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The Hole
04:07
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the hole devours the ground like a starving storm
with the most brutal signs of human life erupting from the core
the flesh of the earth is paraded and piled for all to see
until the edges arent distant anymore they're at the feet of you and me
and im ashamed im sickened to the stomach to know im one of them
everything this earth has eve grown to be is crushed in their mighty metal hands
and im crying im speechless when i see their bodies are just like mine
but we just have to take one look into the hole to see their fucked up minds
no home is safe from these jaws no nest no burrow no house
only money feeds and fuels the flames the flames that cant be put out
and when the trees hit the floor of the forest they cant be heard for the sound
of worldwide domination soon they'll be comin to your town
when you sleep at night what is it that haunts you in your dreams
is it the sound of this world dying is it the animals screams
theres no justice in your words no room for complacency
no time for indifference to the lives you crush so easily
i hope you toss and turn i hope you never get to sleep
i hope you hear the cries of the forest every time you fucking breathe
i hope you hate yourselves in ways you'll never truly understand
and for what the wads of money in your hands!
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2. |
Blood On Your Hands
07:01
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You've got blood on your hands
you've got blood in your eyes and your mouth
that no amount of scrubbing and cleaning will ever wash out
you've got blood on your suits on your batons your helmets and chains
they tell stories of violence and death at the hands of the state
we have scars and broken bones we have hospital records to prove
the extent that you\re willing to go to repress and remove
we have friends that have died we have friends that are barely alive
and right now when i think theres nothing i can do but cry
Its all over money its all over power
the death count rises by the hour
and whilst we mourn and hold our loved ones
you sit there laughing in your skyscraper tower
this is brutal this is war
when we dont know what to expect outside our doors
and it makes me ask the question more and more
what is it that we're fighting for
you take pride in your work you take pride in the badge on your chest
it grants you access to a limitless amount of respect
so when you beat and shoot us you know that you'll never suffer
your backs covered by the heads of the state and the media
so you continue the extermination of dissent on the street
and not one single tear shed for the bodies that lie at your feet
you have protection on the highest level to keep you alive
but right now when we think theres nothing we can do but cry
one day this will be you
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3. |
Stick Together
03:51
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we say goodbye at the beginning of the night
when the rest of this littel town will turn out their bedroom lights
we say goodbye before we hit the road
because the paths we take are not the ones that everybody knows
we say goodbye with this fear in our hearts
about the people who will do their best to tear our worlds apart
we say goodbye not knowing the next time
we will meet and if theres a chance that we will be alive
cause we dont know how far they will go with us this time
so lets tell each other that we love them whenever we can
lets keep each other as safe as we possibly can
be careful keep quiet but most important of all
dont push the ones you love far enough for them to fall
cause when we fall we cant stick together
and we have to stick together
we have secrets we have treasures we have our plans
but they can never be measured by ways of consequence cause we cant be sure how fucked up the state decides to react
so we burn notes encrypt our messages and find it hard to trust
every single person that we are desperate to love
and those outside our cirlces are always the enemy to us
cause we dont know the ways that they can break us down this time
i see that you are hurting i see that you've been beaten
i see they cut you deep into your very existence
if you need to take some time if you need to get away
we can all work together to find somewhere warm and dry to stay
cause this will never be safe and this will never be easy
and we will need to call our parents to let them know we're still breathing
but if we hold each other near every step of the way
then maybe it'll be better maybe it'll be better
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this feeling it grows from within me
clutching at my throat tearing at my insides
burning my fingertips until i cannot take it
cannot stand to stand idle
cannot bear to not take up arms
theres blood that must be shed
from the depths of the bodies of those that seek to hunt us down
there must be rolling heads
as a warning to these masters that we will not be held down
so lets set fire underneath their cars
lets poison them with our medicinal arts
lets cut their throats lets break into their system
and burn the whole thing down
these cages that hold our friends and comrades
are smeared with the blood of the others that were held before
we see a pattern emerging
see a breadcrumb trail leading many through the prison doors
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There was a time when i believed that men could have their hold on me
that they could click their fingers and i would be the one to please
that my decisions would be stained with all the things they had to say
i couldnt leacve my house my room without them standing in my way
but in the years to come i'd find out all these ways to smash them down
to free myself of all the bullshit that i'd built my life around
but still to this day
Im terrified of what you can do to me
and this fear consumes me whether i'm awake or asleep
im aware of the restrictions that you have on my life
and if i defend myself with my fist or my knife
then you're there in the courtroom waiting to see me cry
well i am going to fucking cry
so this year i found out that pretty much most of my friends
have been raped or abused in the dirty hands of cis men
that everything they knew and trusted crashed all around them
now they're picking up the pieces but they havent quite found them
so now we're trying to support each other but we dont always know how
because from every angle we are faced with shame and disempowerment
and just when we think we're ready to live our lives again
well you go and do it again, well you go and do again!
