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lyrics

[Verse 1]
Yet another day
Means another vision deferred
Credulously pray
Ask for the strength
To bear the absurd

Day becomes a week
Week turns into month turns into yet another year
Virtuously meek?
Or yielding to angst,
Subjection, and fear?

[Chorus]
How do I scent the trail of life
When all I taste is what I despise?
How do I reach a joy divine
When all I hear are lies?
How do I sense beyond my plight
When I can’t see the stars at night?

[Verse 2]
Suffocating sleep
Heir to Vincent’s troubling roam
Drowning in the deep
Lost and alone
Even when I’m home

[Chorus]
How do I scent the trail of life
When all I taste is what I despise?
How do I reach a joy divine
When all I hear are lies?
How do I sense beyond my plight
When I can’t see the stars at night?

[Verse 3]
Inner-piloting will to survive these straits
Craving integrated fates
Is this birthing a radical shift of space?
A political core to deface?

Yet another eve
Yet another image obscured
So without reprieve
Dare I take command
And manifest word?

[Chorus]
How do I scent the trail of life
When all I taste is what I despise?
How do I reach a joy divine
When all I hear are lies?
How do I comprehend my sight
When I can’t see the stars at night?

credits

from Believer, a​.​k​.​a. The Last Shall Be the First, released June 2, 2023
Written by Manasseh Ray Curenton-Dillinger, Tim Dillinger-Curenton, and Brandon Adams
Produced by Brandon Adams and Ray Curenton
Vocals co-produced by Tim Dillinger
String arrangement by Mary Watkins
Guitar: Brandon Adams
Strings: Philip Kramer
Recorded at: The Dungeon (Nashville, TN) and Moja’s House (Antioch, TN)
Mixed by Brandon Adams
Mastered by Dave Harris at Studio B Mastering, Charlotte, NC

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Spiritual R&B artist. Black liberationist. Cultural worker. Songwriter.

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