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Dark Money

by ELAGABALUS

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1.
False Vacuum 04:14
MY EVERY DAY IS A FLIGHT RISK THEIR ACUMEN IS A CLEAR THREAT JUST A CLOWN WITH THE COURTIERS HE TRADES IN CONFIDENCE THIS TIME I NEVER DISPATCHED MY ARSENAL OF PREPARED REMARKS STEALING CANDY FROM A BABY I JUST SAT AND THEY BROUGHT IT TO ME IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THE RULES THEY'RE CLOSING IN ON THE OPERATION I KEEP SAYING BE COOL BUT EVERYBODY JUST IGNORES ME LINING THEIR POCKETS BEFORE THEY RUN AWAY
2.
Loss Leader 03:09
I KNOW I’LL NEVER GET IT BACK EVERYTHING THAT I PUT IN I’D BE LUCKY TO BREAK EVEN I CAN’T STAUNCH THE BLEEDING I HAVE TO ANSWER TO THE BOARD THEY’LL WANT TO KNOW WHY THEIR REQUESTS WERE IGNORED YOU HAVE A LOT TO ANSWER FOR WE HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS WE REQUIRE ACCESS TO THE BOOKS
3.
Kill List 03:06
TIP JUSTICE'S SCALE BY POWER'S HAND TO DECIDE MORTALITY NOT ENOUGH A WARNING COMES TO THOSE WHO WOULD UPHOLD OUR VALUES OF DEATH FALSE FLAG SHADOW HAND WHO'S NEXT? THEY CHOOSE TO ROT THEY'LL BE OUTGROWN OR BRING ABOUT EXTINCTION
4.
Dark Money 04:02
THIS GIVES A NEW MEANING TO PUSHING ENVELOPES AND I'M NOT EVEN THE ONE WHO IS ABOUT TO FACE THE GRAND JURY IN ABOUT A MONTH'S TIME. WE TOLD YOU TO KEEP A LOW PROFILE BUT YOU HAD TO GO RUNNING AT THE MOUTH WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF THE FUNNY SHIT SOON WE'LL BE CUTTING OFF REAL FINGERS WE’VE BEEN TO EVERY PLACE WE KNOW YOU GO AND WE WOULD NOT SUGGEST YOU RETURN I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN AWAKE A THOUSAND DAYS AND I CAN NEVER SLEEP
5.
WHEN DOLLAR FIGURES SCALE UP SO DO LAUGHS EMBEZZLEMENT THEY DENY HER GAVEL POUNDS "BALONEY!" -ESTEEMED WORDS OF JUSTICE THE IRON GAVEL FALLS ON ONCE-RICH
6.
FOR A MOMENT IT WAS SITTING THERE UNGUARDED I WAS MESMERIZED BY THE MANY PLUMES I KNEW RIGHT THEN IT COULDN'T GIVE ME WHAT I WANTED BUT IT WAS PULLING AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO THE SAME PEOPLE THAT FEARED ME STAYED AFRAID WHEN I MOVED TO FLIP THE MAGIC SWITCH THE WAGE EARNERS CALCULATED AND ADJUSTED THEIR ABACUS AS WE POPPED SOME CHAMPAGNE I WOULD HAVE STOPPED THE LIGHT THAT BURNED THROUGH THEIR CLOTHES
7.
WHEN THE MAN IN THE SUIT KNOCKS SOME COMMODITIES ARE GOOD TO HAVE AROUND OTHER UNFORTUNATES GET FLUSHED DOWN THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD BE WASHED CLEAN THEY TOLD ME I HAD NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FROM THE SYNTAX OF THIS LETTER I CAN CONFIRM THEY KNOW I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PLAY IT SAFE BUT THIS SHIT KEEPS JUMPING UP AND DOWN WE’RE ALL ASSISTED BY SOME ACCEPTED LIES I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS REAL
8.
WHAT USE IS ADVANTAGE IN A HOPELESS FOOL’S GAME AT THE HORIZON OF THE FUTURE THE WIND WILL BLAST EVERY INSTANCE OF OUR NAMES REDUCED TO STATISTICS AND COMMODITIES BLUFFING TO GAIN SECONDS STAYING ALIVE BY BURNING TRASH IN OLD SHOES PUSHING OVER FIELDS OF GLASS IF YOU PLAY THE ODDS EVERYDAY ONE DAY YOU’RE GOING TO HIT THE JACKPOT IF YOU TRY TO SIDESTEP AND PLAY FOR TIME ONE DAY YOU'LL LEARN THAT YOU LEARNED TOO LATE TRYING TO THREAD A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK OF HAYSTACKS GET THEM ON THE PHONE AND TELL THEM WE GIVE UP
9.
BUILT OFF BACKS OF ALL OF US THEIR FORTUNE A NECESSITY GOLDEN CHUTE THE YELLOW ROAD SLAP THEIR WRISTS; THEY'RE TOO BIG TO FAIL TOO BIG TO RETURN TOO LATE TO SAVE US THEY SIGNED THE CHECKS FOR US YEARS OF GROWTH IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT US; NO ONE TO RULE WELFARE KINGS; THEY'RE TOO BIG TO FAIL TOO BIG TO RETURN TOO LATE TO SAVE US FUEL SHADOW INDUSTRY BURNING WORLD NOT A CARE; THEY'RE TOO BIG TO FAIL TOO BIG TO RETURN TOO LATE TO SAVE US
10.
I LEFT A SUITCASE IN CYPRUS AND WALKED AWAY CONSECUTIVE SERIAL NUMBERS AND MANICURED TO THE HILT I NEED TO MAKE THIS TRICKLE COMING ACROSS THE WIRE APPEAR AS A LOSS IN A BUSINESS SOMEWHERE ELSE I NEED TO TRUST YOUR RESOLVE THAT WHEN THEY COME FOR ME THAT YOU WON'T BE SEDUCED BY HOTEL ROOM KEYS EVERYTHING'S COLLAPSING AND THIS STORY WON'T WITHSTAND SUBPOENA POWERS AND A JUDGE’S COMMAND

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released May 29, 2018

Dustin Swanson: Synth/Vocals
Ben Price: Drums/Vocals/Guitar

Recorded and Mixed by Nick Skrobisz
Mastered by Ben Price

Art by Austyn Sullivan

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