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An Arab Boy

from Post​-​Mortem by Jesse Jay Allen

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An Arab Boy

Mommy was a dress-up doll
Daddy was a toy soldier
We never asked no questions
And we kept our mouths shut

And we’ll perish in the parishes
And do just like our parents did
Die at the hands of evil men
Forbid our questions and call them sin

Somewhere there’s an Arab boy
Who wants to kill me
For not believing in some god he’s never seen
Each day I can feel the hatred burn inside me
But I won’t let that happen
Won’t let it happen, no

Jesus Christ, somebody give me something to hold onto
Something real like a smile
Something real like you
But you’re caught up in your morality
And those orchestrated abstractions
That we’ve constructed to relense us
Oh, but what are morals but a general consensus?

And everybody’s wrong
But someone’s out there now preaching hatred
And fighting over some fucking sand

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from Post​-​Mortem, released August 1, 2006

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Jesse Jay Allen Tacoma, Washington

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On Dearest Echo, Allen matches thick, ambient guitar and synthesizer with Britpop melodies for an approximation of Radiohead, or Wilco at its most expansive. Allen’s solid voice has a forlorn quality that works with the music’s depressive tone. ... more

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