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SAY I'M GOOD
This is for those inbetweeners
who don't follow no one, follow no leaders
follow no trend or the sheep that are led
Follow no fool, never fall in step
I am not another voice in the choir
kicking out jams or the party line
No. I am not your poster child
Do my own thing in my own damn style
I would never assume to talk on the behalf of anybody but myself
when I see anybody on a soapbox all I hear are the warning bells
and even if we're on the same side, I don't follow blind, I am not that guy
and those pigeon holes are only made to hold the kind of bird that's afraid to fly
They say, say, say I'm Good
I'm rocking like I should
I'm doing thing, thing, thing, thing, things You only wish you could
You only wish you could
You only, only, only, only ever wish you could
This morning on the internet
I discovered our destruction's imminent
so we all get to act uninhibited
take two of these and relax with a cigarette
aw naw, here come the idiots, the oblivious
and the militant bigots and affiliates
scared of the boats and the gays and the blacks pulling quotes from leviticus
here come the cause and effect of a country caught up in patriotic bullshit
and I don't fit and I don't care
I'm a square peg in a round hole here
in the cross hairs I'm a bit weird
and it's not fair and it's not clear
so the whinger's whinge and I cringe inside
when they simplify things that are complex,
They say, say, say I'm Good
I'm rocking like I should
I'm doing thing, thing, thing, thing, things You only wish you could
You only wish you could
You only, only, only, only ever wish you could
It ain't my fault, I got no love
I'm at a pub complaining how this country sux
I'm an oddball, on the wrong team
all my friends are out of step with the mainstream and the nightmare is in full swing
and the right wing are fucking up the whole thing and it might be this stifling freightening feeling
is really only felt on the fringes
but I doubt it, I re-route it
dope with a beat I need to speak about it
for the kids of the labour left
who got a bone to pick
we didn't vote for that fuck stick
I don't dig the kid, I don't kick the kid
I don't think it'd change if you made the switch
I don't dig the kid, I don't kick the kid
I don't think it'd change if you made the switch
I don't dig the kid, I don't kick the kid
I don't think it'd change if you made the switch
I don't buy the bullshit dreams of an aspirationalist modern Australia
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CONNECT
Leave me here like you did before I can't connect
the words you say and the games you play go round inside my head All that we had is fragile
all that we built has fallen down
And we can't connect
She said you only ever think about yourself in life
I had to think about it and I think she might be right
She said that ain't alright, you ain't a friend of mine
and when we try to talk about it you ain't got the time
I don't care what you do and, I don't care what you say and
I don't care what you produce, I don't care what you play and
who you hang with, what you post, who you think you think you know if you don't put time in to this love well then that love will go breakdown in communication, head trips and accusations
all done with a lack of patience
this love is DOA
she said she'd had enough and she could feel her heart erupt
the love we had turned to dust like what?
We can't connect... we can't.
She said she thought it was to late to put it back together
and we should let it go and go our separate way forever
she said it would be better if I'd never met her if I had tried to change her mind then I should run and t,t,tell her
We can't just let this happen, what happened to our passion
we went from feasting in excess to running out of rations
And now there's no connection my brain explode with questions
don't look back and regret the good we did the best we could
Connect a part of you that knows the part of me the best.
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Everyone Everything
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EVERYONE EVERYTHING
Dive in the dirt of the best laid plans
vexation or something similar to science
See how the longest night made the
brain explode with a thousand questions quivering cold in the confined feel of the violent claim
that we were all made to decay
with a hungry head and a curious heart
we're a stupid species brothers in arms
in the face of a furious fortune
bolt from the gates in a pair of Air Jordan's
I gotta cancer cool with a standard mule
he's a beast of burden to carry my boredom
I never ticked no boxes
washed up Robinson Crusoe gospel
A little bit dizzy and a little obnoxious
tryna pour salt in the wounds of your logic
I don't give a fuck fall flat faced down on my luck
with a lover who is more than gracious
chewed up catalog keen embarrassment
caught in the chemistry walk to the gallows of the castle Fire works ringing in the New Year
Firebomb everything, we are all new here
Wake up, Sing a lot of K Pop eat a lot of junk food show em what your made of, come to
at a gig with a marshal stack
and a harp in the clouds with a halo
I'm a pig with with a horses head
and a lions heart and I unleash rainbows
Taste the fucking rainbow
Everything...
