Put Out the Gaslight

 They say that kids can be cruel

But adults throughout the world 

Use power to betray and fool

With words wrapped in silent laughter

Their smiles laced with mocking spite

They take their matches and light 

A flame in your very mind

It’s called a gaslight

And, the truth of it is

It’s the bullying of the worst kind..


And it is used to abuse

In so many ways

From doctors trying to push drugs, 

minimizing your pain

To bosses keeping you down

With power to retain

From parters wanting to control

keep you enslaved to their ways

To politicians wanting you

To believe their lies, as their real intent

Hides, 


Take your own mind back my friend

This is the era

Where the dark ages must end


so….


Chorus:


*I am a firefighter

You are a firefighter

No more will this fire burn brighter

When one of them presents the match

Cause we are rising higher

We’re taking back our power

When they use their words to

ignite those flames in our minds

We will see through it and pull out

Our defences, most prime

The power of our own mind, so bright

Will put out these flames

Like a powerful hose

Extinguishing the flames

From the gaslight


Yeah, yeah, yeah


Put out the gaslight*


Verse Two:


From workplaces to homes to 

Fake friends in competition

Rather than unconditional love

From doctors to bosses

Who label our pain, try to decide our fate

And level of gain, preventing our ability to reign

Leaving our spirits in tatters

Denying us the right to live our best life

We must rise from these ashes

And reject these chains of strife

Via questioning our very worth

The very value of one’s life


Take back your own rights

Mes enfants

This is the era where there must be

A New renaissance!


Chorus:


*I am a firefighter

You are a firefighter

No more will this fire burn brighter

When one of them presents the match

Cause we are rising higher

We’re taking back our power

When they use their words to

ignite those flames in our minds

We will see through it and pull out

Our defences, most prime

The power of our own mind, so bright

Will put out these flames

Like a powerful hose

Extinguishing the flames

From the gaslight


Yeah, yeah, yeah


Put out the gaslight*



Vie Chimere 11/25

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