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Y.A.W
03:30
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Devil’s advocate wants to come out again
Cuz he’d like to tell all women that it’s “not all men”
And I’m just a bitch who can’t take a joke
But he’ll claim his sense of humour is merely to provoke
He gets his kicks looking for another reason to fight
But he can’t understand why I walk home at night
With my keys in between my fingers like knives
But sure it’s just a bit of banter for all the guys
She shouldn’t have to be your sister
She shouldn’t have to be your mother
Your relationship should not define
How much you should respect her
Do you like women or do you like power?
Not every wasp is out to sting
Not every tick carries disease
Not every snake is venomous
But we perceive them dangerous
And who do we call for help?
Who do we call for help?
Who do we call for help
When the help seems like a threat to me
She shouldn’t have to be your girlfriend
She shouldn’t have to be your lover
A woman’s worth should not come down
To how much you wanna fuck her
She shouldn’t have to be your sister
She shouldn’t have to be your girlfriend
She shouldn’t have to be your mother
She was just a person
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2. |
Big Shouty
01:26
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Don’t put me in my place
Don’t put me on your lists
Just so you can fill a space
Don’t talk about my “lady bits”
Don’t put me in my place
Don’t tell me how we sound
Like a band I couldn’t possibly know
And then get angry when I do
Don’t put me in my place
I will not tame my rage
When there is so much at stake
Your greed will seal our fate
Don’t put me in my place
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3. |
Advertising Services
02:45
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You don’t respect our sexuality
Because you just think of us sexually
You don’t respect when we scream in your face
And yet we’re the ones who are out of place for calling out the men who mixed us up with the other band of queers who play with us
It’s just a history, of bad men
A fucking history, of bad men
Sound engineers putting their hands on me,
I’m not getting taking seriously
To the man who couldn’t stand it when we got rewarded and decided to attack us
It’s a history, of bad men
A fucking history, of bad men
And to the men we already shouted about
Who put us on a list like a favour to us
And the band of men who sing a song for us, how nice
Don’t write a song for, how fucking boring?
Men are so fucking boring
Auuuggghhhh
It’s a history, of bad men
A fucking history of bad men
Eeeuuuugghh
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5. |
Lesbo 3000
01:46
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Fetished on pornhub
Then attack us in the street
Dyke means dichotomy
We’re not male commodity
Call me a dyke
It’s a badge of honour
Call me a dyke
I’ll wear it with pride
Nothing in your jeans
can change me
there is no “magic cure”
because it’s not a fucking disease
Call me a dyke
It’s a badge of honour
Call me a dyke
I’ll wear it with pride
Male projected fantasy
On women’s sexuality
They can’t imagine a reality
Where they are all unnecessary
Call me a dyke
It’s a badge of honour
Call me a dyke
I’ll wear it with pride
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6. |
Pity Bra
01:31
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In March 2020 we went to go see Sleater-Kinney in Dublin
I was standing in the crowd and I saw Ciara making her way through the audience
And while I watched Corin sing to a full house
In the corner of my eye I saw Ciara’s arm raise up
She had taken Bev’s shirt right off her back and then hurled it towards the stage
Front and centre
We all watched in horror as it hit Corin Tucker in the head
But sure it got her attention
She asked, “Is that your band?” and proclaimed her admiration
Then Carrie asked why she never gets underwear thrown at her like the old rockstars
When someone offered to oblige
She said:
“I don’t want your pity bra!”
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7. |
Who Do We Not Save
02:07
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“Check on your friends” they say
“Check on your friends”
But what do you do when you can’t do enough to help them?
We pass the load between us until we self destruct
We have to bear a system that doesn’t care for us
And when we’re finally strong enough to admit we’re at our worst
We get stuck on waiting lists while those with power get served first
We’re one or two paychecks away
While they decide who they won’t save
You and I are collateral damage
We are all just collateral damage
We look down on those who struggle to survive
When they put up a paywall could you pay to stay alive?