Consume, Feel Good, Don't Think Consume, Feel Good, Obey Unlearn, Upgrade, Download
Feel Good, Climax, Climax, Climax
Hey bone machine you're a time machine you're a type of machine what a tight machine You're a feature film that likes to breathe
What a sight to see would you like to see
what I sing when I sing for the sake of the bass a beacon of beats indecent
adjacent to all of your predictable communications, caution thrown to the wind and I'm awesome, thrown to the wolf
like an orphan
hunt for the jewels embedded in the sound
discordant, gorgeous, words are a type a
distortion torment hewn from wreck and the ruin
Brace for the on coming impact
these thoughts are more like an implant
these walls were made to keep in bad
chimpanzees and apes and we've been that
get loose with a keyboard keep an eye on all the people trying to be the next big thing I don't kiss the ring
I don't watch the throne I'm a loner, stand alone
on a road with a GPS
renegade artist harness the energy, yes, I'ma
tactile pedigree, punch drunk pessimist
wolf in a wolf suit three piece
hip to the caffeine marinate deep heat
ghost dog in ghost house with a ghost leash
I'm a go hard barbarian banging at the gates
and I feed on your face when I feed on the break like uh
Everything...
Consume, Feel Good, Don't Think Consume, Feel Good, Obey Unlearn, Upgrade, download
Don't Think, Don't Think, Don't Think
I can't feel my face I gotta a hunger Oh, Ah,
So civilised
my face, I can't feel my face.
Le singe humain fait du chaos un cadre d'explosion de couleurs et s'assied bêtement sur son gros cul attendant que ses sens fassent l'expérience de la crème brûlée. Singe, goute le monde, apprécie, sa surface caramélisée renferme un corps doux, et crémeux, et singe, mange, mange, mange
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In The Morning
03:56
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IN THE MORNING
My generation had a lot on their plate
tryna escape mistakes that our parents made
my generation had too much to think
now it's all about careers and the gym and the kids
we spent our twenties on various sofas
woke up in our thirties with a bangin hang over economic outcasts listening to outcast
tryna make sense of the world with a sound heart
I don't know if it's sad or dumb
but the best nights I've ever had have blurred in to one they run the long gamut, tragic to fun
and now I'm not but the night is still young
we are golden. we are godless
one day everyone you know will just cease to exist
in the midst of all the meaningless mess
I embrace it cause fuck it, this is all we get, right?
A thousand wasted nights I don't know what's right
I was high, I was high
in the morning
A thousand ringing sirens all I hear is silence
I'll be fine, I'll be fine
in the morning
Stop and pause for a second take a look around
Make a note on how the Earth looks from in the clouds
It's not about weather or not your gonna fall
It's about the lesson that you learn when you hit the ground Feel the rush, feel the buzz when the day is done
I keep a clear head stocked for what ever comes
A lot of weird people raise their voice
but don't say a damn thing they're just making noise
This moment is perfect and you know that
burn it in your memory and make it a kodak
keep it in a file for the times you go mad
The world is my week end, tonight I own that
grim reaper keep away from my friends
middle finger salute to you, fuck you death
may the lights of the city be a sign of strength
and may the world one day make sense
I'm a reach for the stars
A thousand wasted nights I don't know what's right
I was high, I was high
in the morning
A thousand ringing sirens all I hear is silence
I'll be fine, I'll be fine
in the morning
I was looking at a face in the mirror this morning Tryna recognise who was standing before me True to form, I let the feeling grow
but I'm a different guy to who I was a year ago A little more patient, a little more humble
a little bit older, a little more comfortable I guess it comes for us all in the end and then it never happens again
A thousand wasted nights I don't know what's right
I was high, I was high
in the morning
A thousand ringing sirens all I hear is silence
I'll be fine, I'll be fine
in the morning
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NOSTROMO
You taught me that anger could be useful
You taught me that pain was never my fault
The streets are empty as shit and we just ride em like ghosts in the place where we live we've got no where to go
push bikes on the road we take flight with the crows the night sky above and tarmac below us
The city lights are majestic off in the distance
over the roof tops we float.
