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Composed for a SongFight entry. The lyrics explore phrases we use such as "You're pushing my buttons" and "Don't push it." A very human tendency to invent issues that we can blame others later for trespassing. The song also asserts that having our 'buttons pushed' could be just what we need!

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(V1)
Displaying all your biases
like a badge of honor
Proud of idiosyncrasies
Truth repelled, like oil from water
Righteous indignation
coiled up like a tightened spring
Emotions a hair trigger
waiting for one who's willing to

(CH)
Push it
and push some more
A button made (and displayed)
What's a button for?
Push it
and push some more
I will just keep pushing it
'Til you push me out the door

(V2)
You're just a tad too hand in glove
world of black and whiteness
perception too reliable
trusting too much in your rightness
But I can see quite plainly
devices you have made
contraptions of illusions
the mechanism begs for me to

CH

(BR)
"Comfort the disturbed"
The maxim gently prods
But, too, "Disturb the comfortable"
challenge all their gods
If they show a doorbell buzzer
Plain for all to see
Someone has to push it
Might as well be me to

(OUT)
And later on, when you cool down
I humbly ask of you
When you see my head's too big
Will you push me, too!

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from RED Album (by AntBut), track released March 4, 2012
Composed and performed by Anthony Butterfield (AntBut)

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If you're here, you probably already know me. But just in case you happened here and don't know me personally, I will tell you just a bit about me. I'm a school teacher in Utah who makes music in the basement using electronic and acoustic equipment. It's a fun hobby. My track prices are cheap because I'm just happy if someone wants to own one or two! ... more

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