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We Are The Strange Ones

by The Repressions

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This song is dedicated to anyone who has been ridiculed for being sensitive, kind, smart or ill.

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WE ARE THE STRANGE ONES

We are the strange ones
The people you heard about
You'd rather not acknowledge us
Time for a turnabout
We are the strange ones
The weird weirdos who do things you think only a few weird weirdos do
Those people who must live very far away
The ones who make you roll your eyes all day
That think and act and look that way
You think we're just a few
But there's a slew
We're here to recruit

Tell your children time to change
We'll add them to our flock of strange

When you see the sides of issues and life
Hexagons and circles squaring off
The gears in your weird crank open I'm hopin'
See it from above 
The mass acceptance is the crazed
People lounging in a maze
In a blanket haze
It lasts for days
Soaking up the rays
Of being a happy cog
Who buys products that shine
And thinks celebrity's fine
And gets their body all sick on the processed slime
And thinks it's funny to say
Bacon LOL
This is a hell

We are the strange ones

So come on kids paint the strange one's Spackle
Shake off your shackle
Don't give your demographic to cruel and needy greed
Don't let them feed
Steer them to their knees
Until we rearrange let's force the change
Make their savage selfishness seem so strange

We are the strange ones
Here to repossess the mess
Think of the animals
Think of the planet full
Think of your brothers
Think of some others
Or we'll smother you with our strangeness

Strange is not a splashin' jacket
It's not a hundred tattoos
It's how you give and how you amend
And all the places you refuse to spend
And all the madness you refuse to accept
It's not well kept
But it's not inept

We are the strange ones
Trying hard to be full of love
Trying not to buy things made by slaves
Trying not to sell things that scratch our souls
Trying hard to breathe while we accept we're not in control

It's a strange way to live
Strange trying to give
Giving facts, reason, kindness, love
Giving gifts without the wrapping
But they're still napping

We are the strange ones

You think we're strange to care
That's the saddest tear
But we'll still care
From way out there
We're more than a prayer
We'll always care

We are the strange ones
We are the strange ones
We are the strange ones
You think we're just a few
But there's a slew
We're here to recruit

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released May 21, 2022
Written by Barbara Dragon, Benjamin Olson and Nate Lay

Track:
Vocals: Barbara Dragon and Nate Lay
Guitar: Nate Lay
Keyboard: Barbara Dragon
Percussion and Bass: Nate Lay

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The Repressions New York, New York

THE REPRESSIONS are a forest music/folk-punk band featuring Barbara Dragon and Nate Lay. They write songs about books, nature, defending animals, injustice, being weird, and living with wild emotions.The band dedicates their music to anyone who has ever been made to feel small for being sensitive, kind, smart, or ill.
They play lively shows twice a week on Twitch!
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