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Charles holds his picture up to show
"Excuse me did I do this wrong?"
Tugging at my pantleg
I tell him there's no wrong in art
He frowns and squints in disbelief
Answer: Unsatisfactory

Always asking me for the right and wrong
Charles wants to know how to sing the songs
How to sing along
Can I make him love his own melodies?

Children scattered 'round the classroom floor
Like blank pages on tablecloths
I tried to sing them all to sleep
Charles at my chair, he can't lay down
Too excited to be alive
And he wants some answers out of me

A blank sheet of paper and the crayons clutched tightly in our hands
This is what we dream
This is what we dream
Wipe the slate clean
Now let's begin
Used to thing I could save the world (Scrubbing the paint from my fingers)
With a sign and my fist up in the air (Stains bled from a child's psyche)
Now the blank page is in front of me (Mixes like blood into water)
And the task has me so fuckin' scared (Secretly, as if someone's watching)

Regurgitate like a machine?
I strive for more than leading sheep
Scribbling wildly on their futures
How did I become the teacher?
I'm struggling hard not to return
To teachings I've tried to unlearn

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from Wipe the Slate Clean, released April 2, 2021

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De La Hoya Brooklyn, New York

NYC Punk / Hardcore band. 1998 - 2002 and again briefly in 2008.

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