1. |
Back Row
03:36
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do you remember when
basements felt like stadiums
under the glow of christmas lights
people packed together
on the best goddamn nights of our lives
and i regret every single show
that i spent in the back row
talking shit on my phone
behind a table all alone
every party that i skipped
every friend i lost touch with
but when the crowd would sing along
it felt like we belonged
body odor and cigarettes
there were nights when toxic masculinity
couldn't even ruin the mosh pit
and damn i miss the taste
of a duct taped dented beer drenches SM-58
and every single show
where we were right in the front row
screaming every fucking word
feeling seen and being heard
we were outcasts we were freaks
we were idealists we believed
when the band played our favorite songs
we felt like we belonged
we felt like we belonged
we felt like we belonged
we felt like we belonged
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2. |
The Tyranny of Either/Or
02:46
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from the second we are born
we’re forced to fight for every breath
the tyranny of either / or
you play the victim
our existence is a threat
but we were not the ones who declared war
every year we read the names of those we’ve lost
every day we’re sick and tired
we just want to be ourselves
we just want to live our lives
and we refuse to comply
we deserve to do more than survive
you weaponize biology
twist science into bigotry
anything to justify
your projected insecurities
become policies of purity
you debate about our right to be alive
when we defend ourselves you call it an attack
why can’t you see our liberation’s intertwined?
we just want to be ourselves
we just want to live our lives
and we refuse to comply
with your pathological need to categorize
the tyrrany of either/or
the tyrrany of either/or
the tyrrany of either/or
the tyrrany of either/or
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3. |
Surveillance Capitalism
03:15
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[Ursula K. Leguin sample]
once consent was manufactured
now it's harvested for clicks
algorithms make decisions
filter bubbles make us sick
we're all connected to machines
hate every second but we just can't look away
we all wanna be seen but behind the screen
there's a nightmare dressed up as a dream
and we can't wake up
[Jacinta Gonzalez sample]
every thought every emotion
charted processed optimized
eye movements facial expressions
manipulation monetized
we're all connected to machines
hate every second but we just can't look away
we all wanna be seen but behind the screen
there's a nightmare dressed up as a dream
and we can't wake up
an infinite playground, a library
of human creativity
they paved it over, put up walls
now it's billboards, big box, shopping malls
we're all connected to machines
hate every second but we just can't look away
we all wanna be seen but behind the screen
there's a nightmare dressed up as a dream
and we can't wake up
[Malkia Cyril sample]
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4. |
Taking Down the Tent
02:37
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well i'm taking down the tent
where we lived for a month
and everything's fucked up
everything's fucked up
you're out on an island
you're waiting for a bus
we're both feeling too grown up
the holes in our plans sewn up
by the threads of insecurities
buttons, patches, blank CDs
the covers that I always stole
still smelled like you somehow
and the smoke that we had stuffed
into our lungs to ease the pain
brought back memories of rain
a flood of tears that never came
as it broke into our soaking bones
soaked into our broken homes
i didn't want it to end this way
i didn't want to do this on the phone
and i'm pulling up the stakes
that kept us tethered down
to this strange suburban town
where we drove all around
looking for something to distract us
from the changing of the leaves
cuz leaving changes things
that we were trying not to see
the context of our codependency
the drunk messages you left for me
i can't listen to those songs again
they're burned into my memory
like when we got walked in on by your dad
during the best sex that we'd ever had
i never thought it'd get so good
i never thought it'd get this bad
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5. |
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Posting videos
Of andrew cuomo
He’s so sexy
He’s so strong
You ignore the strikers
The deaths in rikers
George w bush?
You fucking frauds!
You’ve betrayed
the working class
Emma Goldman
would have beat your ass
Dirtbag leftists
Sharing memes
Snake emojis?
You think you’re at war?
Bernie Sanders?
In your dreams.
The system’s rotten
To the core
You should have listened
TO CRASS
Emma Goldman
Would have beat your ass
Adam Schiff?
The CIA?
The Resistance?
What a fucking joke.
You blame the Russian
You wave the flag
You call for censorship
And call it woke
You’re half baked liberal
Politics are trash
Emma Goldman
Would have beat your ass
You should have
Listened to crass
Emma Goldman
Would have beat your ass
Emma Goldman would have
Beat your ass
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6. |
Willing To Wait
04:26
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our connection is shaky
the audio drops
the video's there
but it's never enough
there's no substitute
for touching your face
and there's not much to say
while we shelter in place
our love has survived
through hard times before
when i think of the things
that our love has endured
(chorus)
i'm willing to wait
i'm willing to wait
i'm willing to wait
i'm willing to wait
no matter how long it takes
i'm willing to wait
i'm willing to wait
we take walks together
stand six feet apart
when you cry i can't hold you
and it breaks my heart
it's hard to hold onto
all the things we had planned
i say i can't do this
but i know that i can
losing sleep over family
friends and metamours
medicate with guitars
and stretched metaphors
(chorus)
our love is encrypted
messages disappear
photos and texts
longing and fear
when this is all over
i will throw a huge show
and i will invite you
and i hope you will go
and we will make love
for nights upon days
we'll make up for lost time
in so many ways
(chorus)
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