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The 70's Were a Mess

by Void Where Prohibited

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odd 03:08
odd Odd, I can't feel the way you feel, Outside, Outside views, Looking into, Strange scenes I can't relate to, Odd, I can't see the way you see, Inside, Inside I'm confused, Looking for a map, Strange lands, I can't seem to find the paths to, Jump, Sometimes I arc across the gap, Shocking, Burning those too close, So I try most times, To keep a distance, Isolation - Insulation Time - does not heal us, Time - does not feel us, And I - can never win this game, I am, and always will be strange.
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OLIGARCH 02:41
TONE DOWN THIS ALLEGORY, ON A RAZING FOR A DOUBLE-QUICK, SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN, I PROFOUNDLY BEG FORGIVENESS, CROWD FUND MY LITTLE STORY, KNOWING; “FACTS MIGHT SPOIL AND ANGER IT”, SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN, CAN I MAKE YOU ANGRY? TIDES A-RISING AND THIS LITTLE CAGE IS TOSSED, ASK FOR TRUTH AND I WILL SHAKE MY HEAD, TIDES A-RISING AND THIS LITTLE CAGE IS TOSSED, IN THE MORNING THEY MIGHT FIND US DEAD.
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Tone deaf ears planted to the ground, Spinning tops never make a sound, Sitting on one point but never making any sense of it, Golan Heights are so far away, Anxious plight of the chosen ones, Sitting on one point but never making any sense of it, Cling tight – Holy Words, Make right the un-defend-able , When we’ve exhausted them, Bring on the Blessed Silence Cling tight – Holy Words, Make right the un-defend-able , When we’ve exhausted them, God Save Us, God Save Us, Save us from ourselves, (Story time has come and gone, Time that we were moving on, Realize means; Make it real, Despite the hurt you feel.)
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DONNY QUIXOTE (The Police Authorities – spoken with sarcasm:) Your gut-punch story, I can’t imagine, your hero-ism, My heart will spasm, The tears of angels, Falling earthwards, Crush our houses in sympathy with you, So tell it again! Even though we’re not worthy, True … (The True Believer – Buying in, Hard.) Finely fabricated narrative, With confirmation that is hard to find, I can overlook the loose thread, My love is blind, They may call me un-compassionate, If I question all the fine-print lines, So its better just to clap my hands, Though my hands are tied. (The Media - Looking for the drama:) A category Hurricane Hugo, So drenched in glory, And now we all know! The tears of angels, Falling earthwards, Crush our houses in sympathy with you, So tell it again! Even though we’re not worthy, True … (The Deceiver – Our Hero) I’m building with my own two thoughts, Building with my own two thoughts, What they got that I don’t got? Not a lot, not a lot, not a lotta, On a race to the bottom of the top, On a race from the top to the bottom, King of the Sorrow Shifters, On a race to the top of the bottom, I’m building with my own two thoughts, Building with my own two thoughts, What they got that I don’t got? Not a lot, not a lot, not a lotta, On a race to the bottom of the top, On a race from the top to the bottom, King of the Sorrow Shifters, On a race to the top of the bottom, ( THE HEART OF IT ALL) I APPROPRIATE YOUR PAIN, SITUATION OF DURESS – I’M STEALIN’ IT! WEAVE IT ALL INTO A FINE NEW FLAG, AND YOU KNOW, I’M GONNA LOOK GOOD WEARIN’ IT! On a race to the bottom of the top, On a race from the top to the bottom, King of the Sorrow Shifters, On a race to the top of the bottom, ( In the end, as long as my team wins … ) Finely fabricated narrative, With confirmation that is hard to find, I can overlook the loose thread, My love is blind, They may call me un-compassionate, If I question all the fine-print lines, So its better just to clap my hands, Though my hands are tied.
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If I run, if I run away, If I hide, will the monster stay? Grab a stone, throw it to the wall, And you find yourself, In a ball, on the floor, “… They came from behind us!” Oh Chorizo, The 70’s were a mess, Oh Chorizo, If in nostalgia you find your blessed! If I do the math, Run it through a slide rule, Balancing the past, All the 3rd rate Hell-Schools, I’m still standing here, My anger’s a vicious ally, … I keep on a leash, But sometimes I let it fly!
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O.H.I.O. 04:59
YOU HAD A DIFFERENT MIND, I SEE IT ON YOUR FACE, YOU HAD A DIFFERENT PLAN, FOR A DIFFERENT SPACE, NOW YOU’RE PLANTED, NOW YOU’RE PLANTED HERE, RAISE A FROSTY GLASS, OF YOUR HOMETOWN BEER! HOME. HOME – O.H.I.O. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE ROAD, LIKE TIRES SHED FROM A RIG, THEY WERE GOING SOMEWHERE, THAT YOU NEVER DID, LIKE IT OR NOT HERE YOU LANDED, LIKE MODERN DAY GILLIGAN STRANDED, MAKE UP A CORN HUSK MIC, AND CALL OUT FOR HELP IF YOU LIKE, HOME. HOME – O.H.I.O. YOU TEAR OUT YOUR EYES, IN THE GRAY SULLEN SKIES OF WINTER, WINTER IN DAYTON ... YEAH, ALL THOSE THINGS YOU DESPISE, WRAP AROUND YOU LIKE VICES IN WINTER WINTER IN DAYTON … YEAH, YOU TAKE YOUR CRUSTY PILLS, LOSE YOUR DRIVING SKILLS, AND YOU GO OUT FOR A RIDE ON 75, (YOU AIN’T GOING NOWHERE) YOU TURN THE WHEEL AND YOU SLAM ON THE BREAKS, … YOU MUST ACCEPT YOUR FATE O.H.I.O. O.H.I.O. O.H.I.O. - IS YOUR HOME (WE’RE CRUSTY BASTARDS AND WE KNOW IT. OH YES, WE KNOW IT! WHEN ONLY THE STRONGEST SURVIVE, WE’LL BE THE ONES LEFT ALIVE – AND COMPLAINING! … WE’LL BE COMPLAINING!)
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released August 23, 2019

Scott Shiverdecker - basses
Robert Hale - drums
Steve VanEtten - voices, guitars and synths

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Void Where Prohibited has been around in the Dayton, Ohio area since the 90's.

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