Intrusive pale as a ghost/ you don't look so good today/ elusive. who do you believe the most/ do everything you think you should/ I've got a beam of light you see/ you ought to come on over here/ you've got a set of strings or three/ loud as thunder removes fear
I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
of the man in the machine
indecisive crushed under the machine/ We run around in little circles/ divisive we're looking so hungry/ you're turning in the whirlpool/ corrosive the rot has settled in/ eating away at your foundation/ morose and empty deep within/ we're lost in giant stadiums.
I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
of the man in the machine
We've come to say
We've come to say
We've come to say
"hey"
Outrageous your life has become thin/ pulled over the wheel of fire/ intensive like a surgical machine/ existing only to cut you open/ compartments they hide it all away/ a maze made just for you/ so let's just play our blues away/ and escape this little school of fish.
I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
of the man in the machine.
I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
of the man in the machine.
credits
from Kitty Magick,
released May 23, 2017
Carrie: vocal, tambourine
Nova: acoustic, electric guitar lead
Soledad: bass
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