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New Clothes

from S​/​T by Martyrs

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How could one know
Where they truly stand
When their sense of self
Is so tightly bound
To the views of others
That shape with a crowd
That draws its direction
From the one that’s most loud?

This is new clothes
You’ve all heard this story
Yet you feign your ignorance
In hope of belonging

And the one that’s most loud
Will have its appeal
But under the surface
How do we know it’s real?
But rather than questioning
Another’s intent
You fear the reprisal
And just join in the chant

This is new clothes
You’ve all heard this story
Yet you feign your ignorance
In hope of belonging

This situation
Is approaching critical
What’s it gonna take to
Prove this to you?

And now you are part
Of a collusive whole
That allows false idols
To rest on pedestals
Pretending to cherish
All that has come to be
Overlooking the flaws
That a child can see

This is new clothes
You’ve all heard this story
Yet you feign your ignorance
In hope of belonging

This situation
Is approaching critical
What’s it gonna take to
Prove this to you?

Reject the claim
That what’s done is done
No matter how much
Damage is done

Because we can choose
To open our eyes
And observe the truth
That others disguise

And the day will come
We capture a glance
A tear in the curtain
We’ll make our advance

Ripping through cloth
And tearing through thread
Until nothing’s left
It falls apart

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from S​/​T, released October 1, 2014

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