1. |
Getting It
04:17
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I should’ve seen it coming
I should have known
It’s no surprise
with seeds like that
to see what’s grown
You gave up hope and settled
just for change
If you can't turn the clock back
At least you’ll cast the blame
Not entirely sure
what exactly you're furious at
But there's one thing that you know
It’s who gets the payback
Everything I thought was true
and worse...and worse
Forget the ambulance
We need a hearse
Now you’re shocked (shocked!)
at what’s happened
A bomb can be so imprecise
But at least it's
those people
who mostly pay the price
You can’t see consequences
if you avert your eyes
Like hell it’s your fault
Like hell you'll apologize
...
The people know what they want
and they deserve to get it good and hard.
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2. |
Enemy of the Good
03:56
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You’ve seen both sides
and they’re the same
It’s easy when you’ve
got no skin in the game
And you never win so
you’re never to blame
You know what’s best
for everyone
If we’d just listened to you
we would have won
At this point I’d rather
stare at the sun
Can’t find anyone
to meet your simple, impossible standards
Never found it yet
So you've got no choice but to burn it to ash
You swear there’s a perfect answer
And you swear that I always wreck it
And you swear I’m on the other side
If you can’t have it, then why should I?
You’re sleeping fine
Your conscience is clean
Because what you do
and what you say
is less important than
what you mean
If it gets so bad
that it all falls down
that we don’t know where to turn
Then maybe at long last
we’ll finally give up
and give you the crown
...
I think we both know that
we won’t all make it
But you don’t seem to be
that concerned
For someone that hands it out
you can’t take it
Not nearly as well as
the people
you’re willing to leave behind
...
I see you now
So fare thee well
Don’t let the door hit you
as you please go to hell
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3. |
Moving On
05:58
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I thought we’d be different
Had stars in my eyes
Thought we’d meet in the middle
Imagine my surprise
I tried and I tried
but you laid all the blame on me
And now I understand
We may never agree
So I'm moving on
‘Cause you'll never stop seeing red
We can't get along
So I'll just get going instead
We both knew it wasn’t perfect
but I would've been okay with okay
But when they came along
I knew something was gonna give way
I tried and I tried
but you laid all the blame on me
And now I think it's clear
That we’ll never agree
...
I held out hope for so long
I did my part
It seems like a thousand years ago, I thought we might
get a fresh start
But when I watched you then turn on me
Oh, it just broke my heart
At long last I'm gonna spill it
What I’ve always wanted to say
If that leaves a space I'm gonna fill it
It’s better that way
I tried and I tried
but you still laid the blame on me
And now I've finally realized
It's not worth it to disagree
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4. |
Little Boys
04:00
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Little boys think it's their birthright
Little boys think they deserve more than they got
Little boys always so demanding
They’re the only ones
that the world owes anything
But little boys have had their shot
We’ve heard it all before
You can go your own way
As long as it's towards the door
Little boys want you to know that they're big and bad
Little boys need you to think that they're tough
Little boys, what are you compensating for?
When you're not that smart
And you got no talent
Gotta find a way to make people think you measure up
...
(They) don't realize yet
but their time is up
Now get every one of them
up against the wall
and make it rough
Little boys whining that things used to be better
Little boys moaning about their plight
Little boys stinking of desperation
So much dress-up, posing
and punching down
We’re on to you, little boys
We've got you dead to rights
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5. |
Consequences
04:04
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You don't care who knows it
You’d probably agree that you’ve shown it
What always was underneath
but hidden from sight
Now it’s out in the light
You don't care to look closely
It might cause you some regret, but mostly
You don't want to give an inch
to those that you despise
You’re in for a surprise
It looks like the consequences
are gonna fall on you
It may not work out
like you want it to
You said that
you’d never get tired of it
But you’ll see how tired you can get
You don’t care if the one who
you gave it up for ever comes through
With all you've invested
seeing it in the other side
You couldn’t stop now if you tried
...
