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How We Learned To Live Like A Bomb

by RED MONKEY

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1.
Tresspass 02:03
Consumption is problematic Language is a wall That I wish to drill right through As I find it Full of desire to discuss regarding matters of exactness Layers of feeling I want to name But not own x 2 (The places where we walk) On every street, in every town I learned to trespass All things want to be touched All things want to be owned Everything I ever bought was a trap Everything I ever owned was a lie Our currency is a moment Our currency is our skin Our currency is our scabby knees Talk is trespass, and so we trespass
2.
18+ 01:30
If you’re scared of questions – why are you here? What is that organ? An organ in my body? That keeps my blood pumping Is it an answer? Use it, use it, use it, use it, use it Go where the river is And if I’m feeling okay If I’m feeling really fine I’ll throw myself right in 18+ no duplicates 18+ no wasted space 18+ no time left 18+ got to, got to, got to Finding courage 18+ of conviction 18+ learning from mistakes My present position Mouth, head and heart And a bad reputation for asking questions Protection Use it Protection (mouth and headache)
3.
If there’s anything left Inside your shell Maybe you could come out And really discuss If there’s anything left Inside your shell… And I see you and I believe Teenagers are dull Which I know is a lie Teenagers are boring when they’re shit cool And you look so ill And you look so dull And you look so cool And you look so bored LOOK OUT! LOOK OUT!
4.
Make A Mess 02:01
Make a mess, from the night Making something Make it out Making out WITH EVERYTHING Making out WITH EVERY DAY Making out WITH EVERYTHING Making out WITH EVERY DAY The Catch in our voice We pick up sticks It could all fall When push comes to shove To get our time out of it! To get romance out of it! To get all blood out of it! Making out with everything Making out with everyday Making out with everything! Making out with everyday! She put the words right into me Inserted them right into me Slight word in my ear Became idea Became an urge I missed a spelling mistake We could break it all down x 2
5.
Subculture 03:14
Walking streets late at night And the tribes are walking Subcultures well defined And the tribes are separate “Join our club! Join our gang!” Say the cool conformists Uniforms bought and sold Buy identity but… My eyes don’t contact My feet can’t contact My words won’t contact Counter culture in my heart T-Shirts don’t shout loud enough Buying identity is just not enough Show the authority that you’ve got This is Counter, it is not sub- Counter-culture, not sub-culture! There’s no business like show business
6.
Missy 02:48
She thinks we’re close But we could be closer She thinks we’re close There’s something between us She thinks we’re close But we could be closer Wanting to held is not the same as Being able to be held Or holding. Every girl I ever hated Just a monster I created Missy – do you feel? Missy – how do you feel? Did you shop good today? Did you eat good today? Did you get that thing that glitters? Did you tone your body tighter? Come and get beyond – look each other in the eye Every girl I ever hated, was me, was me
7.
So much gravity That it pulls me 365 miles away One week away from The Exact geographical centre of me Is the exact place, where I’m pulled to. Another city As far away from me as I can get to No gravity will contain to keep my restlessness in Do arrows land always? Do I always find the place on the map I’m headed to Do arrows land always x 3
8.
Chewing Gum 01:58
Chewing gum Like there’s too much red And there’s too much red In my mouth And then you phone And then you come And prove me wrong I’m not on my own How much damage can I do In one hour When I’m alone? This phone is tapped Come over and see me This place is not safe And we’ve got plans to make
9.
There’s all these hours That have amassed Like a wall Where we were deciding What we were against And where are we now? Nine hundred and ninety-nine negative hours away And each one is a see-through block See through to Reaching out – like telekinesis I know it’s illogical But I’ve got reasons I learned comic-book powers – and studied real life And I will not choose between Space travel and staying in This means we’ve all got reasons I told myself – I’d better be quiet But I held my breath for just nine seconds
10.
Hitting City 04:35
I slow down when I hit tarmac I’ll slow down further When I hit the city. And the city comes up fast The city comes up too fast And the city is full and spewing To full, too fast, too vast, Here is full of grime and shit And this contract between time and money, Ugly money, used as a tool As the only meaning. The way the tool is used, To block, to blow, Civilisation, so uncivilized Pushing and blurring to grey Quality of life immeasurable Caught in moments, not numbers In the city we are bereft Of feeling or thought, fragmented, Truncated, isolated, broken, Self-absorbed, ah ah only me The whole word united in one action: Transaction
11.
Not Only 02:02
Not just: Daughter. Lover. Sister. Punk-Rocker. Not just: Tofu. Writer. Waitress or Honey Not just your labeled thing Not only a safe place to be Never could be designated Will not be a destination (not only) Not just: Pretty. Young. Ugly or Old Not just: Emotional. Cerebral. To buy or sell Not just your labeled thing Not only a safe place to be Never could be too straight-forward I always will be complicated Pretty boys know they are pretty – do they know what else they are? I won’t feel sick because I’m complex The question is: can others grasp this? I cannot be what you require Necessarily I’m not what you assume Anything I do not get or know Is not unreasonable or unknown Myself in action equals The right to choose stated clearly The right to choose and the power to use it Stated clearly and with no shame (exercise my heart, exercise my mind, puts me to the test, puts life to the test)
