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Far Removed

from Uncharted Waters by T.C. Elliott

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So this is the one title that wasn't taken from the songfight.org songwriting challenge. At least, not directly. There is a "sidefight" called Circle of Titles where people sign up and submit two titles. The titles are randomly assigned and you have to write a song to one of them. You don't find out who submitted what titles until the end. Jast (Jan Krueger) submitted this one. Thanks, Jast.

I wrote this song about fighting on line. I don't talk politics on social media very much because it does absolutely no good. Seriously. Even if you use it to vent you end up doing more harm than good.

Funnily enough, I fell victim of being an asshat on that same site I keep talking about, songfight.org. They've got a politics board that I avoided for like ten years. I guess I should have avoided it for eleven. Regardless, stop arguing on line and go out and talk to your neighbors. The world will be a better place for it.

Written July 2020

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I asked the sun to tell me why he shines
On a world so full of all this pain
He said fools hide in the darkness
He can't bare to be the blame

It's crazy how we can hide our minds
Convince ourselves the world is only night
Blame our problems on everyone else
Never walking to the light

Far removed from the things we say
When we fight online
Far removed, no, we can't be brave
When we forget to be kind

I asked the moon why she disappears
Why she takes her moonlight from the sky
She said the truth isn't always pretty
It's easy to give in to the lie

We all like what the mirror says
An echo chamber telling us tall tales
The other side is full of hatred
But neither of us can pierce the veil

Far removed from the things we say
When we fight online
Far removed, no, we can't be brave
When we forget to be kind

I log into Facebook and all I see
Arguments with people getting mad at me
I walk out my house look at the people here
These stupid disagreements seem to disappear

Far removed from the things we say
When we fight online
Far removed, no, we can't be brave
When we forget to be kind
When we forget to be kind
Log off and learn to be kind

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from Uncharted Waters, released June 2, 2021
Everything by that one guy: T.C. Elliott

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T.C. Elliott Columbia, Missouri

If Neil Young and The Holy Modal Rounders had a litter of baby songwriters then T.C. Elliott would be the runt of the litter.

T.C. has written over 1100 songs and at least one of them doesn't suck.

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