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Second Chance

from Politics Of Lonely by damezumari

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so, this one really ought to be pretty self-explanatory, a lot of lyrics within what is called ‘emo’ these days can be pretty vague, and I am just as bad at that as any other, but about this time I really started trying to be a little more direct, this song is about how important forgiveness is, how important it is to really give someone a second chance, because you might want the same thing one day, and that doesn’t mean you do it so you get good karma, that means you do it because that means it is the right thing to do, anger and resentment only make this world worse, it is a glorious thing to move beyond past wrongs and trespasses and to forgive, and to forget, and not to hold things against people, and to realize that we are all humans, we all make mistakes, we all mess up, we all deserve a second chance, maybe even a third or a fourth, and I don’t think that it’s right to assume that everyone acts with the full consequences of their actions in mind (though they should strive to), and that means that sometimes you have to inform them, and forgive them, and if they do the same thing again, then maybe you need to move on if you can, but usually honest communication will go a long way towards reform of both their deeds and our hurt emotions

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everyone deserves a second chance, it's only good luck that we had the first. the quality of mercy is not strained but generous. substitution is realizing it could be you. that we give of ourselves is our only saving grace. forgiveness is a responsibility.

it's not for your sake. The world is what you make, but it's not for you.

the judgment we put on our friends stays with us, sticks to us, for all our days, it follows us through our lives, and it makes us who we are.

we make ourselves by who we love

forget and forgive and let all be done with, it's a glorious thing to live and to let live. where there is anger, there's always a better way. i'd rather be happy than right anyways. this was the year to lose all of my friends. another person is not a means to my ends. this isn't worth another moment of pain, maybe i like it, maybe i'm wired that way.

once i've realized that fighting is never fair, i can't look away and pretend that i don't care.

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from Politics Of Lonely, released May 8, 2005
daniel doug eric + jamie's friends played the horns but I can't remember their names

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damezumari Tulsa, Oklahoma

the band - started march 2003, from tulsa,OK. and san diego, ca
in its last recorded form:
craig maricle - drums
chris skillern - bass, voice
stephen paul - guitar, voice
eric titterud - guitar, voice
the band has previously included:
doug johnston (drums) and daniel sutliff (bass), who both played on the first three demos,
blake foster (drums), and aaron thornhill (bass) and mike laughlin (drums)
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