Silicone & Skin

from Along For The Ride by Kevin Blight

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There's a parade of flesh upon our TV screens
An infatuation with celebrity and money
Image is everything to which we aspire
It's the new spiritual currency
You can tell me that I'm wrong, I'm thinking the wrong way
If I swim against the tide what's it to you anyway?
Tell me that I'm wrong to voice these thoughts within
To question the illusion, illusion of silicone and skin

It's not enough to be yourself any more
There's always someone claiming authority they own
Tell you what to eat, how to look, what to wear, what to breathe
Opinions are like assholes - everybody's got one
You can tell me that I'm wrong, I'm thinking the wrong way
If I swim against the tide what's it to you anyway
Tell me that I'm wrong to voice these thoughts within
To question the illusion, illusion of silicone and skin

Maybe its because they want us insecure and afraid
So they can manipulate us into thinking the same way
You can tell me that I'm wrong, I'm thinking the wrong way
If I swim against the tide what's it to you anyway
Tell me that I'm wrong to voice these thoughts within
To question the illusion, illusion of silicone and skin

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from Along For The Ride, released September 22, 2007

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Kevin Blight Stafford, UK

Award winning songwriter Kevin Blight is often compared to Elvis Costello, Bruce Hornsby & Joe Jackson. Writing in a multitude of styles his roots are firmly in the Folk-Funk-Punk-Blues-Rock genres...primarily a Guitarist, he also plays Bass, Keyboards, Mandolin, Harmonica & any other instrument he can get his hands on...including Pringles Tubes. ... more

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