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A Brothers Farewell
01:18
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it was on a monday morning
about the hour of nine
when a fatal crash did happen
inside of kona mines
this fatal accident occured
on the fifteenth day of june
in the early hour of the morning
when the flowers were in bloom
his comrades, they were working
trying to make the day
when the fatal accident
took his life away
we took him to the doctor
took him by the hand
too late, too late
the doctor said
he's gone to a better land
many a day has passed and gone
since that fateful day
he's sleeping now, on a hill
beneath a mound of clay
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2. |
Open For Business
02:28
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well the prettiest thing I ever seen
stood so tall in front of me
an appalachian mountain range
beautiful, surreal and strange
but the ugliest thing I ever seen
cleared a mountain in front of me
and I think my heart must've skipped a beat
it cleared way near 800 feet
among the holler fills
and the fire rock in the air
we'll close our eyes and we'll hope
for the safety of the land for which we care
for which we care
so as these rivers fill with slurry flow
there's just one thing you outta know
we can put an end to this
if we band together and resist
cause this cannot be justified
so don't give up your land or rights
stop those machines in their tracks
turn those motherfuckers right on back
cause among the holler fills
and the fire rock in the air
we'll close our eyes, we'll fucking fight
for the safety of the land for which we care
for which we care
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3. |
In Mutual Aid of Satan
02:22
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satanic insurrection against the lunacy
of capitalist oppression and christian theocracy
worship at the altar of unholy baphomet
with the power of satan, tear down this government
destroy every border
no walls will we build
for the glory of satan
all the police shall be killed
damn them all
Donald Trumps severed head falls from the guillotine
Richard Spencer disemboweled, antifascist war machine
mandatory abortions fuel stem cell research
wipe the scourge of conservatism from the face of the earth
destroy every border
no walls will we build
for the glory of satan
all the police shall be killed
damn them all
Kropotkin leads the ritual
Bezos hung by his feet
Emma Goldman hear my sacrifice
destroy patriarchy
in mutual aid of satan
in mutual aid of satan
in mutual aid of satan
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4. |
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well I like getting drunk
in the middle of the day
and sometimes I punch holes in the wall
when I'm not feeling okay
I know thats toxic behavior
but I'm working on it
even though I haven't patched up the last holes that I hit
ask me what I think
and today
I might shut the fuck
cause truthfully
I think we've all had enough
of listening to angry white guys
yell about the world
but if I had my way
I might've been born a girl
I'll tell you what I think
Sometimes, I wanna be a girl
so I don't have to feel this shame
Sometimes, I wanna be a girl
but I don't wanna change my name
and yeah I know
I"ve got a fucking beard
I don't really give a shit
if you think thats weird
cause gender is not defined
by how I look or smell
and if you don't like the scent of flowers
you can go to hell
I'll do as I please
Sometimes, I wanna be a girl
so I don't have to feel this shame
Sometimes, I wanna be a girl
but I don't wanna change my name
well I still like getting drunk
in the middle of the day
but lately I've been dealing with things
in a more healthy way
most days are still a struggle
but at least I got out of bed
and I think I've finally learned
to just shut the fuck up
Sometimes, I wanna be a girl
so I don't have to feel this shame
Sometimes, I wanna be a girl
but I don't wanna change my name
No, I don't wanna change my name
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When I was just a little kid I used to love parades
with banners, bands and red balloons and maybe lemonade
when I came home one mayday my neighbours father said
them marchers is all commies tell me kid are you a red?
well, I didnt know just what he meant my hair back then was brown
our house was plain red brick like most others in the town
so I went and asked my mamma why our neighbour called me red
my mummy took me on her knee and this is what she said
Well you ain't done nothin' if you ain't been called a red
if you've marched or agitated, you're bound to hear it said
so you might as well ignore it, or love the word instead
cause you ain't been doin' nothin' if you ain't been called a red
When I was growin' up, had my troubles I suppose
when someone took exception to my face or to my clothes
or tried to cheat me on a job or hit me on the head
when I organised to fight back why the bastards called me red
But you ain't done nothin' if you ain't been called a red
if youv'e marched or agitated, you're bound to hear it said
so you might as well ignore it, or love the word instead
cause you ain't been doin' nothin' if you ain't been called a red
When I was livin' on my own one apartment that I had
had a lousy rotten landlord let me tell ya he was bad
but when he tried to throw me out I rubbed my hands and said
you ain't seen a struggle if you haven't fought a red!
