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Fiend
04:23
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Cold Melbourne morning
it's forty-five past nine
kicked back, tram stop, looking at the line.
Rubs his cigarette out
chucks it on the ground
pulls his sunglasses on, just to go inside.
He's got broken records,
he's got cheap TVs,
and I've gotten a little desperate, so he's got it out for me.
An older man appears, asks if his wife's been in -
he's answered with a 'no
but if you see her, could you tell her
that she needs to come see me by 3:30?
patience is thin'
Man says
he's got a photo frame
it's a family heirloom
and he's got his father's ring.
'Fuck mate, you'll be lucky if I can give you more than six more weeks
for everything'
You can hear the old man choking on his words
you can see the broker chewing on a smirk
well, what kind of man does that for work?
not my kind of man.
and 'if you finally run dry I can help you out with that!
i'll give you the right price
i can change your life
i can see you're a surviver.
But what have you got to lose?
Because desperate folk like you have got no other choice,
how do you think I make a profit?'
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2. |
Better You Than Them
03:32
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I can't help but if
I'm more concerned with
innocent people dying than money,
and I can't help it if
I couldn't give a shit
about offensive comedy and violent movies
playing on tv
at forty five past three
in the afternoon for all the little kiddies
because you can not tell me
that's the most damaged kids will be
because of this fucking country.
you say it's better them than us
but you say it like you couldn't give a fuck
and now you're toying with the fear inside our hearts
can't you see there's scars upon the skin you can't look past
so what's the matter my lords
have you got something to hide?
like throwing people into jail
while they're running for their lives
and throwing people into jail
just because they realised
that what that is is depravity and didn't wanna lie
or make excuses like you do
they'd rather go to jail than be like you
and I can't say I'm in the least bit surprised
because you're a sick piece of shit
and you've got poison in your mind
and if your family leaves you and you die
can I say better you than them?
can I say better you than them?
When everything you say
is geared in some way
to chip down our empathy and compassion,
how do you sleep at night?
Just disregarding human rights,
and then lying through your teeth to make it a good thing
You say it's better them than us,
but you say it like you couldn't give a fuck
and now you're playing with the thoughts inside our heads
trying to convince us that we should leave them for dead.
So what's a matter my lords,
have you got something to hide?
Like little camps on little islands
just to keep them out of sight
that you're filling up with people
who've been running for their lives
and then leaving them to rot
while your profit and propagandise
and now they're pleading and they're begging
and burning themselves alive
and all you want to do is turn your head and close your eyes.
So when your kids go back to boarding school
will you set yourself alight,
If that's what you think it should take
to give your children better lives?
how about better you than them?
how about better you than them?
yeah how about better you than them?
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3. |
Stagnant
04:49
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young man, you can't live inside of a shoebox.
came to this city with stars in your eyes,
then life ripped them out and left gashes bleeding
and you're scared you'll see red for the rest of your life.
young man you'll never be rid of your conscience,
it's festering there, in the back of your mind.
so stick your head under the water and ignore it
because the best defence is a good offence,
and to stay numb almost all the time,
but when you haven't felt anything in months
no wonder you want to give up.
but she's waiting for you,
In a thunderstorm somewhere,
and when you've found your way you can
go and meet her there
and I can't promise that you won't regret her,
but I know things won't get better if you end it right now.
You should move into a house
Young man don't be such a romantic,
Your life won't mean all that much to everyone.
Because all that you are is how you treat strangers,
and every single thing you've ever done.
So if all you want to do is get out of your head,
then all you got to do is get out of your room, sometimes,
and you can sit and tell yourself you can't change,
you can't change, and there is no other way
for you to live through the day
because you can't cope with this pain,
and you can't change.
but she's waiting for you,
In a thunderstorm somewhere,
and when you've found your way you can
go and meet her there
and I can't promise that you won't regret her,
but I know things won't get better if you end it right now.
You should move into a house
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4. |
Someone Take Me Home
03:48
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The kids feel evanescent, pushing trolleys down the car-park ramps
and the boys have quite a presence with their busted, bleeding knuckle hands
and the girls they met in the city, scratching their names into the windows of every fucking metro train.
All the I wanted to be since I turned fourteen was the kinda guy you would look at twice - someone you're happy to see
but intentions don't fool anyone, not anyone at all.
As the thick plumes of smoke dance in the air around me, carrying all my lessons from university, I'll be sitting in the gutter with the comfort of a cigarette and a bottle to send me to sleep.
I'll be out here all night feeling sorry for disappointing you.
If there's a way to smell a burnout it's through the smoke that he breathes and the holes in his shirt and his shoes.
All that I wanted since I turned seventeen was someone to sit in this gutter, sharing a cigarette with me,
and say "the black cloud in your head, well I've seen it too.
The weight you've got around your neck, well thats nothing new.
So no matter how far we roam, we'll find something to do
and no matter how far you fall, I'll always love you.
Someone take me home,
Someone take me out of here,
We can go.
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The Trepids Melbourne, Australia
Melbournes Formost Psychedelic Trippa-Punk Band
An adventure in self expression.
www.facebook.com/bandoftrepids
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