Well they rented their loft apartments,
And they wrestled with entropy,
So assured that their living was gritty,
In the rehabbed factory,
But they’re blind to the ironies
And the halls that once screamed with machinery,
Now reek with ennui,
And the only remembrance a placard,
That reminds us when cotton was king,
And it calls to me,
And it controls me
Went to the basement,
Shuffled through the dirt,
My lamenting,
Elementary,
Went to the office,
Saw her in a chair
Said: I’m the ghost,
Of your demise
They relinquished their loft apartments,
Turned ‘em back into factories,
Now they’re toiling away for subsistence
In the place of their former dwelling
And it’s humbling
But they should worship the shackles that bind them,
For the lesson that they teach
You can paint on any face that you want to,
But you can’t cloak history,
It’s circulatory…
credits
from Instant Everything, Constant Nothing,
track released October 19, 2009
Colin Arnstein: guitar, vocals
Skip Engelbrecht: guitar
Darren Tablan: bass, engineer
Satchel Mallon: drums
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