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S​/​T

by On My Side

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1.
Limiting the voices Of those with expertise So you can control What is being taught Cut all views that don't Support the ones you hold Abortion is healthcare x2 Anti-intellectual Silencing the educated Faith based choices Experience negated Who are you to decide The fate of our minds? Abortion is healthcare x2
2.
Head out the window he screamed "East Bay Night" Like it was the first and last night of his life Cried on the steering wheel at his first heartbreak A checkpoint he felt he passed much too late Brought her flowers when she turned seventeen Neglected as an only child it was unforeseen Pupils as wide as the hole in her heart The beginning of the end; the ending of the start (Chorus) Do you remember the kids? Future unknown Do you remember the kids? How little they've since grown Prayed every night he wouldn't go to hell It was the Catholic guilt he couldn't quell A man loving a man was to be despised By every adult he knew at the time The kids at school were likewise prejudiced Judging by the words and slurs on their lips Hate the sin was the party line I'm glad to say he's out and that he's alive Chorus We're all grown up, but we haven't learned that much x 4 Chorus
3.
Black Card 02:37
Some were given red cards and some of a yellow kind Some were given white and walked away with peace of mind Some were given green and walked, but with anxiety in spades Some were given black to mark the ending of their days (Chorus) They gave me a black card and unfurled my body bag Listened to my black heart, it'd never beat again They moved on to someone who could be saved And the world lived on to create a better day Bodies laid in rows and I took my place among them Closed my eyes and waited to be made numb By a non-existent God I created in my image Knowing I'd simply rot, I smiled, we were finally finished Chorus x 2
4.
When it all fell down they simply built it again Bailouts for the banks and for the businessmen We asked when help would come for the homeless For the crestfallen and the newly hopeless They said it was on its way shortly after The private sector needed a bailout faster A decade plus later we're back where we started Realizing our needs aren't highly regarded This weight in our chest has been here all of our lives x 2 (Chorus) We're the children of a flawed design Defeated; you can miss it in the blink of an eye Moving on with weary, but open minds We're the children of a flawed design Communiting in jalopies we struggle to own From the studio apartments we call homes Every move under the eyes of company drones Who've conditioned us to never be without a phone We lost the battle and we'll probably lose the war Medical patents and accounts offshore No wonder we're all on pills that end in pam We know who did this and they don't give a damn Chorus Growing up we were viewed for what we could be Potential consumers so they hooked us on TV Then they move the TVs into our pockets Trading in our youth for their personal profit We're the children of a flawed design x4
5.
Never Alone 01:32
Seventeen in the middle of nowhere Similar friends nowhere to be found Rural Alberta isn't a hotbed For this altruistic sound (Chrous) With this music we're never alone With this sound anywhere is home Values shared through our songs Help us feel that we belong Seventeen felt so empowered Just to know similar people exist To keep that feeling alive We scream this Chorus We are never alone x 2

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released March 22, 2020

Drums & Vocals: Q
Guitar: D
Bass & Yelling: Bert

Produced, recorded and mixed by On My Side
Additional mixing and mastering by Clay Marshall Francis.
Cover photo GS728.2 appears courtesy of the Provincial Archives of Alberta.

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On My Side Edmonton, Alberta

Caring about more than just ourselves through punk since 2019.

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