Originally a song about Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, turned into a song about an unnamed current president trying to build a wall around himself from the rest of the world, ultimately choking to death.
Tomorrow, Bear Offal
lyrics
Hydrofluorocarbons
Choking air and sea
Keep our man in comfort
The cost of breathing free
He builds his bunker walls high
Claims you’ll be alright
Buys a shield of white noise
Hears no cries at night
The only thing that trickles down
is death, disease, and blight
Add the mortar
One more stone
Dichlorodiphenyl
trichloroethane
Seeps between the seams
And still the gap remains
Locked in, disengaged
Freedom from our context
Eyes only on his pay
The only thing that trickles down
is death, disease, and blight
Add the mortar
One more stone
Built without connection
he wants a lullaby
Not part of society
Boxed out of this world
He lays down the final seams today
To keep the weather out
He can’t breathe
He can’t breathe
No one hears him shout
He can’t breathe
He can’t breathe
No bailout
credits
from Avalanche,
released September 1, 2017
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