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Sanguinary

Bracing for the marching soldiers
the village tries to catch its breath
The killing machine has a gender
can't you smell him digging ditches,
dishing out death

When pulling bodies from the rubble
don't accept that fate's to blame
Those murky forces that torment you
have a face, a mother, father
and a last name.

How long will the undecided keep company with death?
And how can this
unearned freedom from dread
still pass for enlightenment?
Zip-tied to the chair of survival
or in the car trunk of government
Do you wanna be part of the crime
or part of the punishment?

Days so very sanguinary
brings me to my knees
the ground that we're sleeping on
made of mutilated bodies of war

Q: And babies?
A: And babies.
If it bleeds it leads!
In the name of napalm
let's spin another massacre yarn
and take the last plane home

If you return what fate awaits you?
A ticker tape? A movie scene?
Why don't you go ask the homeless
about a hero's welcome –
veterans make up one in three

They'll leave you to your brand new demons
abandoned in PTSD
Wishing for a time machine to
talk yourself out of enlisting
back in nineteen
39
1962
1993
Funny how the past
has a way of catching up with you.

How high can we pile civilians
til the noose is around the drone?
Your own son, just another skull
on the spike of a known unknown
How can they eat their dinner so calmly when there's
brains splattered across the room
Yeah they keep talking
and pretend that they'll knight you
with the sword that they run you through

Days so very sanguinary
brings me to my knees
the ground that we're sleeping on
made of mutilated bodies of war

Q: And babies?
A: And babies.
If it bleeds it leads!
In the name of napalm
let's spin another massacre yarn
and take the last plane home

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from DO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE CRIME OR PART OF THE PUNISHMENT?, released June 10, 2023
Written and performed by Christopher Kline with:
Backing vocals: Lisa Klinkhammer, Aude Levère, Pappie Khaye, Cecilia Sojourn
Bass: Marvin Masok
Drums: Itunu Joe
Guitar: ET

Produced by Early Labyrinth & ET
Mixed by ET
Mastered by Josh Bonati

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Early Labyrinth Berlin, Germany

Necropolitical Dis-Organization 💀 Anarcho-Soul Godless Gospel
Yacht-Sinking Rock
Crust Funk
Smooth Crass
Protest Muzak
Existentialist R&B
MUSIC AGAINST END TIMES

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