We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Tortured Fills Barred and Grilled

from Bandera II by Bandera

/

lyrics

all around distant vultures
mystic language of all your omens fulfilled
but how long can we take this? the whole vanquished
squeeze this land to its last damn drop

looking forward and looking back
they have promises of wealth but is our dignity intact?
we dance away on signs of hope
and march along our favoured ghosts
there should be none to claim this soil
but your hearts are black as oil

I hope your happy with your money and your guns
if your arrogance besteads you then think you've already won
I hope you're happy with the pain that you've instilled
despite the effort you just can't seem to feel
It's all just numbers you don't care for what was
if you didn't kill for profit did you kill for something else?

go home you fucking romans
go home you fucking persians
go home you fucking ottomans
go home your empire's all gone
and the king and queen

it's the same as it always was
if they let you down easy then you know it's just because
the greatest lies outdo the truth
even when we see right through the ruse
and as his life bleeds through his feet
you silenced art to keep the peace
of your best intentions.

it's the same old story

credits

from Bandera II, released July 31, 2011

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Bandera Toronto, Ontario

contact / help

Contact Bandera

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Bandera, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now