Fly on the Wall

Lyrics by Allison Neitzel

Your apathy is a disease

Infecting you but killing me

I fought to keep my empathy

And it cost me

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So confident you know what’s right

Like you ever showed up to this fight

The nightmare in my sleepless night

Oh, it haunts me

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I was a fly on the wall of a world burning

So God damn, I’ll be damned, I’ll be damned

If you say it’s still turning

In the depths of it all there’s lessons

I’m still learning

And there’s an innocence in me lost that I’m yearning

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It’s easier to just ignore

The hardest cause worth fighting for

But the hatred’s knocking at my door

Don’t you hear me?

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If I give all my humanity

Til I’m just a silhouette of me

Internal wounds for all to see

Would you trust me?

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I was a fly on the wall of a world burning

So God damn, I’ll be damned, I’ll be damned

If you say it’s still turning

In the depths of it all there’s lessons

I’m still learning

And there’s an innocence in me lost that I’m yearning

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I never chose this for myself

Got swept up in someone else’s storm

I’ve been reaching out for help

Cuz my helping hand’s too tired to hold on

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I was a fly on the wall of a world burning

So God damn, I’ll be damned, I’ll be damned

If you say it’s still turning

In the depths of it all there’s lessons left that I’m learning

And there’s an innocence in me lost

Not returning

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- Ali