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House With No Walls

from An Atheist Album by Shelley Segal

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I wrote this song to my friend Daniel and to my parents. It's about the defending of faith as a desired position, one that brings comfort, rather than providing truth.

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You’re standing in house with no walls
You don’t wanna leave coz it feels like home
You’re sitting in a house with no floor
You can feel the mud seeping in
But you just choose to ignore

All the evidence that what you think isn’t real
You don’t look because you don’t like the way it makes you feel
You say you need the shelter to get through all your falls
That’s why you choose to live in a house with no walls

You’re wearing the emperors new clothes
You think they’ll protect you from the world but how can you be sure
You’re wearing anything at all?
Even when the others tell you that your raincoat is worth more than

All the evidence that what you think isn’t real
You don’t look because you don’t like the way it makes you feel
You say you need the shelter to get through all your falls
That’s why you choose to live in a house with no walls

Why don’t you build your shelter from the things we know
All the out dated dogma why don’t you let it go

You’re standing in house with no walls
You don’t wanna leave coz it feels like home
You’re sitting in a house with no floor
You can feel the mud seeping in
But you just choose to ignore

All the evidence that what you think isn’t real
You don’t look because you don’t like the way it makes you feel
You say you need the shelter to get through all your falls
That’s why you choose to live in a house with no walls

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from An Atheist Album, released November 14, 2011
Produced By Tom Nichols at Britannia Row Studios, London
Bella Chipperfield on keys

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Shelley Segal Melbourne, Australia

An artist, an activist & an explicit story-teller, Shelley uses her music not only to express the way she sees the world, but to create the world that she wants to see.

“Thoughtful lyrics celebrating life, love, and reason” –Julia Burke

Desirous of all expressions, Shelley flirts with elements of Folk, Pop and Americana imparting a pure joy about music & it’s power. ... more

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