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Lotto Complex

from Fakie by Ush

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lyrics

I stole my valor out the back of a truck
that was crashed into a liquor store that trafficked in love
for all the false starts and all the charred hearts
and veterans of wars foreign, familiar, and peculiar.

And as I made my getaway the penitent drunk
clutched the handle of his crutch like the neck of a dove—
the pope in his purse, his hope as a curse,
vomiting at me with his deliriate honesty:

"Run, old boy, and they'll chase you down,
trip you to the street and crack your crown,
or do it my way and give up now:
live pretty pretty in an ugly town."

Fakie.

I learned to take a dive when I was reading the good book.
Felt unrelated but it taught me the good look:
to let my hair grow long and treat my body all wrong—
am I a dirtbag prophet or a slacker terrorist?

And as I made my demands to my unruly hands—
that it's now or never and it's a pen or a lever
for my contact list full of prop IEDs,
they bent backwards and signed to me:

"Eat, old boy, and you'll choke it down,
swallow your shit and wear the gown,
or do it our way and give up now:
live pretty pretty in an ugly town."

Fakie.

What's this poor punk life ever done for me
but made me dependent on the governing?
I'd rather get fucking rich and spend recklessly
on guns to kill cops and land to roam free.

Burn it down or buy your way out.

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from Fakie, released April 2, 2024

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21st century night music.

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