Risk to Exist

Album: Risk to Exist (2017)
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  • Ever felt like you're going nowhere, and you need a little help?
    I felt the same way in my life, that's when your friends improve the hand you're dealt
    Now if we extend the situation
    To a broad one instead of the self
    How can we not extend a hand into the perilous waters of hell?

    Throw your arms around me
    Before the waves all swallow me
    I cannot breathe
    Put your arms around me
    I've come too far and the ocean's deep
    Where's your empathy?

    Now I'm no expert but a cursory reading of the facts say you reap what you sow
    And the expert colonizers we became, caused enough hurt to eat up the soul
    And if we're proud of the things we have, shouldn't others want to share as well?
    Now the regimes that we propped up descended into a living hell

    Throw your arms around me
    Before the waves all swallow me
    I cannot breathe
    Put your arms around me
    I've come too far and the ocean's deep
    Show some empathy

    It's a risk just to exist
    As we emerge into the light
    It's a risk just to exist
    I'm so glad to be alive

    The talk shows talk
    But nothing gets done
    Who wants to be responsible for Europe's biggest son
    Show some responsibility
    Show some responsibility

    Throw your arms around me
    Before the waves all swallow me
    I cannot breathe
    Put your arms around me
    I've come too far and the ocean's deep
    Show some empathy

    It's a risk just to exist
    As we emerge into the light
    It's a risk just to exist
    I'm so glad to be alive
    Oh it's a risk just to exist
    As we emerge into the light
    Oh it's a risk just to exist
    I'm so glad to be alive Writer/s: Duncan Lloyd, Lukas Wooller, Paul Smith, Tom English
    Publisher: Sentric Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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