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Photographs
02:36
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Little banker with a thousand pound gun
Posing with an animal killed for fun
Lining up people on a public beach
Hand on a gun and a bullet in the breach
A man on a yacht buys a billion-dollar ride
A kid with one shoe jetsam on the tide
Some bloody player gets a few bloody tries
Same bloody liars tell the same bloody lies
Sent down the wire from a far off state
Sized for the paper and a fashion plate
Paid by the piece or a daily rate
Used on Facebook for clickbait
Smug little banker
Hand on the gun
Bloody liar
A fashion plate
On the beach -
A kid, one shoe - I can connect nothing
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Down
00:53
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Holy
03:42
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Praise the sun, praise the light
Praise the sun, praise
If we’d read it in scripture I’m sure, we would have believed
That god was a bitch to the dog of a bore of a man insane
We’d believe - that stones - could cure our bones
And the point of a wasp is its lack of a point
On our knees on the flags with our eyes closed in dread
We’d shout out his name - holy! holy!
Our invisible spirits would dance on the end of a pin
So all of the doubtful damned could see and believe
Our knees may be broken - our cheap souls scratched and shot
Our arches have fallen - prayer can solve the lot
We’re waiting for rapture - a lift into heaven on paper wings real soon
And all the time - missing - nobody looks at the moon
Praise the sun, praise the light
We’re waiting for rapture - a lift into heaven
And all the time
It’s the right of the victor to choose its own salvation
The labour of slaves helped to build our standalone nation
Write down this number - the national hymn is the rightful tune
Pull down the blinds in the dark - nobody look at the moon
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Squeal Piggy Squeal
02:39
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Squeal piggy
Old England made it happen, the exception rules again
Who else deserves a headline on that boot-lick News at Ten
The feedback all collated, a regurgitation boost
Trust baby fists with iron reins and coo at nobs who rule the roost
A Trusted pile in Essex and you’re up above the law
They got their cocks out of their pockets
Bet you can’t tell what they’re for
Squeal piggy squeal, squeal piggy squeal
You have to like it, you have to love it
I’m in the clear now, don’t blame the mess on me
I take what pleasure I can get from a Facebook post on history
But the chip up on my shoulder gets higher every year
When self-proclaimed ex-anarchists are toasting royal birth in beer
Squeal piggy squeal, squeal piggy squeal
I hope you like it, I hope you love it
Stub your British fag-end out on a saucer-souvenir
Blame the lack of progress on the bombed out fuckers flooding here
Watch the royal interview, pay Netflix for The Crown
And work your forty hour week and rub your scratch card up and down
Bend across the throne once more and drop your stinking pants
Put your literate X on the one with a flag, laugh at all those lefty rants
Ha ha ha
Squeal piggy squeal, squeal piggy squeal
Bend over - you have to like it, why else would you do it?
Squeal piggy
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What the Machines Make
02:57
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All the facts are fake
We made an ignorant mistake
To watch the mirror break
And still go along with the money song
Work hard hard to flog corruption
Wave the flag for a rotten nation
Export war to sell more bombs
We got targets to hit (hit)
You can get to the top if you harden up enough
Chain the world if you dig down long enough
Get to the top and you’ll love the view
You can still see stars from here
Work - it’s what you have to do
The science fiction lied to you
Grease the robot mass-production
Shove it down your throat (all the way)
The packing plant full automated
Employment law deregulated
The winners walled away and gated
Smiling at the times
Will it make you turn
Will it make you burn
When your life is full of shit
When you can’t make enough off of what the machines make to live
Will it make you turn
Will it make you burn
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Theory of Movement
03:10
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Let’s dance - let’s dance they said
Dance to the system
That’s what it takes to get the body moving
The system is built so they can feel it work
Theory of movement
They nodded to De Sade
It’s all fluids and shocks to the system
Don’t make the mistake to think the cruelty is incidental
When you trample underfoot it makes the contrast more orgasmic
Theory, Movement
You can have it all watch them plastering the streets with propaganda
But the distance of travel is always twice what it seems
Pushing into work every day to create more wealth for the wealthy
Let’s dance - let’s dance - let’s dance they say, dance to this
Theory of movement
You can read it in Marx if you want to take the trouble
You can read it in Machiavelli
Don’t make a mistake and think the cruelty is incidental
A percentage are born for this - the point for them is
Movement
A theory
A movement
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Up
03:44
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You took a part in a play
Expression of free will
Rehearsal night and day
You took a part in a play
Expression of free will
Rehearsal night and day
Rolling a rock up a hill
Rolling a rock up a hill
Every step is weighed
And it’s a bitter pill
When your grip slips away
Follow it down
Follow it down
Follow it down
Rolling a rock
Hill
Rolling a rock
Rolling a rock up a hill
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Endless Idiot Wallingford, UK
Endless Idiot is a one-faced musical mash exploring different styles and going where the fancy takes. So far the fancy has led to synthwave, post-punk, hauntology, dark folk, minimalism, field recordings, and experimental and orchestral writing. DIY wherever possible, Endless Idiot has fronted or contributed to a fair few bands over the years, most recently punk outfit Who Killed Nancy Johnson? ... more
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Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint
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