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The Effects of Light Pollution On My Struggle With Humanity

from I Have No Home Planet by Average Joey

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The moon is looming over
Frowning and drowning in all the city lights
He used to illuminate the night
But now his shine is obsolete

I used to admire the big buildings
But now they make me feel so small
Trapped and lost and clostrophobic
Choking on exhaust fumes and smog

The bustle is so loud
I can hardly hear the music in the clouds
My thoughts they drown
In the harsh machinery sounds of this town

Hard strum


The map in the stars
is overpowered by these glowing towers
They write out a warning
A tour guide to our doom that will go unseen

Is it too much to ask\
For a patch of grass to rest my head on
Nothing I can say
Will reverse this concrete blanket so vast and gray

All these walls
they block the view they squew the scenery
there is an imbalance
this is not the way the world should be


I used to admire the city
But now it makes me realize
The mess we’ve made of this beautiful place
Our filth even reaches the sky

Hard strum


This planet is a prison
I feel so restricted in the atmosphere
I need to ponder on some distant stars
Because it’s too late for us here


All is concrete
Not a patch left of green
What’s left of the Earth
Is left broken and dirty howling fro mercy

Star gazing is my only escape
The only way to ignore our fate
But if I lay in the street I’ll get hit by a car
I just want to lay with the stars

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from I Have No Home Planet, released May 19, 2013

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