{"id":135682,"date":"2024-01-03T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T01:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=135682"},"modified":"2024-01-03T16:20:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T22:20:50","slug":"tlv-2023-2024-winter-reading-issue-peace-on-earth-by-kyle-kite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/tlv-2023-2024-winter-reading-issue-peace-on-earth-by-kyle-kite\/","title":{"rendered":"TLV 2023\u20132024 Winter Reading Issue: “Peace on Earth,” by Kyle Kite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cPeace on Earth\u201d
a song by Kyle Kite<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

when i was a kid i lived in the suburbs
i thought tv was actual life
i dreamed of a laugh-track kinda future
where everything wrapped up clean and nice
and there was peace on earth
peace on earth
peace on earth
with every little heartbreak i collected
the picture got static-y and hard to see
there\u2019s a quiet kind of bitterness in disappointment
it makes you forget that you forgot to believe
in peace on earth
peace on earth
peace on earth
a cynical voice screams like a siren
in every grave and news headline
it says, \u201cjustice is a joke and we\u2019re all the punchline
and only a fool falls for the lie
of peace on earth
peace on earth
peace on earth\u201d
i\u2019ve grown too old for cynicism
and cheap answers on tv
but when i was a kid i was on to something
and i\u2019ve still got two hands and this foolish dream
of peace on earth
peace on earth
(working for) peace on earth
peace on earth
(fighting for) peace on earth
(dreaming of) peace on earth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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