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Downfall Collective

by Vampirates

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Can you imagine being okay with the way things have ever been?
Always a new collective attempt at our own destruction
Fight for the last marshmallow stick in a forest fire

Can you remember the last time you saw a bridge that wasn’t also someone’s home?
For the left behind and down out of luck
While up above, a surplus of vacant second houses
Keep pulling up, but those old bootstraps keep getting stuck

Reckless. Sightless. Careless.
Reckless competition renders us sightless to the reflection of our careless lack of empathy for our hopelessly degrading population

A fanatic cult, money is our god for whom we give our sacrifice each day
Our minds and bodies, our time and talent, we just give it away
Just to survive, yet with our lives we’ll surely pay

We need help, this culture is only motivated by the distraction of wealth
Not by community, not by progress, not by health
Our social fabric, a cheap plastic caste of itself

As we descend to our impending coup de gras, let’s leave the ending
Skip the last page, put the book back on the shelf

Is this system for survival just a symptom of our parasitic self?

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released January 5, 2024
Music by Vampirates
Lyrics by Pat Mayfield
Recorded at Pus Cavern Recording in Sacramento, CA by Joe Johnston and Cameron Karren
Mixed at Pus Cavern Recording in Sacramento, CA by Joe Johnston, Cameron Karren, and Vampirates
Mastered at Pus Cavern Recording in Sacramento, CA by Joe Johnston

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“Formed in 2003, Vampirates are a lightning fast hardcore punk band from Reno, NV. They have been described as “Zappa- violence” with influences ranging from RKL and NOFX to Stravinsky, Coltrane, and Dillinger Escape Plan. They made national news on their 2014 international tour after being mistaken for terrorists while in Florida.” ... more

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