream Autumn air extending the cost Jaded summer can’t erase All retired, sober pain Jaded summer won’t forget to tell us Our minds rely on highs (So hesitant inside) That will shape our lives (To solitude confide) Inconsistent thoughts (No one really knows) Won’t join the dots Take the path that works (That no one travels on) Mocked, unseen, absurd (You’re going the wrong way) Where the path shall end (Time might find a friend) No one knows when The time will pass It’s temporary Surely sadness won’t change our lives It’s only emotion But what I’ve thought would turn out right Was something different The world goes on without my thoughts The same things happening Finding meaning to call my own But would it find me?
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The sudden raging The words you swore you’d never say Retaliation Making amends before too late There sings the lullaby The softer tones through lonely eyes There was a time in May When spring would say the same things Unified but barely right The hidden truth in hindsight will stay Let it go now The things that tie your heart in chains Weary answers A bitter heart will kill the world I tried to walk away But troubled hearts won’t break the chains There were some days in June Where we had learned to break through These days so temporary Going back to necessary ways We are not alone (don’t walk the other way) In spite of what we we’re told (so tired and ashamed) We are all the same (lessons to be learned) In spite of what we claim (the prodigal return) These moments we’ll see with faint clarity I’ll gladly take them all When we’re learning to fall
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In the eyes of the prophet it’s the end Shed a tear for the fool People fighting, condescending to defend Redefining their rules Destination, resolution All the lines that have been drawn Converge across Radically narrow thoughts The central party line shows no remorse Can’t you see this city’s on fire? Maybe that’s what makes us human Anything that leads us to salvation Making sense of what we’ve got or not Days pass by It’s hard to stay inside from the others Tenements crumble Existential gain from the rubble In the things so mundane we long for vision We’re still searching for truth Some will find it making backward decisions That others approve Elevation, annihilation All the lines that held them back Have now been lost
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They saw the sign Kept it to their hearts The silver line, the chosen words In the clouds all thoughts deferred We compromise Might as well accept the standard lines The social ties, analysed and misaligned Take my hand and we’ll see What things will lie ahead I doubt we’ll settle there You’ll never go far with me I don’t want to clip your wings My burden will hold you back The sound it makes The fluttering of past mistakes Now they’re gone Surely these things would destroy A compassionate heart Never thought I’d go the distance Make a mistake and renounce that Resounding false start Never thought I’d lose persistence Hoping I won’t lose my way Never going to count the cost Never know the time it’d take To make amends for things I’d lost The last of my mistakes will never part Oh happy heart, when you fall down Is something wrong, did I hurt you? Or did life just pass you through? Let’s start again Had we sung along until the end The verse won’t show How the story had been untold

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released March 15, 2015

Recorded, mixed and mastered in June, July 2014 and February, March 2015 by OH! NULLAH in Sham Shui Po.

Album artwork by Ruth Chan (www.ohtruth.com)

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