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Satan Is My Lord
01:19
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Indulgence, instead of abstinence
existence, instead of pipe dreams
wisdom, instead of self-deceit
kindness, for those deserving
vengeance, instead of passivity
responsibility, instead of psychic vamps
humble beings, instead of arrogance
sin, as it shall lead to bliss.
Death to false idols
Satan is my lord
rise, and clear your head
secular nations now
tax the conventional church
incompetence must die out
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Mobilize
01:51
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look what we can do when we get off our ass
and we come out in droves for more than the 'ders
apathy runs deep but the wind will rise
to howl for the weak and the greater good
this is democracy, don't take it for granted
hold them accountable and send them away
2020 mark it down
for its the year
when we regain our sights
and rid ourselves of the toxic right
the social cons and the neo-libs
don't forget the GTH, our STC
and his blatant disregard of environmental policies
and destruction of film industries
bill 40 is gone and wall is next politicize now don't wait for the rest
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Moving A Wagon
02:30
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a swarm of bees, stinging my brain
a pack of wolves, tearing at my flesh
like drowning at sea with no land in sight
like climbing a mountain with two broken legs
moving a wagon with a dying horse
a six foot grave filling slowly with sand
I know what it takes but I can't find the resolve
I pick myself up but forever I fall
a gangrenous arm, just waiting to leave
a terminal sentence, with six months to live
like crawling through darkness on a moonless night
like a deafening scream, that no one else hears.
moving a wagon with a dying horse
a six foot grave filling slowly with sand
I know what it takes but I can't find the resolve
I pick myself up but forever I fall
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Hollowed Tombs
02:32
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carbon footprints fall in stride
do as expected, pass on the line
I don't feel connected to the greater good
death to it all, love, my nihilist blood
fearing the future I relinquish the past
encourage the species or unshackle the globe
vasectomies and empty wombs
broken bones and hollowed tombs
my skin stretches thin trying to blanket the earth
oh how I long to love the life of my flesh
but I'm so far gone, I cringe to fathom
dealing with parents and their sniveling shits
hockey dads and trust fund kids
pamper the boy, indulge the lad
lend out your hand, detach from the ego
a fulfilling life can come from within
vasectomies and empty wombs
broken bones and hollowed tombs
pass on the genes of critical thought
or watch as the world withers and rots
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Hypocrite
04:22
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I shout at the hedonists as i prop up their game
counting my wealth while discounting the means
studying Marx in a Hilton hotel while dressed in the silks of the Salvation Thrift
nearing autonomy but failing to feed i put in the work for the future to see
but the future comes quick and the work doesn't quit and the more that I gain the more I demand
my mind races fast in this world of pain, do i take it all in or let it pass by
i hold trepidation, i harbor anxieties, i hope for the best but I do fear the worst
I'm two faced, I'm a hypocrite, I'm not broken but I'm sick
I don't want to live in a world so blind, blind to the truth that we all lead the lie.
In my left, I carry fire
In my right, I carry water
to burn it all down, or wash off the crust
stand close to the fire but don't get burned
oh how I wish, that we had more choice in demise.
I'm two faced, I'm a hypocrite, I'm not broken but I'm sick
I don't want to live in a world so blind, blind to the truth that we all lead the lie.
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Failed States formed in the frozen prairies of Canada in January 2008.
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