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Unilateral Declaration Of Independence

by Slow Faction

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1.
U.D.I. 03:03
They've put this country up for sale It used to be worth more But now it's in the Poundland store Everything that wasn't fastened down It's flown out the door To secret bidders from offshore The bargain hunters got the best While vultures circle for what's left UDI - what the hell is wrong with this country UDI - I want to declare my independence UDI - I want to break free from this failed state Public services at breaking point The hospitals are full And hungry children in our schools Homeless people dying on our streets No shelter for the sick and ill Universal credit kills The suicide rate's on the rise As a nation's hopes are allowed to die Failed politicians Elective dictatorship Doing just what they want Where has all the money gone? What's happened to this nation? What's happened to compassion? Are we so numb we no longer feel? Pandora's Box was opened years ago Hatred, fear and bigotry Are now the usual currency Destruction, chaos, capital Dark money funded lies A mission to destabilise The situation's desperate The world's first 1st world failed state
2.
Suicidal thoughts and alienation Bourgeois comforts and self-detestation Amnesia and the downfall of a nation Imperial dreams then crushing reparation A fragile national psyche and hyperinflation A cleansing of the ego through Idolisation A new national pride and armoured restoration No moral judgement just abnegation So, this is what he wants to say to you – you’re the blank generation This is what he really thinks of you – you’re the blank generation Can’t you see: - You make a stand or you stand for nothing - There’s more to this than just your ego - Your silence is complicity Looking at the wreckage of a brutalised nation Eleven years of cuts and deprivation The shrinking of the state and rationalisation Rewards for the few and not the wider population Small town boredom and desperation A cultural desert of neglected desolation A feeling of disgust for ‘The Useless Generation’ Of baggy minds and druggy veneration So, this is what they want to say to you – you’re the blank generation This is what they really think of you – you’re the blank generation Can’t you see: - You make a stand or you stand for nothing - There’s more to this than just your ego - Your silence is complicity So, here we are – you had it all You had the best of everything – but now it’s gone Pull the ladder up – on those still to come You look down on them – for not being born the same time as you… Then you moan about foreigners and immigration, Cultural identity and isolation London has fallen to Islamification, Metropole elites and liberalisation You swallow all the lies about this glorious nation Pomp and circumstance for the big occasions Tug your forelock and know your station And turn your backs on the younger generations! So, this is what we want to say to you – you’re the blank generation This is what we really think of you – you’re the blank generation Can’t you see: - You make a stand or you stand for nothing - There’s more to this than just your ego - Your silence is complicity
3.
He sacrificed his youth to a war – that he didn’t believe in One nation’s collective madness brought the whole world crashing down And when she saw the man she loved – returning from the front line He was just an empty shell – broken by the things he’d seen there… And he’s got nothing more to give – and never said a word… As he walks the lonely streets as he knows he can’t go home And she just has to carry on – and never said a word… Resigned to a life where she’s the one who’s strong. Everywhere he goes he always sees the reminders The ones who waved their flags back then are the ones who profit afterwards And she’s just trapped there on her own – alone with the children Abandoned by her broken man – they always ask when is he coming home? He watches the Sunday procession – just like a trade convention Power and money and religion unite in timeless continuity She has a simple faith – the strength to simply struggle on.. A faith that’s so much purer than this pious display of hypocrisy.. He goes to everyone he knows – trying to get the money To rent a hotel room – at least for an hour or two She puts her best dress on and goes to see him She hates the way they have to meet and tells him things have got to change now
4.
Antifascist 03:01
There’s a new enemy – a major threat to society A secret cell in every town – doxing all the boys in brown President Orange calls them communists – subversive scum and anarchists He brands their actions terrorist-- he’d rather hang with supremacists Antifascist – Antifa It’s so easy – it’s so easy to do nothing and let evil thrive Antifascist – Antifa It’s quite simple – Antifascists and fascists are not the same This is the reality – the code word is Identity A new culture of migrant hate – stand up for the nation state The politics of now are here – with attitudes from yesteryear It’s not just racists on the rise – the far right’s getting organised They say it’s not so easy To tell the two sides apart They say they’re both extremists But only one side has race hate in their hearts You show no interest in your fate – just sit at home and vegetate Spoon-fed by big media lies – faculties anaesthetised They tell you there’s no difference – just keep on sitting on that fence It’s not you they’re coming for –just paint a red cross on your door
