Boy

from Everlasting by Daniel Ray Hilsinger

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Boy is the first song I wrote. I wrote the chorus first —

“But I, I don’t know, what will happen next, but I oh I am hoping for the best” which is pretty much how I was feeling after surviving bone cancer. It was like a complete and total reset. Made me question everything. The verses investigate the cultural programming I was infused with and hopefully leaves you questioning the validity of what-we-are-taught-to-be-true by the end.

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Boy

Hey boy, where you going?

Hey boy, where you going?

It’s time to wake up and go to school, make sure to listen and follow the rules

Be a man they say, have a plan they say, Be a man they say, have a plan they say,

But I, don’t know, what will happen next,

So I’m hoping for the best.

Put on a suit and tie, or a uniform of some kind

Put on a suit and tie, keep on working till you die

But I, don’t know, what will happen next,

So I’m hoping for the best.

Make some more money for me, say the ones who profit while you bleed

Do it all quietly, no matter what you’ll never be free

Yes I, don’t know, what will happen next,

So I’m hoping for the best.

Forget all your dreams, keep still, don’t be seen

Let go of everything, it’ll all be gone before you blink,

I’ll be gone before you blink

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from Everlasting, released March 23, 2023

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Daniel Ray Hilsinger Oakland, California

diagnosed with bone cancer at 29, I started to sing and play guitar for the first time - something I always wanted to do, but never made time for.

music saved my life. and I'm so grateful to begin sharing it with you. ... more

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