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Medication; the band’s latest offering, warns of a post-apocalyptic dystopia. The track speaks of our leaders apathy towards issues that affect the next generation, with a focus on climate change. In a political climate where the individual feels increasingly powerless, hope begins to fade as we surrender to an inevitable fate.
“The ice caps are melting, waters over your head. Temperature rising, drink till your dead.”
lyrics
BAKING IN THE HOT SUN
PRAYING THAT WE DIE YOUNG
POLITICIANS ON THE LOOSE
LIVING IN A TIME BOMB
SINGING TO THE SAME SONG
HOPING TO FORGET THE TRUTH
THE PEOPLE PAID TO REPRESENT
HAVE PUT OUR FUTURE UP FOR RENT
THEY TOOK AWAY OUR BUTTER AND OUR BREAD
THERE’S NO GRACE IN A MODERN WORLD
NO TASTE IN A MODERN WORLD
THERE’S NO SPACE IN A MODERN WORLD
SO TAKE YOUR PLACE IN A MODERN WORLD
TAKE YOUR MEDICATION
TAKE YOUR MEDICATION
TAKE YOUR MEDICATION
WE’VE GOT NO TIME FOR THE WORLD OUTSIDE
TAKE YOUR MEDICATION
TAKE YOUR MEDICATION
TAKE YOUR MEDICATION
WE’VE GOT NO TIME FOR THE WORLD OUTSIDE
BIG CORPORATION
ZERO CONSULATION
TERRORISE THE LAND OF A STOLEN GENERATION
MANIPULATION
LACK OF EDUCATION
LIVING IN THE LUCKY NATION
THE PEOPLE PAID TO REPRESENT
HAVE PUT OUR FUTURE UP FOR RENT
THEY TOOK AWAY OUR BUTTER AND OUR BREAD
THERE’S NO GRACE IN A MODERN WORLD
THERE’S NO TASTE IN A MODERN WORLD
DISPLACED IN A MODERN WORLD
GO TO WASTE IN A MODERN WORLD
TAKE YOUR MEDICATION
TAKE YOUR MEDICATION
TAKE YOUR MEDICATION
WE’VE GOT NO TIME FOR THE WORLD OUTSIDE
TAKE YOUR MEDICATION
TAKE YOUR MEDICATION
TAKE YOUR MEDICATION
WE’VE GOT NO TIME FOR THE WORLD OUTSIDE
THE ICECAPS ARE MELTING
WATER’S OVER YOUR HEAD
TEMPERATURE RISING
DRINK TILL YOU’RE DEAD
THE ICECAPS ARE MELTING
WATER’S OVER YOUR HEAD
TEMPERATURE RISING
DRINK TILL YOU’RE DEAD
THE ICECAPS ARE MELTING
WATER’S OVER YOUR HEAD
TEMPERATURE RISING
DRINK TILL YOU’RE DEAD
TAKE YOUR MEDICATION
TAKE YOUR MEDICATION
TAKE YOUR MEDICATION
WE’VE GOT NO TIME FOR THE WORLD OUTSIDE
TAKE YOUR MEDICATION
TAKE YOUR MEDICATION
TAKE YOUR MEDICATION
WE’VE GOT NO TIME FOR THE WORLD OUTSIDE
THE DREAM IS OVER
THE DREAM IS OVER
THE DREAM IS OVER
THE DREAM’S BEEN SPENT
THE DREAM IS OVER
THE DREAM IS OVER
THE DREAM IS OVER
WE’RE UP FOR RENT
THE DREAM IS OVER
THE DREAM IS OVER
THE DREAM IS OVER
THE DREAM’S BEEN SPENT
THE DREAM IS OVER
THE DREAM IS OVER
THE DREAM IS OVER
THE DREAM’S BEEN SPENT
credits
released September 23, 2019
Written and performed by: Destrends
Recorded and mixed by: Jez Giddings at Hothouse Studios
Mastered by: Joseph Carra at Crystal Mastering
Released by: Bread & Butter Records
Copyright Destrends 2019
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