1. |
Punisher
01:48
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always got something to say
the next time
you chime in when you’re least expected
no one gets in your way
it’s your right
to sneer so cold and freely
grip a can of your taste
the worst kind
that you swill ‘cause they gotta notice
first one driving away
the red light
obscured by the burning tire
(chorus)
life’s too long
sulking in the cab
stalking in the corner
beady eyes wrapped in oakleys
you still feel small
cartoon men with cartoon feelings
wipe your mouth on your sleeve
marching order’s the same
the bent line
tailgate in the blazing winter
highlight reel of the game
in real time
played out in a greying basement
you’ve got no one to blame
you’ll just die
bald head yelling at the dashboard
hardly hear what you say
your last night
your power is your weakness
(chorus)
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2. |
Wring Me Out
00:40
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a low monthly payment
divided by your interest
is still not enough to
feed your gnawing hunger so
wring me out again
there’s still time
wring me out again
you’re not trying
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3. |
Workers Comp
01:28
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your body is a crumb on the plate
it’s wiped away like
it never even mattered what you were
it’s quickly over
now you’re just a drain on the state
bleeding slowly
nothing more to give so they take
your last few moments
(chorus)
you’ve been added to the count
a negative in line
no value, no amount
so easily defined
not hard to conceive of a life
lived for its own sake
a hand’s no measure of its worth
no muscle, no skin
pushed to the back of the vice
that’s closing on us
i see the gleam in your eye
you can’t be broken
(chorus)
justify your life
existence wearing thin
still kneeling at the mouth
that cannot breathe
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4. |
Flyer Deal
00:44
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you said you won’t be beat
well i could do it for you
they say you’re what you eat
and i’ve been feeling wealthy
(chorus)
half life
half light
a golden apple
a dying wage
half life
slow night
tear my living
from the page
feed myself like a shell
hollow and atrophied
one day we’ll find your house
one day we’ll catch you slipping
(chorus)
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5. |
The River; The Sea
02:54
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you call peace
half a year when
hundreds were shot on sight
you wouldn’t know
liberation
if it looked you in the eye
(chorus)
i don’t need to see
genocide played
on a screen in real time
to believe in the humanity
of those who’s lives aren’t mine
there will be a return to the sea
and the river sure as night
fades away, this death machine
will fall in our lifetime
cowardice
is a drone strike
carried out from an office park
cowardice
is your blank face
when you to try to explain it’s right
(chorus)
we’re in the guts
of a dying marble bust
and when it’s gone
evil won’t make it on its own
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Workers Comp Toronto, Ontario
Toronto hardcore punk
No stolen labour
No stolen land
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