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Old Friends
02:02
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yes, ma’am, we’re sorry, but we’re sure that your daughter
went out and caught a ride to party for a while
twice now she’s arrested, for narcotic possession
if we kept track of her she’d probably go straight to jail
and the weight was coming down
shoulders that were not built to support a force
that tried to erase her
he was not what you thought when you got in the car
and he asked you how far you would go with him to pay
don’t cry and don’t fight it – just try to keep it quiet
the uniform implies he has a gun to hide mistakes
her life with bars, and long rides with men in cars
dismissive of their gaze / you’re in danger if you don’t obey
there is nothing that she wanted more
than to feel them break – her rage hot and pure
but they could not stand it, they could not stand it
she reprimanded and then they preyed
a piece of, the puzzle, that they silenced with muzzles
the highway took her to a place so far away
don’t cry and don’t fight it – just try to keep it quiet
the uniform implies he has an alibi
she was just one body – anthologized abruptly
a case that can’t grow cold is one that’s unbelieved
we’ll scream and we’ll fight it, make sure that we aren’t silent
her name will carry on and we will make them pay.
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Brood
02:54
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my mind it wandered, followed my unhinged womb
the ticking of a clock i couldn’t see within the room
i’ve tasted moonshine, but this was pure
the tidal waving was erasing everything i knew before
feeling friendly, feeling fine / make mountains out of molehills
that i could not have identified / crash collisions, cells divide
sensations of contortions held in power right between my thighs
forget the sense of self-hood for once - without intoxication now
forget the sense of self all for good
the moment that you left me
was the moment that the walls they came down
restless awakenings, embodied grief
the traumas of the past came to haunt me in my sleep
the body heavy with blood to spare
reaching from within and pushing skin
to let me know it’s there
feeling pressure, on the rise
a little chest bursting event of ritual and sacrifice
between state and lunar glare
the echoed howl into the night the moment your skin touched the air
remaining lucid, untethered veins
screaming in a crowded room, without any restraint
instinct stepped in and became my guide
relying on the tricks of chemistry to keep us both alive
feeling anxious – who am i
to bring you to a place that they fear ritual and sacrifice
a pause too pregnant for me to bare
the splitting of reality in the before and after care
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3. |
Anecdote
02:21
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is there a limit to the weight of human suffering?
lifting the burden of undue responsibility
forcing a choice that puts them directly in harm’s way
we see it in your eyes (I only care about me)
no way to change your mind (I only care about me)
political will fades (I only care about me)
these empty tired tirades (I only care about me)
just sit tight, we’re coming for you
critical thinking and compassion are not enemies
don’t let your first reaction guide healthcare delivery
your track record is sheepish / risk taking here is needed
why can’t you commiserate with anything you can’t relate to?
... don’t let us disrupt what you do // just sit tight, we’re coming for you
what are the choices that we have in facing current facts
get into politics or scream on front lines pushing back
no matter where you land, you’ll always feel the lack of impact
a tangled mass of wires sitting in dens of liars
shortfalls unequivocal / just stand up straight and do it all
you’ll see it in my eyes (I’ll make you care about me)
if this won’t change your mind (I’ll make you care about me)
archaic views will die (I’ll make you care about me)
won’t let this chance slip by (I’ll make you care about me)
... we’ll get you one way or another // don’t let us disrupt your othering
just sit tight, we’re coming for you
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Night Mayor
02:55
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can’t win them all, but some will try
the purchase power of 100,000 thin blue lines
all the mercenaries in society sent to govern us
just protect private property
no control will afford them all corporeal control of our little species
no control will outlive them all
watch them fall - watch them fall to pieces
no where to go that isn’t wired / poverty the spectacle will
keep the working class in line
stacking covert decks, keep face cards as pets, running for office
means increasing their bottom lines
they say they took an oath to protect and serve (self-interest)
activists and land defenders aren’t the right investments
one hand rests on the butts of beloved guns
while the other covers body cams you just spent millions on
as trust erodes, we now ask the questions
abusers base their narratives on speculation
investigate themselves to extinction
disrupt, dismantle, and defund
easy as the alphabet
a swift kick to a hornets’ nest
police state sealed envelopes
evidence locker ballot boxes
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Deliberate
02:05
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say it once, say it twice, say it three times, you know
“my body, my choice” it means something to me
maybe it’s all just a dream – imagination feigning
high contrast violence screaming through tv screens
narratives erase those deemed as weak
it has been decided, partitioned and divided
swallow past, choke on absurdity
talking in circles looks like chasing tails to me
pestilence comes to erase and poison all your minds
silence every contrary voice you can find
say it once, say it twice, say it three times, you know
i am deliberate and nothing scares me
the divide, getting wider, the unaccounted balance
you owe it to those who did all this work for free
pick and choose alliance carefully
who represents you with tongues of guns and bleach
i’m deliberate – nothing scares me
you’ll pay for all the blood you’ve spilled into the streets
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6. |
The Lever
02:03
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you - an empty vessel left devoid of meaning
accelerate these existential feelings
keep it warm and numb / keep it safe and dumb
i’ll stay high forever
tell me that it’s nothing i can walk away from
tell me that it’s something you won’t entertain
it won’t be easy, taking this all the way but
tell me now, what’s the point of living in this state of shame
now the tide is just rising faster
every season brings natural disasters
flood and scorch the ground / break the levees down
my hand is on the lever
all we own is nothing but the means of our exclusion
mass-producing ultra profits as we tap in double time
young interns that self-indenture, flagellated and refined
clear cut through thickets of ethical sluff / unclick my jaw and glue
both my eyes shut / rather be kept in the dark left to rust.
