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WARLORDS AT THE FRONT DOOR GETTING THROUGH THE SCREEN WHEN NO ONE'S AROUND THE ILLUSIONS OF A QUALITY CONTROL INSTITUTION AND IF THE PEOPLE NEED TO SWIM LET THE SHALLOW WATERS CARRY THEM IN THAT'S THE STRENGTH OF MARKETING SLAVERY POSSESSED TO CRUMBLE AGAINST THE WIND MANUFACTURED TO FEEL ALONE GET LOST OR GET CONNECTED WARLORDS OF INFORMATION THESE WARLORDS ARE GONNA BURY YOU AGAIN
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I WAS A GHETTO NERD SHARPENED UP NONE OF THE KIDS ON THAT BLOCK LEARNED TO BE TENDER SO MANY DAYS ON OWN REPLAYED WHAT A BASTARD PLACE IT WAS THIS LONELY PRETENDER ON THE LONGEST MILE I REMEMBER WHEN IT WENT WRONG FAST IN BED I HEARD THE CAR CRASH MOMENTS THERE THEN HE WAS GONE SHADOWS BLOOD FELL ON LAWN AT THE EDGE NEAR THE STREET I SAW A BOY LOSE EVERYTHING AT 2AM THEY TOOK IT ALL FROM HIM I CAN REMEMBER THE SOUND ON THE NORTHSIDE OF TOWN IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO STAND TALK ENOUGH WHETHER YOU LIKE OR NOT THE GHETTO WILL ANSWER SO MANY MOMENTS ALONE RELIVED AND THE LESSONS NEVER STOP THIS QUIET ROMANCER FROM THE LONGEST MILE
3.
HAD NO INTENTION OF SHARING WORDS WITH YOU GOT THE WRONG EXTENSION AND NOW I'M TRY TO GET OFF THE PHONE GET OFF WHO MADE THE BAD CONNECTION THE CALL IS COMING THROUGH GET ON OR GET OFF THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH YOUR GUNS ARE WEAPONS MARRIED TO VIOLENT TRUTHS UNTOLD PERCEPTIONS OF WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO GET OFF MY PHONE GET OFF WHO DEAMED THIS FLAW PERFECTION THE CALL IS COMING THROUGH GET ON OR GET OFF THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH
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OUR LOVE WAS LIKE THE BERLIN WAS EAST VERSUS WEST ONES BUT ONE IN THE SAME WE SHARED COMMON LANGUAGE BOOKS MOVIES AND MUSIC YEAH, WE DANCED TO THE SAME SONGS BUT COULDN'T SHARE MY NAME BRICK BY BRICK THE ROADS THAT WE PAVED THEY CRUMBLE BENEATH OUR FEET THEY START FALLING AWAY SO TAKE YOUR CARRYING HANDS CAUSE THEY LOOK EMPTY AND THIN AND BRICK BY BRICK WE'LL BUILD THEM UP AGAIN LAST YEAR WAS LIKE A FUCKING WORLD WAR KIDS BURIED IN TRENCHES GIVING AND TAKING GROUND THE RIGHT WORDS COULD JOIN ENDLESS EMPIRES BUT I'M ALL OUT OF WHITE FLAGS AND YOU'VE GONE TO GROUND
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READ A STORY ON THE ENGLISH NEWS FROM A SOURCE BOTH TRIED AND TRUE HE SPOKE OF HOW NECKS WERE PUT TO BOOTS APPROVAL RATINGS GOT PUT TO USE IF IT'S WAR THEY WANT LETS LET THEM HAVE IT EXCEPT NOT IN THE HOMES OF MY BROTHERS BUT IN THEIR OWN AND NOT IN MY SISTERS FIELDS HER STREETS, SCHOOLS, AND HOSPITALS I CAN'T GET GOOD REST UNTIL I'M ASSURED WE'VE BROUGHT IT TO THEIR DOORS SAW AN IMAGE ON MY TV SCREEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN YEARS IT'S ALWAYS FUCKED WITH ME A MAN IN WHITE ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES PULLING HIS FAMILY FROM THEIR HOMES DEBRIS
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HELLO MY DARLING I WRITE TO YOU FROM AMERICA AS SEEN ON TV WHERE THERE'S PEOPLE HURTING EVERYWHERE OUR TEETH ARE COFFEE STAINED AND CROOKED AND OUR BOOTS ARE WORN THE SOLES ARE THIN AND WE CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE STRAPS AT ALL BUT WE'RE TOLD IN TIME HOW OUR SHIPS WILL RISE WITH THE SWELLING TIDE WE'LL LEAVE THESE SHORES BEHIND HELLO MY DARLING I'M CALLING YOU FROM THE FACTORY WHERE I WORK DAILY JUST SO WE CAN FEED OUR FAMILY I STITCH AND SEW THE HEMS ON CLOTHES AND THEN THEY'RE SHIPPED ABROAD I WONDER IF THOSE WELL DRESSED WOMEN THINK OF ME AT ALL
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ARTIST NO I DON'T WANNA BE AN ARTIST SKETCHING DAY DREAMS TO COMMUNICATE IN THE VAIN HOPE THAT SOMEBODY RELATES WORKER WELL I DON'T WANNA BE A WORKER DRAFTING STEEPLES THAT BLOCK OUT THE SUN THE SUN FEEDS THE GARDENS WHERE ARTISTS COME FROM WELL I KNOW A THIRD WAY IS COMING I KNOW THAT IF IT'S NOT I'LL GO AND FIND IT I KNOW ON THE WAY YOU'LL FIND ME SINGING CRAFTSMEN ODC ARE FUCKING CRAFTSMEN CUT EACH DAY OUT OF WOOD GLASS AND STONE OUR LABOR DIVIDED RETURNS TO THE WHOLE ENTERTAINERS SO WHAT'S SO WRONG WITH ENTERTAINMENT IT'S HAPPINESS GAVE AND RECEIVED SO RECEIVE BACK THE KINDNESS THAT YOU GAVE TO ME A THIRD WAY

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Songs off the upcoming limited-edition split 10" with Something Fierce and Occult Detective Club. Dirtnap Records will do a one-time pressing of 1,000 copies. Release date is 8/29/12.

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released August 26, 2012

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Something Fierce Houston, Texas

Something Fierce is a three-piece punk/pop band from Houston, Texas whose music combines the sound and attitude of first- wave 1977 punk with an energy and outlook that's thoroughly contemporary, updating the attack of the Clash and the Buzzcocks for the 21st century. ... more

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