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Oh, Guillotine

from Born Into War by Article 15

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The exulted arrive at the ball.
In chariots of gold, on the wings of the gods.
Their radiance lights up the halls.
Diamonds and jewels, dressed in skins of the thralls.
Orchestras line up arranged.
To celebrate wealth and the song of the day.
Wagers of blood would astound.
Privileged the few, the rest worship the crown.

The party began then to play.
The beautiful people swaggered and swayed.
Indulged in the finest of ways.
Hors d'oeuvres and fine wines and fancy champagnes.
When entered a madame so fair.
Her flair and her charm it all lit up the air.
While outside the palace estates,
A terrible force soon begins to shake.

Isolated are the rich as disparity grows.
Debutantes in their decadence dance in their robes.
Twirling and spinning as the cup overflows.
They won’t even know when the knife’s at their throat.

Liberty.
Oh, guillotine.

They dance to an opulent tune.
They toasted and cheered to the health of the few.
A cadre of tyrant tycoons.
Some make the laws the rest simply consume, but as the
Party reached fanciful heights,
The ramshackle slums burned all through the night.
Starving and desperate for change.
Waves of plebeian rage crashes against the gates.

Isolated are the rich as disparity grows.
Debutantes in their decadence dance in their robes.
Twirling and spinning as the cup overflows.
They won’t even know when the masses revolt.

And the guards at the palace were killed right on sight.
And the jackboot police were ran away terrified.
And the armies of war marched to the fight,
But the people fought back with all of their might.

They stood with their fists held up to the sky
And the fires of rage ravaged the blight
And the beast that forever was kept in a cage
Broke from her chains and devoured her prey.

Liberty.
Oh, guillotine.

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from Born Into War, released December 20, 2015
Song and lyrics by Jeff Englehart

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Article 15 Taos, New Mexico

Article 15 is born from the thirsty earth of northern New Mexico. Using anarcho-punk as a means to an end, their music is a battle cry against hate-mongering fascists and a tool to help build a new world based on peace, justice, and an egalitarian autonomy of the planet and its inhabitants. ... more

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