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Graveland

by Coyote Ghost

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1.
Cynomys 08:32
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The prairie is wasted Choked by the mesquite An ancient landscape stolen From beneath our feet Earth left dry and barren By the scars of diesel and iron The great herds of Comancheria Destroyed by hate - a genocide crime Lost to the sands of time Nothing but ghost towns are left behind Cynomys now displaced The antelope no longer lock horns Water ripped from the limestone And we've feasted on the blood of the world Lost to the sands of time Nothing but wastelands are left behind
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Graveland 03:48
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Get in, let's go for a ride Down the road that time forgot There's no time for taking sides You just make do with what you got Take a little trip with me Into the promised land Where our prosperity Is buried in the sand Don't worry, it's not stolen Those claims are all unproven Grab your bootstraps, hold down the fort We always settle out of court Take a little trip with me Into the promised land Where our prosperity Is buried in the sand Just sign your life away And let money take command C'mon man, there's bills to pay Welcome to Graveland We built the roads, we built the lakes We'll do whatever it takes We're really in it for the long haul Unless those barrel prices fall Take a little trip with me Into the promised land Where our prosperity Is buried in the sand Just sign your life away And let money take command C'mon man, there's bills to pay Welcome to Graveland Welcome to Graveland Take a little trip with me Into the promised land Where our prosperity Is buried in the sand Just sign your life away And let money take command C'mon man, there's bills to pay Welcome to Graveland
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Buried and Dead 04:18
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I think that I might be lost You can't bring me back Out here there is no one to put my mind at ease You just turn your back Now then, we keep on going We keep on marching No turning back Go on, I hear it calling I'll keep on falling Into the black I cannot know why No I can't even try When I'm lost in my head There is no release No I won't find relief Until I'm buried and dead Step now into the void Where I can't avoid Your lingering gaze Reach out into the dark Try to ignite the spark That can number the days I cannot know why No I can't even try When I'm lost in my head There is no release No I won't find relief Until I'm buried and dead Step now into the void Where I can't avoid Your lingering gaze Reach out into the dark Try to ignite the spark That can number the days I cannot know why No I can't even try When I'm lost in my head There is no release No I won't find relief Until I'm buried and dead When there's no turning back I won't make my attack 'Til I'm bloodsoaked and red I'm alone in this place Left with the ghost of your face Until I'm buried and dead
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King Cotton 04:37
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Say welcome, we're glad to have you Shop local, we all know where you buy Settle down now, good looking kids there You know we won state back in '85 Don't mind our mascot, it's kinda racist We were never ones for getting with the times Don't forget now, we love our farmers All ten of them inside the county lines We've got a good thing going here Made ploughshares from colonial swords Bend your knee to old King Cotton And don't forget his fourteen words We're old fashioned, hard working Family values kinda folk around here So keep your head down and mind your business Forget the city, now you're on the frontier We love our country, we love Jesus Don't give a shit about a thing he ever said It took the hard work of generations To steal and plunder and ruin this land We've got a good thing going here That we built upon a mountain of bones So bend your knee to old King Cotton And the barons that belong to his throne Land's gone dry, making up a dust bowl We're selling wind, selling sun now Same folks still own the whole county King Cotton's heirs still running this show Still running this show We've got a good thing going here So mind your tongue, and don't fuck with the crown Just bend your knee to old King Cotton 'Cause his stars and bars founded this town
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Out in the Oilpatch 04:04
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Sometimes when the sun is shining It takes away my will to live Those days when the wind is blowing Steal every breath I have to give I don't know what I know But I can't deny That I know, yeah I know It's a lie Out in the oilpatch where it's all gone wrong We hang our hats on our dismay Out in the oilpatch where the days are long We spin our wheels and waste away There's times that I feel like dying 'Cause I can't break out of this scene The air here is stale and stifling And the water tastes like gasoline Out in the oilpatch where the days are long We hang our hats on our dismay Out in the oilpatch where it's all gone wrong We spin our wheels and waste away Out in the oilpatch where we don't belong We've traded all our rain away Out in the oilpatch where the days are long We spin our wheels and waste away Out in the oilpatch Out in the oilpatch Out in the oilpatch
