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Edict of Rats

by Generation Pill

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1.
Ill take my chances On the outside Don't need your twisting Don't want your advice Shame on you You hung my name Your poison voice It sounds the same as his And ill dig up trenches Until I'm certain That he's not creeping He's not lurking Shame on you You stung my brain Molasses drawl And poison fang You snake Hold your horses God is coming Save your graces He'll be counting And theres the Devil Quietly trailing He's got his list And he is patient
2.
Rat Heaven 02:20
All the rats will drown together In a cistern filled with water Lead the masses to the slaughter All the rats will drown together Take me, Lord face me Why must I stand in line? Their seething happiness shines bright It burns my eyes, I'm blind And I let you down I let you down (x2) Every bridge will burn to ashes When I'm finished with these matches I'm a bastard and a fascist Every bridge will burn to ashes (Chorus) (Verse)
3.
Tracer bullets and violets Put me out to pasture, bring violence Ancient gardens are dying Poison water is rising Please let me in I forgot how to swim I used to jump off every afternoon Wake up every morning in a tomb Bust my way out do it all again Nowhere left to go but right back in Murdering well-wisher Liability shifter Anger, high tide and washout Faker, twister and no doubt Please let me out I swear I'm found (Chorus) He's hoppin' on He's hoppin' off He's hoppin' on Oh the possibilities
4.
Oh sweet Madeleine You'll make a fool of me yet When my pen was bleeding ink I don't know what I was thinking I know I slipped, but God damn I know I'm sick but God damn, man If it killed all we ever were I still haden't had enough yet It won't be long now Go check what time the clock died And I know I'm dumb, but God damn And I know I'm drunk, but God damn And now I wanna be your dog And now I wanna be your dog But I could never trust again And that is too bad And now I wanna break the water And now I wanna face the slaughter And now I wanna keep it clean But now I can't say what I mean And that is too bad (x3) And thats just too God damn bad Oh sweet Madeleine I'll make a fool of me yet
5.
The Bug 03:48
It follows me around It copies what I said It likes to creep the grounds It likes to steal my bread Its hiding in the mold That grows above my bed It likes to keep a list Of every time I've bled If life's still coming, I'm still waiting It likes to smile big It likes to chew on lead It likes to hide a hand When it feeds me meds It likes to get high In a wedding dress It likes to keep a rope Tight around my neck (chorus) Oh, where'd you go? I should have known That you'd leave me alone So, so it goes And later on when I am dead Bury me in a wedding dress And keep a stone next to my head Let it read: here lies a wretch Who couldn't help but to make a mess And may the worms feast on his flesh Cause if life's still coming Im still waiting
6.
Iran Grey 04:32
Gardens are for lovers Better find me another Cause all my crops are dying No use left in lying Spread your dirt around I saw bushes burning I felt a dopers yearning Now its faded city walking No time wasted talking Let your conscience drown "I tremble when I think of you A garden rendezvous And the fierce reckoning Nipping at my achilles heel One day I will have to pay For all the wounded ways I learned to love people Only to forget them 'I'd definitely love to spend more time with you' But I can't get high enough to trust you Or anyone else The tremendous yawn of dissent I turn away and I don't call you back Of all the terrible things we do for love I am still waiting to spill my blood" Down by the muddy river side Sick and cold in the summer time Foam bubbles up like heroin And you're off chasing death again Keep your eyes wide You won't see it happening to you Down where the river ends Beg God to send you a friend You won't have to talk or learn Just sit and watch the money burn (Chorus)
7.
Take a look at me And you will only see part of the story I did my best to build a wall With ornaments and pray for mercy Its a lie, and its a shrine To gaudiness and petulance of youth I burn everything I touch And smear the ashes under my eyes I have earned the consequences Ill be dead by the time you hear this You were right, I am blighted The deadly sin of muddying the truth A shot a day keeps the demons away (x4)
8.
Just keep busy She said: "Just keep busy" So I paid the butcher And I built a fire And I melted water And I chewed my food And I got your letter And I felt bewildered Thew it in the fire Don't need more to lose Just keep busy He said: "Just keep busy" He said: "A geiger counter Could reveal the squalor Of our wretched neighbor In the burning pit" So I crafted posture And I kicked the fodder Drowned the coals in water And I buried it Its alright now Count your blessings Its alright now Save your graces
9.
Bluelight 02:59
I've got the fun again A hundred dollar bill Rolled up; tolled up In the pale hands of A girl on the steps Behind the river The stall-room spies two red eyes The drummer fell off beat No one's sleeping I don't feel that fun again Wading through the crowd Smiling, we're faking The pen will write and move again I don't need it, I don't need it The knife cuts reflections The people melting in the picture Nose-bloody rivers flow in nightmares Please don't touch me, give me cover Please don't touch me, give me cover
10.
Get out of here ghost.
11.
Don't yield to danger Bid it fare-thee-well But don't blame a solider Cause he fights himself Himself (x4) Don't be a master Don't fantasize Don't you get blinded By love and lies Love and lies Love and lies Love and lies Love's a lie Don't you be playing Out in the street Don't you be taking Those pills anymore Anymore (x4) Cause I won't be waking Up in the morning Don't you be mourning Cause I am dirt I am dirt (x4)

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2016 - Pill-Mill Industries Inc.

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released July 20, 2016

All songs written by Generation Pill

James VonUrchin - Guitar, vocals
Josh Taft - Bass, vocals, guitar on "Naegleria Fowleri"
Matt McCullough - Drums

Horns On "Two Headed Beast" by Nick Gilbert (trombone) & James Webber (saxophone) of Culture Vulture (culturevultureband.bandcamp.com)

Spoken words in "Iran Grey" written and performed by Lila Miller

Additional Vocals on "Rat Heaven", "Kick Ain't Beanbag" and "Top Rock & Spindle" by Maryssa Pickett.

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Henry McGehee at the Bomb Shelter, except "Naegleria Fowleri": recorded and mixed by Slime VonUrchin

All physical media produced by Pill-Mill Industries Inc.

Album illustration by Tom Perkins (www.tomperkinsart.com)
Graphic design and layout by James VonUrchin

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