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IV: Me, Myself & the Eye

from IX by RENT STRIKE

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    Black vinyl record of RENT STRIKE's 2018 Lord of the Rings concept album IX.
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Me! Me! It's all about me!

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IV - Me, Myself & the Eye

What is an Ally? Who is the Enemy?
There’s no such thing as Society.

And what is a Friend? Who is my Family?
What are these creatures I see all around Me?
They’re crawling through cages. Pretending they’re free.
You people don’t look like you do on T.V.

And I don’t know where this train is taking me.
I’m watching out the window at the world within my reach.
The world of crippled soldiers sleeping in the city streets.
I’m stateside in states I’d never learned in geography.
I’m under gaze of Eye, hatred-soaked and fire-wreathed.
I’m groping for an end that can justify these means
Where I look in the Eye, drag you down into my dreams.
You people don’t look like you do on T.V.

Usurped! Disowned!
I am going alone. I am going alone.
Let the static channels moan,
‘I am going alone, I am going alone.’

credits

from IX, released January 11, 2018
John W - banjo n vox
Nicole G - bass
Dakota P - percussion

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