Raised

from The Devil EP by Luke McCartin

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Called me out a traitor, when I just threw up my white flag...
I've been fighting all your battles, far too long
And I'm thinking that's wrong
That's not the way I was raised

Told me I'd lived a sinner, when I just put words in a song...
This is me telling Peter
There's no right and there's no wrong
We all turn red
This is how I was raised

I'm not just gonna hang around
To pick you up all the ways put down
When I'm already plenty down myself

And my, my crosses aren't to share
My history to bear
Seen a bit more sunshine than you
There's nothing about that I can do
Nothing left in me to give to you

Lost on my own, found my muse
On my knees back in us
Broken right where I'd left her
In the words I didn't say
Reasons I never gave
This is how I was raised

The memories in vain
Love I had bargained away
From my past I run in place
Eyeing down those pearly gates

That's it.

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from The Devil EP, released January 25, 2016

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Luke McCartin Massachusetts

Luke McCartin is a singer/songwriter from Cape Cod now based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. His writing is honest and his sound is influenced by artists such as Neil Young, Pinegrove and Phoebe Bridgers, to name a few. He likes long walks by mountain streams and drop D tuning. ... more

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