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Coup de Grâce
01:58
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An unfaithful contingency
An ungrateful captivity
An internal malignancy
An infernal soliloquy
Trepidatious and scared to try
The sacred way of saying goodbye
Reconcile with a broken mind
Until you’re both blind
Say you wanna leave, but you don't wanna stay
Would it make a difference anyway?
“It’ll get better,” that’s what they always say but is that what you believe, is that what you think? that’s what they’ll keep on telling you
it’ll get better in one more drink, one more pill, one more cigarette
another reason to live
Say you wanna leave, but still wanna stay
Would it make a difference anyway?
I wanna be as one with you
but there's so much more I can do
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Wanting a War
01:17
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Do you want you human rights?
You'll get more if you learn to fight
You get more if you learn to kill
You get more if you learn to kill
"Rightful incentives thanks to military means,"
said standing on a podium to fuel the war machine
Let's just push forward to world war III
what could be better than PTSD?
Do you want human rights?
You'll get more if you learn to fight
You get more if you learn to kill
You get more if you learn to kill
Do you want a war?
You'll fucking get one
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3. |
Lord of the Land
02:26
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I am the lord of the fucking land
I’ll have you eating out of the palm of my hand
I’m a criminal disguised by a crooked smile
if you give me all your money you can stay for a while
But don’t expect me to help you out
if you can’t make up the cash I’ll kick you out
I’m not afraid to leave you out on the streets
if you can’t find a way to make ends meet
I am the lord of the fucking land
I’ll have you eating out of the palm of my hand
How dare you want a free roof over your head?
You can have a free roof when I’m fucking dead
If food and water didn’t cost enough
you can pay a bit more to avoid sleeping rough
You can move if it gets too much
but if you wanna pay less then you’re out of luck
I’ll get my rent or I’ll die trying
I’m the lord of the land, quit your fucking crying
I am the lord of the fucking land
I’ll have you eating out of the palm of my hand
I own the walls, I own the door
I own stairs, I own the floor
I own your warmth, I own your breeze
I can make you get down on your knees
‘cus when you’re lying awake at night
fretting and fearing cus finances are tight
you should be aware and be afraid
I’m not here to save the day
I am the lord of the fucking land
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4. |
Worst Case Scenario
01:28
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What's the point in getting a job
when twenty years from now I’ll be a useless slob
who sits on his couch and pretends to love life
and when dinner’s not done he’ll shout at his wife
What is the point in slaving away
in a role in which I will have no say
in what I do, how I contribute,
how I make people weak?
Worst case scenario is that I’ll be
a corporate puppet of the bourgeoisie
Worst case scenario is that I’ll be
a spineless bootlicker
It’s time to give up on all of my dreams
cus there’s bills to pay and there’s kids to feed
so I’ll press buttons on a nine-to-five shift
just to survive
Still I need to pay for luxuries
like nice clothes and music and dimebags of weed
And I’ll go to bed with the quiet belief
that maybe I wasted my twenties
Worst case scenario is that I’ll be
a corporate puppet of the bourgeoisie
Worst case scenario is that I’ll be
a spineless bootlicker
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Sacrifice
03:45
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Well the boys come in all dressed in rags
Nothing to wear, nothing to spare
as they stand other bodies of the people they used to know
When it rains it pours but with bullets and bombs
Everybody knows there’s something wrong
when the little girls are being shot in the slums
Sacrifice
your privileged life
for what it’s worth
you might just save a life
They’re travelling over to Europe now
with their lives in their hands
nothing for them but hope in their hearts
and a tapeworm in their glands
When it rains it pours but with bigots and lies
everybody gets a nice surprise
when they see the fuckers standing at the border line
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Northamptonshire hardcore punk // NN10 noise club
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