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If I Believed

from 2014 Songaweek by HB Radke

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What can one say when you realize that you've wasted your life playing it safe.

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every day i think to myself
i'd like to be somebody else
someone who has it all together
somebody who's smarter and a bit more clever
when we finished school we were off to the races
such grand ideas and bright shining faces
the verve of youth has long since faded
no lasting sign of what we've created


If I believed in God I would pray for assistance
I'm a heretic or is it indifference
wasted most my life being ruled by my sickness
i really need just a little forgiveness
yeah a little forgiveness

as years go passing by
i've become more existential
i've even stopped asking why
i never reached my true potential

A burden to my family - pariah to my friends
The crushing weight of gravity does not seem to end

The wrong choices again and again
hoping this will be better
that kind of thinking's not sane


If I believed in God I would pray for salvation
I'm heretic or is it desperation
i lived my life for someone else
I wish I had the strength to forgive myself
yeah to forgive myself

precious months and years
thrown away by fear
washed out with the tide
weighted down by my pride


every day i think to myself
i should pack my dream up on the shelf
no more time for this foolish endeavor
leave it to those who are younger and clever
put away these childish things
let it go- pronounce it dead
try to mend my self esteem
stop the voices in my head

If I believed in God I would pray for assistance
I'm a heretic or is it indifference
wasted most my life being ruled by my sickness
i really need just a little forgiveness
yeah a little forgiveness

If I believed in God I would pray for salvation
I'm heretic or is it desperation
i lived my life for someone else
I wish I had the strength to forgive myself
yeah to forgive myself

If I believed in God I would pray for assistance
I'm a heretic or is it indifference
wasted most my life being ruled by my sickness
i really need just a little forgiveness
yeah a little forgiveness

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from 2014 Songaweek, track released October 20, 2014
Written, Performed, and Produced by HB Radke

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HB Radke Seattle, Washington

HB Radke has music in his blood. The son of Harry James Orchestra frontman Fred Radke and vocalist Gina Funes, HB started on the trumpet at the age of 8. He started his own big band just a few years after that. His career as a vocalist began in his teens.

For 2011 he has resolved to write and record at least one original song per week. As of September 2011, he is 4 weeks ahead of schedule. ... more

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