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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2. |
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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3. |
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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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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5. |
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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comrade goose Denver, Colorado
folk punk / singer song writer based out of denver, co.
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