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Lyrics by Erik Davis & Mark Nichols
Music by Mark Nichols

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[snarling, leather-clad handy-babes.
Call them Stomp Grrlz. They are
cooler than you.]

BROOK
Who are these people?
What do they seek?
Who are they kidding?
Is this relief?
BURNERS
I’m pissed and half insane
And I’m goin’ down the drain
I feel lost and stuck between
The camera and the TV screen
Want to sink into the wonder
Not this debt I’m buried under
Let’s get high so we can find
The Coney Island of the mind
E-TARDZ
Want to build and not to bury
All the dreams that I still carry
STOMP GRRLZ
Just want to fuck and drink some
beer
And party beyond hope and fear
BULLDADA
Don’t trust hippies or the punks
Aw fuck it all...our ship is sunk
BURNERS
Burn it up and burn it down
Bless yourselves with ashes
Let it burn
Ashes ashes comin’ down
Dust is only dust
So let it burn
Who are these people
What do they seek
Who are they kidding
Is this relief?
We got food and drugs and shelter
We got gear for nasty weather
We got tiki lights and toys
We got decadence and joy
We got devils in our closets
We got no one here to stop us
We got plenty of confusion
We got paranoid delusions
But never mind, we don’t really
care
We’ll torch it anyway
You know that even junk will burn
And keep the dark at bay
And warm us through the night
And gather everyone
Into the fire of change
Burn it up and burn it down
Bless yourselves with ashes
Let it burn

Ashes ashes comin’ down
Dust is only dust
So let it burn
The dust returns, but much fiercer
now. Eyeballs grow useless,
particulate matter invades nostrils,

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from How to Survive the Apocalypse: A Burning Opera - Live in San Francisco, released December 4, 2012

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