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7. |
Exit Us
02:00
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i own one thing / it starts with me
accepted phallus - social status imposes on everything
a pack of barking dogmas in the street
the lines they draw, nonsensical for what is sanctioned medically
make no mistakes about it - forcing us to reproduce inequality
weaponize biology and you will see there’s no saving you
violence begets silence, and the last task is evacuating you
calling me names / you’re such a bore / you scream and cry while others die
say you fight for the unborn / but you cannot hide hypocrisy
wicked men make rules for them different than for you and me
what’s in these walls is not your call / if they close in, it’s not a sin, but a human right –
it’s practical / the toll it takes on our bodies isn’t free / a midway point between the violence
and compelled captivity
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8. |
Wine, Weed, and Whisky
02:48
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feeling hopeless? well, don’t despair
come on out to the show and we’ll meet you halfway there
feeling gloomy? let’s light you up
beauty is lodged in the eye of the cupholder
my bar stool’s a soapbox, and i call the shots
put my best face forward all night in the company of friends
erase all the reasons we use to justify a wasted existence
bodies lifted, bodies crash to the ground
jagged lines across my eyes as stocktaking happens
once i was lost, but now i am found
put my best face forward all night in the company of friends
erase all the reasons we use to justify a wasted existence
if i could, then i would forget all about how this might end
(wine, weed, and whisky)
push myself out into the crowded room to feel some resistance
kaleidoscopic, enhanced tunnel vision
braving all the elements to take us out on some sordid mission
how come we have so much fun but other drugs kill everyone
they’ll regulate, collect the tax
consumption for the privileged classes
now i lay me down to be here indefinitely
and though it’s almost ours, the night is done for now
can you just hear me out - what was i even going on about?
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Shrinkwrap
01:34
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pray to the porcelain / turn on the taps for sound
reflections of a face / a cool breeze from a tainted lake
this body – mine to break
l5 and circling all that i should have been
no power left to take if there’s nothing left in the tank
exhaust myself until holes appear in the surface layer
they’ve asked us to disappear
shrink-wrapped pre-determined worth
give us this daily dose of dread / keep getting mislead
l5 and trading in records and magazines
for methamphetamines / all unrealistic dreams
this body mine to make
pulpit awakening / this isn’t who i am
i’ll stack my plates instead / strengthen what’s inside my head
this body isn’t a thing to throw away
not yours to shape – we won’t be swayed
don’t ask us to disappear
break shrink-wrapped plastic fears
self-acceptance will spread / no longer mislead
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10. |
State Violence
03:00
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Johnny sits in the kitchen
sipping a cup of tea
turns on the television
what does dear Johnny see?
(click!) another war donation
(click!) another bill to pass
(click!) domestic violence
(click!) the rising cost of gas
pick your best propaganda
make sure the colours pop
sadistic carnival rides / another heart beat stopped
what Johnny doesn’t see from his recliner chair
is there’s no way out
state-sanctioned violence is all that he’s learned
try to erase one another in turn
don’t look back now ‘cause there’s nowhere to run
state-sanctioned violence is all that we’ve won
state-sanctioned violence is all that we’ve learned
kettled and cornered with nowhere to turn
squint through the tear gas and boots as they fall
state-sanctioned violence for one and for all
Angela turns the keys and the starter jumps to life
the tank is almost empty and it is cold tonight
her kids are under blankets, hungry and out of sight
missing their father because the cops, they took his life
no way to make a living that isn’t miserable
to take care of her mother she had to drop out of school
happening everywhere it’s oppression overtime
where’s the way out?
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