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Rot

by Dem13

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1.
I'm having one of those days when I need to unwind my mind Pick apart the puzzle but I still can't find inside An answer or a clue and my patience is shot So cut my cortex with a scalpel like the Gordian Knot Cos I'm getting really tired of refraining from saying All you cats are fucking crazy cos the train's derailed again You act like it's normal and trouble is afar Like a Saturday-night star singing “Que Sera” Ta ra! Get fucked, better believe I've had enough Of you ignorant bastards and you fatuous cunts You shit sucks so much I wanna chuck my guts I've gotta get away but the gears are rusted shut Man I've walked the line, kept defying and trying To change this world that keeps sighing and dying What more can I do? What else can I say? I just can't shake the feeling it doesn't matter anyway [chorus] Which way we headed? Full-steam ahead! The iceberg's lurking Forward to death... This global Car crash is headed for catastrophe Melting ice rising water lost is a mind bending fallacy Flat earth fantasy scientists paid off handsomely A Solar flare ends this dead pageantry fled war strategy Where did he touch you show us on this Vladimir Putin effigy It’s all about energy he who stores more owns everything The mentality of the the rich white right wing.. Sells them guns then take it off them with conflict fighting The message is on the wall can’t you read the writing.. Or are you frightened you should be it’s frightening We the freaks in this tent, surrounded by clowns wearing crowns pretending to be kings to a crowd that keeps paying for this circus instead of shutting it down
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Ghoulish 04:34
Balancing life as the end grows nearer Overloaded ready to blow like Akira Dreamer ya Never to old I’m a believer Lost in world that doesn’t really exist Behind the giant black mirror cysts A realist that persists to coexist on the grave shifts mailing list Admit it’s gibberish I call myself a lyricist But you rarely listen to this… Pointless Delete my friend list all the pretenders Those who use to look up now look down There bigger than me now it all grew Out of hand now to many finger prints on the crown I speak my mind and get cancelled by the crowd Blame the kid who shot the school up but not the bully that led him to do it The white kid has problems but the black kids a terrorist that’s what led him to do it Cult factions of the same bible manipulated for hate Brain wash brains arm him with hate gibberish scriptures translated to rage the fuse lit Cut out chapters to avoid any aspects of peace And kill the suspects on the streets just like the police Don't believe in what you see cos life is like a magic trick You only see the distraction, I never saw the attraction They drug kids cos they fear reaction Their passion is basking in misery, they need inaction They literally lack the ability of compassion Check the history it's not a mystery Acts of war are how they kill us it's vicious Stay suspicious [chorus] Ghoulish, foolish I was born in this world I didn't choose it Sick joke of a life, I can't do this Cos life is beautiful but you abuse it Illusion of choice is not amusing Cos you could be free but you refuse it Always a struggle to get through this And in the blink of an eye you can lose it The mirror stares back, man, who'd you think you're fooling? I'm talking to myself in an empty room and Once again thoughts arise that I'm wasting my time And no-one gives a fuck what's playing on my mind Cause we've heard it all before, yeah I've got nowt new Views like a broken record playing in an endless loop Reiterate the state of the world is screwed I don't really mean to bore ya, it's just what I do But fuck all that, man give us a new tune Not the same ideas you've been rehashing since '02 You're supposed to be creative, you're supposed to be clever But I kinda get the feeling that your head is full of feathers These morbid monologues about my many failings Go round my head like spiked park railings Do they keep me in a cage or keep the world at bay? To tell you the truth man I really couldn't say Either way I live with it from day to day And it doesn't really bother me that much anyway I can live with being a waste, don't take up much space Just leave me alone and I'll face up to my fate And all along the way I'll maintain my play At art and ideas and the urge to create Like Kropotkin said, “Sow life all around” I'm only human, I can't help but get down
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Puppets 03:49
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My life’s nowt a winning lotto ticket wouldn’t sort out But I’m the wind to my own house of cards and I laugh as it falls down Trapped inside the four walls of this dolls house That’s kinda where my mind Belongs now I fell before the last furlong now I’m stuck in a queue in the glue factory I wish I knew happy instead a new agony Need a recharge a new battery but I knew that’s just fantasy It’s a familiar place baron just more snakes in the grass I find it hard to trust been burnt twice I live in hope the hurt might manifest into love at first site Nope another snake that turned to bite No one to talk to this time fuck man I miss Mike Rappers round here will never make it to the big show Cause the whole country thinks we’re nowt but jokes Hard nose folks…drunks fuelled with coke grabbing strangers by the throats at night How many people that know u bought ya CD or came to t a show just to see How many Added you to there Spotify playlist Not just one track but the whole LP I bet neen [chorus] Nee more fucks to give Just get out there and live Nee regrets or rules Cos this is all there is Not afraid to fail If you sink or you sail It doesn't even matter Cos this is your tale They say the grass is greener on the other side But he uses chemicals and pesticides that kills of the rest of the country side You can see the sadness in a dying rabbits eyes sat on a lonely road at night waiting for you to drive by so you can take his life No more kids to feed no more nagging wife bliss from the high speed Pissed you just missed he goes back to his crib without any food to give sat in his chair as she loses her wig and his mixamatosis starts to itch. What cruel fate is this… He wants to move to his next date But heaven isn’t a place it doesn’t exist its mental state no pearly gates now how do you feel about fate. So all those people who cause ya stress are effecting how you envision heaven. Cut them off, tell them, your not welcome no longer have to live in hell don’t let them effect what you become now you control the outcome
