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Limes

by The Business End

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1.
Paper Crown 02:22
Do as I do, not as I say Drop anchor then float away Your first instincts are rarely the best play I’ve sewn my mouth shut to rely on written words And I’m at my best when I’m absurd. There’s beauty in the tension But only when ascension leads One misstep, you’re a henchmen With angry, empty heads to feed Your own paper crown Will come burning down Angry empty Your own paper crown Will come burning down Your own crown Do as I do, not as I say Drop anchor then float away Your first instincts are rarely the best play I’ve sewn my mouth shut to rely on written words And I’m at my best when I’m absurd
2.
Et Tu? 03:05
As we’re looking out across the great divide The misgivings of history we’ve all been trapped inside Those who know the way, taken for a ride And most of us have had no reason to smile for awhile America, is that you? I see stars in your eyes Because I remember you before you showed your stripes We’ll see who opens up, we’ll see who runs and hides With ignorance in power there can be no compromise Beneath the hate is pain, perpetual disaster If only love could find a way they’d serve another master America, is that you? I see stars in your eyes Because I remember you before you showed your stripes This could be the end Some of us cannot make amends So ask yourself if love can win Before the wages, the wages of our sin Watch us flop like a fish Left to die in a ditch To be filled in and paved Our empire, our grave Watch us flop like a fish…
3.
Meat Sweater 01:51
Two months amongst the sea feet touch the shore New climes and mouths to feed define one chore Savory destiny cuts to the fore Don’t forget the limes Geometric history provides the form Thousand years of bleating sheep cry out no more Delicious ecstasy de al pastor! Don’t forget the limes!
4.
Sleepcreeper 02:19
When I sleep I don’t walk, I creep Lately when I wake up I am anywhere but bed No sugarplums or gumdrops have been dancing in my head There’s patriots and nationalists And when the latter don’t know the difference My shadow comes out to play, lord I wish that I could say That this is all my fault Forgive me I am wrong Resist! Resist! Woke up in the stands with blood on my hands “You’ll pay for this!” They scream as I am lynched And torn limb from limb Immune to their sin I look up with a grin Quietus is bliss, drug out by my wrists And as my world goes dark I have made my peace with God The epitaph of a man who’s subconscious went too far And I shook hands with the devil who controls me in my sleep Because I am no sleepwalker, like I told you, I creep And on my tombstone it should read: This brain dead precedent was more than I could stand
5.
Eat shit and suffer… That can’t be all this is I must have misinterpreted the signals You’ll be fine, Wounds heal in time Loosen your spine and stick to your line You’re fine Each day another fail in the right direction Full speed ahead, no point in course correction You’ll be fine Stick to your line At least you tried Such an easy thing, if you can live up to the dare Wind-torn and chattering, evaporated in the air There is no choice to make faced with the truth I dream of you all day, I dream of you This waiting game we play looks good on you I dream of you all day, I dream of you
6.
Pitch me a lob, Soft Serve Ace, baby Hole in my head from your targeted strikes Now I’m a ghost reliving my death and I bleed out every night I’m not a player on this hard court Out here my balls have no bite Like Sisyphus on sassafras I bleed out pure delight And when I’m pushing on this boulder I’m doing it with a grin You’re the queen of cold shoulders and I’m the king of affliction Ah, the chemicals creep That’s how I spell relief Another trade off, another lesson lost Ain’t it a fucking shame? No love, just blame And I’ll never walk, I think I love this rock And when I’m pushing on this boulder I’m doing it with a grin You’re the queen of cold shoulders and I’m the king of affliction This love’s a sin and I’d do it again Ooh, I’d repent but my credit’s spent It’s a sin and I’d do it again I’d repent but my credit’s spent We’re not in love, Soft Serve Ace Can we begin again? I wouldn’t trade our misery for a pot to piss in
7.
I am a walking, talking, pre-existing condition To stay alive, to keep my coverage; I keep my income low Because my life is valued by the price of my medication Decided on by corporations Wince and repeat! Let’s throw a pity party, I’ll bring angst a la mode We’ll celebrate the drug black market and lament Big Pharma’s hold On my life and all it buys the shareholders and CEOs My life support, their vacation home! Wince and repeat! Wince and repeat! Soul crushing jobs for care, I was there once but never again When art must be your life, there’s very little margin for error The line I walk is tight, skywalking solo into the night No net beneath the line, I’d rather go blind than look down at my feet, so… Breathe in, breathe out Breathe in and keep pulling your pockets out Breathe in, breathe out Breathe in and keep pulling your pockets out Wince and repeat! Wince and repeat! It’s their intent to own you, drain you, run you through All for financial gain, there’s no regard for you And it’s not truth they’re seeking, all they wants an answer That lets them kill you slow with their own brand of cancer Wince and repeat! Wince and repeat!

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released January 21, 2020

Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Scott Goodrich at Nu-Tone Studios
Music by The Business End, Lyrics by Mike & Bret
Art/Photos by Trey

Mike Ward: Guitar, Lead Vox on some
Bret Fontaine: Bass, Lead Vox on others
Neil Kelly: Lead Guitar
Trey Derbes: Drums

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