UPDATE (July 7): The Presale is on at DerekWebb.com
UPDATE 2 (July 8): Apparently there has been some technical issues resulting in delays for some folks (due to the overwhelming response no doubt) but I'm assured all will be cleared up today.
Further to my earlier post (with video) it looks like pre-order (and digital download is a go for tomorrow on Derek Webb's new album Stockholm Syndrome, although there's nothing on DerekWebb.com about it yet. DerekWebb.net has more on the cryptic campaign leading up to the release, but I'm obviously too old for this stuff. I'll check back tomorrow for the download.
BTW, here's my best try at the lyrics. I'm not sure about the lines marked with an asterisk, so feel free to weigh in with your suggestions/corrections. I think this track is going to (continue to) cause quite a stir.
What Matters More
Derek WebbYou say you always treat people like you'd like to be
I guess you love being hated for your sexuality
You love when people put words in your mouth
About what you believe, make you sound like a freak
'Cause if you really believe what you say you believe
You wouldn't be so damn reckless with the words you speak
What we silently conceal when the liars speak*
Denying all the dying or the remedy*Tell me brother what matters more to you?
Tell me sister what matters more to you?If I could tell what's in your heart by what comes out of your mouth
Then it sure looks to me like being straight is all it's about
Yeah it looks like being hated for all the wrong things
Of chasing the wind while the pendulum swings
'Cause we can talk and debate 'til we're blue in the face
About the language and tradition that he's coming to save
Meanwhile we sit just like we don't give a shit
About fifty thousand people who are dying todayTell me brother what matters more to you?
Tell me sister what matters more to you?
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