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John Cameron Mitchell, Alynda Segarra - American Sickness

from New American Dream by John Cameron Mitchell and Friends

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i have the american sickness
i’m never satisfied
i wanna buy the experience
i will be denied
always at the window
but never inside
 
i have the american sickness
i’m feeling endless pain
i have the weight of atrocity
it’s done in my name
i’m not to blame
it’s done in my name

how
did it come to this
i know for some
shame no longer exists

but i’d
like to reminisce
about a time
when a sin was a kiss
between god and money

i seek total forgiveness
i’ve outlived all my friends
i feel like the final witness
didn’t think i’d last

never thought i’d last in a land
with no future or past

and i don’t care about loyalty
i run and i run from my humanity
an earthquake 
an outbreak
oh what will it take
just to shake me
wake me out of this feverdream

and i long for purity
but nobody comes out clean
baby there’s nowhere left to hide
unless the mob is on your side

and i miss the days of a secret life
someone’s always watching you
watching me

and i should take my own advice
but i no longer believe
in what i was about to say
so i pray

i have the american sickness
i don’t know who i am
i don’t know what afflicts us

behold the man
he’ll do what he can
to finish what we began

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from New American Dream, released September 4, 2020
Written and performed by Alynda Segarra and John Cameron Mitchell; violin by Bitch; euphonium by Robbie Cucciaro; bass by Kellen Harrison; orchestrated by Lance Horne; produced by John Cameron Mitchell; mixed by Justin Craig; mastered by Kevin Ratterman

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John Cameron Mitchell & Friends

John Cameron Mitchell is an American writer, director, performer, songwriter. He directed, starred in and wrote w/ Stephen Trask the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. His other films include Shortbus, Rabbit Hole, How To Talk To Girls At Parties.W/ Bryan Weller he created the acclaimed musical podcast series Anthem: Homunculus.He’s currently a cast member of Hulu’s Shrill and CBS’s The Good Fight ... more

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