12.
50 Hour Week 04:01
Production. Consumption. Rail tracks built from hard labour A cheap trip to the seaside’s what they gave yer In return for a life of luxury You get to talk about the telly with your neighbour The industrial revolution Was born from transportation And the engine of internal combustion Only drives us in one direction. With blood and sweat they built the railroad But they didn’t stop there, they kept going: They built houses and built jails too, Built hospitals and built schools And all the holiday makers Could now travel from toil to leisure In exchange for my labour, the TV is my saviour In exchange for my labour, holidays are my saviour. The so-called “revolution” Of computer communication Is just the newest chapter In the history of exploitation: A cheap magic trick to confuse you Into thinking that you are free too, But when you trade off your time for Consumer goods, you’ve been bought How do I escape the working week? (How do I escape from this?)
13.
R.E.D. 01:34
I don’t want to Don’t want to have to Do not want to Don’t wish to force Don’t wish to talk Don’t want to speak Do not want to feel that I cannot give. R.E.D. – red F.R.I.E.N.D. – friend I should have said I want you, Red I could have said I’d like a friend. What do you want to? What can you deal With something Something that is real? I don’t want my rights curtailed.
14.
Alt Ed 03:28
(In fact you taught yourself everything, it’s the way you began) Let’s take a walk to the border If there’s a guard, we’ll ignore him Fold up the maps, throw them away. Now let’s take a look at the prisons Are they the government’s business? Close down the gaols, throw them away. Let’s take a look at the schools now They suit the person who rules, yes But do they satisfy you friend, And did they teach you to think free? You learned to bow your head You didn’t learn to bake bread They said accept the facts They told you don’t talk back! Without them you can’t learn anything That’s what they want you to feel and think In fact you taught yourself everything Look at the way you began: Did someone teach you to crawl? Did someone teach you to walk? Did someone teach you to talk? Did someone teach you to think? Close down the schools x 3 Throw them away. Exercise your mind and your body will follow Exercise your body and your mind will follow (Exercise is good for you - come on, hold to, hold to…)
15.
Wearing whatever Whatever’s appropriate For whatever Waterproof mascara And a plastic mac High heels help me measure up I’ll be nearly as tall as you I know the taste of salt From my blood or tears I know the feel of lonely Like new pyjamas From the one night only I’m not feeling myself but… Whatever I brought I what I wear It’s what I am For today We are the ladies As butch as can be Tougher girls than boys ever will be Harder nuts to crack And lacking nutrition How will we grow up and out of this? I get so angry at you It’s all just for me Fireworks for me Fire works for me. I play blame so hard That you won’t see See into me. Seduction of lipstick Draws your eyes so you won’t see into mine Pretty blue around the lid And you’re not seeing my irises change colour and dilate We are The Ladies We play it hard Germ-free Infertile Hairless Fatless Muscle-less Powerless.
16.
Just wait a second Just wait a minute Just wait an hour Just wait a lifetime I don’t have to – anything I don’t have to – justify No. No. No. The weight of ought is a dead weight It tied me down to the bottom of me The weight of should wastes precious time It is bondage I now untie. Real fake life up against my real life Pushing in tongues to private places R.E.S.P.E.C.T. – myself R.E.S.P.E.C.T. - myself
17.
Raw Prawn 02:38
Don’t excuse Raw prawn stance Do not excuse My lemon lips Truth teeth Fucking speak We do the raw prawn To get at you. Don’t confuse The give with take Don’t confuse My heart with your head. What we follow Our own star We love Raw Prawn Because we want to. Liberation Do you understand it baby? Liberation Over everything Liberation Un-assimilation No confusion Is no excuses. A new room Is what we need A new way of moving Is what we are. A few more Nerves are sore Yet another Disconnection. And one more Untruthful answer Do the Raw Prawn Do it RAW. Vivre la liberation Vivre la difference. A non discourse (is) a new limit Leaves me raw It cuts me sore It leaves me sore It leaves me RAW
18.
I bought a book It taught me what Buying meant It was money ill spent It was money badly spent x 4 The price of education Destroys free information Outside these institutions We’ll find our own solutions Free ideas are contagious A stolen book is dangerous Infect me with your ideas I’ll infect you with my ideas I think I’ve got an infection I think it’s called education Agitate. Educate. Organise.

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Do the funky Gibbon: A posthumous post-punk compilation by one of England’s finest Post-RG-Outfits, yet certainly not postmodern. Danceably angular. Multisexual Agenda. Featuring all of their 45s on Slampt, Troubleman Unlimited, Kill Rock Stars, etc., but remastered for your listening pleasure. An indispensable addition to their three regular albums which came out between 1997 and 2001.

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released January 15, 2014

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