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Turn My Cheek

from Swallow Fear by Daniel McClelland

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Track info:
A song about speaking truth to power. Because we are afraid of those who wield power, we are corrupted by that deference. It takes braveness to turn one's cheek in defiance.

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Turn My Cheek - Lyrics

Oh it's a messed-up world, trying to bring me to my knees,
but I won't let it beat me down.
It's not just your attitude, it's famine, it's disease.
But I won't let them put me in the ground.

"I don't mind. I don't care" my mantra on repeat.
I bide my time. I swallow fear.
I try and turn my cheek.

You stoke, you fume, you blame, you try to choke my voice.
But I've got a breathing mask.
You poke, exhume, you lie and throw your toys.
I just can't. I stand ashamed, aghast.

"I don't mind. I don't care" my mantra on repeat.
I bide my time. I swallow fear.
I try and turn my cheek.

I feel like... you rage like... I stand tall, try and turn my cheek.
Won't back down... you beat down... I'm so low. You YOLO.
What do I know?

"I don't mind. I don't care" my mantra on repeat.
I bide my time. I swallow fear.
I try and turn my cheek.

credits

from Swallow Fear, track released November 24, 2019
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Credits:

Written, performed, produced and mixed by Daniel McClelland
Mastered by Mike Gibson at Munki Studios, Wellington, NZ

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Daniel McClelland Wellington, New Zealand

New Zealand-based mad-scientist smashing together alt-pop and alt-rock with Beach Boys-inspired harmonies. Stacks of vocals abound. Hard-hitting snares. Grungy guitars. All played, arranged and produced by one person.

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