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Oblivion 05:00
A claustrophobic place to live Rigid rules and discipline A hostile legacy Of the previous century An anxious childhood full of pain No understanding, only blame A suicide attempt in vain So they had him sent away He just wants to stay at home He has to try to be alone By day he dreams of peace Of idyllic domestic bliss But he knows that the wolf inside Can never be satisfied Until it takes control In the struggle for his soul… As darkness falls, turn down the lights – oblivion He dies a little more each night – oblivion Dull the ego, numb the pain – oblivion No strength left to live or die So he dies his ‘little death’ each night The city’s calling with its lights A different world comes out at night Cabaret and music halls He can’t resist the siren calls Gambling dens and red-lit bars He knows all the secret doors By night he gives in to lust By day only self-disgust Internal dissonance External decadence As the dreams of Weimar fade A polarised confusion reigns There’s fighting on the streets As the nationalist fever grows As the old order falls apart He escapes into his own world So now the sun’s setting on the old regime as politics diverges to the far extremes A populist danger is infecting the land as they look for the ones who will make a stand What else can he do? Now the fascists are in power… What else can he do? When they label him a danger… What else can he do? When the Death Camps are waiting… What else can he do?
6.
Haters Hate 03:28
Where did it go wrong? You feel so powerless Now the potency of youth has long gone The dying of the light There’s nothing left to do But to stand your ground for one last fight Repelling the tide with all your might But your anger makes you blind and you’re losing your grip You think you’re being robbed of your white male privilege…and… Haters hate – so what you going to do? When everything turns out the same… Haters hate – so what you going to do? When there’s no one else to blame… An imagined history A better time and place When no one dared to challenge your patriarchy, and… A past that isn’t yours You’re just deluding yourself When you talk of victory and two World Wars You’re stealing memories of a justified cause You’re dragging us back to the previous century In a vain attempt to assert your authority So you hate your wife because she earns more than you And you hate your kids – they never listen to you You hate your neighbours as they don’t look like you And you hate everyone who doesn’t think like you So you hate all the liberals and the socialists You hate the tree huggers and the communists And you hate all the students and the feminists You hate all foreigners and the antiracists Burn down this nation No hope for the future generations Your toxic legacy Of fascism cloaked in the word democracy
7.
He’s a real Firestarter He’s an arch racist A lying wife-beater And a white supremacist He’s the alt-right fanboy Of Mephistopheles Whispering seduction In ambitious ears Infiltrate the mainstream and peddle hate Contaminate the language to control and manipulate I see it in their eyes – just fascists in disguise I see through all their lies – just fascists in disguise The truth will never die – just fascists in disguise It’s time to take up sides America The Beautiful It’s karaoke night But he can’t see all the right arms He says he’s got bad sight He calls the Daily Stormer To solicit their views For an article he’s writing For Breitbart news Little Tommy name-change has some powerful friends With very deep pockets so the funding never ends A nationalist network with an international reach They organise a rally in the name of Free Speech They put them on a coach and they bring them all down To infect our streets and infect our town But we don’t want these knuckle-draggers around This is our home – this is London!
8.
It’s so hard to recognise the place that you’ve become now All the colours drained – you look at life in black & white now I remember there was a time – not so many years ago When the future looked so bright – but now you’ve lost all hope… So, who will care for you – I don’t know You’ve pushed everyone away for a future life of isolation So, who will care for you – I don’t know This hostile environment – this is no longer a country for the young You emerged from years of darkness, unaccustomed to the sunlight A blinded victim of deception by union flags and false messiahs They said they’d make you great again and heal the pain for all But then they sold you out and led you to illegal war They say you can judge a nation Not from the celebration Of its rich and powerful But how it looks after its poor…. Now you’ve fallen victim to career politicians and charlatans Every bigot’s been given licence – now they’re on the march again A high-jacked destiny – a sham democracy This demagoguery ends in treachery

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released September 24, 2019

All Songs written, performed, recorded & mixed by Slow Faction

Mastered by Steve Kitch Mastering September 2019

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Slow Faction London, UK

“Slow Faction is a 1st generation-influenced punk band with a real London 77 sound. The aim of Slow Faction is simple – to make the music they want to hear; politically-charged songs with big hooks and choruses, reminiscent of the 1st wave of British punk. Slow Faction’s live sound has been described as a cross between The Clash and The Buzzcocks.” ... more

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