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Build Back Better

by When The Walls Fell

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1.
You'd better believe it And you know that you reap what you sow Ragged-trousered philanthropists Vision ripped up Like the hearts from our chests You'd better believe it And it’s worse than the devil you know Time's up like a poisoned mayfly Last orders please, don’t hold the cyanide Then we’ll build back better yeah, We’ll build back better We’ll build back better Then we’ll build back better again Don’t forget to consume Alright! This is when the walls fell The alternative to alternative truth Rodeoing the goddamn bomb again Let’s go! Hey hey! Hey hey!! You better believe it And this salted ground won’t grow When the five basic needs are privatised When you’re committing a crime just by being alive
2.
Failed State 02:46
How many times will we accept that less is more? Turned our cheeks so many times that both of them are raw No neutron bomb needed to kill the poor Just death by a thousand cuts By the grace of god There goes all of us And oh, It’s not that great In our failed state They feast on our labour We get crumbs from their plates It’s not that great In our failed state There’s no rule of law Only freedom to hate Living like worms So desperate for turning And we’re upwardly mobile Hope to one day be vermin And that one in a hundred By rights should be squirming Get those boots off your necks Get these cities burning
3.
The Long Con 02:14
Who among us can say they’ve seen the light? Whose values can’t be bought Who doesn’t have a price? Power corrupts both left and right And wrong is just a word Where consequences go to die From trash can To dustbin Those who we put our trust in All burn us We turn around they’re gone It’s the long con How do they get to sleep and Why don’t they just wake up screaming? How can they hold their heads up high? How can you even reconcile? A life lived avariciously A life dedicated just to greed A life that lacks much deep meaning A life surely not worth living It’s the long con!
4.
Kingdom Come 02:23
Some days I feel like I want to rip the fucking cord, take a tail dive Head straight down into the goddamn sand Cover up my eyes, and never leave it again I’m scraped thin, and I’m feeling broke Every headline makes me sick, every twist a bitter joke Can’t help feeling that our time is running out Getting ready for the reset, and the bombs are coming down And it feels like I’m coming apart at the seams It feels like A rich man’s fever dream Like we can’t go on, and their war is won And with the damage done Their kingdom’s come Some days I pace myself Ask the devil on my shoulder: “What have we got left?” The system’s rigged and we can’t move on These motherfuckers got it all sewn up Endless rule from pricks you wouldn’t trust To walk your fucking dog or lead a piss-up in a pub Just 1922 and a big screw-you At least that devil wants my soul, these fuckers want it all And it feels like I’m coming apart at the seams It feels like A rich man’s fever dream Like we can’t go on, and their war is won And with the damage done Their kingdom’s come
5.
The pound hits new lows Well, don’t you all? I hope the FCA takes a vice to your balls But when they don’t, it’ll come as no surprise You don’t leave it to chance While you leave us for dead And your pockets grow fat While we can’t afford bread And you have the sheer front To do it right before our eyes It’s a race to the bottom And the con is in Short your bets hit your shots We take it on the chin Again, no end No hope, no prayer No more… Pitchforks drawn, come out and get quartered Sing "these are our streets," and it sounds like a sonnet Traitors' Gate could use some fresh heads on it Wanna tell us again that you decline to comment? Insider called out trading lives for profit Only growth you’ve caused is in hurt and torment Defunded police can’t defend your spoils yeah, No mercy no peace, we decline to comment I’ve had e-fucking-nuff And it still gets worse And if I finally give up They won’t carry my hearse By hand, all round Old London Town With a million police To watch 60 million starving mouths Nah, they’ll just write me off Another also-ran Not a member of their club So they don’t give a damn So I can’t, instead I extend a helping hand Passing out Molotovs Outside the food banks and…
6.
You wanna fight to free the world You wanna fight to free the world Don’t believe in what you’re told We’re gonna kick down every wall Egalitarian, peaceful, silenced. If they won't listen to reason, violence.
7.
False Gods 03:13
What have I done, My god what have I done? I give you the future A foregone conclusion Of iniquity We play make-believe I try to pretend You’ll do better than me You don’t deserve this I don’t deserve you Waiting for bombs Red, white and blue Not Old Glory Or the Trinity Or old agreements They discard callously Special Friendship Meet the hind teat Meet the grinder And we are the meat Grist for the mill It cannot be stilled Crush grapes of wrath The hangover kills Selfish to a fault One of many in me I give you the world And I’m sincerely sorry We just didn’t know How bad it could be I thought we hit bottom But we just keep sinking You don’t deserve this I don’t deserve you Waiting for bombs Red white and blue Not Old Glory Or the Trinity Or old agreements They discard callously Special Friendship Meet the hind teat Meet the grinder And we are the meat Grist for the mill It cannot be stilled And I don’t think it ever will
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Witches 04:40
Lifted my head up And looked out at the crowd Asked them what my crime was And they didn’t make a sound As the smoke rose higher And it whispered all around I saw the night get brighter And a scream ripped from my mouth Are you all so proud Of what you’ve done here now? Shield your eyes from the light And just watch the witches burn tonight Is this what it feels like to fly? We offer our prayers to the sky Watching the flames in the night Even as fires light our eyes Embers that dance at the sight Of watching the witches ignite. A paper tiger bonfire So you can drown out That little voice inside That tells you what is wrong from right Is this what it feels like to fly? We offer our prayers to the sky Watching the flames in the night Even as fires light our eyes Embers that dance at the sight Of watching the witches ignite. Watch them burn Watch them burn Let’s watch the witches burn
9.
Come in from the cold Now stand up and fight You don’t wanna stand against us We don’t need you like you need us We’re not the ones who eat up the party line More like the heralds of a fast-coming decline We’re not okay, and almost nothing at all is fine We can’t save the world or even self-sacrifice We self-medicate like a gut-shot doomed G.I Keep up the syrettes maybe see another night Living each day like we’re sitting on lit dynamite No gods, no masters, no hope, no compromise
10.
Always our worst enemy Fuelled right up on endless greed It wasn’t good what about me? Never thought of us So this is what we reap And firestorms or toxic bleed Didn’t bring on an epiphany Just an epitaph no one will read Because the fire claimed the libraries Why should I? Not my problem Plastic bags Worth more than oceans Not so great And not the chosen Fuck, let it go The world is frozen Nowhere to go because of where we’ve been This is the winter of our discontent There was a price to pay as for all things This is the winter of our discontent Fallout!

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released February 1, 2023

Vocals/Lyrics: Ross Sutcliffe and Jim Rundle
Guitar/Bass/Drums: Jim Rundle
Additional instruments: Gabriel Borza, Oleh Andrievskyy, DIY Punk Rock Drum Samples
Mix and Master: Marvin Menz, Tide Studio London.

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The best trans-Atlantic punk band you'll never see live. Probably.

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