WORKING CLASS MYTH

from split lp with Autonomy by NO SIR I WON'T

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at the head of the table, the boss sits sipping tea
and with the soft hands of the bourgeoisie, i fumbled for a seat
but now i labor for the masters, i bear the weight on my back
should i take pride in my rough skin? in the badge of the working class?

we must all be thinkers, we must all be workers
we must never repeat the mistakes of the past
but the weight will keep on crushing us
until the means of production are in the hands of the working class
but wait. there's a problem:
there is no working class anymore,
just oppressed and oppressor, just the rich and the poor
and the gap's widening, working class used to mean something
i don't mean oi! oi! thug bullshit, i'm talking about a dream!

to educate our children, to live without want,
without the fear of ruin always one step away
it's the working. class. myth.
it's all. just. a part.
of the anti-intellectual, totally illogical
fake populist bullshit they use to make us play our part
it's nostalgia for a dream world that never existed
so wake up! it's been a nightmare from the start

let's have a little party, and everyone can come
just close the door behind you, don't want to let the riff-raff in
is this the dream you've got shoved up your ass?
a safe and tidy world for the smiling middle class?
well, hang on, there's a problem:
there is no middle class in this country anymore
just the elite and their servants, and they offer us nothing
but the False. Promise. of Freedom. through Slavery!
if there's no seat at the table I'll just sit on the floor
and keep on searching for the future they had promised me before
but the only thing i see in the bottom of my tea cup is Class War!!!

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from split lp with Autonomy, released June 22, 2014

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