Roses


I wanna tear down the world

Rip into it with my teeth

Smash it Shred it Make it fall...


Eyes glowing red in the billowing dust

One foot of clay and the other of rust

An incarnation of an ancient plan

Please stand by while they rape the land


I can see the darkness coming

From the age we never left

The lords of the land may have changed their names

And got brass plates for their desks but


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It;s still got that same shit smell

Whether you call it roses or not

We're still living on borrowed land

Still can't change our lot


They took away all your potential

Taught you how not to be free

Told you that you need to pay

Just to live and breathe


We've all been caught in that trap

We believed in all the lies

So hold your breath now and die

Or go outside and try to survive


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Eyes glowing red in the billowing dust

One foot of clay and the other of rust

Industrial terror visited on the land

Isn't it time that we made a stand?


https://bruceallenflett.com/member/bruce/
Freak folk, punk and blues poke through Bruce Flett’s solo folk-rock crooning. A true singer-songwriter, Bruce crafts songs that are engaging and distinctively his own.
A song from my album 'Woodshedding'. Written in 2007 and still very relevant today.