Enemy of the Good

from What They Want by The Landed Gentry

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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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from What They Want, released June 5, 2018

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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. ... more

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