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LYRICS

STRESS

i don’t know what’s going on 
there’s bodies all around
stacked up to the ceiling
in tiny little cages
stress

i’m hiding all my fear
i’m hiding all my pain
i’ve got to stay calm 
so i don’t get singled out
stress

i’ve got nowhere to run
i’ve got nowhere to hide
and i can smell the fear

cages and poisons
mazes and traps
probes and needles
shackles and restraints

i can smell the difference
i can smell the threat
and i can smell the fear

DRONE

failures of a collapsing economy
sparks a wave of boosting industry
constant state of war
bombs dropping and the dollar’s rising

now there’s drones circling overhead in the clouds
picks a face out from among the crowds
drops and circles round
survivors are a new found enemy

generations of victimized enemy
perpetual war economy
pockets lined by death
dollar based on the bodies of millions

now the economy is doing just fine
bombs dropping off the assembly line
start another war
don’t even justify it this time

constant state of war
constant state of war
bombs dropping and the dollar’s rising
constant state of war

SMILE

Insecure men walk through the world
claiming all dreams as their own
brutish and heavy handed

I will not smile
I owe no man

approaching violet midnight
stealing all mine as their own
voice of dust and gold

i will not smile
i owe no man

can no longer be more polite
more clever, more patient to your
leering vile stares

i will not smile
i owe no man

SACRIFICE

a prayer is recited
on a friday night
on a train on the way to work
without an end in sight 
until the dawn or death

just to pay the rent
just to feed the kids

a book is read
passage underlined
on a break from a double shift
a moment of solace
in a life of struggle

just to pay the rent
just to feed the kids

just to survive

ten minutes a day 
spent with family
tuck in and tell the kids goodnight
to put food on the table
a life of sacrifice

just to pay the rent
just to feed the kids
just to survive
the cost of this life

BUDGET

tax breaks to the rich on parliament hill
while mothers are dying
financing jails on parliament hill
while sisters are dying
advocating war on parliament hill
while daughters are dying
opportunity on parliament hill
but you’re doing nothing

not even a number
to you
nothing in your budget
for them

do something
stop ignoring
do something
it’s not stopping

INSULT

tired and exposed
i’ve had about enough
cruel and devalued
my choices are not mine
i state my desire
but meet cynics at every turn

reproduction
is a choice
not an obligation

ambiguous
i’m not selfish
all your hangups
don’t you shame me
satisfied
i’ve got cats fuck off

reproduction
is a choice 
not an obligation

my body is not your policy
i’m not unfulfilled
needing a man’s opinion

redundant
insulting

VACATION

shots ring out in the darkness 
insecure security to serve and protect
no justification over reaction
hired because of obedient action

paid to take a life
vacation as punishment

wires spring out under fluorescents
four against one with a fucking stapler
no understanding there’s no reason
someone should die while under restraint

paid to take a life
vacation as punishment

suspended with pay

until they kill again
while we pay with our lives

speeding along into the night
more than a few beers in and behind the wheel
lied on the stand and two years later
hasn’t missed a cheque but this death is the second

paid to take a life
vacation as punishment

suspended with pay