So still to this day
i know you like to think of the stranger in the alley
of the psychopath with no self control in the movies
well i hate to break it to you but it may just be your son
your nice guy of a friend or your sweet loving husband
when society raises us to take whatever we want
and that men are valid humans expected to be more dominant
that our needs only matter if we have a dick to assert them with
and that consent is just a killjoy word to ruin perfect moments with
if you dont get permission then that makes you a rapist
if they're drunk asleep your partner or last night they wanted it
there are no excuses there are no blurred lines
so get the fuck away form em and let me get on with my life
cause it may take months or it may take years
and there may never come a day where we dont shed our tears
but we are powerful we are beautiful we are better than you'll ever be
you better watch out for your fucking life cause you are now the enemy
so still to this day
you should be terrified of what we can do to you
on the streets and in our bedrooms the power no longer lies with you
if you're horny and you tell yourself that you are entitled
well tell your friends to come and visit you in hospital
cause you have to learn somehow these bodies are ours and ours alone
now do you understand when i say no?
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6. |
Fascist
03:09
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you hear it in the supermarkets you hear it on the bus
you hear it in the coffee shops you hear it down the pub
you hear it in the hairdressers you hear it where you work
you hear it everywhere so its no wonder you repeat the words
immigration is stealing our jobs
immigration is getting us robbed
it dont matter that you're human or that you've got mouths to feed
immigration is not benefiting me
so you hear about the casuals or about the EDL
britain first the patriots or your local infidels
these racists claim they're heroes and you're liking what you hear
your hatred is collective you're a fascist on from here and you say
immigration is converting our children
immigration is perverting our women
and anyone who disagrees is coward lefty scum
immigration go back to where you're from
so today is your big day out you pile on the bus
you're pissed before midday there's already been a punch up
flags held high and proud but there's only ten of you
cause no one else wants to be a fascist twat like you
from around the corner you already know you've lost
whether its ten thousand marching strong
or antifa black bloc
we've come out to show you that you're fascism aint welcome here
and you spend the day nursing your broken nose over a beer
and you say
antifascists are destroying our country
antifascists are brainwashing you and me
white traitors the lot of them
dirty anarchist scum
antifascists are ruining our fun
and we say
antifascists remember history
antifascists will not stop until we're free
from white power attacks on blacks
from refugees being sent back
from unwarranted arrests and raids
from walking home not feeling safe
terrorising diverse towns
media scapegoating browns
antifascists wont stand down
antifascists dont stand down!