Above the dreams of a suburban night
we snuck out while my parents slept to take a ride and we, We ride our bikes to the bay and take a walk on the wharf sit on the edge and light a ciggie like a torch
You turn and you talk to me I'm looking away
I'm listening to every single thing that you say
you say The futures bright man, tomorrow is ours
and there will come a day soon when we leave this town the clouds they start to gather so we get up and leave
and we're home before the dawn even touches the trees
I'm saying
It's more than with your own life you are playing
And I understand you
My friend, I've fucked up too
But I'm just saying, I'm just saying
We always said that these suburbs were like a cemetery You always said you'd escape that's what you said to me You got away not in the way that you thought
and now I walk along old tracks and I'm looking for yours and in the middle of similar looking scenes
as I step off from the gutter and gather the things I need midnights light makes life look life like
the antenna's and tennis courts
this town is menopause
and yeah_I know my way around_and I could play it down the streets are like the back of my hand
and memories abound
But now it's different, I'm different the difference is that I visit I don't stick around, I don't even miss it
I get a vision of a version of my high school days most weekends you would spend at my place
and your face is in these streets, it haunts me now that's why I struggle when I head homebound
I'm saying
It's more than with your own life you are playing
And I understand you
My friend, I've fucked up too
But I'm just saying, I'm just saying
You always had your own rhythm to keep the comedy coming you were as close as a brother man I think of you often
how you talked with a passion, how you rationed your cash you stood six foot tall above the rats
you had a habit of thinking you were the smartest motherfucker in the room and it was generally true
on the real you were a hero, a friend of the highest order
a companion when the girls that we chased were all we thought of
Who ever you are where ever you're from
we all get given time and then it's time to move on One day your in the midst of it, the next you are gone and if you think it's different to that you're wrong
life's an addiction we're all on the nod
and it's a beautiful dream so dreamer dream on breathe in, remember everything from the start
The end is the beginning the beginning is past
First thing I noticed was just how thin you'd got
How the powerful mind that you once held was lost and in the little corridor out of the corner of my eyes
I saw your eyes close, the tired lines on your face grow
I'm saying
It's more than with your own life you are playing
And I understand you
My friend, I've fucked up too
But I'm just saying, I'm just saying
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OUT OF THE BLUE
Out of the blue it all changed in an instant
He was nineteen when she told him she was pregnant barely out of high school, living in a small town
neither of em had a job or money in the bank
He got work on the factory floor
struggling to make ends meet but she adored him
always in his corner when her parents started on her like He won't ever amount to that much
The baby arrived, really they tried
she said lets do the best we can a day at a time
He started staying out all night getting drunk
convinced he could't deal with what he had, what he'd done. He lost his job and that was no surprise
She said 'I can't go on watching you destroy your life
You need to get it together or I'm leaving with our kid
He said 'It's probably best if you left'
So she did.
So when you gonna learn
It'll hit you hard
Even if it hurts
And it always does
So when you gonna learn
Let it in your heart
We come together and fall apart
Out of the blue my love
Five years later and she's living in the city and she's severed all contact to her old life her little girl's at school, she was working days
staying up late and studying through the night
Out of the blue He called up and they talked
he said he'd got a job up North on fishing trawlers
he hadn't touched a drink for two years he'd been clean plus he'd saved some money on the side inbettween He cleared his throat made an awkward joke
and asked 'maybe I could come and visit you both
but only if you think it's alright I mean'
she said she'd think about it
the next day she agreed.
