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from The Gate by Candy Lee

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This song was written due to my frustration with closed-minded people. Often when in a debate, people do not consider an opposing side of view. They ignore any ideas that oppose their own, while repeating their own views over and over. These types of people remind me of little kids with their fingers in their ears singing, "la la la la, I'm not listening!"

If we ever wish to grow, we must be open. While keeping a logical mode of thinking, we should consider and analyze opposing points of view. We must analyze ourselves and consider why we think the things we do. Do we believe what we've always believed? Do we believe what we're taught by figures of authority? Or do we seek out the answers from multiple resources? We must question everything. Socrates once said, "The unexamined life isn't worth living." I agree.

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Lyrics:

I’m having trouble
Seeing your logic
In all of this
I’m not stupid, no
I’m quite educated, so
If your evidence makes sense
Then I should follow

How can you ever move forward
If your thinking’s always backwards
How can you ever move forward
If your thinking’s always backwards
How can you move at all?

By now you’ve convinced yourself
That what you think is true
Regurgitating the same old phrases,
Copouts to consider anything new
But if you really cared
You’d open your ears
And hear what others have to say
Give yourself more than one option to weigh

Your train of thought
Has been running on
The same fuel for way too long
Pretty soon, you’ll just be running on fumes
And well, your train’s run of the tracks
Derailed ‘round all the facts
Missing the scenery as you ware a ring
From the circles that you’ve been running in

How can you ever move forward
If your thinking’s always backwards
How can you ever move forward
If your thinking’s always backwards
How can you move at all?
Tell me how can you, can you move at all?

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from The Gate, released August 26, 2010

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Candy Lee Fayetteville, Arkansas

Candy Lee is an award winning, "golden voiced" singer/songwriter who combines her love for folk, jazz, and indie music to create her own original style. The first thing you'll notice when you hear Candy Lee is her voice- timeless, entrancing, and ethereal. She Lee pulls you in with her sweet, catchy melodies and moving music, but it is her smart, creative lyrics that deserve a second listen. ... more

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