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Divisions LP

by Critical Convictions

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1.
Ottawa 01:11
Million dollar cages built to disintegrate Disposable culture, all can be replaced Blocking out the sun Tearing apart history Gentrification’s won Suburban white flight replaced by yuppie return Sanitized streets kill our subcultures This was a venue This was a record store This was community This is our City Developers back the fuck off
2.
You play to be adored Not for any attempt at community We’re not just ‘markets’ This shouldn’t be an industry See your fans as equals Not just sources of revenue This isn’t an industry
3.
20 foot trailer, 15 shirt designs Laminate on your belt, impossible guarantees So cliché Only girl on tour is your merch lady It’s a spectacle, its not participatory Your vision of hardcore, so cliché
4.
Spill 01:09
Over a 100 days, this oil’s been leaking Over a 100 days of bureaucrats arguing How does it take weeks to cap a well US government lets an incompetent clean the mess No sympathy for BP spillover bureaucracy. BP foots the cleanup bill, A minor price to pay A nation addicted to oil lets a culprit get away Fauna over profit margins.
5.
From our birth to our last breath The state has a say in what we do Assisted suicide is immoral The right to live means the right to die The millions invested in palliative care Cannot eliminate the suffering Of someone who’s ready for death And as I watch you lay there, I know you’re ashamed of the condition you’re in Weak, emaciated and suffering, you asked for an injection to end the pain But you were told that it couldn’t be done, so you stopped eating, they upped your morphine… your heart slowly gave away. Im sorry you were denied a death with dignity.
6.
Sexual Myths 01:07
Some see us as insatiable, common whores Shes nasty, she wants it You’re wild, she’s normal Others spit out radical myths Good and bad Is preconceived These Desires cant be Categorized No I wont accept Your false imagery No I wont accept Your dichotomies
7.
Circles 01:46
No escape Addicted to permanence Decisions based on the past When did the safe choice Become the only option Self created setbacks Stagnating situations Circular trajectory No maps to guide me Cant maintain my bearings Whats run its course and What can be legitimized? Self created setbacks Stagnating situations Circular trajectory This is your problem This is my fucking problem.
8.
Man Enough 00:42
You hide behind a tough guy act Never one to talk about anything but bands Not man enough, not woman enough You call yourself a feminist But feelings are something you’d rather dismiss Relationships are a woman’s work Men can be supportive but still be distant True equality will only be achieved When everyone is free to feel
9.
Meds 01:22
Sweating, shaky, can’t stand being in my own skin Restless until I pop a sleeping pill Medicated sedated Restless Isolated Biology or culture does the answer even matter The question seems less daunting after ingesting medicine I’m not a fan of pharmaceutics but still Im a hypocrite Take these pills and swallow and at the end of the day Just remember to breath.
10.
Anxiété 01:14
L’impossibilité de prendre une décision Le passé nous hantes Agitation, appréhensions, anxiété Aucune solution Paralysé par nos insécurités Un futur incertain Si nous sommes tous remplis de possibilités Pourquoi continue tu de l’ignoré Pourquoi (x3) L’ignorer?
11.
Assimilation 00:38
Divisé par Des lignes imaginaires Différentes cultures Mais une langue règne Assimilation non. Un manque de respect Pour ceux qui Ne sont pas nés parlant Seulement la langue anglaise
12.
Snitch 01:29
Whats your price Oh how much would it take Maybe a 60,000$ FBI salary to snitch on your so called friends A woman joins the protest community Meets Eric McDavid and gains his trust Anna was an informant A fucking snitch Paid to inculcate activists Anna teaches an explosives class McDavid is arrested in a parking lot
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Heroin(e) 00:42
You said sorry I haven’t called Got caught up in old habits You didn’t try anything but reaching for that fix A white line to nowhere Tired of your ways, reaching out when you’re desperate Your addictions mask the problems in your life I’m too easily replaced by a substance I never wanted to be your crutch (For me you’d never do the same) I'm no one’s heroine.
14.
Divisions 01:10
A scene built on the hopes of creating something better We claim to live by our politics but this year made us falter Divided, they’ll conquer You condemn these actions Yet you offer no solutions Marginalizing some persons doesn’t change behaviours Divisions make us weaker.

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released December 1, 2012

Recorded and mixed by Paul "Yogi" Granger at Meatlocker Studio April 2012. Mastered by Mike Bond www.producedbybond.com

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