Distress Flag

from Dark Rooms by Tim Coughlin Jr.

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"Distress Flag"


long days in the factory,

cast beneath tall smokestacks,

makin' just enough to pay my debts,

and to keep on coming back.


i'm still try'n to rise up,

and playing my best hand,

try'n to catch some luck,

and beat the house,

even though the deck's been stacked.


but the bills just don't stop coming,

and the struggle never ends,

sick and tired of breakin my back,

for the wealth of other men.


hey mr. banker man,

won't you try to understand?

i don't have much money,

but i'm doin' the best that i can.

hey you pious preacher

why don't you leave the judgement to God?

there's no such thing as righteous men

just children masquerading as the law.

so the purchased politician,

blithely signs the bill,

to sell out the people in exchange,

for a small take from the till,

now he's restin' easy,

another million dollar home,

while the poor kids in the slums starve,

and writhe on cold and dusty floors.


sweet gentrification,

segregates it far from you,

so you're safe from the consequence,

of all the awful things you do.


so build those walls up high 'round,

your gated community,

you've got the illusion of control,

but you're a slave just like me.


hey mr. banker man,

wont you try to understand?

i don't have much money,

but i'm doin' the best that i can.


hey you pious preacher,

why don't you leave the judgement to God?

there's no such thing as righteous men,

just children masquerading as the law.


violence is violence,

romanticized or not.

bloodshed is bloodshed,

no matter whose side you're on.


so as you're loading up your pistol,

to go and seek your kill,

take a second to remember,

you've just aimed it yourself.

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from Dark Rooms, released February 26, 2015
Tim Coughlin Jr. - Guitar, Vocals, Bass

Will Bailey - Drums

Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Will Bailey

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