Younger Lives

from The Great Fiction by Adam Klassen

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Innocence is fleeting and wasted on the young
Before our time was money, ambition filled our lungs
Now we bask in our indifference, content to toe the line
Faded photos and an ordered satisfaction suit us fine

There were days when we felt anger, tortured by the game
Now we take our bigger families into stores with bigger names
That brave desire for justice wasn’t washed away one night
But evaporated slowly in the warmth of younger lives

Have we really lost our need for revolution?
Or is it hidden under necessary tact?
The water’s getting deeper and they can’t swim on their own
Do we really have to choose between them?

Somewhere, for a moment, we saw beyond ourselves
A passing glimpse of truth between the books upon our shelves
Now we practice our religion when it fits our busy lives
One day crippled by the weight of every little compromise

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from The Great Fiction, released November 6, 2012

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Adam Klassen Vancouver, British Columbia

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When You Were Young

Nov 2021
Move On

Oct 2021
Devon

Aug 2021
Old Game

Feb 2021
The Great Fiction

Nov 2012
Magazines EP

May 2009
We Are All Billboards

Apr 2008

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