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Stare into the Sun Lyrics

He never closed his eyes
Or so we theorized
But we were young and bold
And he was mostly old
And his time nearly done

He came back from a war
On some forgotten shore
And sat and watched the world
And never said a word
And so I asked...

  1. Oniren
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    Feb 25th 2010 !⃝

    'Stare Into The Sun' documents the decline and fall of an urban neighborhood. It was inspired when Paul O'Neill saw raw CNN footage of the 1991 L.A. riots, which included a shot of a 70ish black man watching the carnage. This song explores what may have been going through his mind at the time. The lyrics consider his reflections on the building of his neighborhood and its sudden destruction at the hands of its own residents.


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