it's coming soon enough
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6. |
What You Wanted
03:30
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I thought the worst was over
I thought we'd won the war
Stormed the castle
Kicked down the door
Everything was different
Everything was open now
You’d have to help
We’d show you how
Staring down the barrel
Just no way to win
You'd seen right through it
The trap that you were in
Suddenly it hit you
A bolt out of the blue
The worse it looked for everyone
the better it'd look for you
We can’t agree on anything
You told them
and told them
We can’t agree on anything
You told them
and told them
What they want to hear
I asked you what you wanted
You clenched your fists to fight
And in the end
it turned out you’d been right
Maneuvering between the pillars
Putting on a show
Again I asked you what you wanted
You said for me to go
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7. |
Be Glad
03:56
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I recently saw you
walking the streets
in a shirt I think
used to be mine
I want you to know that
I’m wasting away
Well, not *wasting*
I’m eating just fine
CHORUS
I wish you could see me on a rainy day
Wet and bedraggled and sad
If I know my misery’s reciprocated
Then I can finally be glad
I hear from our friends that
you’re better off
And they’ve told me
that I should move on
Well, not so much told me
as yelled through their doors
But I still won’t
admit that you’ve gone
Maybe I had
more than I deserve
But for you to move on
seems obviously absurd
...
I should be glad
For what I once had
But I can’t get over it
I recently saw you
walking the streets
in a shirt that
I’m certain was mine
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8. |
Hurrah
02:46
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They just don't understand how
bad it is
I’ll tell it to you
Believe me, I know just how
sad it is
I’ll sell it to you
They're saying it was worse
before he came
they're always wrong
But if you want someone
to blame
you're playing my song
Hang on to your fear
but push aside your doubts
Believe me, I'm the only one
who knows the way out
It doesn't make a difference why
what matters is, you're mad
So if you’ve finally given up
take my hand
They’re not like you, we’ve got to
send them back
to where they’re from
It’s mostly a criminal
element
filth and scum
Have you started feeling
dread yet?
Is your stomach queasy?
Feeling like it's all nearly
dead yet?
Well, that was easy
CHORUS
You can't believe what they say about me
In my wake I've left the bodies
of those who would doubt me
For years
they've tried to mock and ignore you
Stick with me and
I’ll make them kneel before you
We’re finally gonna pay the sons of bitches back
I'll point out who’s the enemy
And then we’ll attack
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9. |
Worry
04:25
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You should know
I’d take you anywhere
I'm just sorry that we
have to live through interesting times
Now that there’s
a fresh hell every day
Given what I’d clung to
I’m not sure if I can hold the line
Shouting until I’m hoarse
until my face is blue
Said I wasn’t worried
didn’t say it wasn’t true
Scratch until I bleed
up and down both arms
I never meant to worry you
You know I didn’t mean to fall apart
More and more
I find I can’t breathe
The sword's been moved and
now it's hanging over everyone
Lost what
I'd hung onto to keep
from falling over
Any day now it could just be done
...
I’ve got no idea now what to do
Swam out in the current
looking for you
Reaching for a line
in enough time
to pull us through
Fading fast
It still seems like a dream
It’s not getting better
and I keep on not waking up
Without what
I used to believe
Leaning on each other
is the only way we’ll make it
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10. |
The Curtain
02:55
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Said you’d draw
a line in the sand
Steel yourself
and take a stand
‘cause it’s one thing to look away every
now and then
But what if it’s never safe
to look back again?
We all keep something hid
But you don’t seem to care
like you said you did
Now one thing is for certain
At last we’ve seen
behind the curtain
‘cause it’s one thing to testify and
Scream and shout
But now you’ve shown
What you’re really about
Once we pushed past
the sound and fury
When that light flicked on
we watched the roaches scurry
Don’t ever talk to me
about it again
Don’t bother to
tell me what you think
You dropped your
supposed convictions
like they were on fire
In the space of a blink
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The Landed Gentry Madison, Wisconsin
Our first album, "What They Want," is protest music for the Trump era. We cover a lot of ground genre-wise, but the songs
are tied together by a melodic pop sensibility and a 90s rock influence.
"What They Want" was written, recorded, and self-produced in a basement near Madison between Nov 2016 and Jun 2018.
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