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Battered, Bruised and Beautiful

from No Ordinary People by Al Black

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Verse 1

You rage at God and He tells you He can take it
Already too long in the tooth to even want to fake it
If your heart turns to stone
It will fall and crush us all
A cornered animal you bare your teeth
when your back's against the wall

Chorus

Battered, bruised and beautiful
Battered, bruised and beautiful
Battered, bruised and beautiful
Now we see you standing tall yeah
Battered, bruised and beautiful
Battered, bruised and beautiful
Battered, bruised and beautiful
Now you know what it's all been for yeah

Verse 2

The scars they gave you
in the half light begins to shine
The ugly shame they did to you
will fade in time
Darkness it rears up hungry enough
to swallow you up whole
Hanging on with your fingernail faith
and your second hand soul

Verse 3
Souls threshed from their husks
like bursting stars
Discarded shells like junk yard cars
You're no accidental heart so rage against it all
Make some noise yeah make your mark
all revolutions start out small

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from No Ordinary People, released July 15, 2023

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Al Black Belfast, UK

"Top quality hook-laden , lyrically probing songwriting"

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Al Black is a Northern Ireland based Singer Songwriter who plays acoustic driven Indie Rock. Al's lyrics which sit among uncomplicated melodies speak of the challenges people face in life's dark places by contrasting them against hope.
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