Name: Guru
Duration: P00H05M35S
Description: A song about the price that some teachers ask you to pay.

Guru

from Closer to the Sun by Scott McKinstry

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A song about the price that some teachers ask you to pay.

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I know why you're unhappy
know why you're so upset.
I know why you keep rehearsing
all you wish you could forget.

I can show you why you suffer
I can draw your map of pain.
I will trace you the solution
how to exit from the game.

I'm your guru
I am the answer you've been looking for.
I'm your guru
I am the key that opens every door.
You can try to go without me
but you know exactly where that leads;
I'm your guru --
I'm the only one you need.

Don't listen to the haters
they've got poison on the brain.
They fester with their worries
and want you to do the same.

They only know how to demolish
but what I've built is gonna last.
You just have to learn to follow
turn your back on your past.

I'm your guru
I am the answer you've been looking for.
I'm your guru
I am the key that opens every door.
You can try to go without me
but you know exactly where that leads;
I'm your guru --
I'm the only one you need.

The time for scrutiny is over
lay all your doubts aside.
Only the faithful can follow
to refuse is stubborn suicide.

I'm your guru
I am the answer you've been looking for.
I'm your guru
I am the key that opens every door.
You can try to go without me
but you know exactly where that leads;
I'm your guru --
I'm the only one you need.

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from Closer to the Sun, released March 14, 2022

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Scott McKinstry Edmonds, Washington

Scott McKinstry is a singer-songwriter living in the Pacific Northwest.

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