I wonder if we’ll ever look beyond the flesh to see the soul inside
I wonder if our rights and wrongs could mesh, and we could find our stride
Hollywood, make me a machine so my gears will only turn for the dollar
Moving units, feeding bullshit-the pay is better when you make ‘em holler
Each and every one of us were architects
Taught to design a death that we could live with
The beauty and the filth, and the logic on a tilt
We must’ve measured wrong-look at this wreck we built
Creativity gets lost in the shuffle of this so called “business”
One wrong move, and your once loyal friends will disown you with a twisted quickness
By all means, you deserve a cut for giving your life to these dreams
So sad to see when spite meets the greed, and then lawyers convene
It’s not robbery, but you could’ve fooled me
Decades of political activism are funneled into a fusion of traditional Southern African music, free jazz, and avant-garde composition. Bandcamp Album of the Day Apr 24, 2024
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viscerally affected by covid, this album has a less optimistic but more accepting message than the previous. it reaches the heart of my experience (and others'?) in a cathartic and depressing acknowledgement. it's nice to know you feel the same niq