Name: The Price Of Oil
Duration: P00H03M36S
Description: BLACK LABEL DISCO AGITPOP

The Price Of Oil

from The Price Of Oil b/w Torch Song by Matthew H. Welch

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The Price Of Oil

Don't believe everything you perceive
Until you know you've perceived everything
The universe has a balance sheet
This is strictly off the books
The devil's in the details
Off the books
Everybody thinks if it were up to me
We'd organize this thing differently
The ideas that have been implanted in us
Don't seem to comport with this reality
I thought I had a firm grasp on absurdity
Now I feel like a man on a train approaching a blown out bridge
Over a fiery ocean full of DARPA sharks
Oil slicks on fire children screaming
The Kardashians on YouTube in North Korea
What happens when the price of oil goes up?
What happens when the price of oil goes up?
God forbid
There's never going to be enough
For the economics of a global kleptocracy
Hell bent on extracting everything
It's the only thing that really makes money
It's the only thing we can't live without
We sold everything in the bando for one last hit
Now all we've got are these credit cards which are useless
This culture is bankrupt
Don't believe everything you perceive
Until you know you've perceived everything
Eaten the fruit of the forbidden tree
Fallen from grace gracelessly
The universe has a balance sheet
This is strictly off the books

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from The Price Of Oil b/w Torch Song, released November 17, 2018
All words and sounds by MHW 2018

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Matthew H. Welch Baltimore, Maryland

Songmaker, Singer, Guitar Player, Producer for SIGINT. Formerly of the Aviary and Pedge. Poetic Rock and Roll From A Future.

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