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Whose Child

from Collateral Damage by PECULATE

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Whose child stays and whose child goes
Is not a matter of fate;
It’s a matter of economics.
Whose child sings and whose child croaks
Is just punishment for the
Worst crime of all…

Whose child stays and whose child goes
Is not a matter of fate;
It’s a matter of economics.
Whose child sings and whose child croaks
Is not subject to
Some kind of
Divine condemnation.
There is no divine;
There is only condemnation.
Condemnation.

Human condemnation.
Political condemnation.
Economic condemnation.

And empire clings
To the last vestiges
Of its bloody entrails.
Yet these entrails
Eat, and breathe;
And drink, and think;
And sleep, and weep;
And live, and love.

And the “Free” Market clings
To the last vestiges
Of its bloody empires.
And children die in its wake.

But our leaders assure us;
We’re not the wrong ones.
They’re the criminals.
We’re innocent;
They’re guilty,
Them. They.
Their crime?
Being born in the wrong part of the planet.
Their punishment?
That’s not for us to decide.
That’s God’s decision.

We have one obligation,
And one obligation alone.
We must defend our privilege.
By any means necessary.
(We repeat:
We must defend our privilege.
By any means necessary.)

Don’t worry,
They tell us.
Their lives are less valuable.
They’re necessary
Human sacrifices
In the name of freedom.

Their lives are less valuable.
They assure us.
They’re just
Human sacrifices
In the name of…

Their lives are less valuable.
They assure us.
They’re just
Human sacrifices
In the name of Freedom.

We’re just protecting our freedom.
Almighty Freedom.
We’re just maintaining our lifestyle.
Our lifestyle.

Fulfilling the Dream.

They are always the oppressor.
And we are always the oppressed.
They are always the instigator.
We always act in self-defense.
We only act in self-defense.

Self-defense.
We only slaughter children
In self-defense.

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from Collateral Damage, released March 18, 2013

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Progressive metal and mathcore meet jazz fusion and avant-garde classical music ||| Metal in Opposition ||| (PECULATE is the solo project of composer and musician Ben Norton)

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