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Flares
01:21
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Bumble and bungle turn red in the face
Accountability you always evade
All the dead; dead on your watch
Take a good look at the lives you've botched
(Chorus)
At night I see 108th filled with flares
But it's not a dream; it's a nightmare
Ineptitude your calling card
Trust deflated; reputation marred
I saw through you from the start
But you preyed on fearful hearts
(Chorus)
At night I see 108th filled with flares
But it's not a dream; it's a nightmare
A reign of terror carried out by the terrified
A reign of terror carried out by the terrified
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Blood
01:57
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Your reasons simply homophobic
As if you were at risk of getting sick
Ronald Reagan couldn't even say the name
Dying men couldn't be saved
Case study in straight privelege
Too great a risk you allege
Allies, friends, activists and lovers
They survived because of each other
Ban the blood ban
Wake up it's a new generation
Of risk an inflated perception
Undetectable = untransmittible
Yet exclusion has been miserable
Fear over empirical evidence
Ignorance to all precedents
Draw the line, take your stance
Now's not the time to ride the fence
Ban the blood ban
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3. |
Disco Rules
02:12
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Rock music fans so offended
By their genre's obsolescence
For the disco queens in heels
Crotch rock had no appeal
Thinly veiled supremacy
False claims about melody
"How dare they wear such nice clothes?"
Our minds were much too closed
(Chorus)
Steamrolling piles of records
Such a subtle metaphor
Queer, Black joy expressed in sound
Disco rules
Saying this in hindsight
A mistake to be set right
All the benefits therein
A lesson to take on the chin
(Chrous)
Not what we were, but what we can be
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Shakes
02:04
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These shakes won't go away
I haven't had much to eat
The people on my ceiling
Are stomping with their feet
Worry's been here forever
And it doesn't want to leave
An unwelcome house guest
Since my early teens
Will change ever come? Will I be ready if it does? So far in my own head, I've neglected what I love
(Chorus)
Let it go, let it go, let it go
Give me some releif
Give it up, give it up, give it up
Give it right back to me
Doubt rules my mind
I wish it never did
felt this way so long
I can't see the end of this
Who am I if it goes? Who will I be if it stays? So far beyond sick of living life this way
Chorus
I can't shake these shakes
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Snares
01:43
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When the one beside us dies another steps in to work the line
Snares of inequity
We provide this endless supply for the promise of better lives
Snares of inequity
We don't need you; you need us
Depend on us for your every need, but this work keeps us on our knees
Snares of inequity
Everyday we risk injury for life lived in penury
Snares of inequity
We don't need you; you need us
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