So when you gonna learn
It'll hit you hard
Even if it hurts
And it always does
So when you gonna learn
Let it in your heart
We come together and fall apart
Out of the blue my love
Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue my love
He got on a plane and flew across the desert watching as the world flew by
It felt like he held his breath from the airport all the way to her front door the whole time. He knocked soft and she opened up
and they looked at each other both dumb struck
both waiting for the other one to speak first
But neither of em could find any words, then
Out of the blue as if on queue tryna hold back the tears in their eyes and with a voice full of cracks and a heart fit to burst
she said 'well, you took your time'
These moments make up a life time Mistakes we make are not fixed in stone
People we love are a life line and
None of us can do it on our own
Out of the blue
Out of the blue
Out of the blue
love saves us
Out of the blue
We all learn that lesson
So when you gonna learn
It'll hit you hard
Even if it hurts
And it always does
So when you gonna learn
Let it in your heart
We come together and fall apart
Out of the blue my love
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Fly Away
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FLY AWAY
I used to brush it off like it didn't matter
dark clouds in the sky brother let em gather
Now it all cuts a little bit deeper and has an effect
similar to what it is when glass shatters
So we drive like Kerouac used to do
smoking cigarettes eating up junk food
with both windows down and the stereo up
we lift a coffee cup in the sun
leave behind the skyline
full of terracotta rooftops in a shitbox town
living in us too long
all these suburbs sing their own proverbs
and hold a million heart breaks in between the commerce and I can see it all for miles around
I'm getting dizzy from the sight and sound
At the top of the hill we stop and we chill
then boost, take time to get our head out the noose
You can let a good thing go by
It might not happen again
We can go where ever we like
Sunshine on the window yeah
I said let's get in the car
Maybe we could drive for days
Nothing was built to last
Get loose and fly away
I used to waste time like I' d live forever
always on the hunt to find something better
now it all shakes me up and I'm breathless it has an effect similar to something like an earth tremor
the the car's outside and the tank is full
and to take time off is impractical
but we leave on a whim to do the damn thing
freedom in the air and the wind sings songs
of a generation passed and present, the car is headed along the coastline inland, up through the desert
and we savour all the sights and the sounds and moods and even eat the meat pies and the road house food
and you can see what's up in the rear view
get pumped up by the look of a clear view
out across the vista, kiss the stars in the night
brother, what a beautiful sight
You can let a good thing go by
It might not happen again
We can go where ever we like
Sunshine on the window yeah
I said let's get in the car
Maybe we could drive for days
Nothing was built to last
Get loose and fly away
I used to place bets on my sanity
caught up in between the dream and the art and the parody
tryna figure out if it was meant to be
for me to work and breed buy a house and get married in it Just to be like they are on TV
But those dreams never really seemed to fit
and I've been jugglin' and jiggin' every day that I live
and there's some things that I just can't fix
you were always telling me to take better care with it don't rush a good thing or get scared of it
disconnect your telephone for a couple of days
and hit the highway to watch the scenery change Responsibility it ain't nothing to run from
some wrongs are right some rights become wrong and every now and then when reality slip
I take five and get away for a bit
You can let a good thing go by
It might not happen again
We can go where ever we like
Sunshine on the window yeah
I said let's get in the car
Maybe we could drive for days
Nothing was built to last
Get loose and fly away
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Bang The Boogie
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BANG THE BOOGIE
It goes, one for the money, two for the privilege
I grew up in the inner city of Sydney
Problems, I had a whole lot of them in me
Smoked a lot of weed at the age of sixteen
Spend time tryna find out my history
Wondering what it was the wind was whispering
I'm from a land where the sunlight's blistering
And everybody's got their own get-rich-quick scheme
