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THE PLEDGE OF AGGRIEVANCE

by The Counter Elites

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1.
we are all in this together in your suit or in your leather in the clear or stormy weather we are all in this together in your skin, fur, scales or feathers every Tom, Dick, Jane or Heather we are all gonna live are you gonna take or gonna give? you gonna stomp on us to win? we are all gonna die you tell the truth or gonna lie? you gonna love or gonna fry? we are all in this together
2.
I don't need nothin' but the natural light I don't need nothin' but the sunshine I don't need nothin' but the wind in my hair I don't need nothin' to do I don't got nothin' to mend or repair I don't got nothin' to lose I don't need nothin' but the will to survive I don't need nothin' but my freedom I don't need nothin' but my hope for today I don't got nothin' to prove I don't got nobody standin' in my way I don't want no one but you I don't need nothin' but the natural light
3.
the pants, the jacket the people, the racket I'll bury the hatchet but my heart is not in it resilient, complacent tied up in enslavement a smile, I'll fake it cuz my heart is not in it I'm dialin' it in deliverin' the spin blowin' in the wind and my heart is caught I'm makin' a din refusin' the win I'm wearin' too thin and my heart is taut the routine, the duties the sorrow, the cruelty I'll hang my head loosely cuz my heart is not in it virulent, impatient asleep at the station hey captain, let's face it that my heart is not in it persuade the whole nation broadcast from all stations my brain's on vacation and my heart is not in it the game, the players the lovers, the haters I'll see all ya later cuz my heart is not in it
4.
FANTASY LAND 01:10
you're livin' in a fantasy land you and all of your fantasy friends you're diggin' deep in fantasy sands payin' your dues to the fantasy clan yes you are in your heart you're a star you're livin' in a fantasy land it's nothin' but a fantasy sham displayin' all the latest fantasy fads derivin' yourself fantasy mad yes you will off a cliff take a spill you're livin' in a fantasy land surrounded by your fantasy brands you're makin' all your fantasy plans believin' all your fantasy ends you're livin' in a fantasy land puttin' your life in fantasy hands I'll be your number one fantasy fan I wanna be your fantasy man yes I do I'm a fool so are you
5.
I was once a kid in paradise you bore us stupid with your advice lack of words entice our appetites we succeed by way of sacrifice no you're gonna go to extremes no you're gonna live by the screens reign in the dreams my world was alive with pain and vice you called out my heart 'twas cold as ice same old song long played on my device it went on for years, but I won the fight no you're gonna go to extremes no you're gonna rain on the greens die in degrees no you're gonna go to extremes
6.
NIGHTMARES 00:21
nightmares, nightmares are all I dream about nightmares, nightmares never find my way out nightmares, nightmares recurring every time nightmares, nightmares I open my eyes nightmares, nightmares pervading every thought nightmares, nightmares I'm endlessly distraught nightmares, nightmares where inner demon's thrive nightmares, nightmares they're comin' alive nightmares, nightmares
7.
gotta have enough gotta pay the mother-huggin' poor tax satisfy the man before he reaches for his axe gotta get that monkey off my back gratify the clan before they move in for attack gotta have enough gotta pay the milk gotta find some dough before the doo-doo hits the fan gotta get that marmalade gotta mine for more, I'm gonna bleed before I'm paid gotta have enough gotta rustle up some cents so I can pay the rent gotta hustle up some ones before I come undone gotta wrangle up my fives so I can stay alive gotta strangle out some tens before the evenin' ends gotta muscle up some twenties, money gotta have enough got a hundred dollar bill? who I gotta kill? gotta have enough
8.
there's an invisible threat droppin' down from the sky an invisible threat bubblin' up from the pipes an invisible threat workin' overtime an invisible threat and it's ready to fight there's an invisible threat that's listenin' in there's an invisible threat and it's bettin' to win there's an invisible threat rewritin' the rules there's an invisible threat that's comin' after you it's an invisible threat founded on true belief an invisible threat and it knows no defeat an invisible threat with one goal for the nation an invisible threat complete subjugation a-n i-n-v-i-s-i-b-l-e threat an invisible threat and it's armed to the teeth an invisible threat and it's name is elite
9.
read about it in none of the papers we'll put our faith in wholly owned saviors let's get exploited we can't avoid it let's get enslaved it's all the rage floundering fathers inherit the meek we are all in line to get sold up the creek let's get exploited let's get depraved it's all the rage
10.
these beans ain't just gonna count themselves key principal reminder one crime at a time sacrosanct to the regiment paramount to the rider one crime at a time cardinal and fundamental prime directive, bottom line is one crime at a time
11.
COMMON SENSE 01:40
common sense make amends be the good do the right common sense comprehend that pure evil can win the fight common sense feed the wealth send no lies into the night common sense praise yourself open your eyes let in the light
12.
I LIKE IT 00:54
I like it
13.
I'M NEGATIVE 00:58
I'm negative I blame the few distorting hope and the view I shame the game, defenders, numbers and food I'm hopeless I'm critical I ramble on along my westward way east I gamble on and suffer fear from the beast I'm boneless I'm villainous I got the weapons and I'm ropin' 'em in I shot the sheriff and I'm against the wind I won't get fooled again I'm nullifyin' I'm negative
14.
IT'S A PLOT 00:05
it's a plot
15.
NEW MAJORITY 03:10
we need a new majority to fight the old seniority we need a new majority new values and priorities we need a new majority a call for solidarity we need a new majority to stand for all posterity we need a new majority [EXPLETIVE DELETED] the old authority
16.
saw my baby walk into the show leather jacket, she was all aglow five three and thirty six all she wanted was another fix she screamed "are you a counter-elite?" little honey at the record shop flippin' through the newest top of the pops nineteen and hungry for fun she was lookin' for her number one she saw "are you a counter-elite?" musical thievery plagiarism is the new liberty annexation is amazingly fine it's all assembly yeah, get to know mine I'm askin' "are you a counter-elite?"

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produced by Jonathan A. Berz and Shaun Wisniewski
recorded at Woodshed Studios in Oak Park, MI 2014-16
mastered by Ed Sertage

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released October 13, 2016

Jonny Germicide: bass guitar and vocals
SW Son of Sam Walton: drums

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