Darkness at the edge of my vision
Portents I won’t prevent
It feels like so long since I last took a breath
On and on and on
It’s like this everyday
Societal deficit of common sense and decency
Ideological war is here to stay
We’re staring out the window
The window’s facing a wall
And happiness is chemical
If ya don’t got nothing nice to say
Then don’t say nothing at all
We wouldn’t want this Empire to fall
Marionettists’ strings seem to be attached to everything
We’ve surrounded ourselves in this web, it’s fucking sickening
United we’d stand, but together we’ll fall down
Can’t interact without ripping each other’s throats out
We behave this way because we’ve been trained
Land of the free!? Home of the brave!?
Freedom to keep dreaming capitalist America’s dreams
Brave enough to spend a little extra this week
We drown our misery in any way that we can
Holding knives to each other’s throats waiting for imperial command
Thickening quickening sinking in
We are under their control
Have we all sold our souls?
Nightmare hellscape no escape
When did this become normal?
Have we all sold our souls?
No heaven, no hell, no gods above, just devils
We are so easily bemused
I can’t wait to see how we lose
credits
from They Bartholomule / Castigation: The Simulation,
released September 19, 2023
Tracked between 2019 and 2023 by Brian Westbrook at Sonic Titan Studios and by Jeff Sabola at The Beet Lab
Edited and Mixed by Brian Westbrook in August 2023
Mastered by Jay Maas in September 2023
They Bartholomule lyrics by Justin Belden
All other music by PWRUP
PWRUP Logo by Michael Bracco at Spaghetti Kiss
Full album coming October 2023 on Ska Punk International
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