White Guilt

from The First EP by Clara Gallagher

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lyrics

Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you live without ever committing sin?
When you look at me, you only see my skin.
If only you looked in.

Yes, I'm sorry for what my ancestors have done.
Does it help that I am a changed one?
'Cause when I look in me, I only see love.
Love, sweet love.

They call it White Guilt. (repeat)

I can't paint with all the colors of the wind.
Lord, forgive me for I have committed sins.
When I look at you, I can't avoid your skin.
I show my Kansas kin.

Yes, I'm sorry for what my ancestors have done.
Though centuries have passed, I'm really just like them.
Oh, when I look in me, I see who has won:
a prejudiced system.

I'm not that bad,
I am that bad,
I'm really bad.
I don't hate you,
I hate myself.
I hate myself.
I hate myself.

Misdirection.

White Guilt. (repeat)

I don't hate you,
I hate myself.
I hate myself.
I hate myself.

Misdirection.

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from The First EP, released April 1, 2014

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Clara Gallagher Hudson, New York

Musician based out of Hudson, NY.

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