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Stuck Inside

by Anders/O'Bitz

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Morton's Pillory Plea 05:10
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Morton’s Pillory Plea (©2021 Anders/O’Bitz) I don’t know How much they pay for what you do Captain Standish Would any promises sway you I don’t care if you take down my maypole I only care if you plan to let me go I don’t dare question any of their faith I don’t dare as they pillory me to waste I don’t dare fight your princes of limbo I don’t dare make this colony my foe I don’t dare Hell no I don’t dare Let the sunshine Brown my skin so fair Hell no sunshine will not do Turn my skin so dark Like the heathens do Yes I know our New Canaan feels so new And I know these heathens have more truth Yes I know They’re more human than me or you And I know This undermines your truth Yes I know our freedom threatens you And I know God smiles on all that’s true And I know this by smiles on every face Men, women, heathen, Christian, every case. Yes I know Hell no I don’t dare Let the sunshine Brown my skin so fair Hell no sunshine will not do Turn my skin so dark Like the heathens do Hell no I don’t dare Let the sunshine Brown my skin so fair Hell no sunshine will not do Turn my skin so dark Like the heathens do Hell no … I don’t dare
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This Bird Don't Fly 05:52
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This Bird Don’t Fly (©2021 Anders/O’Bitz) What she wrote on hope A pretty bird song and all Perched and singing in all souls For all time Was this her storytime Nothing too dark oh no For this young old soul It might seem so Ooh ooh ooh Ahh oh This bird don’t fly It’s perched just so False hope Sings eternal If the bird don’t fly If the wrong kind of hope False songs Ask much more Ooh ooh ooh Ahh oh Wrote so much during warrin’ time Hard to keep hope pure and at all alive Without lyin’ so And don’t forget all that genocide And slavery at home Some hope Impure and low Ooh ooh ooh Ahh oh Ooh ooh ooh Ahh oh This bird don’t fly It’s perched just so False hope Sings eternal This bird don’t fly This bird don’t fly This bird don’t fly This bird don’t fly
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Lost At Sea 04:47
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Lost At Sea (©2021 Anders/O’Bitz) Too long On this boat of mine At sea No voice Other than my own to hear Or heed I’m not sure how to love I’m not sure how to be It’s been so long I’m not sure how to love I’m not sure how to be Is this my home Too far From any shore tonight To see No choice Other than my own decide So free I’m not sure how to love I’m not sure how to be Is this my home I’m not sure how to love I’m not sure I want to be So free So lost So lost At sea So lost So lost At sea
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Tell It So 04:41
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Tell It So (©2020 Anders/O'Bitz) The hero of my story knows Who is good and who’s bad just so He just knows And he knows He just knows what his strength is for He just knows who to use it for Use it for Who’s it for? Oh just tell it now and go Oh that’s not how it’s s’posed to go Tell it so Who he is and just how he knows Based on a story that went just so Went just so Went just so His story started to crumble so From the bottom to top just so Crumble so Crumble so Oh just tell it now and go Oh that’s not how it’s s’posed to go Tell it so Is he who he is? When the story’s not so Our hero goes down He’s no more Oh just tell it now and go Oh that’s not how it’s s’posed to go Oh just tell it now and go Oh that’s not how it’s s’posed to go Tell it so Tell it so Tell it so
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Trapped In Me 04:27
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Trapped In Me (©2021 Anders/O’Bitz) I want to be Where I can see All them from above Can they see me And can they feel What I hope’s my love Who can I be If they don’t feel What I hope is my love Who do they see Who have they seen Since this hiding’s won Oh Wait am I trapped in me How long before they can see it all All of this inside me All of what’s hidden so I feel above How long Who do I see Who does the seein’ When I look from above If not from me From whom do they feel What I hope’s my love Oh Wait am I trapped in me How long before I can free it all All of this inside me All of what’s hidden so I feel above How long How long this hiding’s won How long it’s been the real me How can I call this love And how can they love what they can’t see Wait am I trapped in me How long before they can see it all All of this inside me All of what’s hidden so I feel above Wait am I trapped in me How long before I can free it all From me
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Stuck Inside 04:37
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Stuck Inside (©2020 Anders/O'Bitz) Hear some lovers get it right Hear some others walk Hear some others say goodnight Hear some others talk I hear it all My neighbors’ lives Hear above they say goodbye Hear below a call Hear some others start to cry Hear another fall I hear it all My neighbors’ lives You know I want it all But I’m stuck inside I hear it all My neighbors’ lives You know I want it all But I’m stuck inside Can they tell I’m broken by A whole life between these walls Can they tell I want it back All that time wasted gone I can’t sing my story loud I can’t sing it very long I can barely hear my sound Only hear their song Only hear their song No, no I can’t Hear me at all No, no I can’t Hear me at all Hear some lovers say goodbye Hear some others talk Hear some others say goodnight Hear the other’s song Hear the other’s song
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I'm Ceded 06:48
