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The Man With 2 Faces

from The Yin and Yang of All Things by David Cassel

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This song speaks for itself. After the ugliness that I and my family had suffered at the hands of a small group of Wagendorf dwellers, the corporate paradigm, the property paradigm, and government austerity, it became obvious that people generally always present two sides to themselves, the happy side and the angry side. The happy side is the one we are required bring into the public domain. If you make your anger known about the bad things you are being subjected to, you will be punished further.

As I have traversed the domain of parenthood, I have found myself continuously having to hide my real feelings and opinions in favour of appearances designed to placate those that would hurt us for exposing their violence.

This song is about a man with two faces.

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I know a man with two faces
one on both sides
on the outside he's happy
but his inside he hides

he's caught in between
the truth that he knows
and the other place
he's required to show

He lives in a place
where lies must be told
he holds onto honesty
and it makes him old

the man with two faces
cannot express
what goes on in his head
and for that he is less

He cannot unveil
his true human heart
he lives in a world
that knows only false art

So he lies to protect
the ones that he loves
panders to hawks
when he prefers doves

suppresses his anger
at a world upside down
reason has left us
we are ruled by the clown

What have we done
Where do we go
When madness prevails
But we cannot show

the truth of matter
rock and hard place
you have to be careful
not show you true face

Those that control us
don’t want to know
They’ll try to hurt you
if you let it show

You cannot be human
for that is a crime
expressing yourself
has been lost to time

You cannot be angry
if beaten by thugs
You must sweep all your feelings
under the rugs

And our souls
drift off to dreamland
where the sun shines so bright
and our lives become sand

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from The Yin and Yang of All Things, released April 18, 2020

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David Cassel Berlin, Germany

Writer, musician, comedian, director and performer. Creator of Space Commander, The Ukulele Bandito, Complainerman, The DCP and a bunch of films and videos that not many people have seen because he has been too busy making stuff and not engaging in advertising. That last part has changed now. ... more

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