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The Dilettante Activist at Nineteen & Forever

by Ortega Fuerte

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He's trying to heal; he drives a cool automobile.
But he's fighting in his sleep
And the mirror makes him weep
And his calendar's complete...

She's burning herself
She's always burning herself
They give her a silver cream
They give her a magazine
She slips into a dream

People of solutions
Loving our pollution
Suckling our confusion

Gestures, spectacles, and paradoxes
Push the wicked ones back in their boxes.

Don't call the police
Don't run to the priest
Take off all your clothes
Watch a hundred thousand TV shows
Cause there's no place left to go

Thinking makes you a fool
It's all they taught you in school
Passive receptivity
Is the only life for me
I understand perfectly.

Love only a bit
Just settle for it.
It's comfortable you know
It sure beats letting go
But there's an animal down below...
She's burning herself
She can't stop burning herself
It's better than...(something else)
She can't remember it now.

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released November 30, 2014

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Ortega Fuerte Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Ortega Fuerte are a group of songwriters and multi-instrumentalists founded in 2003 by core member Hugo Grayling and often including the contributions of Air Anchor's Chris Rohlf.

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