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This Machine Used to Kill Fascists

from There There by Walter Etc.

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She got bangs, and I got sober
I think you'd get along if you were here to get to know her
and you'd understand why I say
"this machine used to kill fascists back in the day"
Well things got bad, so I finally saw a shrink
who said I need to relax using Xanax instead of weed
made up childhood trauma, spoke of SSRI's
all while staring at her phone the whole time
I know you'd understand why I never went back inside.

I'm buried in bullshit, locked in a system
of scamming each other as if love's in the profit margin
virtue signaling the way out of the maze we're in
forced to compete against each other for the zero sum win
but this machine used to kill fascists
it used to be
a means of liberation from the hegemony
now it's accessory rebellion for your identity
that you can purchase from the counter-culture industry
oh I know you'd know what I mean...

Cause if it's all "work hard play hard " until we're done
that seems to work for everyone just fine
but if there's no higher purpose I'm working towards
then what have I been doing this whole time?
Oh you would understand why I see the signs of the end
in a new apartment complex coming in
yelling "the pain will stop when you give in"
but the marquee outside the church says
"don't give up while the miracle's unravelling"
and there's a vacant lot by the sea
suspending disbelief indefinitely
It shrugs at me in solidarity

Well she cut her bangs, and I cut a record
and I wrote to your mom, unsure if it'd upset her
but I sent her the pictures from our last ride
I still can't get anyone to tell me how you died
But I understand why

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from There There, released May 7, 2021

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