there’s a riot going on
against people like me
they say all we want is
all we want is to be free
I don’t even know what that means
it doesn’t make any sense to me
they come dressed in hurricane suits
looking for a throat
wielding pitchforks and bowie knives
and the famous carpenter’s words
giving away their halos
quickly buying ashes and dirt
tired like a bear
who forgot to hibernate
my skin is holey and grey
and my eyes are red
saying no has never been harder
money dissolves and throbs
for attention like a child
locks are breaking free
and cobble stones are running wild
let’s run for the forest
and dig some holes into the night
tell me we will escape one more time
credits
from Figures,
released March 21, 2014
Background vocals by Elke Bitter and Maria Szmit
Trumpet by Thomas Berghammer
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