Money, money, money, make more money quickly
Build machinery to mine and dig deep
The new gold rush economic dick tease
Snap your neck back at a break neck quick speed
High school assembly signing the anthem
The words sound empty and I can't stand them
Even back then I had to deal with the phantom
I called myself Australian short hand for random
Bang to the boogie, bang, bang the boogie
Bang to the boogie, bang, bang the boogie
Bang to the boogie, bang, bang the boogie
Bang to the Lucky Country boogie the beat
I got a Chinese father and a white mother
And I was a punk drummer back when I was just a youngun
I'm a mixed bag, mixed race, mixed up kid
(What you got) with something to give, and I give what I can
I'm from a land where blokes are blokes
And they yell stop the boats and It gets them votes
And they brag and they boast and promote a fair go
The closer you look the more you see they don't
And you hope that this changes excepting it won't
Like somewhere along the way that's all she wrote
Summerland really has a heart of snow
Where the temperature and attitudes are 40 below
But I still call Australia home
I still hit the road with a hunger to roam
And pack a little piece of the place in my heart and bones
Every single time I get up and go, now here we go
Bang to the boogie, bang, bang the boogie
Bang to the boogie, bang, bang the boogie
Bang to the boogie, bang, bang the boogie
Bang to the Lucky Country boogie the beat
I am from a cashed up land of pirates
A beautiful island with a sense of entitlement
Me first attitudes, highly competitive
Perched inbetween pioneering and irrelevant
Casually racist overly cautious
We lock the boarders up like it was a fortress
Suffocated by a sense of importance
And governed by minds that suffer from smallness
So much focus on the money, I'm nauseous
With no thought for those less fortunate
And this portrait is far from flawless
A little distorted and we're all caught in it
I'm so board of it, it;s so fraudulent
We can afford it but don't press pause on it
You can complain or change your coordinates
Me, I stay steady tryna get at the source of it
Bang to the boogie, bang, bang the boogie
Bang to the boogie, bang, bang the boogie
Bang to the boogie, bang, bang the boogie
Bang to the Lucky Country boogie the beat
And you don't stop, rock to the rhythm you don't stop
Make money money money make a lot, too much just ain't enough
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EASY GO
Easy come, easy go we said
And didn't think twice about what it meant
And if we had to do it all again
then let your love shine down now
let light shine down
let your light shine
let your light shine down on them
Don't get it twisted this is not some bittersweet symphony
we had a thing, fucked it up now you don't talk to me
I guess I could of been better than I was, better than I was I guess but in the end you chose to leave and left a great big mess.
It's not Ok but that's Ok it's just the way it was
You gave me sweet fuck all except I suppose I got this song
and then you ran a mile, put me out, in denial
I made my mind up wait a while but then that wasn't your style And I've been here before trying to unlock broken doors
Got a whole lot of just because just before I cut those cords
but I cut my teeth made my peace got back on that horse
I rode East, rode that beast out of town in to a new dawn
Now I don't think about you all that much, not these days memories like music notes, they ring out loud then fade away
and like the song that's the single successful we got played
Let that love light shine on down, let that sadness serenade
Easy come, easy go he said
And didn't think twice about what it meant
And if he had to do it all again
then let your love shine down now
let light shine down
let your light shine
let your light shine down on them
Don't get it twisted this is not exactly what you thought
Don't give me no platitudes about how love ran it's course
You ought to check yourself in to therapy, I'm fairly sure
You made it all about you and yours so I guess I chose to walk
Let's not forget you were absent, often out on tour
fighting in those weekend wars trying to get yourself adored
Now you got something that you want to say, you want to talk
but for what, you'll just perform then get off on your own applause
I know your good with words, I know your charming dear
and I miss that thing we had when it began, what we shared
You call up late at night and question me as if you cared
There's no great mystery dear when I needed you, you weren't there Don't call, don't text, stop fucking around with my head