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Smile 03:24
I couldn’t be what you wanted me too Inside I fractured like kid Cudi man on the moon Alone by my self in a room felt like a loon My mate had cancer but I felt like I was dying too Another died in a car crash what do I have to Turned to Comfort food and bloated like a balloon Couldn’t get a lass to sing the same tune so it’s one night with you then on we move I live in the hope I’ll find someone soon But days about to die I can see the moon Can’t help but feel used sat singing the blues Feeling like if I move I’ll find something new but what do I lose Excused, cocooned in my shell let loose in my own hell left bruised hard to tell but the fuse lit a feud like a junkie with a spoon I can feel it move in my blood cells.. I’m addicted to you when I lose what the hell I wouldn’t hear the truth at any decibel Is this my farewell was she just a Jezebel How can I love someone when I don’t even love my self Another compelling chapter filling the book shelf Wondering if I should look for love or just get help Kid my self like I don’t have an issue with my mental health Life can be tough at times Life can give up at times And it’s easy to follow suit Pull the trigger and follow through Filling the day with blue and I still never found somebody like you So I sit and I smile [chorus] Heart-breaks are ten-a-penny these days All these chances gone to waste I know it hurts but Won't you give me a smile? Heart-breaks are ten-a-penny these days Feels like hope is out of place I know it hurts but Won't you give me a smile?
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Rot 03:36
Stabbed in the back left to die Days go slow as I close my eyes Here I lie a man finished with life Losing my mind soaked in plight Losing the fight as dark envelops the light It never lasts long before the day Over and over and over again It’s a Cycle of decay As fibre and proteins feed the land I lay Life’s end starts a opposite display Conditioned for existence to begin Eggs cover what use to be skin Life of Maggots grow from with in My soils start new where life has been Blowflies lay eggs and sing The buzz and the hustle of the glutton Plenty to feed an to thrive off a chosen A merry week of the flies in the erosion they feed on my weak wet eyes soaking The Bleak regrets as stenches rise The buzz filters into a silence in here heat changes the atmosphere Washed fresh from the rains that come Carbon dioxide and water forms sugar that make oxygen and feeds off the sun The cycle of life is deemed on what the bees have done In my mud the flowers bud Beautiful and bright with love Golden yellow and red heads adorned the tall stems Unaware what it all meant They too meet a cruel end Plucked from the roots when beauty shines through Bundled together a beautiful crew Given to you Placed in water next to the dagger you drew You strike again, the cycle repeats Because of you Oh the nectar's sweet, you just can't resist To pick up the pollen so the cycle persists From one bloom to another so the sequences twist And only ever regret the ones that you missed
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I had that dream where I was falling from space feels like hours pass then I fall flat on my face.. I Wake in a small place the walls fade and shows it was all fake but I have my foot stuck in the crawl space.. A thousand hands grab me and it all changed it’s a large cave with a phone ringing but I can’t answer at all.. It’s a memory I know it’s Micky on the other end it’s clear I’m just missing my friend.. I grab it but all I heard the dial tone on the other end there’s a hole in my heart that’ll never mend.. The road forks and I’m at a dead end I’ve a pen in my hand But there’s no words to write in the pad.. Each page disintegrates into ash taking with them the stories of our past some to dark to broadcast.. To think we got it to shrink but it really wanted to win The scene changes the second I blink.. I’m on the cliff staring off into the brink with a glass full with water to salty to drink.. This is where it was to begin I start to sink I feel it crawling through my skin I wake thinking I’m never going to sleep again
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Political gangland number ten criminal’s Steal votes analytical honesty's mythical Formidable visceral cretinous miserable They lie through the telly ask David Kelly Democracy isn’t on solid ground it’s jelly Talking so much shit it’s getting smelly pushed us over the edge no turnin’ back They own papers there murdering facts Ignoring us more tax Serving banks We sit back observing the ruling class Investment companies rule the world To turn a profit they’d watch it burn The lines are blurred we never learned They're never accountable it's unheard of We’re laid off its the age of the paid off One rule for them another for us Working class, we suffer the sucker punch Death to the NHS, blame it on the credit crunch Security tags on the butter, forced to adjust No justice for us, just more mistrust They need to be handcuffed (Up against the wall motherfucker!) [chorus] In the fires of the riots truth rejoices But what's a protest with no noises We've gotta burn it to the ground Like Bommy Night, too right, start the fight! And let me hear ya voices! Moore says capitalism is evil eliminate it But we can’t change it we’re to Sedated Reliant on the money we’re all making Trapped by debt different type chains Still slaves just the meanings changed not black n white but the fears the same When we shout nobody hears the claim because every-time we are to blame Come together unite and shout louder The taste is sour time take back power Boris and Rishi is proof of the abuse These fucking clowns haven’t a clue Neither have I neither have you Because they control news n hide truth See We hate them for what we do know But imagine what we don’t though Illegal methods used for stolen votes They pay off friends who go buy boats This covid fraud is an unimaginable cost 37 billion in track and trace just lost Fucking disgrace the lot Over tax the working class Then pay us it back when capitalists won’t pay to support an inflation wage We are the illegitimate kids of there affair there dirty shame But not again - this time let's make them pay!
