Free Radicals

from IT HAPPENS by Cheryl Hillier

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7th July, my birthday, my wedding anniversary, a special date, a lucky number... but now the 10th anniversary of the bombings.
7th July 2005 on a school day trip to The British Museum, at best a day out ruined, could have been much, much worse.
From the flyover where the coach came to a halt in traffic we could see the stretchers being carried out from the tube station.
We all made it home safely, unlike so many others
Songwriting has always been a necessary vent for me; at last I have some decent recordings... and a need to share some important messages.
Please share and help me get it out there...

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What inspires the young to kill?
One track minded won't live to tell;
Disconnected from all that counts
Disenfranchised the tension mounts.
- Go on -
Defend your faith
And all those orphans make,
And justify your means
To steal those hopes and dreams.

Misdirected in every way,
Pointless waste is all you say,
Isolated within your cell,
Come out, come out, come out of your shell,
And taste the world outside,
Where there's no need to hide,
And diversity is such a thrill
Why d'you feel the need to kill?

Mass destruction on such a scale,
To want to die for fear you'd fail,
Crystalising the hate and fear,
All you do is bring it nearer,
To ones that you still love,
The loss is all too much,
And to find their flesh and blood,
Has got that murdering touch.

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from **IT HAPPENS, released July 7, 2015

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