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The Other Side of Hell

from The Other Side of Hell EP by Black House

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The Other Side of Hell:
A song that, like the album cover, was inspired by my churchgoing past (the cover is meant to be reminiscent of a church bulletin), and by my dysfunctional upbringing and reactive behaviors. It's about getting the hell out of bad situations in which you know in your heart you are being manipulated and sold short, whether that be a family or relationship situation, or an organization that just keeps pulling your chains tighter: it's a straightforward melody and a straightforward message. Sometimes you have to break the mold in order to pour your own--the point is to live the questions hard until you get the truth.

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Don’t put your thoughts in your pockets
Don’t tell your secrets to yourself
Don’t wrap your heart in cellophane
And hand it off to someone else

You got to let them know right now
That you deserve to have so much more
Walk out the door if it’s closing you in
Don’t look backwards to where you’ve been
Don’t put your thoughts in your pockets

I know it hurts to see them cry
But every tear is another lie
And sometimes pain is just a chain
To keep you tied down to that life

Don’t put your thoughts in your pockets
Don’t tell your secrets to yourself
There’s freedom on the other side
Of even the darkest hell
There’s freedom on the other side
Of even the hottest hell

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from The Other Side of Hell EP, released November 7, 2014

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Black House Corvallis, Oregon

Folky country bluesy whatever. This is myself as a queer person, as a survivor of all kinds of mess, as a life enthusiast, in musical form.

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