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We get in it for the good reasons But some how bad intention creep in We all need something to believe in Cause at some point we are all leaving The curse of want the curse of love We’re bound by being human beings We stop doing what we need and what we should Falling in love adrenaline rushing in the blood The addiction the attraction the passion Money is distraction when endorphins flood Ignoring the need of interaction stuck A lonely soul can only imagine how it’s fashioned by luck Hate war death murder alone and lost dumbstruck by lust postponed by cost Time thrives when it’s forgot Cast off as an afterthought as we rot In this nightmare world things could be magic But your reality's a fantasy so it ends up tragic A failure to imagine what's in front of our eyes The skies weep as we sleepwalk to our happy demise In this nightmare world things could be magic But reality's a fantasy so it ends up tragic The inevitable surprise is a played out shock And I don't think I wanna stick around to watch Searching for peace for something else Each person needs a least a little help Each star connected is felt Its expected as well when we suffer defeat Outlooks mount up the rejection is bleak But it’s the connection we seek Everything connected but we never speak What is expected of me In a world caught by things it thought up Progression ignores us and haunt us still Attempts to reverse progression but cobalt kills We never know the end no sell by dates exist We can never mend this because it tends to persist We find fear daunting so form Friendships Some don’t and choose to end it Some defend it with clenched fists While the rest expect a mention in the credits... dead it! Can't we just try Something Else? Can't we just give it a go?
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Life's Laws 03:52
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The void is devoid of a civilised voice choice is a flip of the coin a hit to the groin till you realise the point Truth is cooked till it boils Symbolised and spoiled separated over conjoined soil they watch as we die No cure for cancer till we Legalise a joint that's more criminalised than bitcoin the bosses all lie while bankers smoke that shit on foil kill for that oil until it’s all flushed down the drain What will they do tax us again? the facts still remains they act with disdain it will all crumble and die the jungle is wild laugh as they stumble in style eating humble pie with a drop of clotted cream Lost and surreal living in an adopted dream just another forgotten reel from a movie nobody made and it will cost you a meal to rewatch a scene. Lock it in ya memory vault an mentally gloss over many of the faults then get a penny for ya thoughts until they’re full spent on the rent Lost the plot of the story and what was meant what’s real and what’s pretend who’s an enemy who’s a friend who cares when it come to the end Don’t make a sound not even a peep What am I fucking asleep….
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I spent almost my whole life with the feeling something was holding me back From following a chosen path I use to get low and crash I didn’t know to ask Being diagnosed changed all that So I never noticed facts everyone trying to wake and I was trying to sleep To tired to hear what my body was telling me uninterested in listening Untested Distancing further symptoms signalling gestures dwindling Whispering triggering thoughts woken brain cells glistening Lost in My debilitating condition My mind released from its prison Set free to a future hard to envision A mystery From an obliterated history Now I’m much more calculated Stimulated and elevated with a need to be educated My thoughts are more formulated and uncomplicated [chorus] And so in conclusion let's have no more illusions Or stubborn refusals to acknowledge abuses All things must pass, all passions and hate Seems it's just our fate to learn our lessons too late So give and take as you find, we have our faults and it's fine Tell the truth, shame the devil and keep an eye out for the fault lines There's beauty and pain in this life Let it wash over ya but don't let melancholia bury ya The feeling of melancholy Was really my own therapy Thinking of my eschatology I had to balance it carefully It stunted the man I could never dare to be I couldn’t love you pet I never knew what life would throw next Where I would go next I Hated my own self You hated me before I came out the fog Treat me like a disobedient dog But see my thoughts were waterlogged You should fear the fuck out of me now cause I now know what I’m capable of Years of silence drowned by the yearning of a rusty cog Now my thoughts are wild and clear It's the Killing of a sacred deer Now i have to make things right here

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This album is a collaborative effort with a mate of mine, Budd, aka UCallMeSir. It was originally begun way back in 2014 but for various reasons was put on hold. We eventually resumed work on it in February 2022.

Thematically, it's about death and decay - on both personal and political levels - and trying to find a positive, optimistic outlook on them.

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released December 1, 2023

Lee Buddle: lyrics, lead vocals, cover art
Neil O'Brien: music, additional lyrics and vocals, production

Home-made in Sunderland, Feb 22-Nov 23.

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PigFuckingSick has become the outlet for a series of one-off projects from me, Neil O'Brien. I've previously released a total shit-ton of music of all flavours under the Rude Corps moniker. As with the Rude Corps stuff, everything is written and produced with Renoise. ... more

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