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Karsa 03:42
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I will never look back There's still smoke on the horizon The dull glow orange red In the distance, and fading faster I won't turn my head away Ghosts follow in my wake Dragging behind with sound of chains Friends and foes I left behind My eyes ahead, not knowing what I 'll find I won't turn my head away Won't bend my knee beneath the weight I will not avert my gaze I won't be bound by the elder ways
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Colony 04:42
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All the roads lead to nowhere Nothing but sand and regret When sorrow and loss has eaten all of our sanity Thank god, thank god there's still vanity Out here in the colony Where wealth has never had its fill Feeling the grit in the wind Of theft and violence and sin It seems we're at it again No redemption Been so long we believe that it's ours As the seconds stretch out into hours And even the water's turned sour Who's paying attention? Out here in the colony Where there is nothing left to steal Out here in the colony Where wealth has never had its fill I've forgotten how to hope Getting close to the end of my rope Even so, got it better than most Godforsaken Out here in the colony Where there is nothing left to steal Out here in the colony Who's got the luxury to heal? Out in the colony Who's got the luxury? Out in the colony
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Gone by October 04:32
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I'm staring into the sun Waiting 'til I go blind Searing out my own vision Boiling out my own eyes I'm tired of seeing this space All the same things I've already faced Can't remember the last time I felt Felt anything at all In the back of my mind I remember a time Something left in my cup But maybe I made it up Were you even there back then? Oh, I don't remember Lost within my trauma and pain From a haunted September There's a story I don't wanna tell 'Cause it's already over The memory's beginning to fade Should be gone by October I'm staring into the wind Don't know where to even begin There's a narrative somewhere within But it's all exposition Feel the grit in the back of my throat Is it sorrow or a semblance of hope? It was gone before I even awoke My pathetic condition In the back of my mind I remember a time Something left in my cup I think I made it up Were you even there back then? Oh, I don't remember Lost within my trauma and pain From a haunted September There's a story I don't wanna tell 'Cause it's already over The memory's beginning to fade Should be gone by October Spit it out of my cotton-dry mouth Cannot handle the taste Wipe the sand and the salt from my eyes Seven years gone to waste Were you even there back then? Oh, I don't remember Lost within my trauma and pain From a haunted September There's a story I don't wanna tell 'Cause it's already over The memory's beginning to fade Should be gone by October Oh, gone by October
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Coyote Ghost 13:28
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The ghosts of ages betrayed us And left us cursed and grey Beneath the two mountains' shadow There's not much light left in the day I don't have any hope left But still, I cannot rest yet There's something driving me To the edge I cannot feel my limbs But I feel the darkness closing in My vision's blurring, leaving me All I feel is the wind What hope is left when the rot sets in? The seeds were sewn long ago Before the cotton and the cattle came in Awash with blood, our guilt has grown We've slain all the bison We've banished the lion As we fled from the coast So drink down the venom Give your bones to the rhythm Of the Coyote Ghost I cannot go on There's no hope at my side I've lost it all, the great unknown Now calls me to die Is there some silver lining? Can we still make amends? Our crimes began generations ago But the hills were ancient then As the old kingdoms crumble Can our debts still be paid? Can the prairies of old be restored? Only our debtors can say This rusted empire of iron That scoured the flesh of the earth We've wasted all of our water Is there still hope for rebirth? I don't have any hope left But still, I cannot rest yet There's something driving me To the edge I cannot feel my limbs But I feel the darkness closing in The rift was lost in time But the hills were ancient then There's no turning back time We can only go forward When ice and fire collide The climate gives us its last word We've slain all the bison We've banished the lion As we fled from the coast So drink down the venom Give your bones to the rhythm Of the Coyote Ghost

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released April 11, 2021

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