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The Nature of Mankind

from Wild Dogs - Digital LP by Battered Suitcases

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The Nature of Mankind

The nature of mankind terrifies me
Focused fears, intimidated tears
Humiliating and antagonizing eyes seer
Deep into a twin
The missed point, unfathomable after all this eventuality
I mean, we got individuality on a flat note
strongest trait shoved down our throats
divine gift denied and freewill categorized
Heartless, confused, pathetic do-gooders
for the human interest,
casting illusionary shadows of their own superior individuality,
between men, among men and above all, above men.
Well be thankful, it’s an exclusive ignorance
Well-bred, exquisite and elite
Reason’s lost
Lost to an impudent state of understanding
Crippled by the notion of leadership
I mean
What the hell
Is superior individuality anyway
Let me tell ya
It’s a manipulative, deceitful, brain bathing act
Resigning the common to their differences and struggle
Blinding and nullifying their similarities and strengths
Mutated soul fabric, troubled perception, genetically evolved
And now, organically ours
Are we lost, lost forever
Never to know the equality of men as men
Fragmented fossilized ability
Deep within our hearts
Rekindled in our stillest moments
But then lost in the constant push of our collective consciousness
Thoughtless, destructive and numb
Functioning on a few bad ideas
They high price of the uncommon
leaves us with our dignity spent
We suck, I’m terrified
I tried in looking out, out looking in
It didn’t work,
it made me cold
Colder than the ageless bud of compassion
darkened, cold, unrealized, dormant
within the humanly heart of mankind
But I’ll will say, risking the cliché
In unity alone is compassion truly blindly alive
there you see it all
equally hungrily, maternal and whole
But our somehow failed vision traps us
In cages of isolated confusions
Leaving us blind to the true nature of mankind.

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from Wild Dogs - Digital LP, released February 7, 2020
Written by Sharon Labor
Sharon Labor - Poet, lead vocals, bass
Jessica Roe - Drums
Frank Labor - Guitar

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Battered Suitcases describes its music as "uniquely beat rock and roll" and lives up to that description stunningly. The band offers a truly new and original sound, introducing a whole new genre in the wide world of rock 'n' roll. Battered Suitcases songs infuse the sanctity of spoken word with the rawness and pump of rocking punk, with a touch of swagger. ... more

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