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The land is a shadow
a faded view of yesterday
that I’m not sure existed
or if we just gave it away
and what little remains
belongs to just a few
what agony blossoms
the rest consumes
There’s nothing
for us here
I’d make myself a stranger
Risk this meager body
I’d cross any border
Suffer in their absence
I’d take this bit of sorrow
Throw it on my shoulders
Work the blood right out
Squeeze it from my fingers
I’d do it
Risk it all
Lose them all
In the midnight sun
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2. |
Alambrista
07:35
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Fingerprint Armada
03:42
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I refuse to be summed
in such few digits
derived from random generation
with a total lack of precision
I’m not a number
etched on some ID
my flesh, my past
will not condemn me
to. a future. of no promise.
Will of My Being
Flesh of My Family
Truth of Our Existence
Is Ours and Ours Alone
no fingerprint armada
retina scan brigade
no, these border agents
will not have a say
on. the light. of my future.
Will of My Being
Flesh of My Family
Truth of Our Existence
Is Ours and Ours Alone
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4. |
The Line which Divides
06:38
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5. |
For a Memory Erased
10:01
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In an endless desert, that moaning city
in that makeshift home, a grieving family
an Unknowing child, a conflicted heart
an innocence
a violence
at odds
Every forced removal
an unfinished war
the grip of reason
a conscience ignored
There’s a violence in our hearts
There’s a violence
in the families kept apart
There’s a violence
in the queues you’ve built
There’s a violence
in the school’s you’ve destroyed
In that desert;
endless desert
Those borders, they’re on fire
where the sun melts every living thing
that desert, it’s on fire
Flames flicker with the dead
they wilt to black
dust and embers ride the wave of heat
and endless war
Each time, Each time the dead become nothing
for no one
for no reason
for all time
for a memory erased
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6. |
Non-Linear Solution
06:08
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7. |
Checkpoints and Borders
04:03
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Tired of Last Looks
and those fading memories
of everyone I’ve left behind
Tired of the shadow cast
by. a. mountain of tears.
crushing down
on those trapped beneath
These BORDERS, they’re everywhere.
There is more to this life than fear.
Checkpoints to see where we belong
“Can’t you see?” I don’t belong
My skin said it all;
that border I just can’t cross
These BORDERS, they’re everywhere.
There’s more to this life than fear.
I don’t belong to anyone, anymore.
These Borders. They don’t belong.
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8. |
An End to a Means
08:45
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9. |
Riot Path
07:11
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These words we do not speak
These thoughts we always think
Can’t exist without a voice;
without a mind
The worth we don’t quite see;
when our eyes will never meet
This riot path, we journeyed on
A shadow of truth, always walked behind
That single step, that empty move
No, it never quite made amends
It’s the end this time
what beginning will arise
we walk blind with faint hind sight
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Liquid Casing Houston, Texas
Liquid Casing is a partnership between four musicians from Houston, TX. Inspired by the likes of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Cursive, Mogwai, Russian Circles, and The Mars Volta, Liquid Casing has developed their own sound focused on dynamics, the ebb and flow of song structure, and vibrant rhythm. While the concepts and lyrics strive to confront the intellect, the music goes straight for the gut ... more
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