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Justifiable (Give Me an Answer)

from Schaeffermusic by Clicker Records

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Trigger warning: being kicked out of a house, teenager abuse, LGBT-conservative disconnect.

One of my friends from Sunday school went to college and was, one day, institutionalized for some strange reason. When I reconnected with her, it turns out that she was taken out of college and institutionalized for being bisexual by her hard-right conspiracy theorist father.

I'm sorry, but that's a problem in our society: people not accepting one another for who they are. It's always their way or the highway. There's no grey area - no admittance of wrongdoing, but no acceptance of the spectrum of life.

When I first wrote this song, it was this very math-rocky song about two minutes in length. As expected, since it was written during the aftermath of the raid, I got about four downvotes over what was obviously supposed to be a run-through demo and a bunch of spam comments about sex toys. For a while, I gave up trying to work on this and focused all my energy on trying to write an entire song cycle about the raid (which is not a good thing to do). However, I rediscovered it during the summer semester and quickly retooled to fit a much faster tempo and a higher key.

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You had her committed for no reason!
You thought she was unclean!
These actions you think are justifiable,
but you're accountable for the abuse.

Ever since you wrote her out,
reeling in and out of your paranoia.
Let me tell you something: Judgment Day's coming
and it looks like you're down for the count!

What the hell is the matter?
Why don't you care?
Give me an answer.
Give me an answer!
Justifiable...

Don't give me the typical excuse -
"it's against my morality to accept her."
You treated her like shit!
"Tough love always wins out," you said.

You sold her away and forgot her name,
you praise His name but you can't seem
to live up to His example!
Why don't you buck up for once?

What the hell is the matter?
Why don't you care?
Give me an answer!
Give me an answer!
Justifiable...

Hey, what's wrong? Please tell me what's wrong.
They never did anything to you!

What the hell is the matter?
Why don't you care?
Give me an answer!
Give me an answer!
Justifiable...

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from Schaeffermusic, released October 26, 2014

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