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Misery is a Riot

from Buried Secrets & Old Lies by ThornBrain

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We are gathered around two holes
Filled by two halves
One that we barely met
One we wished we didn't know

It's not what I'd call a crowd
But an outpouring
And I can't help but notice
The types that bothered to show

To the left of me
A weeping, grafted family tree
The other side, there's nothing to see
Not that I don't know what their words would be
Misery is a riot
Misery is a riot

This deceitful mass
This clastic man's wasteband everlastic
His collar, less so
Perhaps it was all misread

When it rains here, it hurricanes
He called it a blessing
He wrongfully called for praise
He rightfully lost his head

To the left of me
The mourning hoping they will be free
The other side, they might disagree
Silent absence their one act of decency
Misery is a riot
Misery is a riot

He's determined
To reach the bottom
Of the river
Where his decayed father lies
He's determined
To reach the center
Of the universe
And let his fist leave a crater

Misery is a riot
Misery is a riot

We are gathered around one grave
To pay back what's owed
To thank those who won't behave
Its emptiness yet unknown

The head we've forgotten
A child kicked it down the road
The hole has been filled in
This clastic man is half the man his better half the bone

He's determined
To reach the bottom
Of all feeders
And be at his father's side
He's determined
To be the center
Of the universe
And let his fist leave a crater

The preacher saw the mountain
His faith moved the mountain
And it crushed all in its wake

The preacher saw the desert
The preacher lost in desert
The bones had all that they could take

The bones came to the city
The forest took the city
The rest were no longer bereft

You say two wrongs don't make right
We've gone so long without a right
Nothing of consequence is left

To the left of me
The forest came into the city
On the other side they feel they should flee
In their minds there is only one guarantee
Misery is a riot
Misery is a riot

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from Buried Secrets & Old Lies, released December 15, 2018
All instruments, vocals and programming by Austin Scholl

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ThornBrain Sacramento, California

Music and experiments by Mikaela Thorn. Punk-inspired, experimental, electric, electronic, trans and queer as hell.

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