1. |
Truthsay
03:29
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They call you unfaithful
They call you a witch
They call you severe
They call you a snitch
They call you deceitful
They call you conniving
They call you a whore
They call you controlling
But they have no idea
How wrong they are
You traveled for eons
Across the stars
After years of training
And honing your powers
Work in solidarity
With none but each other
Just to set things right
And bring into being
But rather than grateful
Or see what you’re seeing
They scold you like children
And push you away
Or find you useful
Yet hold you at bay
Because they fear your voice
And your weirding ways
‘Cause you can make them do
Whatever you say
Well, they will find you’re
More than they make it
When they fuck with
The Bene Gesserit
Yes, they will find you’re
More than they make it
When they fuck with
The Bene Gesserit
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2. |
Medusa
02:03
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you fear you fear
you hate you hate
because we’re ugly
you say you say
I am Gorgon (x2)
what is it
that you fear?
bodies that are
fucking queer?
I am Gorgon (x2)
what it is
I know I know
the danger, challenge
threat we pose
I am Gorgon (x2)
Medusa-headed
Medusa’s stare
poisonous mind
poisonous hair
I am Gorgon (x2)
powerful &
havoc-wreaking
always snarling
always snaking
I am Gorgon (x2)
you slay you slay
well, we can slay too
but who is ugly?
perhaps it’s you
I am Gorgon (x2)
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3. |
Failure
03:07
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I find it quite
Impossible
To see myself
To see in full
So disgusting
This sleight of hand
I bury my head
I’m buried in sand
Sinking slow
Sinking fast
No solid ground
On which to stand
Now I’m stuck
Self-absorbed
Ineffective
Not working toward
I’ve set a bar
That I can’t live up to
Killing myself
So you don’t have to
Swallowing the messages
And the lies
Instead of the nourishment
I need to survive
Withered ego
Clouded head
Bloated body
Yet underfed
It’s clear I’m a failure
‘Cause I’m barely alive
It’s clear I’m a failure
By design
Failure to fight
Failure to win
Failure as “woman”
White, cis, thin
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4. |
Call Out
02:22
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Call out, call out
Call you out
I'm gonna call out, call out
Call you out
You got some fucked up shit
To say about race?
Say it to my
Fucking face
Call out, call out
Call you out
I'm gonna call out, call out
Call you out
Why you gotta
Mansplain everything?
Shut the fuck up -
I know what I'm saying
Call out, call out
Call you out
I'm gonna call out, call out
Call you out
Wanna be an accomplice
To queer and brown folks?
Don’t tokenize us and
Stop cracking shitty jokes
Call out, call out
Call you out
I'm gonna call out, call out
Call you out
It’s ageist & classist
To ban the young & broke
Think about this shit
When you plan a bar show
Call out, call out
Call you out
I'm gonna call out, call out
Call you out
You say you're making
A “wombyn's space”
You're just a fuckin TERF
Get outta my face
Call out, call out
Call you out
I'm gonna call out, call out
Call you out
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5. |
2161
02:57
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In the future
We adhere
To a directive:
“Do not interfere”
To wash the blood
From crueler years
In the future
Of exploration
We live in utopian
Federation
Rooted in liberty
And cooperation
In the future
We are classless
We see beyond the
Troths of capitalists
Heeding the needs
Of the masses
In the future
We are all equal
Not unaware but
Always peaceful
Respecting all species
And all people
In the future
To enslave
And eat beings is
No way to behave
We once were killers
But don’t kill today
In the future
Our wellbeing
Is measured in flesh
And in feeling
And all wear jumpsuits
So free, so freeing
So free, so freeing
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6. |
Imperialism Within
03:14
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You are in between
Father and mother
Not one or the other
Never, never
Never light enough
Never, never
Never dark enough
Difference is marked
Yet still goes unseen
A privilege obscene
Never, never
Never light enough
Never, never
Never dark enough
Is passing for white
Tacitly colluding
And ever eluding?
Never, never
Never light enough
Never, never
Never dark enough
Though they’re false
There’s real gravity
To these categories
Never, never
Never light enough
Never, never
Never dark enough
Simplified, demeaned
Experience exoticized
And identity eroticized
Never, never
Never light enough
Never, never
Never dark enough
Constantly battling
An arbitrary division
And imperialism within
Imperialism within
Imperialism within
Imperialism within
Imperialism within
Imperialism within
Imperialism within
Imperialism within
Imperialism within
Imperialism within
Imperialism within
Imperialism within
Imperialism within
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7. |
To The Grave!
04:38
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Don’t wanna hear us?
Don’t wanna hear us?
Too bad, well it’s too bad
We’ll be, we’ll be
Dancing to the grave
Don’t wanna feel us?
Don’t wanna feel us?
You can’t, no you can’t
We’ll be, we’ll be
Dancing to the grave
Don’t wanna see us?
Don’t wanna see us?
Don’t worry, don’t worry
We’ll be, we’ll be
Dancing to the grave
Don’t wanna heal us?
Don’t wanna heal us?
No need, there’s no need
We’ll be, we’ll be
Dancing to the grave
Don’t wanna be us?
Don’t wanna be us?
Don’t do it, don’t do it
We’ll be, we’ll be
Dancing to the grave
Don’t wanna free us?
Don’t wanna free us?
Well we can, yes we can
We’ll be, we’ll be
Dancing to the grave
Don’t wanna fear us?
Don’t wanna fear us?
Well I would, yes I would
We’ll be, we’ll be
Dancing to the grave
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ZE Chicago, Illinois
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///QUEERING PUNK
///Recommended if you like bringing an end to normative, apolitical punk.
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