And you ain't done nothin' if you ain't been called a red
if you've marched or agitated, then you're bound to hear it said
so you might as well ignore it, or love the word instead
'cause you ain't been doin' nothin' if you ain't been called a red
Well I kept on agitatin', cause what else can you do?
you're gonna let them sons of bitches walk all over you
my friends said you'll get fired, hanging with that commie mob
I should be so lucky buddy, I ain't got a job
And you ain't done nothin' if you ain't been called a red
if you've marched or agitated, then you're bound to hear it said
so you might as well ignore it, or love the word instead
cause you ain't been doin' nothin' if you ain't been called a red
Well I've been agitatin' now for fifty years or more
for jobs or for equality and always against war
I'll keep on agitatin' as far as I can see
and if that's what being red is then It's good enough for me
'cause you ain't done nothin' if you ain't been called a red
if you've marched or agitated, then you're bound to hear it said
so you might as well ignore it, or love the word instead
cause you ain't been doin' nothin' if you ain't been called a red
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6. |
Bulldozer
02:43
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saw a man roll in on a bulldozer today
said that hes here to take the trees away
said he dont like it
but hes got a job to do
and if you were in his shoes, what would you do?
saw a man roll by on that tank yeterday
well we all know theres a war underway
said he dont like it, but hell hes got a job to do
and if you were in his shoes, you'd do the same thing to
did ya see that cop beat the homeless man on the news
bringing out more riots, accusations of abuse
well they still say hes got a job to do
and if you were in his shoes, would you do the same thing?
nobodys guilty if everyones to blame
but theres nothing worth fighting for if we play that game
so the time has come won't ya step out of your shoes
hotwire a bulldozer
tell me what you'd do, what would you do?
what would you do?
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if we had a choice, we would live this way forever
and if it meant a thing, we would change for the better
but we both know
theres nothing to gain
and if I had a choice, I'd never leave my house
I'd stay inside my room and drink all by myself
but goddammit
I've got somewhere to be
so jesus take my liver
and satan take the wheel
send my body up to heaven
but my organs never heal
jesus take my liver, and satan take the wheel
send my body up to heaven but my organs never heal
and if I had a hope we might make it out alive
I'd burn this fucking house down, and run across state lines
cause I know
theres nothing for me here
instead I just get drunk, all day by myself
and now I'm living in a goddamn living hell
and I know
its no ones fault but mine
so jesus take my liver
and satan take the wheel
send my body up to heaven
but my organs never heal
jesus take my liver, and satan take the wheel
send my body up to heaven but my organs never heal
well if we had a choice, we would live this way forever
and if it meant a thing, we would change for the better
but we both know
theres nothing to fucking gain
so jesus take my liver
and satan take the wheel
send my body up to heaven
but my organs never heal
jesus take my liver, and satan take the wheel
send my body up to heaven but my organs never heal
send my body up to heaven but my organs never heal
send my body up to heaven but my organs never heal
send my body up to heaven but my organs never heal
send my body up to heaven but my liver...
my liver will never fucking heal
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8. |
Harvest (Splits)
04:04
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trying hard to forget the thing that I've done in the past
this illusion of forgiveness was never meant to last
but I'm not afraid of your ghost anymore
its just the memories that come with it
they say you reap what you sew
and lately my garden hasn't had much room to grow
but I'll plant a seed
if I could only somehow learn to believe
in something more than me
trying hard to become the man I once was in the past
but I think he's gone forever, and I can't bring him back
all the crops that I plant crumble and rot away
I'm left alone to sit on this decay
they say you reap what you sew
and lately my garden hasn't had much room to grow
but I'll plant a seed
if I could only somehow learn to believe
in something more than me
I don't have to say farewell
no one cares much anyhow
it hurts to say goodye
and I know all of the blame is mine
I do miss feeling close, but I guess the truth is...
