Songs for the Brave

from Blood, Sweat And Paper Cuts EP by Airborne Mark

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lyrics

Chorus:

I came to work
I came to work
Till my wrists hurt
To Go above
And go beyond
This world never gives
Always takes away
Always takes away
Let me paint it over
With songs
for the brave

Verse 1:

Everybody loves my work
Until its time to pay for it
Everybody wants a piece of me
But my invoices
Are yet to get cleared
We made This city bright
A decade later
We can’t even afford an espresso in a paper cup
Once I wanted to see what the fuss was about
I went out
Did not party
We were turned away at the door
Our shoes were too dirty
It’s my only pair
This is pointless
We spill our souls here and there
Is it all worthless?
As long as it's just a selfie background
I guess

Tourists came in drones
Letting agents took walls away
Here’s a posh bar
With graffiti printed at the front
You can get a coster
with my friend’s work
Business is booming
Real artists have long gone
Further and further
To find solace in colours
Getting intoxicated with fumes
Dreaming for better tomorrow
It's a city of colours
But also of sorrow

Chorus:

I came to work
I came to work
Till my wrists hurt
To Go above
And go beyond
This world never gives
Always takes away
Always takes away
Let me paint it over
With songs
for the brave

Verse 2:

I came from afar
for this life to live
I got blinded by the lights
Even though Mike Skinner warned me about These streets
Mean, Dirty, Loud
The only way to keep you head up
Climb that ladder. It’s your only chance
Below slithering snakes on a crumbling ground
My friends have so little
Yet Carry sketchbooks full of heart
I drop sketches in the darkest of corners
We've been building for decades
We're e full of life
Yet vultures are circling
Call me Don Kichote of art
Fighting building cranes with a roller
We hold the ground
Expanding
Before they gentrify
One wall at a time
One street at a time
It’s them who need to catch up
We have already moved on
Let them eat themselves
Starve them parasites
They have nothing to give
Us
Limitless in creativity
Reflections of the divine
We Thrive
We paint
We thrive

Chorus:

I came to work
I came to work
Till my wrists hurt
To Go above
And go beyond
This world never gives
Always takes away
Always takes away
Let me paint it over
With songs
for the brave

credits

from Blood, Sweat And Paper Cuts EP, released December 15, 2017
Produced, mixed and mastered by Bartosz Szczesny
Recorded by Bartosz Szczesny in Poznan, Poland

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Airborne Mark London, UK

Graffiti artist by day, rapper by night. My heart is an origami cloud...

Singing Pictures & Painting Songs for Eternity and Beyond...

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