It won’t matter how long or badly you are aching
They’ll gatekeep your health when there’s money to be making
We’re sick and tired and can’t just wait around for things to get better
We’re sick and tired of too little too late, we cannot hold out forever
We’re one or two paychecks away
While they decide who they won’t save
You and I are collateral damage
We are all just collateral damage
Collateral damage
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8. |
Poverty Tourist
02:40
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You bought out the stock at Oxfam
To cut it up and make a profit
While somebody scraped their pennies
But can’t find a thing that fits
It must be nice to know you’d be alright if you quit
When you’re much better off than you are willing to admit
We know who you really are
Poverty tourist
It’s so nice that you can holiday
In my financial insecurity
By acting like the working class
With your affected accent, post punk band
Purge a vulnerable community while you remain shameless
Cuz you’d step over anyone for the chance to be famous
We know who you really are
Poverty tourist
Isn’t it funny that being perceived as having no money is profitable
You get to play dress up
While others struggle to keep up
But you stay ignorant
It’s despicable
We know who you really are
Poverty tourist
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9. |
Letter of Resignation
03:31
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In this house there’s no room for debate
No place for the crooked who can’t be made straight
Who we are is not wrong just ‘cause you can’t relate
Your ‘loving the sinner’ still feels like hate
Look, your writings and traditions have always been viewed
In light of reason and experience - but of only a few
Why don’t we open it up? What have you got to lose?
Can your superiority complex not handle the truth?
I’m standing up for who I believe in
(And) getting knocked back (you) say I’m acting the heathen
Life isn’t so black and white
Try keeping yourself right
I’m standing up for who I believe in
You can’t fire me I’m leaving
I’m the bad boy stumbling out to smoke
I stopped caring what you think of me long ago
I can’t go back to act in your performative show
I’ve got hundreds of suits but no place to go
Tear it all down
Tear it down and start again
Tear it all down, Tear it down
Tear it down and start again
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10. |
Picture of Health
02:03
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I want my body back
But not in the way that you think that I might mean by that
I mean I don’t wanna be mean anymore
Despite the ways I tell myself I am flawed
Are you tired of holding yourself hostage?
Cuz I know that I am exhausted
I will never be the picture of health
I just wanna be better
I will never be the picture of health
I just wanna be better to myself
I’ve contorted myself
Distorted version of self
But we should give ourselves more credit
Through the aches and pains and my brain’s disdain
It was my body that survived the lot of it
You cannot hate your way into a good place
Cuz you’re the one that has to live in your head space
I will never be the picture of health
I just wanna be better
I will never be the picture of health
I just wanna be better to myself
If I can’t be body positive
I wanna stop being so negative
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11. |
TERFs Out
02:38
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TERFs out!
You don’t speak for me
And sister is spelled with an S not a C
TERFs out!
It’s just bigotry
We all need more accountability
Standing with your oppressors will not make you more free
You can’t tear down who built up our community
Cuz LGB is nothing if not for the T
So show up with some real solidarity
Tired comedians
Trying to stay relevant
Listen to that old hag we used to adore
When he sang
“That joke isn’t funny anymore”
A vile veil of faux feminism
But you can’t claim ignorance
You know exactly what you’ve been doing
And you know your influence
They say their discourse is “defending women”
When it is just another way of controlling our bodies
It is transmisogyny
Trans exclusionary radical feminists AKA TERFs
Claim that word to be a slur
Yet through violent hate speech against anyone who does not fit their increasingly small view
Of what it is to be a “real woman”
A real woman is not down to her reproductive system
A real woman does not look a certain way
A real woman is whoever she wants to be
And real feminism would never leave her out
Because feminism is for everybody
Every single body
And not just the bodies that you are comfortable with
TERFs out!
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12. |
Domestic Bliss
02:23
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Domestic bliss
Who's doing the dishes
Clean the house
Spread the filth
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