
Date of issue: 10.05.2018
Song language: English
Downmarket |
I stacked my cards against salvation |
Put my life in dirty hands |
Burned my clothes and jumped the border |
Into some broken promised land |
This whole world’s a competition |
And we’re all fighting to the end |
With not a soul above suspicion |
Of my position to defend |
These are the spoils of evolution |
This is the wisdom that prevailed |
This is the history we’ve chosen |
Tried and tested, broke and failed |
But unrelenting of momentum |
The mercenaries marching on |
So what if it didn’t work in practice |
We’ve got a theory holding strong |
This little piggy went to market |
Screamed the injustice cannot be |
So give me death or give me freedom |
But don’t you put no chains on me |
Go tell the jailer to break these shackles |
Tell the watchman turn your back |
Stoke the fires on the money train |
And watch her jump the tracks |
Cut a swathe across the city |
Carving out some great divide |
Until the only aspiration will be |
To reach the other side |
And what you leave can slowly wither |
And those you leave can go to hell |
Those fools should all be dreaming bigger |
Throwing their pennies to the well |
Well I say a plague on all your houses |
Sell a generation cheap |
Just to put 9 figures in your pocket |
And say 'what's mine is mine to keep' |
Stash it away in some secret island |
Far from the prying eyes and ears |
And the bony fingers of the taxman |
And all his Marxist scrutineers |
Come on throw the money up the ladder |
And tear the heart out of the town |
Do everything you can to block up the pipe |
So that nothing trickles down |
And when the house is left in ruins |
Swear to God it’s structurally sound |
Oh yes we’re all in this together |
But some are further from the ground |
Name | Year |
---|---|
St. Peter | 2007 |
Hurricane | 2009 |
Throwaway | 2013 |
Nobody Tells Me What to Do | 2007 |
Isn't It Strange? | 2013 |
...And So You Fell | 2007 |
The Ballad of Miss Lily | 2012 |
Pour a Little Poison | 2013 |
This Is Not Desire | 2005 |
She's Not The One | 2010 |
This Will All Count for Nothing | 2014 |
Call To Arms | 2010 |
Laughing Aloud | 2005 |
Song for the Road | 2007 |
To Hell With The World | 2010 |
Katie | 2005 |
Train | 2007 |
Decimate | 2006 |
Surfin' Guantanamo Bay | 2010 |
Every Time | 2012 |