Bastards

Album: Catharsis (2018)
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  • Yesterday I told my sons, "Sometimes the bad guys win"
    And that it made me scared about the world that we live in
    But I had to reassure them that it wouldn't be for long
    "Sons we have to be ourselves, we have to be strong"

    I said, "Boys you are the future, so let this be a lesson
    There may come a day you have to fight off their aggression
    'Cause fear and hatred won today, the darkness ate the light
    But both of you look in my eyes, it'll be all right"

    In every step you take
    I'm with you all the way
    'Cause I would die for you
    To do what's right for you
    In hopes that when I'm gone
    You'll carry on these words I wrote for you

    'Til then
    I'll sing

    Stand your ground
    Don't let the bastards grind you down
    Be bold, be strange
    Don't let their fears make you afraid
    There's hope, it'll change

    Well I looked out to the world today, thought "What a bloody mess"
    They stripped our morals from us, put 'em under house arrest
    And "liberty" and "country" are the words they need to speak
    A little "God", a little "freedom", if we don't agree we're weak

    And every politician stood there idle and so smug
    Empowering the racists and Second Amendment thugs
    Wall Street and the billionaires, convinced us they're so smart
    Saying, vote with your wallets, instead of with your hearts

    But we won't go away
    You won't forget our name
    The pussy generation, the PC and the brave
    The protesters that slink along these streets of misery

    And so
    I'll sing

    Stand your ground
    Don't let the bastards grind you down
    Be bold, be strange
    Don't let their fears make you afraid
    There's hope, they'll change
    We'll change
    Change

    Oh, oh, oh

    No, no, no, no, no (we say no)
    No, no, no, no fuck no
    No, no, no, no, no fuck no

    So give us all your faggots, and your niggers, and your spit
    Give us all your Muslims, the so-called terrorists
    We'll welcome 'em with open arms and put 'em in our mix
    We're better off together now, embrace our difference

    Remember there is love
    Our words can stop their guns
    Forget the rednecks
    Living in the past
    We're never going back now, we've reached critical mass

    And so
    I'll sing

    Stand my ground
    Won't let the bastards grind me down
    I'm bold, I'm strange
    Won't let their fears make me afraid
    There's hope, we'll change Writer/s: Robert Conrad Flynn
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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