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7. |
Heatstroke Against Cops
03:16
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All cops are bastards all cops are bastards
they're the worst kind of people
they beat us they crush us they cage us and they kill us
all in the name of the law
they take our friends just to make an example but we'll always stand in solidarity
we'll never disappear and we'll never be discouraged
we will fight til everyone is free
cause we dont need your systems
we dont need your wealth
we dont need your prisons
we'll decide for ourselves
all the time and money that you spend to oppress us
imagine if you'd put that to some good
but in a system that is built on exploitation
we'll never see the day that you would
so we've got to tell our friends
we've got to tell all children
we've gotta share in every single way
never trust a cop or a politician
you'll regret it til your dying day
cause we dont need your money
we dont need your laws
we dont need your violence
we dont need anything of yours
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I'm standing there in the club, I've got my friends and a lot of love for the music and a love for the night
You seem to think it's okay to stand there and prey on the girls cause you think they're too drunk to be right
We may be dancing and we may be laughing
But you might be sleeping in the gutter tonight darling
If you don't get out of my face in 5 seconds time
Just because I've had a few and my vision's not that good as new
And I'm tripping up when I'm in the loo
It doesn't mean i'm up for it with you
Or with anyone
Did it cross your mind I'm no singleton and I don't want to be involved with a dick head like you
Not tonight and not ever
And especially when I'm walking back home on my own
Where the fuck's your right to my body
Where the fuck's your right to my mind
Since when do you have a licence to justify your violence
with the classic old timer 'she was dressed to have a good time'
Where the fuck's your sense of morality
Or even just a slither of respect
Learn your own language, no is always no
And don't get too big headed even when we say yes
But of course how can we enforce our thoughts in a court with no recognition from the law
We're all sluts we're all easy we're good for nothing whores
I thought we had it bad here with hyper sexualisation
But what about Iran the families bear too much humiliation
For them to take, for them to live with and so they're willing
To eliminate embarrassment with your standard backstreet honour killing
But if she lives she won't talk
Where's the required 4 witnesses
And if she talks she'll be branded, ostracised and left to bleed
Or left to carry the remains of her burden in the form of a potential rapist too
And don't give me the response 'oh i'd love getting sucked off in my sleep'
You don't deserve the right to breathe let alone the chance to breed
And don't give me some bullshit pathetic line
She was grinding on me so I decided to take whats rightfully mine
She's a goddess you're the lowest of lows
Regardless if she's come out tonight not wearing too many clothes
She's a lioness, you're a worthless pig
Put down that roofie and for fuck's sake put down her drink
Where the fuck's your right to my body
To my pride, my dignity and my soul
i don't remember giving you permission
To destroy everything that I know
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9. |
Terra Nullius
04:13
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Pilgrims of the great north sea noble and worthy travellers are we
Rule Britannia, commanders of the waves superior to other men, who'll die being our slaves
These shores are fresh like virgins, the land we are to claim
Flags announcing from the sand it's us who are to reign
The creatures that reside here, are savages and beasts
We'll capture, rape and murder them, upon their flesh we'll feast
Terra Nullius, Terra Nullius But the land is ours, it's now ours, TN, Your land is ours, you are ours
With weapons made of steel, disease and white power
Your women we will ravage, your land we will devour
Your children will be taken and raised against their own
Or buried neck deep in the burning sand battered by our stones
Your water we will poison, your gods we will abolish
We'll string you up we'll burn you down You won't just be admonished
We'll instil the deepest sense of fear inside your starving bodies
You'll die inside our prisons, or be struck down with our disease
These national holidays of fireworks and flags
An insult to the ones who'll never take their lives back
These history books of white supremacy and western victory
Will never do justice to the worlds they have attacked
Asia, Australia, Africa, India, the middle east, canada, north and south america
Islands far out in the sea, or ice where we're not meant to be
The boats sail in, the triggers pulled, war's declared, we'll kill them all
Eurocentric dominance, imperialistic ignorance
Our children never learn the truth, so they grow up being racist too
And all the while we still hate, imprison, torture, murder, rape
Rule Britannia, bow down slaves,
Rule Britannia, bow down slaves!
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10. |
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Viva la quinta brigada,
rumba, la rumba, la rumba, la,
que nos cubrirá de glorias,
ay, Carmela, ay, Carmela.
Luchamos contra los moros,
rumba, la rumba, la rumba, la,
mercenarios y fascistas,
ay, Carmela, ay, Carmela.
El ejército del Ebro,
rumba, la rumba, la rumba, la,
la otra noche el río cruzó,
ay, Carmela, ay, Carmela.
Y a las fuerzas invasoras,
rumba, la rumba, la rumba, la,
buena paliza les dio,
ay, Carmela, ay, Carmela.
En los frentes de Granada,
rumba, la rumba, la rumba, la,
no tenemos días lunes,
ay, Carmela, ay, Carmela.
Ni tenemos días martes,
rumba, la rumba, la rumba, la,
con los tanques y granadas,
ay, Carmela, ay, Carmela.
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11. |
Birds
05:01
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like birds we yearn for the skies
to carry our bodies when we fly
over seas over mountains over trees
let these winds take us to a better life
and if these winds could ease our sorrow and our pain
until whats left would be washed away with the morning rain
then to the skies we must take this final flight
until these bodies know a better life
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Momma Swift Brighton, UK
Momma Swift was the solo project of musician Em Swift, between 2014-2015. Since then, they played in folk punk band Cistem
Failure, and are currently touring and making music under Rootweave.
contact rootweavemusic@gmail.com for booking shows
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