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Better You Than Them

from Quarter Life Crisis by The Trepids

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The refugee crisis is a serious issue that has tragically become another political handball in Australian politics, dehumanising those that are most affected and scapegoating those who have the power to make positive progress. Proceeds from this EP will be donated to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.

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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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from Quarter Life Crisis, released October 9, 2017
Created by The Trepids.

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