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First the Bad News

from Age of Man by The Lonelyhearts

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White nose and agent orange fall down like Lucifer
First snow of the season shrouds the dead in October
Gather in the clearing see what rations the choppers bring
Stay away from the waterways, mosquitoes will plague in spring

Seems like folks are leaving the Autonomous Latrobe Frontier
We could move to Cleveland or we could start our family here
Move into a farmhouse where nothing's gonna grow
Forage in the wreckage, melt our bathwater from the snow

Out of the wilderness
Out of the wilderness
Out of the wilderness
Out of the wild

No laws, no shame, no shahs, no pain
No bills, no needs, no guilt, no greed
No rules, no tears, no fools, no fears
No feasts, no poor, no peace, no war
No creeds, no cries, no breeds, no lies
No goals, no sighs, our souls will rise

Out of the wilderness
Out of the wilderness
Out of the wilderness
Out of the wild

So each winter frost erodes the days before they all were killed
Now we live outside the limits of the city Carnegie built
Over time language leaves our tongues and we just talk in sign
Gesturing at setting suns like dumb canaries in a mine

When we run out of the pills we'll have to learn to treat the sores
We shoot warning flares when Air Force planes fly over dropping spores
We're relieved when storms out of the east are merely rain and wind
We believe that silent breezes are the voices of our kin

Damn this world's mean
Anthropocene

Can I say Bradshaw was our king? (oh yes you can)
Can I pray to the aquifers and springs? (oh yes you can)
Can I curse our maker for our fast? (oh yes you can)
Can I lose track of days and labor on the last? (oh yes you can)
Can I blame mom and uncle for my spite? (oh yes you can)
Can I strike a man who doesn't want a fight? (oh yes you can)
Can I take my neighbor as my whore? (oh yes you can)
Forget a farmstead I can grab it from the store? (oh yes you can)
Can I say he fired first? (oh yes you can)
Can I claim his house and wives to quench my thirst? (oh yes you can)

Oh yes you can
Oh yes you can

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from Age of Man, released April 22, 2016

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