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VENGEANCE EP

by WIMP

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1.
EVERYDAY MEANS VENGEANCE! EVERYDAY MEANS VENGEANCE! EVERYDAY MEANS VENGEANCE! EVERYDAY MEANS VENGEANCE AND EVERYDAY MEANS DEATH! YOU. WILL. NEVER. BE. FORGOT.
2.
WHERE'S MY PLACE? WHERE'S MY STATION? WHERE'S MY FUCKING VOICE? NOT A MAN, NOT A WOMAN, NOT A FUCKING CHOICE TO THE FRONT? TO THE BACK? DO I CLING TO THE SIDE? WHERE'S MY PLACE? WHERE'S MY SPACE? DO I STAY OUTSIDE? WHEN IT'S GIRLS TO THE FRONT, AND IT BROS IN THE PIT. WHERE DO QUEERS IN BETWEEN FIND A PLACE TO EXIST? I DON'T WANT YER SPACE, I JUST WANT MY OWN. I'M ERASING MYSELF FROM WHERE I ONCE CALLED HOME.
3.
WON'T GET A PAT ON THE BACK FOR NOT BEING SHIT. YER SELF RIGHTEOUS INTEREST YOU REFUSE TO ADMIT. GET OUTTA OUR WAY CUZ THIS ISN'T FOR YOU. YOU DON'T KNOW OUR LIVES SO FUCKING GET A CLUE. DON'T ACT LIKE YOU CARE WHEN YOU COULDN'T CARE LESS. YOU SHOULD JUST OWN UP TO WHO YER TRYING TO IMPRESS. PAY LIP SERVICE TO STRUGGLES DON'T UNDERSTAND. GET OUTTA OUR SPACE WITH YER TOXIC HELPING HAND. CO-OPT OUR WORDS SO THAT YOU CAN FEEL GOOD. ERASE OUR IDEAS AND BULLDOZE WHERE WE STOOD. WE OWE YOU NOTHING NOT ONE GODDAMN INCH. YOU BETTER WATCH OUT CUZ KNUCKLES NEVER FLINCH. ALLIES. AIN'T. SHIT. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ALL TO OFTEN THE LABEL ALLY IS USED AS A DEFENSE. SELF PRESCRIBED AND BACKED UP WITH MEANINGLESS WORDS. IT IS USED TO ACCESS OUR SPACES TO DERAIL EFFORTS IN SERVICE OF THEIR OWN SELF IMAGE. THE LABEL ALLY HAS BECOME A SOCIAL CURRENCY TO BE FLAUNTED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE COMMUNITIES THEY CLAIM TO SERVE. IT'S MEANING IS EMPTY BECAUSE IT IS GIVEN TO THOSE WHO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH ONES OF US ARE WORTHY OF THEIR SUPPORT. APPLIED TO THOSE WHO SPEW RACIST RHETORIC FAILING TO SEE THE INTERSECTIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY. WORN BY THOSE WHO ARE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND WHEN WE SO DESPERATELY NEED THEM IN THE STREETS. SHOUTED BY THOSE WHO COULD NEVER GET PAST THE FIRST TWO LETTERS OF AN ACRONYM THAT COULD NEVER ENCOMPASS THE TOTALITY OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE QUEER. OUR MOVEMENT. OUR MOVEMENT. YES OUR MOVEMENT WAS BORN FROM THE BLOOD OF TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR. NOT THOSE WHO SHOWED UP AFTER THE BRICKS WERE THROWN. NOW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED ACTION OVER WORDS. WE NEED COMMUNITY OVER SOCIAL POSTURING. WE NEED LOVE OVER SPITE. WE NEED ACCOMPLICES NOT ALLIES. WE'VE NEVER NEEDED ALLIES NO NEVER NEEDED ALLIES. BECAUSE THESE ARE OUR LIVES. THESE ARE OUR VOICES. THESE ARE OUR BODIES. THIS IS OUR BLOOD.
4.
POLITICS THEY END AT FRIENDS DEFEND THEM ALL YOU CAN. PUSH COMES TO SHOVE THEN YOU SHRUG WE KNOW NOW WHERE YOU STAND. SHOW ONE FACE WHILE AT THE SHOW ESTABLISHING YER CRED. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO STEPPING UP THE OTHER SHOWS INSTEAD. DON'T ACT LIKE YOU DESERVE A PASS BECAUSE THEY SAY YER NICE. WHAT YOU'VE DONE CAN'T BE ERASED NOT GONNA SAY THIS TWICE. DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT BAND YER IN YER STILL A PIECE OF SHIT. YER BROS WON'T HAVE YER BACK THIS TIME. I'LL CHOP YOU INTO BITS. GOOD. GUY. BACKED. HARD. GOOD GUY BACKED HARD IS ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY. NO ACCOUNT FOR WHAT HE'S DONE FALSE SENSE OF COMMUNITY. GOOD GUY BACKED HARD IS ALL WE EVER SAY. NO ACCOUNT FOR WHAT HE'S DONE JUST LOOK THE OTHER WAY.
5.
LAY MY SPREAD EAGLE OUT ON YER HILL YEAH. THEN WRITE A BOOK ABOUT HOW I WANTED TO DIE. ITS HARD TO TALK WITH YER DICK IN MY MOUTH. I WILL TRY TO SCREAM IN PAIN A LITTLE NICER NEXT TIME. I'M SO SORRY IF I'M ALIENATING SOME OF YOU. YER WHOLE FUCKING CULTURE ALIENATES ME. I CANNOT SCREAM IN PAIN FROM DOWN HERE ON MY KNEES. I'M SO SORRY THAT I'M ME. CIS BOY. DON'T LAUGH. DON'T CRY. JUST DIE!

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VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!VENGEANCE!

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released December 9, 2017

Shout out to Otto for hooking us up with recordings

*CIS HETS* - We don't make music for you. We get a limited number of free downloads so please consider allowing Trans folks to access as many of these as possible and maybe actually spend literally a friggen dollar to support queer musicians.

QUEERS TO THE FRONT CIS TO THE FUCKING BACK!

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fuzz - Hayley (she/they)
blasts - Luca
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