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kind of embarrassing
when ya think of it
like the beaten dog
let loose from his chain
all these years wonderin'
how those hands'll taste
only to find that his palate's
up and changed
you've carved some edges down to fit the roundest holes
you even cut your hair now and you shower everyday
the sweat beads up when the bosses near your cubicle
you drink it away, you've become so old and lame
riot, riot, riot
here we go again
the weekend's here
it's time to rebel
the systems well-fed lap dog's
off his leash again
and he's drunk and sad
and angry as all hell
but should he have to compromise integrity
this wage-slave till the day he fucking dies
a white hot poker high on mock-up anarchy
american as apple pie still wants a bigger slice
the music's been invaded by weak politics
the scene's too manicured to move around
the venue's full of bar flies yelling over you
though you're playin' loud, you're just wall of empty sound
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Molemen (demo)
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"molemen of tomorrow for a better yesterday" were the words they painted on the interstate
they were still dripping wet the day, the hour, the minute the second coming came
they were zapped out of their clothes, ya shoulda seen the way they screamed in disbelief and melted down into their seats
when the bombs fell there was no mistaking
that those chariots were hellbound
now you walk the streets of heaven
while the rest of us build castles underground
adaptation and human ingenuity take center stage when cold war bunkers replace the naive suburban homes of yesterday
had they made the warning signs out of plastics and guns and federal holidays, pop music, and flags, and videos of cats doing human things maybe we'd have paid attention
driven deep deep down below
nuclear winter's glowing snow
honeycomb sweet fucking home
the rich and powerful
made sure to pave their way
left the preoccupied
keys to a broke down machine
we didn't even notice
didn't understand
imagine our surprise
when it came to pass
like slitting your wrists
in a nice warm bath
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Pigs (demo)
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the night they came
the world felt thin and weak
and surreal
you could almost hear the rumble
of some ancient faceless terror
in the distance
thrashing its formless mass away
from whatever ancient den
it hung it's hat
every sense
chewing on wads of tin foil
and these doors are cheap and cowardly tonight
and within some fragile moments
this chip board will explode
into goddamn splinters
and within some fleeting seconds
our lives will alter course
forever
what's forever? just some sounds
like, "i'm sorry, our guys got the wrong address
from the station"
laws and snarling k9s and miranda rights
just empty, careless noise
the night they came
if the pigs ever hear this song
will they take me in if the notes are wrong
cause they never liked my voice
anyway
if the pigs ever hear this song
will they take me in if the notes are wrong
will they plant some evidence
then come after you if you sang along
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Teabonix (demo)
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cliven bundy and eric garner on your t.v. screen
above the ticker tape that tells how your money's doing
your favorite all-american teams, overseas, where the uniforms are green
and the faces are of foreign kings and queens
and the fans all cheer and scream from their sewing machines
fuck you and fuck anybody else that tries to deny what this is:
cognitive dissonance
and i will refuse to regard this happenstance as less than demonstrative of your racist politics
consistency lacking these days with the world so polarized
"with me or against" there is no in between
what we've managed to do is eliminate the grey
so only "us" and "them" remain
it's a goddamn shame how dichotomous we became
when the television made a case to be afraid
cliven bundy and eric garner both deemed guilty
of breaking laws that you yourself have criticiized at length
one got an army and the other got some statist rhetoric
like, "shit happens when you resist"
the truth is you should be as pissed at one as you are the other
but this ain't about the law is it?
you fucking bigot
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Rockwell's Ghost Beckley, West Virginia
Hailing from southern West Virginia, Rockwell's Ghost is a punk rock quartet with their music aimed at the heart of human nature.
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