Nothing But Thieves – Can You Afford To Be An Individual (Guitar)

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I couldn't be anything that I didn't wanna be

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It's stubborn as hell or a problem with authority

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'Cause it won't mirror your image of masculinity

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Oh did I disappoint ya?

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Sorry to disappoint ya

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What will you do when the vultures come for you?

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Will you run and hide?

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And now we're breeding a feeling of animosity

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Our thoughts are tribal, go viral and now it's deafening

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Oh how we're loving the comfort of pack mentality

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The internet has teeth and

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It eats and eats and eats ya

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    So are you scared of your introspection?

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Why could that be?

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Oh, maybe you object to what you find there

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    And as you stare into your own reflection

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What do you see?

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Your black hole for a soul

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And as your stare into your reflection what do you see?

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Your black hole for a soul

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So how's it being a prisoner of your own illusion?

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Up on a pedestal reveling in your own confusion

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I see you hide behind your alter or your constitution

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But you can't live forever

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In your own echo chamber

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And you're so scared of the people up in your fairyland

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But how can you hate something you don't even understand?

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Oh, you're a walking contradiction in a MAGA hat

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It's where I wanna be

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God bless the land of the free

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So who are you to tell us where we do and don't belong?

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And who are you to tell us who to love and who to not?

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Because your mother told ya you would win when you were young

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Oh it's a boys wonderland,

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We know it now

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But now the liberals aren't liberal, they're just as venomous

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And you can't have an opinion unless you're one of us

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No second chances, you're branded, your kind are dangerous

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We're bringing each other down

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We're tearing each other down

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So have I gotta kill myself to be original?

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And if I fucking hate you all am I a criminal?

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Can you afford to be an individual?

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Can you afford to be an individual?