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Dead On Our Feet

by Acidic Tree

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1.
The price of freedom left behind a list of war debts Board of trade, triads, born of tyrants and liars, thieves and corporate buyouts Nothing has been gained; the water is still rising And it's no big thing, when the landlord comes crying to your doorstep. Man on fire inside his daughter's car Is this what we've been waiting for? Some sort of misguided direction So you've made a dent, but it's not part of the solution You shoud of known, yeah, you should of known So raise a glass, to the cultures you've displaced You should of known, yeah, you should of known What about the war? What about the ones you chose not to talk about? Celebrations in the street, three cheers for imperialism The death of a figurehead doesn't fucking mean anything when you've spilled so much blood The human tribulation never left the hospital bed. We'll tear it up again We'll rebuild again We'll tear it down again We'll rebuild again
2.
Yellow Leaf 03:46
Writing novels of what is to come, light another candle at the funeral home. Getting older we see all the darkness come to life, all the faces from childhood are washed away. Reading obituaries, riding my bike past the cemetery. There's less of us here than before And I remember wishing you all were dead, but now I look back and lower my voice. DUI's and caring eyes, of those just trying to fight the tears. Societal pressures becoming too much to bear. We try to poison our roots, and rip them from the ground. Our parent's hopes are behind bars in the county jail. Our parent's blood has left our bodies so fucking dry.
3.
Youthful resistance not to be put down by a physical condition Predetermined to suffer in a country that doesn't care Life changing accidents, an auto-immune disease the cancer spreads Hands held high above our heads This won't be the end These things may be terminal This is not a death sentence You can play that game, but no one really deserves it Hands tied behind my back There's still determination in these eyes Beaten down black and blue And I can't sleep You can't condemn the soul I'm scared to death It takes a special kind And I can't sleep To change a life
4.
Coyote City 02:12
When your lives turn out to nothing, wallowing in the faith of your own We'll break this succession, this line of stagnance There will be the day, time will be irrelevant The blood in these veins, the light in the corner of your eye. It won't be long It won't belong The summer has passed and we are dead on our feet Is this the worst things can really be? In a quiet place, it still rings louder than you could ever scream This climate is one I refuse to take part in Is this the worst that you could ever be?
5.
Shark Teeth 02:23
And I'm caught in this tourist trap And this time it isn't a state of mind It has my legs mangled and my spirit put down Cold sweat in a bed that isn't my own Natural beauty bought and sold for those that can afford it My wallet's empty, my heart is empty I've got the privilege of being put down A family not wanting to lose sight of their little boy I'm not swimming with these sharks anymore In airport terminals So separate my legs from my body And let me float out into the Atlantic Well I'll decompose at the bottom But at least new lungs will breath new life

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released July 17, 2012

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Chris French. Recorded on May 13th, 2012 in Rockford, IL. Released on cassette by Paper Ghost Cassettes and SSF Tapes on July 17th, 2012. Released on a 7" by Turn of the Century Records on January 1st, 2013. The track "Yellow Leaf" is exclusive to the cassette releases. Artwork by Emilie Karl (killkarlart.tumblr.com).

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