haunting violin and earthy percussion blend with dynamic vocals

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Written after seeing a headline in a Cairo newspaper. Reading "Just another day", the article told the story of an Iraqi woman's daily experience living in a war zone.

Just Another Day

Open up my window, take a look out on the street
I just want to see if its safe to go out today
Theres a big old building with the dust still blowing
Where a family had a home just yesterday

Out of one ear I hear gunfire while out of the other children playing
Theyre trying to pretend and theyre trying to forget
They didnt see a woman killed just yesterday.

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Inside my tears are falling
But I will keep my eyes dry
And if they care to ask me, all I can say
Its just another day

Another day of fighting
Another day of trying to live through humiliation
Its just another day of hoping that the world has not forgotten us
Or even worse they just no longer care

Another day of hoping that things will be different
Than what weve always known
With no more walls and no more screams No more bullets, no more guns.

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Now theyve given us over like lambs for the slaughter
When were not theirs to give
And when theyve taken everything they can possibly take away, they take a little more

I didnt ask for this, I didnt ask for this
I never wanted it
When youve got nothing left to lose, youve got nothing left
Youll never give in

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