Trials Of Tribulations

by Graeme Brittles

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1.
Let It Show 04:24
Verse 1 Try to understand what life is throwing my way Never gonna get this world down everyday Still I’m gonna wear my heart on the sleeve of my arm And it’s gonna stay that way even if I go through major harm Chorus But never mistake, my kindness for a weakness Because I’m stronger than you’ll ever know And I’ll let it show Verse 2 Yes I survived growing up in a broken home Whiskey bottles on the kitchen counter is all I’ve ever know Father walked out of my life at the age of 14 And from that point on I’ve fought to be the man that he could never have been Chorus But never mistake, my kindness for a weakness Because I’m stronger than you’ll ever know And I’ll let it show Musical interlude Verse 3 Now I’m in a brand new city making my own way Things no longer take me over without my say Friends have helped me find the path that I should be on And things may not be perfect but I know for now that I have won Chorus But never mistake, my kindness for a weakness Because I’m stronger than you’ll ever know And I’ll let it show, I’ll let it show, I’ll let it show
2.
Take Shelter 03:38
Verse 1 Try to fight against a mind that’s playing twisted games Many people passing by we’ll never know their names Learn to keep a happy face and focus on the fun When deep inside you really know and feel like you are done Pre-Chorus Almost made it through the day But then you start to slip away Chorus Curl into your tiny ball, don’t focus on the shame Try to fight the feelings that are causing all this pain Close your eyes to stop the visions flooding through your brains Hold your ears to end the screams, take shelter from the rain Until you face it all again Verse 2 Feeling your life slip away it’s falling off the tracks Leaving you in pieces you can’t tell if they’re intact Gazing at life through the window wishing to be free Bet you never thought that this could be someone like me Pre-Chorus Almost made it through the day But then I start to slip away Chorus Curl into my tiny ball, don’t focus on the shame Try to fight the feelings that are causing all this pain Close my eyes to stop the visions flooding through your brains Hold my ears to end the screams, take shelter from the rain Until I face it all again Musical Interlude Pre-Chorus Almost made it through the day But then we start to slip away Chorus Curl into our tiny ball, don’t focus on the shame Try to fight the feelings that are causing all this pain Close our eyes to stop the visions flooding through your brains Hold our ears to end the screams, take shelter from the rain Chorus Curl into your tiny ball, don’t focus on the shame Try to fight the feelings that are causing all this pain Close your eyes to stop the visions flooding through your brains Hold your ears to end the screams, take shelter from the rain Until you face it all again
3.
Verse 1 Nights are longer, days are colder Weight of the world, upon my shoulder Life not mine, ticking time Can’t make a living scraping by on your last dime Pre-Chorus And you cannot cope You’re losing hope Chorus When you’re hungry but you’ve still got bills to pay And you just can’t see how you’ll make it through the day Every eyes upon you from all across the land This is what it feels like to be crushed By the invisible hand Verse 2 Digging deeper, climb gets steeper Can’t fall asleep while you’re fighting off the reaper Drop your guard, check the card Phone is ringing an unstoppable bombard Pre-Chorus And you cannot cope You’re losing hope Chorus When you’re hungry but you’ve still got bills to pay And you just can’t see how you’ll make it through the day Every eyes upon you from all across the land This is what it feels like to be crushed By the invisible hand Musical Interlude Pre-Chorus And you cannot cope You’re losing hope Chorus When you’re hungry but you’ve still got bills to pay And you just can’t see how you’ll make it through the day Every eyes upon you from all across the land This is what it feels like to be crushed Chorus When you’re hungry but you’ve still got bills to pay And you just can’t see how you’ll make it through the day Every eyes upon you from all across the land This is what it feels like to be crushed By the invisible hand By the invisible hand By the invisible hand
4.
Chorus You may call them crazy, you may hold them down You may wonder why they’re here as the world keeps spinning round You ignore their talent, but you don’t have a clue Because the world would be an empty place without all they’ve done for you Verse 1 Because of her broken back, and her fight with polio The world was telling Frida that her face would never show But she embraced her beauty, and shoved it in your face And showed her conditions in her art to face the human race Chorus You may call her crazy, you may hold her down You may wonder why she’s here as the world keeps spinning round You ignore her talent, but you don’t have a clue Because the world would be an empty place without all she’s done for you Verse 2 Christy wasn’t moving, all he had was his left foot He had no faith in people in whose hands his life he put But when he shared his story, he helped the world to see That life could still go on beside his disability Chorus You may call him crazy, you may hold him down You may wonder why he’s here as the world keeps spinning round You ignore his talent, but you don’t have a clue Because the world would be an empty place without all he’s done for you Musical Interlude Chorus You may call them crazy, you may hold them down You may wonder why they’re here as the world keeps spinning round You ignore their talent, but you don’t have a clue Because the world would be an empty place without all they’ve done for you Chorus You may call them crazy, you may hold them down You may wonder why they’re here as the world keeps spinning round You ignore their talent, but you don’t have a clue Because the world would be an empty place without all they’ve done for you
5.
We'll Stand 03:45
Verse 1 Scraping the bottom of the barrel, working against the things we need And now we find ourselves in peril, with many starving mouths to feed You’ve just signed away our living, so now we’re fighting for our rights And for the suffering you’re giving, we’ve got you firmly in out sights Chorus We will, fight for our future and we’ll fight to be free And we’ll stand for those who can’t stand for themselves And we’ll only stop once you’re consigned to history Horror stories from the corner of the shelves Because you only seem to care about yourselves Verse 2 We the people have just spoken, most disagree with Mrs May And yet because our system’s broken, with our lives you get to play You think we’ll just sit back in silence, as all we fought for runs astray That’s why we’re taking on the tyrants, from now until you’ve gone away Chorus We will, fight for our future and we’ll fight to be free And we’ll stand for those who can’t stand for themselves And we’ll only stop once you’re consigned to history Horror stories from the corner of the shelves Because you only seem to care about yourselves Musical Interlude Chorus We will, fight for our future and we’ll fight to be free And we’ll stand for those who can’t stand for themselves And we’ll only stop once you’re consigned to history Horror stories from the corner of the shelves Chorus We will, fight for our future and we’ll fight to be free And we’ll stand for those who can’t stand for themselves And we’ll only stop once you’re consigned to history Horror stories from the corner of the shelves Because you only seem to care about yourselves Horror stories from the corner of the shelves Because you only seem to care about yourselves

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released November 16, 2018

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