All Things Were Quiet and They Hummed of Mystery

from With a Swing I Smash the Reflection by America is a Mistake

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lyrics

we know ideas don't revolt
but catch what these bodies can do
and we will be better when you're dead
spencer we're coming for you

give me my
proletariat survival guide
happiness is so bourgeois

the state is my
favorite exhibit in the museum
what do we do with a fascist?
worse than history is coming for him

there's a beach under the sidewalk
and it's waiting there for us

the garden of winter
came to me by night
just get me out of here
don't make me stay longer than ever
the palace of winter
destroyed over night
just get them out of here
and make them pay

if you're not throwing rocks at the king's door
you're just one of his jesters
there's ideology in every stroke
in every last whining gesture

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from With a Swing I Smash the Reflection, released October 27, 2017

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