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letra de alarm clock - rivermouth

alarm clock lyrics
[piano solo]

[verse 1]
this is not for mainstream consumption
this is not background music
this is urban mythology, dissident philosophy
low-fi, diy, unashamed honesty
we are questionin’ fundamentals, seekin’ the transcendental
sharin’ insecurities, tearin’ off our masks
google doesn’t know these words exist
am/fm radios won’t find this frequency
audio-encoded antidote to the status quo
counterculture vibrations knock down that first domino
let this be your alarm clock, shock paddles to your heart
you wanna shake this system up? now’s the time to start
we are the batteries in your boombox, the fire in your pеn
skeleton key to all thеir locks, burn that flag again
are you a radical? or just ripples in a stagnant pool?
everything’s hierarchical and everyone’s too cool
desert landscape, their wells are dry
ditch that handbrake, take a swig of the sky
you think your mind is open? you think you’re liberated?
seedpod on an ocean, your success is overrated
you want a chorus? sorry, mate, better find another station
we aren’t chasin’ fame or fortune, we seek emanc-p-tion
every concept’s cliché now, every melody bourgeois
so the only hook you’re gonna get is “da-dee-ah-da-da”
[verse 2]
mangrove mud, climb that cliff, watch the river flood
water dragons in the drains, your revolution is a dud
unless you bring the masses with you and look beyond the window sill
your rallies and marches are nothing but empty rituals
you call that resistance? you ain’t resistin’ sh-t
no one’s listenin’ to your speech, because they’re drownin’ in your spit
no one’s listenin’ to your speech, deafened by your screechin’
no one’s listenin’ to your speech, ’cause you don’t practice what you’re preachin’
you don’t practice what you’re preachin’

[verse 3]
the act of protest has itself become a component of the system
street marches are mere shadows of civil disobedience
state-sanctioned, sanitised, commodified and thereby neutered
the charade of democratic dissent legitimises coercive control
“buy two che guevara t-shirts, get 30% off your next megaphone”
your application for a protest permit has been refused
you may lodge a written appeal within thirty days, but no one will read it
do not adjust your tv sets, we will adjust them for you
the invisible hand now serves an ulterior purpose
nothing is tricklin’ down anymore
nothing is tricklin’ down anymore
and your tombstone will read, “this page was left intentionally blank”
these gutters are cluttered with gratuitous wordplay
but it’ll all wash away when the rain comes down
it will all wash away when the rain comes down
it will all wash away when the rain comes down
[verse 4]
i could rap in triple-time if i wanted, but what’s the point if you can’t understand me?
no plan b, we stand on stolen land and bicker over who’s the enemy
it’s time to use your brain now, it’s time to stop the blamin’ now
it’s time to k!ll the ego, we know we only gonna grow if we quit the games now
breathe, contemplate your own mortality
this system’s not invincible, you mistake shackles for gravity
sharpen those bolt cutters, break them chains and fly
this ain’t about buildin’ monuments, it’s about askin’ why
i lost count of the stories suffocated when they eradicated the counternarrative
their documentaries and history books are a pseudo-objective sedative
that margin might seem empty, but there’s lots it can teach you
reach you through secret passageways before the matrix eats you
eats you, listen to it feast
static on the airwaves, warn the town, here comes the beast
let this be your alarm clock, shock paddles to your chest
lest we forget the genocide, lest we forget how many died
at least if they do eat us, we’ll be difficult to digest

- rivermouth

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