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Refuse

by The Dowling Poole

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1.
The Strawman 03:48
The Straw Man Lauded all but canonised for service and self-sacrifice he held the crown And no one paid attention as he moved around to Pastures green but out of view, content to buy the picture that they knew so well And all will say there was no way for anyone to Tell no secrets but you live with a lie Nobody wants to believe it so they turned a blind eye And it all seems too much to contain Drinks to forget while we’re washing the stains from our hands Seems we don’t understand at all Nobody gets that goodbye moment – Nobody gets to close that door Everyone comes to burn down the straw man Take them to pieces – watch them falling One by one by one by one by one Hiding in plain sight it seems, with promises of making all your dreams come true He built a web so intricate that most of us were Fooled and taken in at first and no one cared to hear the injured curse his name And every institution holds a portion of the Blame won’t help now the damage is done They need a head to roll though the criminal’s gone There’s no way to undo the pain And everyone’s scared it could happen again and it may When the decades have slipped away Nobody gets that goodbye moment – Nobody gets to close that door Everyone comes to burn down the straw man Take them to pieces – watch them falling One by one by one by one by one Gold to buy the silence and the license to behave Any way you choose to when your answerable you say No one seemed to notice – Carry On A thin veiled threat that he could take a few down Maybe they hang their heads when there’s no one around And it’s so hard to take it all in Blind to the plastic celebrity grin that he wore Now your medal means so much more Nobody gets that goodbye moment – Nobody gets to close that door Everyone comes to burn down the straw man Take them to pieces – watch them falling One by one by one by one by one
2.
White Light 04:17
White Light Here’s a heads up to all the kings and the queens Who commissioned the script for the movie screen Gave us a walk on part then they stole each scene Moved up the hill – Now they’re living the dream Outside – Inside – Inside – No light White Sound – Outside – Inside – No Sound No Light – Outside – White Sound – White Light Inside – Outside – White Light The green and the blues are mostly dead So we’ll learn to embrace this grey instead And the voice that chimes inside your head Suspends you in the spiders web Indifference is here to stay It’s all but over anyway And you can rest assured we’ll burn today And come tomorrow we’ll hope and pray for the White Light Blinded - Forever surrounded The lights distract the noise gets in the way We’ve been blinded – until we’re reminded We’re caught up in an endless groundhog day We’re competing – forever repeating The same mistakes we all made yesterday
3.
Fuck You Goodbye For all of the fire-bellied meatheads who think with their pricks as a matter of pride Fuck you goodbye For those who profess that the market knows best then escape in the blink of an eye Fuck you goodbye The closing bell chimes and a snowstorm of paper falls useless and empty Reduced to the core of the lie Fuck you goodbye To those who suppose that their privilege makes them more valuable than you or I Well fuck you goodbye To those who use fear like a hammer descending to silence the questioning mind Fuck you goodbye The windows are thick with the filth of confusion A glimpse of the sunshine dismissed as a trick of the light So fuck you goodbye And they tell us that we’ll be ok If we’d only keep out of their way Yes we’ll be ok When we’re rid of them And here’s to the fools in their feeble impotence The idiots like you and I ‘Cos we don’t even try While the keepers of secrets will suck away reason with disinformation ‘Til most of us simply comply Well fuck you goodbye All of you war makers, hyena risk takers Pissing down from up on high The lobbyist greasers – The “get me a piece”- ers With fingers and thumbs in the pie Collateral damage-ists, carnage apologists Screaming an eye for an eye The one percent wealth who can live with themselves While the weak are left hung out to dry Well fuck you goodbye
4.
The Same Mistake Again How does he learn to face the truth? How will he learn to believe in you? You turn and walk away Try to convince you You should stay Try to make it all ok And still you walk away Someday you’ll break these chains Evolve and grow into these years Uh-oh, You know You’re gonna make the same mistake again Y’know You’re gonna make the same mistake again How does he spin your world around Only to fail and let you down? Repeat and play again Why does he promise you the world, Offering you the impossible? The songs remain the same Someday you’ll face your fears Embrace them in your final years Uh-oh, Y’know You’re gonna make the same mistake again Y’know you’re gonna make the same mistake again
5.
