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let the sun in (scapegoat for your shame)

from Walking in the days of the Prophecy by Paul McMahon

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SCAPEGOAT FOR YOUR SHAME

ëSOMEONEπS BEEN OUT SWIMMINGí HE FIXED ME WITH A LOOK
I COULD HAVE LIED BUT DIDNπT TRY ëYEAH IT WAS ME THAT FELL OFF THE DOCKí
I TOLD THE HARBORMASTER IπVE NO WISH TO CONCEAL
THE SACRED FLOATING THEATRE HAS GONE UNDER THE WHEEL
I DIDNπT KNOW IT WAS SO OLD AND ROTTEN UNDERNEATH
NOW ITπS IN THE RIVER WITH THE WRECKAGE AND DEBRIS
AND WHEN THE HISTORY BOOKS ARE WRITTEN ON ME THEYπLL PIN THE BLAME
MURDERER OF BEAUTY WITH A BLACK MARK BY MY NAME

ALL OF MY LIFE I HAVE BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD
NOT APPRECIATED FOR THE THINGS THAT I DID GOOD
IπVE SEEN OTHERS MADE THE SCAPEGOAT
SAW IT HAPPENING TO ME
BUT ONTO THAT ROLE I WILL NOT HOLD
IπLL LAY IT BARE FOR THE WORLD TO SEE
SOMEONE TAKE THE BLINDS DOWN LET THE SUN INTO THIS PLACE
WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE AROUND WHAT WE WILL NOT FACE
SOMEONE MUST BE GUILTY SOMEONE MUST TAKE THE BLAME
BUT IT AINπT ME WHOπS GONNA BE THE SCAPEGOAT FOR YOUR SHAME

I DONπT BELIEVE IN VENGEANCE SAID ABEL TO CAIN
BUT LIFE SURE WOULD BE NICER IF YOU WOULD OWN YOUR OWN PAIN
ON THE OCEAN OF AWARENESS YOU RIDE A STURDY HULL
BUT YOUR COMPASS ONLY MEASURES RIGHT BY THE LIGHT OF THE GOLDEN RULE
DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOUπD HAVE THEM DO TO YOU
YOUπLL LIKE YOURSELF MUCH BETTER AND OTHERS WILL LIKE YOU BETTER TOO
YOU CAN PRAY ALL DAY AND NIGHT AND CALL INTO THE DARK
BUT GOD IS ALWAYS WATCHING AT THE FAR SIDE OF YOUR HEART

IF YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC AND YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE
HOW CAN YOU NOT BELIEVE IN TRUTH THEREπS SO MUCH YOU WONπT SPEAK OF
JOSEPH SAID MANIPULATION IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD EVIL
IN ACOA WE USED TO SAY YOUπRE ONLY AS SICK AS YOUR SECRETS
HOW MANY RAINBOW BRIDGES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BURN
BEFORE YOU LOOK INTO YOUR NIGHTMARES FOR THE LESSONS YOU NEED TO LEARN
SOMEONE MUST BE GUILTY SOMEONE MUST TAKE THE BLAME
BUT IT AINπT ME WHOπS GONNA BE THE SCAPEGOAT FOR YOUR SHAME

ON THIS FLOATING PLATFORM I LEAVE BEHIND MY GUILT
I KNOW IπM ONLY HUMAN THATπS JUST THE WAY IπM BUILT
I KNOW THAT IπM NOT PERFECT I ALSO KNOW THAT IπM NOT BAD
WE HAD SO MANY HAPPY TIMES BUT NOW I FEEL SO SAD
YOU DONπT REALLY WANT TO KNOW ME AND I GUESS YOU NEVER DID
I GOTTA GIVE YOU CREDIT THOUGH YOU NEVER KEPT IT HID
THANK YOU FOR THE LESSONS AND THE TEACHINGS THAT YOU GAVE
BUT IF YOU WONπT ACCEPT ME AS YOUR EQUAL I CANπT ACCEPT MYSELF AS YOUR SLAVE

IπVE NO WISH TO SOUND BITTER OR PETTY IN THE LEAST
THE LOVE I HAVE FOR YOU IS REAL BUT I MUST SPEAK MY PEACE
IπM SINGING THIS SONG FROM MY HEART TO THE BEAUTY THAT IS YOU
AND FROM MY HEART YOUπLL NEVER PART YOU DONπT BLIEVE IT BUT ITπS TRUE
IπLL BE YOUR FRIEND UNTIL THE END IN THE BODY OR IN SPIRIT
AND FROM ME YOU CAN ALWAYS RECEIVE THE TRUTH IF YOU WANT TO HEAR IT
SOMEONE MUST BE GUILTY SOMEONE MUST TAKE THE BLAME
BUT IT AINπT ME WHOπS GONNA BE THE SCAPEGOAT FOR YOUR SHAME
SOMEONE TAKE THE BLINDS DOWN LET THE SUN INTO THIS PLACE
YOU WONπT SEE WHAT YOU DONπT WANT TO SEE WHEN ITπS STARING YOU IN THE FACE

© PAUL MCMAHON 1993

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from Walking in the days of the Prophecy, released March 3, 1994

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Paul McMahon Woodstock, New York

From a musical family he explored folk, jug, blues and rock quitting music at 20 for art, returning as a punk rocker at 27. Then a long oddysey, solo and band in search of the real real deal; the songs becoming a diary of psychological and spiritual experience; shamanism and ordination as an Interfaith minister.
January 2020 tour of DC Ba Ph & Bk was his first at 69 organized by Goodflavor45 ... more

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