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Take back the words
take back the news
take back the facts, theories, and views
take back the theaters
take back the malls
wash the blood from high-school halls
take back the marches
if ill wind’s no good
take back the rallies, white shields, and hoods
take back the churches
take back the stage
stop up the barrels of every gauge

Millions of voices
and upturned eyes
the sky is silent
we’re weaponized

Take back elections
take back the cash
take back the loopholes
tear up the past
take back the reasons
take back the rhymes
the clock’s still ticking, but we’re out of time

Millions of voices
upturned eyes
the sky is silent
we’re weaponized
millions of voices
upturned eyes
the sky is silent
we’re weaponized

Take all of this thinking
take all of these prayers
take the long hallway
take the back stairs
stack magnum apostles, blackboard John Waynes, survivalist bibles
in a tower of flame

Millions of voices
and upturned eyes
the sky is silent
we’re weaponized
millions of voices
upturned eyes
oh, the sky is silent
we’re weaponized

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from Careful in the Future - LP, track released August 15, 2018
Written, performed and recorded by James O'Brien
Mixed and mastered by Matt Girard

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James O'Brien New York, New York

James O’Brien toured the U.S. and the U.K. from 1998–2004 playing politically aware songs, sometimes solo and sometimes with a band, sharing billings with artists such as Hamell on Trial, Dan Bern, Michael McDermott, John Sinclair, Bill Miller and Freedy Johnson.

In 2017, after a 13-year hiatus, he began to release archival and new material, expanding his catalog to fourteen albums as of 2022.
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