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I Am the Dust

from I Am the Dust by Scouts Honor

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I was a farmer's barn in a middle state. I laid fertilizer down by the interstate. The soil got rich. The seeds grew sprouts. The sprouts grew up. Now, look what turned out. I was a farmer's barn till I laid down. My boards all rotted. Now, I am the dust just blowing 'round. Just blowing 'round. Just blowing around in the dirt - in the dust - in the ground. We're trying to be the biggest fish in the open sea. We're trying to be big city, but we're a little too country. We're trying to be some kind of hometown celebrities. If minerals were words and water was phrasing, these roots would have ears and hear a voice saying, "Hit them hard. Hit them in the heart. When you're feeling defenseless, you get honest. Hit them hard. Hit them in the heart." If the roots had voices, they'd be singing, "Lay down. You're almost dead now. You're grave is a stepping stone, and every stalk is a barn, oh, don't you know?" So, I was born again amongst the fields I did tend. But, my voice was not my own and the foundation I had built is not what I stood upon, but the wind was carrying a song. The stalks were singing! Now you've got blood on your hands.

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from I Am the Dust, released March 14, 2006

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Scouts Honor Peoria, Illinois

SCOUTS HONOR were a rock'n'roll explosion based out of Peoria, IL and later out of Chicago, IL. In their 7 years as a band, they played over 400 shows.

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