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by Bad Friends

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1.
I WAS RAISED TO BE SORRY GUILT GREW LIKE A FOREST IN MY HEART SOLD AN ACRE TO THE DEVIL KEPT THE REST FOR ETERNAL WINTER THE TIMBER BLED WHEN CUT STILL IT WAS NOT ENOUGH PROTECT ME FROM SECRECY PROTECT ME HOW COULD I KEEP ON WITH GRITTED TEETH WITH THE FLAMES RISING I CUT MY OWN STAKES FROM THE PULPIT I BETRAYED I WAS RAISED TO HATE MYSELF THE TRUTH ROSE LIKE A TIDE IN MY CHEST BAPTIZED BY SILENCE SHACKLED TO ASSUMPTION BAPTIZED BY SILENCE I REFUSED TO BELIEVE I WAS WORTH ANYTHING PROTECT ME FROM SECRECY PROTECT ME I WAS RAISED TO BE SORRY GUILT GREW LIKE A FOREST IN MY HEART
2.
I WILL CARVE TUNNELS IN WALLS YOU BUILT SPLINTER FINGERS COVERING MY TRACKS I WILL ABIDE THE BLOOD MOON’S PATH NOT COMING BACK, I’M NOT COMING BACK BECOME THE WORD BECOME THE WORD BECOME THE WORD FORGET YOU WILL KNOW YOU WILL KNOW YOU WILL KNOW THE NAMES OF DEATH THE SUN KEEPS SETTING LIKE A DEATH WISH YOUR POINTED FINGER IS MY COMPASS I WON’T WORSHIP THE FIRE WE SET WON’T BREAK BREAD AT THE TABLE WE LEFT THE ROAD DARK, THE MOUNTAINS DARKER I’LL NO LONGER PINE FOR IT BURY MY MEMORY IN THE BLUE RIDGE I HAVE RISEN I WAS HIDDEN, I WAS YOUNG NOTHING COULD SAVE ME SAVE MY OWN TONGUE ERASE MY COMPLACENCY I’VE BEEN SHAKEN FROM THE DREAM
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STAY ALIVE 03:45
WE ARE ALL BORN QUEER INSURGENTS FORCED TO FOLD INTO A BINARY THAT EXISTS TO SUFFOCATE TO DESTROY US FROM WITHIN WHEN WE COME OUT WHEN WE FIGHT WHEN WE RESIST WHEN WE STAY ALIVE WE RECLAIM OUR BIRTHRIGHT CHOKED BY SOCIETY'S HAND HYPNOTIZED, MESMERIZED SOME NEVER WAKE AGAIN TO OUR COMRADES WHO LIE DORMANT RISE UP WITH US WHEN WE COME OUT WHEN WE FIGHT WHEN WE RESIST WHEN WE STAY ALIVE WE RECLAIM OUR BIRTHRIGHT
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TRAPSETTER 03:26
ALL THE TERROR OF THE TRAP SETTER USING MY PAIN AS THE FLESHY BAIT I HAVE, I CAN, I WILL TRANSCEND MY RIBS THE FENCE TO GUARD AGAINST THE HOUNDS OF JOY HOWLING PERMANENCE I NEVER GREW IN LAYERS I SHED MY SKIN EACH YEAR MARRIED TO DETACHMENT AVOIDING THE SINCERE I HAVE, I CAN, I WILL TRANSCEND ALL THE TERROR OF THE TRAP SETTER USING MY PAIN AS THE FLESHY BAIT

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released September 1, 2016

RECORDED BY KRIS HILBERT AT LEGITIMATE BUSINESS
IN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
COVER ART BY NEBRASKA MOZELL
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Bad Friends Durham, North Carolina

Queer and Southern. Heavy and loud.

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