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FIRST LIGHTNING is the musical form of a question that's been nagging me for years: is there really no better way to live than in gigantic blobs of countries that require either extreme lawlessness or extreme surveillance to function?

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Impermanence is king
And we are underlings
Today you're in control
Tomorrow in a hole
Impermanence is king
And we are underlings
No matter who's on top
Aging will never stop
Impermanence is king
And we are underlings
Today you're in control
Tomorrow in a hole
Impermanence is king
And we are underlings
No matter who's on top

Our story begins like all the rest
One nation's desire to be the best
And it takes a swim through foreign blood
Dragging corpses through the mud
Destruction of their homes
Their culture and their bones
They say it's required lest we be killed
If our grandest dreams can be fulfilled

Perhaps there's too much on the line
There's too much on the line
If our main defense is a threat of end-times
Push the button, blow us open

A new chapter dawns, the pages turn
But omitted are the towns we burn
We look to our flags like they're our gods
Protecting us from a junta's death squads

We sing our songs of unity
We join our hands as one
As we subjugate those who don't fit our beliefs
Lock them far away where we can just forget
There's far too much on the line
There's too much on the line
In an empire that rejects changing tides
Time ain't flowin', eyes ain't open now

Impermanence is king
And we are underlings
Today you're in control
Tomorrow in a hole
Impermanence is king
And we are underlings
No matter who's on top
Aging will never

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from Uncle Pillory's Home for Waking Nightmares (EP), released September 23, 2022
Robbie Brown - lyrics, composition, production, instruments, and vocals

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Robbie Brown Lansing, Michigan

I write music about the human condition, driven by soundscapes inspired from a broad range of metal, rock, and R&B.

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