you reap what you've sewn
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9. |
Dark Holler
02:22
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well I was born in old virginia
to south carolina I did go
there I courted a pretty little woman
but her age, oh her age I did not know
Her hair was brown and curly
her cheeks were a rosy red
on her breast she wore white lilies
for all the tears that I have shed
when I sleep I'm dreaming of you
when I wake I have no rest
each moment feels like an hour
as the pain shoots through my chest
for I'd rather be in some dark holler
where the sun don't never shine
than for you to be some other mans darling
when ya ain't no longer mine
no longer mine
papa says I must not marry
mother says this will never do
but girl, if you are willing
I'll run away with you
for I'd rather be in some dark holler
where the sun don't never shine
than for you to be some other mans darling
when ya ain't no longer mine
no longer mine
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the devil walked the forest, among the creeks and stones
looking to find solace in what he could never own
a young man came upon him, beneath the willow tall
said, I'm dreaming of a woman with white lilies on her shawl
the devil stood before him, and gazed into his eyes
if this womans love you want, to me then pledge your life
three gifts I will give you, and from here you will go
take all your new riches, your silver and your gold
in the harbor waits a ship, you'll sail across the sea
and on the day that you return, you'll have what you seek
a final gift I give you, and this you should have known
I walk this woods a specter with no body of my own
his voice now in a whisper, the devil, he did speak
for now he takes possession
and the devil here is me
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11. |
The House Carpenter
05:06
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"come in, come in" said an old true love
"well met, well met" said he
for I'm just returning from the salt, salt sea
and it's all for the love of thee
Come in, come in, my old true love
And have, have a seat with me
It's been three-fourths of a long, long year
since together we have been
No I can't come in, no I can't sit down
For I haven't but a moment's time
They say you're married to a house carpenter
and your heart will never be mine
Well I coulda married the king's daughter dear
I'm sure she would've married me
But I've forsaken her crowns of gold
and it's all for the love of thee
Now will you forsake your house carpenter
And come, come along with me?
I'll take you there where the grass grows green on the banks of the deep blue sea
She picked up her little babe
And kisses gave him three
She said, "Stay right here, my darling little babe and keep your papa company"
Well we had been on ship about three weeks
I'm sure, I'm sure that it was not four
When my love began to weep and mourn
and mourn most bitterly
Said, "Are you a-weeping for my silver or my gold?"
Said, "Are you a-weeping for my stones?"
Are you weeping for that house carpenter
whose face you'll never see anymore?"
Said "No I'm not a-weeping for your silver or your gold
neither for your stones
I am weeping for my darling little babe
whose face I'll never see anymore"
Well we had been on ship three weeks
I'm sure, I'm sure that it was not four
Then she sprung a leak in the bottom of the hull
and she sunk for to rise no more
she sprung a leak in the bottom of the hull and she sunk for to rise no more
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12. |
Willow Garden
03:54
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Down in the Willow garden
My lover and I did meet
As we sat a-courtin'
My lover fell off to sleep
I had a bottle of Burgundy wine
My lover she did not know
And there I poisoned that dear little girl
Where the willow did grow
I drew a sabre through her
It was a bloody knife
I threw her in the river
It was such an awful sight
My father often told me
His money would set me free
If I did murder that dear little girl
Whose name was Rose Connolly
Now he sits at his old cabin door
Wiping his tear-dimmed eyes
As he watches the death of his only son
Up yonder scaffold high
My race is run, beneath the sun
The devil is calling for me
For I did murder that dear little girl
Whose name was Rose Connelly
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13. |
Life Is A Pall Mall 100
08:15
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(spoken word)
how much is a soul worth?
not a soul, but your soul
I think theres times I would've sold mine
for a dimebag of some shitty grass or half a pack of cigarettes
I would've let it go for two or three tickets to that one show
but man, what was the name of the band?