You left me with no choice so I did what I thought was best
You'll probably write a song and tell the world everything I said
But tell me love just how long did you sleep in an empty bed
Easy come, easy go she said
And didn't think twice about what it meant
And if she had to do it all again
then let your love shine down now
let light shine down
let your light shine
let your light shine down on them
Don't get it twisted this is just some distant history
and there's two sides to every story both are incomplete
misery loves company, memory is an expert thief
and you can fly with a leap of faith or you can fall and find your feet
It's been two years since we put fin to all our ish
We've maintained our distance and I've obeyed her one last wish
We don't talk at all, no contact, no content
It's like it never happened just as if we'd never met
and eventually we'll both just be footnotes in each other's stories
Who knows we might just end up friends by the time we're in our forties Or maybe go crazy wondering where it all went wrong
It came so easily then just as easily it was gone
Easy come, easy go we said
And didn't think twice about what it meant
And if we had to do it all again
then let your love shine down now
let light shine down
let your light shine
let your light shine down on them
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How Many People
05:15
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HOW MANY PEOPLE
Alice is embarrassed by the thoughts in her head and she thinks so much she starts to get scared doctors told her, she was bi polar
put her on prescription pills like that would solve it it didn't quell the low self esteem
and the guys that she falls for treat her so mean they tear off strips until there ain't nothing left
but she can give back just as good as she gets
and she gets so worked up then down in the dumps can't hold a steady job unemployed for months
the drugs aren't something that she does for fun they're just a way to stay comfortably numb
she says the world will cut you deep
and it creeps and it eats up all the dreams you keep but when the music begin and she starts to move she is a bright light shining inside the room
She cries tears and they stream down her face old beyond her years and she never feels safe
we talk and it helps and she melts and dissolves
I can't help thinking that the world is cold
In dreams she sees him wakes up screaming
she can smell the beer on his breathe and hear his breathing They used to share the same name
now she'll never trust men again, simple and plain Therapy helped but she still blames herself
the guilt and the shame of a regular hell
if she could, she would send him straight to the grave
but she knows some day all debts get paid
I know her story, I'm in awe of her strength
You just see a junkie who's life is a mess
In a society so quick to judge , so quick to get drunk not so quick to reflect it's easier to demonise an addict as a threat
a failure, a monster, a joke, a lost cause
It ain't about the high, it's the mental health
Alice didn't need prison, she just needed some help
How many people do you know completely sober
how many people do you know who self medicate
How many people do you know who on occasion
take a little something something just to take the pain away how many people do you know who have a problem
How many people do you know with excuses
How many people do you know who are wrestling with demons, and memories and invisible bruises
Cameron had a habit of having a fucking habit couldn't figure out how to kick it, in to submission It was killing him slowly , it was losing him friends
but something bout the high always got him in the end nobody said it would be easy, he knew it
he wasn't looking for pity, He knew the city was up
to no good, getting busy, He lay in the rhythm
and ran amok everyday with a singular vision.
He was born in the belly of the beast
where the beast feast on the belly of the deceased
and he would sleep underneath bright neon street signs quick on the rewind, flip it on the B side
He'd spent enough nights sleeping in the park
to know a dollar wasn't too much to ask for
and he would kick it with the homeless, the hopeless, the hounded somehow he fit in in with the outlaws
In the cracks and the fissures
The city was a vicious little animal without inhibitions
and he would look but he couldn't tell the difference
between the saints and the sinners
the heroes and the villains
a brother in prison
a sister in the system
he never knew his dad
and his mum was indifferent listen
we all make the best of the life we get
but some get a lot less to begin with, yeah?