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I’m Ceded (©2021 Anders/O’Bitz) Baptized before Without choice Outside time Before sin and grace I was Their own In more than name As the water Splashed my face And why use up Any water No before sin To wash away And why before Without choice There’s only after sin To counter grace Yes I ran Their senseless race So slow at first But I kept pace Took everything I had Increase my speed Always someone Who’d up the pace Never let you Forget Their stakes The finish Their idea Never seen Called to my full Existence Called to define My own sin and grace Their pace no more I have choice So starts my time And my own race I’m ceded I stopped long ago Keeping up Their pace I know Don’t need it I get so much further Runnin’ my own race I know I’m ceded Half conscious before Without choice Full consciousness Freedom brings And so I run And I set my pace One end in sight It sets my stakes These stakes they are of love So freedom rings I’m ceded I stopped long ago Keeping up Their pace I know Don’t need it I get so much further Runnin’ my own race I know … Ah ahh ...
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A Closed-Eye Seer 04:24
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A Closed-Eye Seer (©2021 Anders/O’Bitz) She was a closed-eye seer What binded her to that room This binding it also freed her As it became her tomb How did she see beyond time And see so much beyond that small room Was all in her soul to find it All it wants is truth She was a closed-eye seer Helped her see in you Her limits unknown She lived oceanic feelings Or were they a sea of doom The water a vast communion A verdent and obscure womb How did she see beyond time And see so much beyond that small room Was all in her soul to find it All it wants is truth She was a closed-eye seer Helped her see in you Her limits unknown Her limits unknown Her limits unknown It sees and so she knows Was all in her soul to find it All it wants is truth She was a closed-eye seer Helped her see in you Was all in her soul to find it All it wants is truth She was a closed-eye seer Helped her see in you Her limits unknown Her limits unknown Her limits unknown (She sees inside me and you) Her limits unknown (She sees inside me and you)
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All From Inside 05:09
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All From Inside (Anders, O’Bitz 2020) I do want to see you I know it’s about time Been alone with no sister or brother Been alone for some time Alone and inside Inside You know I will stay inside Of my place and of my mind It’s okay I still see you All from inside All from inside Did I ever see you Ever really go outside So alone with my mother and father So alone all this time Alone and inside Inside You know I will stay inside Of my place and of my mind It’s okay I still see you All from inside All from inside All from inside And, love, I see you fallin’ In love with these projections--mine You know these projections Are all from inside All from inside All from inside Oh You know I will stay inside Of my place and of my mind It’s okay I still see you All from inside You know I will stay inside Of my place and of my mind It’s okay I still see you All from inside All from inside All from inside
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Holdin' Our Own 04:23
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Holdin’ Our Own (Anders, O’Bitz 2020) More than used to this setting Much is changed when confined This place didn’t seem so small When just mine Anyone could have said too much Trying to fill so much time How could any two hold up And survive Holdin’ our own In our room for two Was honesty blown Caring too Holdin’ our own So singular with you Honesty blown Only saying the truth Are we blaming the setting So used to being confined Weren’t we feelin’ restricted In a bind Our love can’t sustain so much That way just isn’t our style Weren’t you planning on leaving For a while Holdin’ our own In our room for two Was honesty blown Caring too Holdin’ our own So singular with you Honesty blown Only saying the truth You say you said it with love But you couldn’t stay true By our love We both said way too much Of what’s true Holdin’ our own In our room for two Was honesty blown Caring too Holdin’ our own So singular with you Honesty blown Only saying the truth Holdin’ our own I’m fearing what’s true Both said way too much Of what’s true Holdin’ our own
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Small World Abide 04:55
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Small World Abide (©2021 Anders/O’Bitz) Oh no what have we done Oh no we all know what comes On no our fires breed bigger fires And yet we light some more Oh no are we having fun Oh no so many dead from guns On no our fights breed bigger fights And yet we start more wars Nowhere to hide Nowhere to go Small world abide Oh no On no can we let them cross (Oh no) Oh no won’t we feel a loss (Oh no) Oh no our walls breed bigger walls And yet we build some more Oh no are we all on the run (Oh no) Oh no can we escape what comes (Oh no) On no our lies breed bigger lies And yet we tell some more Nowhere to hide Nowhere to go Small world abide Oh no Oh no what have we done (Oh no) On no we all know what comes (Oh no) Oh no our fights breed bigger fires And yet we start more wars Nowhere to hide (Oh no) Nowhere to go (Oh no) Small world abide Nowhere to hide Small world abide

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Stuck Inside is the third installment of the Anders/O'Bitz collection "music in the time of coronavirus." For more on this album, see www.AndersObitz.com/stuck-inside-2021.

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released November 13, 2021

All Songs Written by Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz
Produced and Mixed by Mike Butler
Mastered by Jamal Ruhe
Cover Design by Ileana Hernandez and Eric Anders

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Singer-songwriter Eric Anders (right) and guitarist-composer Mark O'Bitz (left) both hail from California. Eric and Mark have been working on music together since Eric's 2003 debut release, Not At One--like all of Eric's solo releases it was mostly Anders/O'Bitz. The guys started releasing music as a duo in 2018 with Of All These Things and have released at least an album every year after that. ... more

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