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Official Lyrics: End Israeli Occupation

[Verse]
There's something so unbelievably dystopian,
& Black Mirror-esque about Palestinians,
Having to become content creators,
During a genocide in order to go viral enough,
To be able to afford to buy enough flour & bread,
To survive,

What's happening in Gaza isn't complicated,
& it ain't political to think that people,
Shouldn't be deliberately starved to death,
Israel is violating international law,
Don't let the mainstream media get away with,
Burying these stories at all,
Talk about it loud,
&, talk about it often,

[Hook]
'Cause it's past time for accountability,
& for freedom, 
& justice to ring,

[Chorus]
Because we must,
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION!,
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION!,
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION!,
Hold the evils of this regime accountable,
Because we must,
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION!,
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION!,
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION!,

[Verse]
How can you tell me, that food isn't political,
When starvation is being weaponized?,
They're dropping food & bombs, on Palestine,
At the same fucking time!,
-All of this could end today,
If either Israel ended their apartheid state,
Or if world leaders had enough courage,
To put an end to Israel's blockade,
'Cause calories alone won't save Gaza,
Limited aid means refeeding syndrome will kill next,
Open up the borders,
No more limits on humanitarian aid!,

[Bridge]
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal,
& our nation is directly implicated
In the crimes against Palestine,
The United States must stop all military assistance to Israel,
-There is no moral clarity in,
Wreaking vengeance on innocent people,
Israeli forces kill & main innocent people,
Waiting for food & humanitarian aid,

[Hook]
'Cause it's past time for accountability,
& for freedom, 
& justice to ring,

[Chorus]
Because we must,
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION!,
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION!,
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION!,
Hold the evils of this regime accountable,
Because we must,
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION!,
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION!,
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION!,
[Hook]
'Cause it's past time for accountability,
& for freedom, 
& justice to ring,

[Chorus]
Because we must,
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION!,
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION!,
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION!,
Hold the evils of this regime accountable,
Because we must,
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION!,
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION!,
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION!

Warp Drive Hearts

End Israeli Occupation

This was another song I wrote during those same emotionally turbulent high school years in the mid-1980s. If "Breakin' My Heart" was about the immediate shock of betrayal, "Shattered Illusions" dug deeper into the aftermath - that hollow feeling when you realize everything you believed about someone was built on lies.

The opening line "Midnight shadows, a phone that won't ring" perfectly captured those sleepless nights, waiting for someone who was never going to call. I remember writing that verse thinking about how naive I'd been, how I'd "built castles on empty words." The metaphor felt so real to me then - all those promises and dreams just crumbling down.

What I'm proud of in this song is the pre-chorus structure. Adding that extra emotional build before hitting the chorus made the impact stronger. "Shattering my world" felt like the perfect phrase to describe how completely someone could destroy your sense of reality when you're seventeen and think you know everything about love.

The bridge represents growth - moving from victim to survivor. "I'm done with your lies, done with the pain" shows that progression from hurt to empowerment that I was learning to navigate as a teenager. The outro ties it all together with "Your love was fiction, but I'll rise from this fall" - probably the most mature line I wrote at that age.

Like my other lyrics from that time, this sat dormant for decades until AI technology gave me the opportunity to finally hear these words with music. There's something magical about bringing teenage angst full circle with today's creative tools. The song now has that dramatic, emotional sound that matches the intensity I felt when I first wrote these words.

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