Miles Checks Out With a heartbeat as loud as a metronome He readied himself to jump Staring ahead – No looking back Wondering when he stepped upon the cracks that Led him to think the unthinkable And where the hell had it all gone wrong Promises made – endlessly broken Hoping to string the world along but then those Thoughts still linger on When Miles checked out Too confused to think about the ugly consequence He did all he could Every last decision taken for the common good When he thought about it If he didn’t take a place before the race began He wouldn’t even be an also ran When they said he was unremarkable It stripped the wind right out of his sails How could he be anything else With nowhere to turn when all else failed - he came to Think that this was the inevitable Whenever destiny rears her head The fates had decided, his future subsided Into some words best left unsaid But still they echoe round his head When Miles checked out Too confused to think about the ugly consequence He did all he could Every last decision taken for the common good And when he stopped to think about it "If he couldn't play a part within the master plan He couldn't bear to be an… All so strange to feel a disconnection from that goldfish bowl Everything he dreamed of was denied him Rolled straight on by him He stares vacantly at the seagulls crying beneath him As they swoop under the steel of the Humber Bridge Watch all of your dreams drift on by Into the clear blue sky So smile as you wave them goodbye Then throw back your arms and fly
6.
Bright Spark 03:22
Bright Spark The autumn leaves are a joy to see But never quite enough for me Want so much more from my life Want so much more from my life A summer’s day of the dreams I made Is never gonna make the grade Want so much more from my life I’m sick and tired of waiting cos I don’t wanna be another - Don’t wanna be another I don’t wanna be another - Not just another number Blind lead the blind bright spark left behind in the dark I’ll make my mark like a bright spark I’ll take my fifteen minutes and Burst into flight in a blaze of sunlight And all who rejoice sing their hearts out tonight Give me the platform and I’ll take your hand I’ll guide you all across the land Hang on to my every word Hang on to my every word Worship the rising of the setting sun Step aside your time is done Far and wide I will fly Spreading this wisdom of mine because Sing of the entity stood before thee Of humble beginnings how I came to be Don’t take this from me Cos without your fake adoration I’ll never be free Blind lead the blind Bright spark left behind in the dark I’ll make my mark like a bright spark Make no mistake it’s mine to take This is my chance my only chance To share my pearls of wisdom Don’t cast me out don’t push me back This is my one and only stab I’ll make my mark like a bright spark I’ll take my fifteen minutes and Burst into flight in a blaze of sunlight And all who rejoice sing their hearts out tonight
7.
Deep Breath 03:56
Deep Breath Some called it reckless – They warned of consequences Hard wired for helpless – Trapped by their own defences Lets blame those ugly children Wise words designed to make no sound at all Where went those promises? Who stole that book of dreams to come? So flatline your senses now and turn Before all the engines burn it all away The harder they come, the big and the tall The deeper the bed to cushion their fall 2-3-4 Deep breath United we stand divided we fall See the people cripple and crawl 2-3-4 Deep breath Still you’ll get no satisfaction We hide in smug superior Then we light up the fires to fuel the cruel Shame for the laissez-faire neglect One more cog in a wheel of incompetence (to shield your eyes) And I can’t get no satisfaction And all they see glitter is gold for the fools Like slaves to their own super-cool The game is done the wrong side won There is no change of heart to come No last reprise no guarantees You lost your voice when you disagreed And all the rhetoric that got you in a spin Will take away the only pot you had to piss in And when the tables turn as far as you’re concerned You’ll be the next in a line of weak they come to burn All we listen for are bells to ring the changes All we’re wishing for are better days to come
8.
Bricks from the Wall Get a message to the box men Sick of hearing these lies Tell ‘em make them in the millions Best say I’m a medium size Smile like a toothache spitting in the wedding cake In a grimace you imagine means power Picture for your bedside taken in a landslide Give you comfort in your very last hour Give you comfort in your very last hour Somebody taught you take no prisoners Somebody made you cruel Your fire ignites more heat than there’s light But you never run out of fuel Soul searching is out of the question So who will you answer to? Can you taste that flavour Like a relic from the past Everybody on their feet now Pin your colours to the relevant mast Sell a promise on a long-term future When you lay your draconian law We’ll be there we’ll be building bridges From the bricks that we pull from the wall With the bricks that we pull from the wall With the bricks that we pull from the wall From the wall Somebody broke into your gene pool Robbed you of empathy You speak like a child who’s un-reconciled When there’s anyone disagrees Soul searching is out of the question So who will you answer to? Make a little dysfunction With a goodly brain Take a message to your masters Tell ‘em all how everythings gonna change See the sickness coming to the surface Looking back upon a glorious past Dismiss this never existed Looking for an enemy stepping on the gas We’ll be coming at you hard and fast With the bricks that we pull from the wall With the bricks that we pull from the wall With the bricks that we pull from the wall From the wall Was there someone let you down? And the futures not what it used to be Was there someone let you down, down, down? So get a message to the box men Sick of hearing these lies Tell ‘em make them in the millions Best say I’m a medium size Sell a promise on a long-term future When you’re laying your draconian law We’ll be there we’ll be building bridges From the bricks that we pull from the wall We’ll be there we’ll be building bridges With the bricks that we pull from the wall From the wall
9.
