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Blood On Your Hands

from Take Up Arms by Momma Swift

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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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from Take Up Arms, released September 15, 2015

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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.

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