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music and lyrics by David First

We don't like the way that you've been gaming us
Is your oracle's betting more clever or blowing astray?
We won't bow while counterfeits betray our trust
When a meltdown occurs through your malice
Why shouldn't you pay?

Think of the times you waved the guns
And all the damages you've done
Just give us a reason for your run
And we will provide you with ashes that won’t ever scatter

We can’t fold our maps and watch you fuel the mob
Are the pleasure returns more intense if only you get to play?
We can't synthesize what all the scheming bought
When a message rains down from the heavens to whom will you pray?

You're stuck in a static that destroys
Blaming a foreign soiled noise
Electrical storming through all our defenses with ravenous toys
And then you extend the pretense it's our interests that matter

We're sailing on dying seas
Everyone's new disease
Agreeing to pains increased
Till you jettison abusive plans
Wash your guilty hands
And listen to the witnesses in crying lands
Where agencies and companies decide
When each of them gets to lose
Why can’t you choose
A method of protection that won’t stain and bruise
The elegance of the elements forever…never?

We can’t wait to dance with every answer brought

Tell us how it ends the game you push on us
Do we give up on all opposition and live by your grace
Tell us how you sleep when you can feel the gusts
Of lamentable breaths on your neckline caressing your face

You’re not in a glass apart
Stop the how vast you are jazz
The ants at your picnic are walking the table away
Pity your self-made view
City of hell you drew
As you're high in your plane you're so low on the chain that you chatter

You're high in your plane you're so low on the chain that you chatter You're high in your plane you're so low on the chain that you chatter

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from Star Ballads (Rachel Cox and David First), released April 25, 2017
Rachel Cox - vocals
David First - vocals, 12-string guitar
Bernard Gann - bass
Brian Chase - drums

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David First New York

David’s bands/projects include his psychedelic punk band, Notekillers, SWATi - a drone collaboration with acupuncturist Isobeau Trybula, The Western Enisphere - an audio/visual exploration of psycho-perception, and the AM Radio Band – a solo project for vintage signal generators, oscillators and transistor radios. He is also the proprietor of “Dave’s Waves" – a sonic restaurant A/V installation. ... more

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