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Barbed Wire

from Rock Against Reality by The Submensas

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Cut the wires. Be free.

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BARBED WIRE

O, scar-faced earth, we embrace thee,
You, too, have been changed by our history,
We drill a hole in your virgin skin,
We need a place to put our waste in.

We adorn it with our ugly tinsel,
That knotted wire that designates Hell-
O, wear our puny baubles well,
We need your face for our insidious jail!

Amidst the turmoil of a boiling war,
The stern-faced heroes aren't human no more,
Barbed wire creeps all along the ground,
Watching the people as they all fall down,

Fooled by another of the useless lies,
"These barbed wire walls will protect our lives!"
Those barbed wire walls are a clever disguise-
They hide the stupid reasons why the people die!

America has a hidden site
Where secret workers are at work all night
Making machines of awesome destruction,
Barbed wire rules this grave construction-

Barbed wire, bright and shiny new-
Barbed wire keeps those secrets from you-
Keeps you warm, keeps you quiet
Keeps you fed so you won't riot-
Keeps you happy, well and clean-
Keeps you stupid, if you know what I mean-
It's not war, it's slavery-
Barbed wire rules your destiny-

Cut the wires.

The Border Wall, that scar of scars
Splits the world between two stars,
Warm pools of blood they glistened still
From every guard-tower free kill-
The missiles in their silos lay
Waiting for that fateful day . . .
Those barbed wire walls
They built for you
Are stealing the world
Away from you!

(C) Damon Norko 1983, 2020

credits

from Rock Against Reality, released June 21, 2020
Damon Norko . . . vocals
Jim Mcpherson . . . guitar
Mike Bell . . . bass, guitar
Darryl Dardenne . . . drums
The Submensas . . . b. vocals

lyrics by Damon Norko (c) 2020
based on an original composition by Richard Drews
arrangement by The Submensas

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The Submensas Baltimore, Maryland

A Damon Norko lyric-fueled rock band that inhabited the Baltimore-Washington area from 1983-93.

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