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E Pluribus Unum

from "Fly on the Wall" by No Commercial Potential

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A rallying cry against the fear-mongering and xenophobia against anyone and everyone who isn't just like us that we've been seeing way too much of lately.

lyrics

"E PLURIBUS UNUM (OUT OF MANY, ONE)"*

1. "Send your poor, your tired, your huddled masses
All yearning to be free"
Our Blessed Lady Liberty
Makes that guarantee.
But some prefer a devil they know
To the foreign Gods they don't
And fear the things some others do,
The things they will and the things they won't
"Welcome to the Promised Land"
Fingers crossed behind our backs
While offering an open hand
We're bracing for attack

Refrain #1:
It's nothing personal
It's us, it isn't you
Some find it hard to empathize
With different ways
And different views

2. "We're an open-minded people
With people like ourselves
You can live and love the way you want
Right through the gates of hell
(We told you so....)
We have the best intentions
'Judge not, lest we be judged'
But challenge our convictions
(The life we know ....)
And we can really hold a grudge
'Cause, if memory fades and lifestyles change
(We hope they don't)
This world might come undone
If we get too high to realiize
(Down we go)
We flew too close to the sun ..."

Refrain #2:

It's nothing personal
It's us, it isn't you
Some find it hard to read the signs
That times have changed
As they often do

Chorus

Out of many, One
The Old World meets the New
The battle's never won
Long as one and one make two
We're all for one and one for all
Breaking through our fears
Til we learn to see in different ways
Expanding our
Expanding our frontiers

3. "We're colour-blind, such open minds
Just don't join the family tree
We'll respect your 'Roots' in our own way
Just let our daughters be
It's nothing personal
It isn't us, it's you
It's a simple calculation
That one and one make two"
But colours blend and straight lines bend
In awe-inspiring ways
With a broader-ranging colour-scheme
We can win the human race

[Guitar solo against Refrain chords]

Chorus

Out of many, One
The Old World meets the New
The battle's never won
Long as one and one make two
We're all for one and one for all
Breaking through our fears
As we learn to see in different ways
Expanding our
Expanding our frontiers

Fade out
Instrumental soloing

credits

from "Fly on the Wall", released September 30, 2017
MATT ENTWISTLE
lyrics, bass, rhythm guitar, vocal harmonies

MEL SOVAK
drums, percussion

ALLY McCOY
piano, keyboards

IAN ANDRADE
lead guitars

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