Being Dumb

from How A Ghost Vanishes by Julian Cartwright

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Oh God--
you gave me stupidity.
But I know deep down
that I’m the stupid one.

Oh God--
you gave me victory
to sing a stupid song
about how far I’ve come.

Oh God--
you know I like to pity.
You’ve probably seen by now
that I’m the pitiful one.

Oh God--
you gave me melody
to sing a stupid song
about how far I’ve come.

Oh God--
you gave me vanity.
Why does anyone else
try to show their face at all?

Oh God-
you gave me sanity
to know that in the end
my body is bound to fall.

Oh God--
you gave me infinity,
but I prefer to ride
in the back of a rusty Chevy.

Oh God--
you gave us humanity
to build something good,
but what we’re building’s not good at all.

Oh God--
you gave us chemistry
to make all types of poisons
for the world.

Oh God--
we made you our enemy
when we brought our own
solutions into your world.

Oh God--
you give us immunity
from the fever that always boils within your sight.

And God--
you give us you and me.
and the strength to stay awake
through this lonely night.

And God--
you gave me stupidity.
So I could sing a stupid song
about how far I’ve come.

But God--
I want to speak of beauty.
Instead I write a symphony
about being dumb.
Instead I write a symphony
about being dumb.

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from How A Ghost Vanishes, released April 11, 2016

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Julian Cartwright is a songwriter, instrumentalist, composer and arranger based in the Philadelphia area. Instagram @julian.cartwright.songs

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