Shastas Complaint

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Waves that beat upon the shore, they brought no peace
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Somewhere else I must belong, somewhere for me
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Who was it left me there, a boy scared and alone?
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No, I don’t think you heard me calling, always thought, He must not know
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Surely he would never leave me, wouldn’t leave me here alone

[Verse Two]
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You tell me now that I was never on my own?
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Well pardon me, I don’t remember you at all
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Cause with my back against the tomb, I called you out
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But I don’t think I heard your answer, I don’t think I heard a sound
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I don’t recall you in my anger I don’t remember you at all

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[Verse Three]
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But he answered, “Who are you to question me?
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Do you command the mountains or calm the raging sea?
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For I am the current, I was there to save your life
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A man may find his eye deceiving, a fool holds on to trust his sight
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A wise man knows that his own feeling may not with the truth align

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[Verse Four]
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And you think that you have never seen my face?
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But every moment you’re alive, you know my grace
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For only death in this whole world is justly deserved
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And you say that I do not answer, just because you have not heard
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But you don’t know yet how to listen or to understand my words

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[Bridge]
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My love
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I cared for you
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I was the comfort
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You felt in the house of the dead
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I drove from you
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Beasts in the night
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All of this I have done while you slept
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All by my design
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Every chapter and word
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I’ve written every line

[Outro]
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All by by my design
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Every chapter and word
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I’ve written every line