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Soul Singer

from .​.​.​It Roars by JSR

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I'm trying to exercise restraint exorcising you from my life
cause all night and day, I don't wanna be twistin that knife
I know its hard, but I swear I had to go
oh this is familiar, why do I feel so low
how can we be so cruel to the ones we claim to love?

and I've been trying to understand
how to be more of a human, less of a man
but toxicity still seeps into me
laugh about torching those bars downtown where sexist bros always hang around
but are we really that different from them?

and I've been trying to rectify how many of my soul singer heroes were unfaithful and violent inside
the greatest words of love ever sung, thank god so many of them died so young
cause nothing, nothing could ever change what they done

and I've been trying to understand the disconnect between their songs and their living
tell myself at least I'm not like them
but I'm still trying to hold it all in
the shame, the guilt, how things ended
and I swear I'm trying to be better again

Sam Cooke, drunk and naked in a motel lobby
covered in blood, don't make much sense
Sam Cooke, shot dead in a motel lobby
why was he shot in self-defense?

and I've been trying to understand
how to be more of a human, less of a man
but hypocrisy still steeps in to me
and I'm still trying to hold it all in
the shame, the guilt, how things ended
and I swear I'm trying to be better again

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from .​.​.​It Roars, released December 15, 2018

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JSR started as a solo project in 2008, and morphed into a full band in 2012. Anti-capitalist, pro-oxford comma.

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