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Maranatha

from Malfunctions by The Tomorrow File

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The original recording was made on a Fostex 250 4-track cassette recorder. Thank you, Paul Hoeflich, for letting me borrow your Roland. I hope you found peace.

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If we pretend to care
Whether we live or die
Would you have the heart
To break down and cry?

With things falling down all around
And the world is on the brink
Doesn't even give us
Time to think

Of the consequences so wide
There's nowhere to hide
This world will fuse our souls
But it will not fill our bowls

So look to the sky
With a glimmer for you and me
I've gotta say all I see
Is maranatha for you and me

What is the measure of a civilized people?
Is it the graves we dig?
The cheeks we turn
The songs we sing
The crosses be burn
The masks we wear
The jobs we take
The death we fear
The love we make?

I can see the decadence and deceit
Seeping through our screen doors
The very fabric of our uniqueness is torn
Without some measure of faith

A thousand minds rally for me to survey
In a humble kind of Judgment Day
When will the world learn the way to mend
The bridges that are burning at both ends?

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from Malfunctions, track released November 20, 1985
Written and Performed by Daniel J.S. Lewis on Indian Church Road.

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The Tomorrow File comes at you with smart hooks and penetrating lyrics. A singer/songwriter with an eclectic ability to fuse genres in an originally singular way.

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