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SISYPHUS

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lyrics

labor is the cost of our lives
the price put on our time
the blood of every slave that fertilizes our amber fields of grain
labor the is the scream of every mother as she brings forth new breath
it is her grip on the hand of the midwife who bears witness to her paid
its the prison made panties strewn on the floor of the hotel room
the click of the door as she leaves in the morning
labor is the rattling bones of every immigrant to died building the transcontinental railroad
the alarm clock yelling at 4 am prying you from a deep sleep to roll a boulder up a hill again and again
the history of brotherly oppression
not even the best able to resist the temptation of unregulated capitalism

your joy
(your joy)
is my joy
(my joy)
is our joy
(our joy)

labor is the artist waiting tables for minimum wage alongside the mother of three whose worked at this diner for a decade
labor is the stench of garbage and fish that wont' wash out
it is the grease that stains and the callouses that are earned
labor is a force that drives our world
a ceaseless furnace that won't quit
our liberation, a source of profit

your joy
(your joy)
is my joy
(my joy)
is our joy
(our joy)

i'm drowning in debt
but i can't pay it
if this is the price of freedom
i can't afford it

i'm drowning in debt
but i can't pay it
if this is the price of freedom
i can't afford it

the inertia of the system would have you believe that you are powerless
delivering toxic news in tiny glass boxes
big problems that you alone can't touch or understand
eroding your resistance until your bones are made of sand
no boot on your neck but death by a thousand compromises
do not believe the caged bird does not sing

your joy
(your joy)
is my joy
(my joy)
is our joy
(our joy)

i'm drowning in debt
but i can't pay it
if this is the price of freedom
i can't afford it

i'm drowning in debt
but i can't pay it
if this is the price of freedom
i can't afford it

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from WILTING, released December 3, 2021

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WILTING Seattle, Washington

Post-punk from Seattle.

Phoebe
Duncan
Jay
Leigh
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