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The Liberties

by Ortega Fuerte

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Why do you say these things again tonight?
Why do you need my pain to stay alive?
How does your world get better if we hit each other?
How does your world get brighter if we hate each other
How?
Does it make you tall?
Does it multiply your numbers, make you very
Rich
And wanted,
Rich,
Pursued by
Everyone lovely,
Granting eternal
Life: what a sparkling life.

I'm paying you.
I'm paying you to do the things I tell you to.
I'm paying you.
I'm paying you to do the things I won't.
I'm paying you.
Not because I want to but because I love you all.
And if you don't like that,
I suppose I'll have to carry on alone.
And if you don't like that,
I suppose you'll have to carry on alone.

Why should I wait out here
While you go in there?
Why should I hide my fear
When you're running scared, how
Does your bed get softer if we start another
Fight; does your bath run hotter if we kill each other? Why
Does it make you sing?
Does it make the mountains and meadows echo your song of
Self? Do you make yourself? Does it take
The love of the lessor, father confessor?
Life: what a sparkling life.

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released April 17, 2015
Hugo: voices, instruments, computer

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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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