Gatekeepers
by Plastic Handgun
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Digital Album
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Gatekeepers Pt. 1
01:48
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2. |
Gatekeepers Pt. 2
04:07
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You’ve got to keep moving
You’ve got to keep moving
You’ve got to keep moving
Because what else do you have?
Because your privilege allows
The time to think about
All those wasted days
Retry, record, replay
The game will never change
You knew day in, day out
The conversation’s about
The gatekeepers no doubt
How long can you keep this up?
Before you have lost it all
All this energy
The work unpaid
Your passion drains
Are they listening?
Listen to us sing
We are worth watching
No one’s discovering
So now what else do you have?
Without the privilege to shout
The frequency drops out
You’ve got to keep moving
You’ve got to keep moving
You’ve got to keep moving
Keep on making that sound
Until you’re put underground
Until your voice gives out
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3. |
Diatribe
04:28
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And the love keeps flowing down in the streams
But the one you’ve chosen cuts down the trees
The ghost you see
It’s no mystery
Just the aftermath of connections in distress
The sky we see
It's bad entropy
Even if we try it reminds us of the end
When you’re stuck inside your head
You forgot to find a friend
It reminds us of the end
You’ll be trying to see the dead
It’s a diatribe in your head
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4. |
The Right Vein
03:48
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Guiding my hand like a reflex
This is what we get up for
Shaking away all the defects
Making my way through the core
Oh the right way
Oh the right way
Maybe someday
Open my vein
Is it a revelation?
Is it degeneration?
There’s all this information
I need a calibration
(You got me feeling)
For the right vein
For the right vein
For the right vein
For the right vein
Is it a revelation?
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It’s the deep breath before the plunge
Soaking up depression like a sponge
Anyone would say it’s not real
In the cold comfort of the steel
Taking shelter from the high beams
This is not the paradise it seems
At the dark plaza of my dreams
At the dark plaza in my dreams
How many hours til it’s done?
Waiting for that glorious sun
Anyone could tell you it’s real
In the cold comfort of the steel
It’s the deep breath before the plunge
Soaking up depression like a sponge
Hit the brakes and tell me what to feel
I’ll believe you, now you take the wheel
You’ve got me looking crazy baby
I shouldn’t be outside, please save me
This isn’t where I left my baby
I should not be outside but I am
Sheltered from the high beams
This is not the paradise it seems
At the dark plaza of my dreams
At the dark plaza in my dreams
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6. |
A Well Deserved Rest
03:46
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Good morning, the forests have burned away
They’re swarming, the animals have no say
A warning— ignore it, let’s have our way
It’s morning, the planet’s got one more day
In the hospital, I lost control
And I’d do it again in that position
Anxiety wins, I can’t pretend
Like I know how this is going to end
Turn me off
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7. |
Decolonize Me
04:26
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For the land, for the sea
Kill the pipeline dream
Empire debris
All the people set free
Decolonize me
Decolonize me
In the white man’s time
Ahistorical crime
Put the pressure on the line
And you can crack their spine
Decolonize me
Decolonize me
In my mind, in my sleep
Underground, in the streets
Until my body turns green
Until my heart is complete
Decolonize me
Decolonize me
Crawling to the coastline
Drown the enemy’s lie
Don’t forget it this time
Listen to the outcry
Decolonize me
Decolonize me
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8. |
Curtain Call
04:16
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Every night, baby, putting on a show
Audience empty, best to let it go
When the time comes, I’m already below
Wondering why the clocks are so slow
Slow it down baby, have yourself a drink
Give it some space, a chance to really think
All those years living in the afterglow
The life of somebody you don’t even know
If I go beyond the path laid out for me
Well suffering, baby, helps you really see
Yeah suffering, baby, wants to set you free
Oh it’s so easy, give yourself to thee
One or two, five or six glasses in the sink
Every night, baby, over in a blink
I went beyond the path laid out for me
Colour me crazy, send me quietly
There’s a reservation in your heart
For the drifter looking to depart
But you don’t know her
And you don’t know him
In the rapture of a waterfall
You can meet me at the curtain call
Though you don’t know where
And you don’t know when
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9. |
The Intruder
04:02
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The day has come and you’re incomplete
Brittle bones in your back deplete
But you can’t admit the defeat
No you can’t admit the defeat
Every day you walk down that street
Crack the code across soft concrete
You’ve got them under your feet
Yeah the coffin, off with your feet
Dreams about the blood underneath
Little capsules that help you see
They’re filled with all of your teeth
Yeah filled with all of your teeth
Dirty fingernails on your seat
Consequences so bittersweet
He’s drowning out the drum beat
Yeah drowning out the drum beat
Permanently sleep
You’re only getting older
Intruding on me
You’re only getting colder
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10. |
Transitions
05:10
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I had me a vision
The end of tradition now
I found me a reason
That’s a lie
It’s all so endearing
We reach for the ceiling
A stillness so meaningful
The glow’s overheating
Come say bye
Forget your decisions
And settle your symptoms now
Transitioning’s needed
For a while
Now everyone’s kneeling
Their pockets revealing
Got lost in believing you
And everyone sees it
I’m on fire
You won’t be forgiven in this lifetime
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about
Recorded from December 2019 to February 2020.
credits
released July 10, 2020
Written and Produced by Mark Di Giovanni.
Mastered by Mojito Mastering.
Written and Produced by Mark Di Giovanni.
Mastered by Mojito Mastering.
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