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The Same Thing We Do Every Night

from This Great Future by Concrete Disco

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Gonna get myself an ego get myself a tan,
Start telling everyone I'm gonna lead them to the promised land.
Get myself some sycophants - somewhere for my words to hang,
Take a couple selfies get a billion likes on Instagram.

Blame a couple of immigrants bluff up half a plan,
Stab a couple backs and shake a couple grease hands
Build an army, form a clan get a wagon for the band,
Break a couple bridges draw some lines across the sand.

I'm gonna brush up on my Machiavelli and
Then dress it up as a people's rebellion.
Foster division black and white and Orwellian,
You lap up my lies that's why I keep on telling them.

I'd burn the earth just to make another dollar,
And you know where I go the whole world follows
Every single word I utter rings so hollow -
You can't get enough no matter how much you swallow.

Can't walk the walk but I can stand,
Can't talk but I can shout you down.
I needed no torture no force and no battering ram
For when I whistled you just pissed on command,
On your doorstep, no less, and then you patted your palms,
Like you'd done yourself proud, sleeves rolled up on your arms.
I never had to break the calm or do you no harm -
You just played your part and acquiesced to my demands.

Then a bruise of regret comes creeping in sight,
That I choose to forget, go on believing I'm right.
I bury it deep with the worries that keep me from sleep,
Carry on as I've done every night.

Got myself an ego got myself a tan,
Keep telling everybody that this is the promised land.
Got myself some sycophants - somewhere for my words to hang,
Took a couple selfies got a billion likes on Instagram.

Blamed a couple of immigrants cooked up half a plan,
Stabbed a couple grabbed a couple greased couple hands
Built an army, formed a clan got a wagon for the band,
Broke a couple bridges drew some lines across the sand.

If you need me you won't find me hid behind my fucking wall.

Now I've got it all and all I want's a little more
Though I really can't recall what I once set sail for.
Now I've poisoned all the oceans and I've plundered all the shores
I'll keep sucking out the life until there's nothing left to trawl.

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from This Great Future, released December 7, 2018

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Concrete Disco Bristol, UK

Concrete Disco make live electronic music, bringing the raw energy of a live band to the world of electronic music. Combining the beats and bass of dance music with the glitches of electronic music and a punk sensibility, the band have forged an original and powerful sound. ... more

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