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Rocket Powered Rodeo Ride To Oblivion

from Test​/​Retest by The Knockdown

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My throat is broke from cold of early morning snow
Slip slide from tire tread on empty frozen roads
And it always feels the same
I'm ready for a break

Here I am

Where does the world begin?
In the womb or six feet in?
Or does the world exist when your labor helps to make the market grow
My legs become the roots
And soil fills my shoes
Arms outstretched to cut in two
But I will stand my ground to say

Here I am

We shake with the earth and soot
And the skin of the soul still faded
I want to wash it out
And wear it as the crown of the kingdom
I’ve been to hell and back again
As strength was forged by heat and brick
So I can face the world outside
Because I am still alive

Here I am and here I’ll stay

So take us to market when
When submit to the asking bid
Starving till we’re paper thin
And delivered to employers across the earth
We do this because we have no choice
But I say we have a voice
And we can sing with faith and poise
We can sing with everything we have

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from Test​/​Retest, released August 8, 2008

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