Let it grow someone says, let the interests take hold someone says
but this hot potato is getting fucking old
and to be honest man
I can't even feel the burns anymore
or the holes where my hands once were
If I had a soul I would trade it for an oven mitt or something
but no, that line was signed dated and printed
and for what?
not vices entertainment or pleasure
not talents, or loved ones, or anything you could really measure
I sold my soul to the devil just to see what no soul was like
and to be honest with you
I think I should've asked for more cigarettes
life is a pall mall menthol 100
so long, as in life
but so short each puff
as I inhale, the smoke leaves the lungs
the breath of life has prevailed
darkening my thoughts as the 100 burns
into a 50, halfway through
falling into the same patterns of addiction
slowly, slowly realizing my 20s, 30s are wasted
40s are flying by,
as I puff my cigarette
the 50 burns down, I’m to the logo now
my life has almost run out
but my hand and my heart, won’t let me stop smoking
my wife’s was put out, put out by her thoughts
it seems odd to extinguish a cigarette
by shooting a bullet direct to the brain
as her butt falls in the tray
I realize my thoughts have frayed
I’m going insane
my kids are all gone,
they went off on their own
to smoke a longer or shorter rolled up
but such is life, we always leave
by the gun or the knife
it all ends at the filter.
mines almost done, the cherry’s fallen out
oh god Im dying, babe here I come
I drop my pall mall,
and stare at the sky
no more thoughts or fear
its my time to die
fly high and see all I’ve known perish
I kneel, and wait for the end
I look up, and what do I see?
a brand new cigarette,
fully lit, and all for me
I can’t handle this,
I’m going to quit
Get out of life, this shoe no longer fits
The poison’s working, now
I take one last hit, now
I cough, the pain burning
I take my final bow
the bullet to my cerebral
the pain in my chest
I'm not sad to think that suicide is best
the darkness fills,
no more smoke
no more thoughts
lifting up
lifting up
forgetting everything
down to the final toke
I fear, I fear, I fear and I hope
a tiny light comes from above
I feel like the hand ripping through this glove
struggling to be free
head then feet,
I am a new me
I look down
what do I see?
a marlboro red 72
struggling to light
struggling to light
without thinking I puff
my life starts to rust
no matter what I do
I die again
no matter how hard, how hard I try
I just burn out again
in the dirt I lie
cigarette in hand
in the dirt I lie
this frayed knot tied
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14. |
Creation Myth
05:27
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if theres no work in walking in to fuel the talk
I'll turn away right now and walk
I can't find any beauty
in the contours of this face
I can't find comfort in this place
I feel like a man who fell from the boat
like I went to take a drink, and only choked
this ain't a shipwreck
we never set sail
never left the dock
we drowned anyhow
sold us a lie to quell our fears
when we finally arrived there was nothing here
how could we believe
earthly suffering would ever have a cosmic reprieve
could ever have a cosmic...
theres no defining moment in any of our lives
just events held together on a string
meaning is only defined by the self
lost by the time the moments pass
and its not any deeper than that
spite is a luxury and hatred is a privilege
both those things we can't afford to have
cause we're stuck here at the bottom
as they scream from the top
and they don't care how we feel
no they don't care how we feel
I just hope that theres no such thing as god
cause theres no explanation for this shit
war and poverty
endless attrocities
who the fuck could create this
could create this
our father, who art in heaven
hallowed by his name
follow blindly, obey without question
take not his name in vain
for if you refuse to sit idly by
as he tortures, maims and kills
he shall condemn you to the darkest depths
of fire and torment in hell
suffer his hedonism
I just hope that theres no such thing as god
cause theres no explanation for this shit
war and poverty
endless attrocities
who the fuck could create this
could create this
someday you will die somehow
somethings gunna steal your carbon
someday you will die somehow
somethings gunna steal your carbon
someday you will die somehow
you will know we are only carbon
life is a luxury, and hatred is a privilege
both those things we can't afford to have
living life so vacantly
its just a false dichotomy, juxtaposed between the good and bad
emotional resentment, self loathing and
you just start to forget what is real
cause we suffer at the bottom while he's screaming from the top
and he don't give a fuck how we feel
no he just don't care how we feel
I just hope that theres no such thing as god
cause theres no explanation for this shit
war and poverty
endless attrocities
who the fuck could create this
yeah I know that theres no such thing as god
cause theres no explanation for this shit
war and poverty
endless attrocities
no one could make this
could make this
someday you will die somehow
and someones going to steal your carbon
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