Synthesize

from In Formation Go The Heard by KAREN FOSTER

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I was born on easy street
and everyone I chanced to meet said
keep your eyes inside your mind
don't look out it's better to be blind
in a sense I must confess
I did my best to play the best part
that I could find in my condition
to synthesize my innocence and
keep it cradled like a Christ child in my brain
keeps me content and sane
because otherwise if I opened my eyes
I'd be bound to despise
bound to the despised

now I reside on needy street
and everyone I chance to meet
says we'll eat the rich then they'll be sorry
we'll celebrate our ragged glory
and in a sense I must confess
I did my best to play the best part
that I could find in my condition
to synthesize my innocence again
keep it cradled like a Christ child in my brain
keeps me content and sane
because otherwise if I opened my eyes
covered in bullshit
covered in your bullshit

one broken heart one can find
at different places at the same time
this fracturing has been happening
faster than the torn can be sewn
and in this refrain I must confess
I don't pretend to resolve this mess
I try to consider all conditions
while searching for a heart to hide in
the threat of volatility is real because I feel it
moving closer
so I synthesize instead opening my eyes
I synthesize because I'm civilized

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from In Formation Go The Heard, released April 1, 2005

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A Rented Crutch Recordings Vancouver, British Columbia

'A Rented Crutch Recordings' embody a variety of sound, noise and music recordings centered around the projects of Chad MacQuarrie. These include bands Karen Foster, Assertion and Swanvista, aliases such as The Chads and Dubstawk as well as collaborations Ello Gail, IMI, Burning Bridges, Island/MacQuarrie, ThisHiss and Car/Mac.
These recordings range from 1983 up until the present.
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