I Carve

from Never A Word by BLACK DECADES

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It is difficult to get to terms with shared existence, when you feel that the government is always out to get you, and there are strangers who do the same. Even if I can understand the mechanisms behind protecting that which you claim to be yours, especially when it has been something that is in your blood, please make sure that this aimed correctly at those who enable the taking away of assets. These are not the refugees fleeing for safety, these are the people who control the mechanisms of power and neoliberalism which have defined everything to be reliant on a market that they themselves control and profit of.

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I Carve

My feet plod on through trodden fields
I pull a plough that tears out roots and seeds
I carry the yoke that burns and bleeds
This is the tillage of all I own

This is mine and mine alone
If I forfeit - blame none but this
This is mine - mine alone

Beyond the pale horizons yearn and lure
Many a determined face had its eyes locked - its jaw set
Who has been the last - has he sent the drum yet?
Who will be the next to blink - to pass that line?

This is mine and mine alone
If I forfeit - shatter and burn every bone
This is mine - mine alone

When I die my body will be the soil
It will poison each well you dig
Each fruit you pluck - each child you raise

This is mine and mine alone
If I forfeit - it’s either by sword or stone
But this is mine - mine alone

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from Never A Word, released February 2, 2020

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BLACK DECADES The Netherlands

Marcel - Bass
Johan - Vocals
Rosie- Vocals
Thale - Guitar
William - Drums

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