THE DISSIDENTS -S/T
I wish I would have made a list of my favorite Demos from 2021, this may have been sitting all alone at the top of that list.
raw, nasty punk with great female vocals and the lyrics are so fucking good!
Here is a sample :
We’re comfortable here in the US of A
500 years history leads us to this day
Our legacy racism poverty crime
We blame the outsider for what we’ve created
We put up our walls, we put up our fences
The people will move, despite our defenses
We put them in cells, we lock them in cages
We leave them to die and we kidnap their children
chorus
Isolation - from a world we could learn from
Fascination - with racist pride
Rationalization - of crimes against humanity
We are a damned nation, ruled by lies
You’re fed propaganda to drum up the fear
Shapes your reality year after year
You’ve only been told what you want to believe
Caught in a loop reinforcing your hatred
You put up your walls, you put up your fences
The people will move, despite your defenses
The source of the rot is inside our borders
It’s easy to hate those you see less than human
chorus
You put up the borders to keep us safe
Make America Great Again, keep that smile on your face
Break down the borders and unveil the truth
children are dying as you sit back aloof
We put up our walls, we put up our fences
The people will move, despite our defenses
We put them in cells, we lock them in cages
We leave them to die and we kidnap their children