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outside the walls

by jesse and mak

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1.
the guard song 02:58
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sitting here on the roof of my car singing songs through the barbed wire i see you taking your third smoke break aren't you sick of this place? if you can hear me now would be a good time for you to listen close i know you can hear me so i'd like to offer you a little toast here's to the years you helped wage war against your neighbor here's to the war crimes you committed over pieces of paper and when the walls do fall and we free them all we'll be waiting for your call and you will thank us for the time we tried to warn you you'd regret this later i'm sitting here on the roof of my car strumming chords through the barbed wire as your cigarette's shrinking i can tell that you're thinking about your role in all of this you can try to disengage and you can try to walk away but we're here to stay here's to the years you helped wage war against your neighbor here's to all the war crimes you committed over pieces of paper and when the walls do fall and we free them all we'll be waiting for your call and you will thank us for the time we tried to warn you you'd regret this later and when the walls have fallen and we've freed them all we'll be waiting for your call
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sleep deprived dreamers 04:28
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Staying up way too late in the night Our eyes wide open We’re sleep deprived Cause we are building Community The kind that gives us Energy [kiss] What created these conditions that have pulled us to the streets? Can’t sit back and watch it all collapse from a TV screen so many people's basic needs still remain unmet While our taxes pay state fasc to play with gas and rubber bullets We are sleep deprived dreamers, full of electricity Our bodies are colliding to the Rhythm of state violence But we can’t afford to fail We are sleep deprived dreamers, we’re just getting started now In defense of black lives and the abolishment of ice The stakes are far too high, we can’t afford to fail We’ll take deep breaths, And clench our fists We’ll tear it all down No more reform We’ll take our time Try to get it right All that we love Is on the line
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blackhole creator 03:10
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Blackhole creator, You rip stars from the sky like the hearts Left behind won’t feel the pain of their absence But I know a girl with asteroids for eyes Shooting through the sky she Masks fear with courage And demands answers to questions a 7 year old should never have to ask Her father, the missing star in her constellation Trapped in a cage that only exists To profit those weak enough to hate I bet you never expected Your private death camp paycheck To be met by such resistance Welcome to the revolution We’ve been camped out for 50 days and We’re not going anywhere Until you quit your job There’s no way in hell Minimum wage is worth The death of your divinity I see the ship holding your humanity Set sail, then sank The day you signed an NDA And sold your soul to ICE. Blackhole creator, Why can’t you understand that Sometimes families are forced to leave Their homes like shooting stars in the night Searching for better lives Sacrificing everything Why can’t you understand that Migration is a human right? What right do you have to deny their dignity For the same pathetic paycheck as mine? Do you think your god will let you repent When she learns that you willingly Consent to this? How does it feel to let your compassion Decay into a darkness deeper than a night Where the stars don’t shine? Have you ever seen the stars at the end of your night shift? Because I have. I’ve stayed awake all night long outside your death camp I’ve held the girl with asteroid eyes As she cried herself to sleep. If only you could see the way Her eyes shine when Her father calls If only you could feel the way Her heart breaks when He isn’t there To hold her in his arms Every single day Blackhole creator, Pause for a moment to realize the gravity Of what you’re doing to these families. Let the feelings deepen and expand Your rib cage so maybe one day You’ll stop trapping Stars in cages Let the universe reach deep inside, Grab hold the reins of your mind, and Pull the tears from your eyes … So you can embrace The pain of every kid who’s been traumatized By the lie that a border is anything more than An imaginary line Blackhole creator Nothing on earth can replace the moments You’re taking from these families And nothing can tame all the pain you’ve caused But still You must Quit your job
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said we'd stay (outside the walls) 03:13
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We stayed for 79 days outside the walls of a concentration camp Said our goal was to free them all Said we wouldn’t leave 'til they were free So bittersweet, the ending like a fever dream What did we believe? What did we think would happen? I won’t be made to feel like we quit cause baby we had to leave The grass grew brown then blew away (The land knows we were there) But The dust is not all that remains (GEO knows we were there) We built a camp, a community — (We all know we were there) More beautiful than I’ve ever seen (But baby, we had to leave) We stayed for 79 days outside the walls of a concentration camp
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tear down these walls 01:41
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tear, tear down these walls there is no freedom without freedom for all

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all songs written in the summer of 2020, during the George Floyd Protests. they were recorded in early 2021, and have been sitting waiting to be released.

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released April 18, 2024

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comrade goose Denver, Colorado

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