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Begin ©2021 Joel Plimmer/Marti Dodson

Pick a fight, then pick a side
Everyone’s convinced that they’re the one who’s right
The only way we’re gonna survive

Is to begin to live and let the other live
See the beauty in our differences
Then everywhere we look the sun is shining
All that we can see are silver linings Heaven’s gates let us in
Let the bitterness end
And just begin

We know history repeats itself
And here we go again creating our own hell
The only way to save ourselves

Is to begin to live and let the other live
See the beauty in our differences
Then everywhere we look the sun is shining
All that we can see are silver linings Heaven’s gates let us in
Let the bitterness end
And just begin

INTERLUDE

Can we begin to live and let the other live
See the beauty in our differences
Then everywhere we look the sun is shining
All that we can see are silver linings Heaven’s gates let us in
Let the bitterness end
And just begin

Maybe love is waking up
Maybe we’ve decided we’ve all had enough
Maybe all it takes is us
To Begin
Begin





Love your vocal on this song - it's a special song - albeit probably not a dead ringer for a pitch - but I don't care - wanna write great songs... :)

•   v2 - the performance I comped in was the one without the internal rhyme - and I think it works best there:
​We know history repeats itself
And here we go again creating our own hell
​The only way to save ourselves is to begin...

I know I had asked for you to try internal rhymes to match the other verses - but this just works for me and I really am not missing it matching or not. Mentioning our own hell etc. is fringe but so's the music so I think we should let this song be what it is - more arty but awesome. 

So no revisions from my end. After listening to my comp choices, what say you?
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