'Turn My Cheek' is from Daniel McClelland's EP 'Swallow Fear', out now on all major streaming/download services worldwide.
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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.
lyrics
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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.
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Credits:
Written, performed, produced and mixed by Daniel McClelland
Mastered by Mike Gibson at Munki Studios, Wellington, NZ