How many people do you know completely sober
how many people do you know who self medicate
How many people do you know who on occasion
take a little something something just to take the pain away how many people do you know who have a problem
How many people do you know with excuses
How many people do you know who are wrestling with demons, and memories and invisible bruises
I ain't tryna judge nobodies ache I ain't tryna judge nobodies ache
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11. |
Not In My Name
04:31
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NOT IN MY NAME
Lately I've been losing all my faith in humanity and to think I am a part of it's embarrassing
I read the paper and I keep up with the news
I can't recognise what we do as even human It's out of wack, out of balance, out of control the lies told and the attitudes that unfold
this fucking country has a rotten bitter hard soul these are laws of the land that the crown stole
I hear them talk, talk, talking on the radio
they spit fever pitch panic on what they oppose
I read the columns, the letters and opinion pieces At every pub everybody's got prepared speeches misunderstanding all the pain in the politics
They only want a scape goat and kept promises
and all the anger and the fear and resentment grows
the brutality of lucky country village folk
It's not enough to turn back a bunch of leaky boats
it's not enough to kill their dreams then we kill their hope. It's not enough to deprive them of their human rights
It's not enough, until somebody lose their life
dark shadows gather history will judge us harsh
One day you'll ask yourself did I do enough
And how much cruelty did we allow to be dealt
To a group of desperate people asking for some help
How does it sit with you
How do you sleep at night
Does it worry you at all occupy your mind
I hang my head, heavy heart, I am so ashamed it's in my backyard but not in my name
The journalists gather, the camera's click clack
and at the podium speaker putting on his act
He talks in double speak Orwellian reports
empty words but his body language says it all
His hands are outstretched, now his arms are crossed His white face sweats bullets and he nods a lot
official press release, massive fact omissions the purpose so clear, dehumanise the victims appoint an expert, launch enquiries
pass the buck, obfuscation by any means
He answers all the questions with the party line repeats the focus group emotion heavy catch cries He knows his audience, and how to handle em talk tough keep it simple act the larrikin
make em think that your one of them just like a mate repeat the sentiment 'ain't this fucking country great' now he's hit his stride, he's got them hypnotised convince them of a threat to their way of life
and now the lights fade and he walks away
He played it perfectly to keep the power one more day
How does it sit with you
How do you sleep at night
Does it worry you at all are you dead inside
I hang my head, heavy heart, I am so ashamed it's in my backyard but not in my name
The sun beats down hot upon a prison camp A family huddles in a tent with no ceiling fan The days roll in to each other in the worst way A young boy celebrates his 9th birthday
At night he hears people weeping it's a common sound He's used to seeing things he saw his sister drown
he wonders if it's real he wonders who to trust
His mum and dad are like ghosts they don't talk too much he kicks a soccer ball in an empty field
one of the guards kicks it back and compliments his skill The boy tells the guard I turned nine today
The guard smiles, stops, then he looks away
he says Little man one day I hope you understand when you're older and your dignity is still intact
and you look back and at this vicious treatment not all were complicit no all were indecent
How does it sit with you
How do you sleep at night
Does it worry you at all do you sympathise
I hang my head, heavy heart, I am so ashamed It's in my backyard but not in my name
Not in my name, Not in my name
Not in my name..
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Care Anymore
05:19
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CARE ANYMORE
Everybody here has something they're tryna sell
something they want to yell, some secret they want to tell
man, if at death it turns out we're wrong and believers are correct I'll see half of them in hell
you fucking hypocrites who's selling your merch
no one ever listened to the lyrics or the words
I guess, One little monkey doesn't stop the show
unless that little monkey has a bone to pick
I am a fisherman sitting along the side of a river
and watching on as the spirit of my ancestors float down
time is a profound friend, he's always got a message to send and if you listen, you can hear it
fact check your feelings, format your findings
break down the boundaries and limits
unlearn the rules and undo the damage
and unfuck the world, understand you are in it
not just on line, not just indifferent
modern world fatigue has got em all asleep
I'm done running down conviction so for now I'm shouting
peace from the back of the beat
You don't care anymore...
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Joelistics Melbourne, Australia
Joelistics’ great gift is beats, melodies and the crafting of common language into evocative turns of phrase. As a rapper, writer, multi-instrumentalist and producer he is recognised as a unique voice in the Australian music scene.
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