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You Won't Keep Me Down

from On the Edge of Reality by Edward Roussac

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The song is sung entirely a capella. The lyrics are to my Year 10 music teacher, who believes that I am a better keyboardist than a vocalist, and also does not allow me to sing at graduation and insists on me playing an instrument instead. As I do not have a keyboard as a reference pitch in the recording, my vocals are slightly flat.

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This is an alternative aberration
I'm attempting the art of persuasion
If I try to sing at graduation
You can throw around your perceptions
You won't keep me down.

You can push me around
You can knock me to the ground
You could say I'm out of place
You can call my voice a disgrace
But you can't keep me down!

You can call me pretentious
You can call my voice contentious
You can say 'Stick to the bloody keyboard'
A singer-songwriter is my path toward
You won't keep me down

The first time you heard my voice
Was when I performed "Yesterday"
If you truly believed I wasn't cut out
You should have stopped me on the way
You won't keep me down

But in the end, you're in control
Submission breaks through my soul
You say who you need to sing
As if diversity isn't a thing
You just kept me down.

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from On the Edge of Reality, released October 31, 2017
Edward Roussac - vocals

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Edward Roussac Melbourne, Australia

I am a musician from Melbourne, Victoria. I sing and play keyboards as well as guitar and bass. I like to express my thoughts through the songs I write.

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