It's fine! We'll host your execution with a broadcast just in time,
For your crimes, to be properly introduced and recognized
At last, we don't have to tell you that defeat is a war crime,
And now we'll throw you a healthy sum if your death is televised,
Because all you really did was let us know that we're alive,
And for that the grieving families hold the right to watch you die.
Life sucks.
So why are you complaining?
With a body hanging from the trees,
It'd be worse if it were raining.
Life sucks.
Why are you complaining?
Long live the long gone,
No point in us remaining
These are songs about outdated politic,
Where anarchy works out for us, and
Every success, is a "thank you"
For a thousand failures.
Behind all of these hopes and wails is us putting in the time,
For fucking off for far too long with unacknowledged crime.
Now my bloody ass is hung and there ain't much left to do,
But be glad there's a world this much less safe for thugs like me and you!
On “Meet Me By the River,” Dawn Landes’s self-described “Nashville record,” buoyant country melodies settle deep into lush instrumentation. Bandcamp New & Notable May 7, 2018