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Warrior Marks (a song against bullying)

from Heartlands by Arthur Durkee

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Warrior Marks” (a song against bullies)

Against all adverstiy
I have survived
Despite all you’ve done to me
I hold my head high

You took away my dignity
But I kept my pride
You tried to take my history
But I kept it alive

REFRAIN: My warrior marks
are the scars on my heart,
life’s lessons I learned
[make] these marks that I’ve earned
I will live on
I will survive

I face down the bullies
their words like knives
I lived through the torture
of living a lie

You try to make me sacrifice
Everything I ever loved
You twist my life into a lie
To pay a bitter cost

BRIDGE: But I’m free as of now
Victor not victim.
No more of your hatred!
Make me a pilgrim.

I can make of my life
Whatever I choose
I’ve got just enough courage
To see myself through

REFRAIN: My warrior marks. . .

BRIDGE 2:

When the only way out
Is a closet door
When trying to fit in
Gets you blood on the floor
When you lift up your head
You get hurt all the more—
Why bother? Who cares?
Why speak out? Who dares?

I’ve risen too far
To ever back down
At the close of this journey
I’m all that I own

I chased down my demons
I burned them away
In my enemy’s fire
I forged a new day

REFRAIN:
My warrior marks
are the wounds on my soul,
these burns that I’ve healed
my scars now made whole
I will live on
I will survive

I will live on
I will survive
I am alive
I am alive
I will thrive!

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from Heartlands, released February 22, 2019
solo: Tom Weber

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Arthur Durkee Ann Arbor, Michigan

Arthur Durkee is a composer & songwriter who records & performs on Chapman Stick, bass, analog modular synths, bamboo & wood flutes, keys, frame drums, and voice. He has won awards for composed, notated music as well as for his recordings, & is a published poet, & designer & illustrator. ... more

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