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Look again you’ll see it’s all a plot.
ISIS-brides, the far-right, the queen the lot.
The wicked witch ain’t dead, she married Uncle Sam, united we stand, not part of their plan.
And this year’s villain, like a pantomime dame, just last year’s demon, dressed-up with a different name.
But you wave your flags and hide your faces,
Unruly scenes taking place in our public spaces.
If you find the proof you know they’re gonna try and do you,
But you don’t like the truth when it’s served on a plate, now do you?
Ha.

You can flush your stash, but you’ll still get busted, trade in lies, win a prize, don’t get too tired to be disgusted.
There’s something in the air sending us to sleep, don’t ya know they got pills you can take to stay awake, but they’re not cheap.
And the Island Monkeys screaming getting so excited, as the kingdom falls on its sword that’s what we decided. (yeah it is?)
And you wave your flags and hide your faces, there’s unruly scenes taking place in our public spaces.
If you find the proof you know they’re gonna try and do you, but you know that it’s true, you saw it last night on Youtube?
And that’s not all folks.
As one death-cult attempts to kill the other, me? I’d buy them all a bullet, duck and get some cover. The scum of the earth, lost in a moral outrage, quoting chapter and verse, they’ve never read the first page. And the island monkeys screaming getting so excited, as the kingdom falls on its sword that’s what they decided. (yeah it is)
But you wave your flags and hide your faces, unruly scenes in all our favorite places, and you don’t like the truth ‘cos it really doesn’t suit you and you don’t see the proof when it’s served on a plate now, do you?

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from All of the Above (Album 2020), released May 1, 2020

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"Quite possibly the most criminally ignored artist of the past decade"
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"All of the Above is a massive, absolutely massive album"
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"The emotional maturity of Elliot Smith"
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“Dry and High, is a joyous, anthem-laden affair, that evokes Arcade Fires sweep; Blood Sweat and Tears’ horns and the finer moments of Primal Scream’s Screamadelica. 4 Stars Q Magazine. ... more

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