Come on then - If you think you're hard enough!
Knuckles 3 and four ache, deep inside. I cracked them since long before I had hairs on my face to get rid of. The storm bought black puddles to rest outside my window. The humidity gave way to a breath of fresh air. I think the geese are going to migrate back to Canada.
Art used to be about survival, I put that pressure on it. Keep me alive, give me relevance. It did what it was asked to. Now’s my turn to give it a platform to do what it needs to do. Sometimes when I’m most scared I play the easy card, leaving a mark that I know will be understood. Sometimes I resist it going where it wants. I’m the one tethering it. If it’s a collection of objects that describe a human’s life, it has to be honest.
The world is warming up. That’s real. It’s a guarantee. Bombs can hide in baby’s bottles... Really? Our leaders swap woollen jumpers and party on yachts and in celebrity-borrowed homes. Who’s got their eye on the implementation of id cards. Lets scapegoat some immigrants. I demand evidence. I find it hard to trust you since you lied about weapons of mass destruction. Will I be condemned for praying to the wrong god? Carbon will kill us all. Where’s your bird flu gone? The weapons you are using are illegal. I will not see another culture destroyed for your version of democracy. Who raided indymedia and impounded their hard drives? Did you use your ‘anti terrorism act’ to seize my friends cd collection at a party? COME ON THEN… IF YOU THINK YOU’RE HARD ENOUGH!
Art used to be about survival, I put that pressure on it. Keep me alive, give me relevance. It did what it was asked to. Now’s my turn to give it a platform to do what it needs to do. Sometimes when I’m most scared I play the easy card, leaving a mark that I know will be understood. Sometimes I resist it going where it wants. I’m the one tethering it. If it’s a collection of objects that describe a human’s life, it has to be honest.
The world is warming up. That’s real. It’s a guarantee. Bombs can hide in baby’s bottles... Really? Our leaders swap woollen jumpers and party on yachts and in celebrity-borrowed homes. Who’s got their eye on the implementation of id cards. Lets scapegoat some immigrants. I demand evidence. I find it hard to trust you since you lied about weapons of mass destruction. Will I be condemned for praying to the wrong god? Carbon will kill us all. Where’s your bird flu gone? The weapons you are using are illegal. I will not see another culture destroyed for your version of democracy. Who raided indymedia and impounded their hard drives? Did you use your ‘anti terrorism act’ to seize my friends cd collection at a party? COME ON THEN… IF YOU THINK YOU’RE HARD ENOUGH!
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