Optimum Delirium I’m on the run - I’m on a roll and I Don’t wanna be in a gang no more I don’t believe I’m going down again I don’t believe the darkness will endure So throw me out (cast me out now) Into the ether (take a u-turn) Into the void (set to zero) I pick a door - I push it open I jump into another brand new skin I look around for some potential The lights are on but there’s no one in So throw me out (cast me out now) Into the ether (take a u-turn) Into the void (set to zero) This is a blank page I’m starting over cos I’m Clutching serenity I don’t care if you wanna take me down again Calm lights a fire in me Optimum – Delirium I’m turning ‘round - I’m on the move I Don’t wanna dwell on the past no more No axe to grind - no grudge to bear now I catch a hand to get me off the floor So pick me up (pick me up now) And dust me off again (burn no bridges) I’m not alone (we can make it) I got you by my side - I’m on fire now Static stagnation when your vocation is to Amble on in the dead of the wilderness Lost at sea – there’s no escaping it Incarceration - When motivation seems to be untouchable Hold on get a grip on reality You gotta write the future Everybody gotta write the future Clutching serenity I don’t care if you wanna take me down again Calm lights a fire in me Optimum – Delirium
10.
Push Repeat 04:31
Push Repeat She closed the window locked her door Left a mess upon the floor Television trapping dust in silence Slow subsidence to obsolete Lose the moment waste the day To the wretched cabaret Given over to a new excess Distracts possess and encloses her But she’s never alone with the world on the phone in her hand (Small town – wide world connection) And her Daddy complains its insane but he don’t understand It’s a fix for the twenty-first century girl See how she lives her life through the screen Hooked on like its methamphetamine Four hours a day - no break away (Communication will be all machine based) So come out and play - come stand in the rain (I want to see your face) When the music fogs his brain He’ll push repeat and play again Hit the bottle ‘til he’s all but blind and Still he finds he’s not satisfied He sucks the plastic cigarette One more evening to forget One more image to reduce debase No warm embrace just the animal But he’s never alone with the world on the phone in his hand (Small town – wide world connection) And his Daddy complains its insane but he don’t understand It’s a fix for the twenty-first century boy See how he lives his life through the screen Hooked on like its methamphetamine Praise to you Mr Zuckerberg Seems we’re better connected now But everybody’s gone broadcasting And there’s nobody listening Hidden here on the surface plane Where reaction demands no thought at all The conversations at an end She checks for messages again Looking forward to a sad conclusion Misinformed and misunderstood But you’re never alone with the world on the phone in your hand (Small town – wide world connection) And when your Daddy complains try explain but he won’t understand It’s a fix for the twenty-first century See how we live our lives through the screen Four hours a day - no break away (Communication will be all machine based) So come out and play - come out in the rain I want to see I want to see your face
11.
The Hand Moved The lights revolve and everybody turns away A fabrication laid out on display When the hand moves behind the throne And all you see is all you’re shown A fiction falls away and leaves a grain of truth And those who can’t forget will cry for proof When the hand moved behind the throne The clocks were stopped and the page was turned So lie down go back to sleep in the silence On the scrap heap Now they’ve really gone and set this up Like some systematic losers cup Where behind the smoke and mirrors They breathe easy Disinformation pumped into the atmosphere A question still unanswered after years When the hand moved behind the throne The bets are off and you’re on your own So lie down you’re plain mistaken But you could fight back if you wanted Now they’ve really gone and set this up Like some systematic losers cup There behind the smoke and mirrors Where they’ve really tried to stitch us up And all the commoners are left to rot Look behind the smoke and mirrors Where they’re wasting all of your time chasing spooks You struggle to find some truth But it’s out of your reach So move on we’ve all been taken And we could fight back If only Now they’ve really gone and set this up Like some systematic losers cup There behind the smoke and mirrors Where the glitterati rules the day While all the common people waste away Look behind the smoke and mirrors Where they breathe

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released October 3, 2022

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