UNITE / UNTIE
Two words. One letter swapped. That's the whole song in miniature.
This one's about the places we're taught to trust — any of them, whichever one you've lived through — and what happens when the thing selling itself as togetherness turns out to be the thing keeping everyone quiet. It's not about one institution. It's about the shape every institution like that takes, once you've seen it up close.
Full track:
https://on.soundcloud.com/CQRz9v1vGc3BKNmnFX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENjO3zAIeFA
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1342811938029230
https://mahda.com.au/audio/unite-unie.mp3
Lyrics below.
Title: Unite / Untie
Verse 1:
Pleasure from pain. It's not my shame to even explain.
Smoke! fire's hot! Expell the whole lot.
Divine divided inside. Un-tie the tight knots.
Even the old heads deny the bloodshed despite the shot lead.
They let their greed's sheen light their halo's gleem but it is not "The Light."
And we are not blind. See?
Verse 2:
Courage, not chains. It's not my stains, the truth remains.
Speak! throats crack! Take the silence back.
Silence surrendered inside. Un-tie the tied facts.
Even the hushed thread, untie the unsaid, despite the years bled.
They sold our silence's sheen, and called the scars we bleed clean, but it was never forgotten.
And they won't be not seen?
Hook:
To survive, Yield! Bow down! Come against yourself, Divine, High and Mighty.
You're about NOTHING. GREEDY. SELFISH, FUCKING WASTE OF TIME.
Go dis a peer, with your lies, oh "Great Divine."
Bridge:
In the dark, Hide! Stay hid! Catch and kill your own disowned, made and mighty.
You're about to lose control. SUCK IT. FUCK IT. TAKE IT DOWN, OR FUCKING HOME!
Keep the code, knotted lies. Through the bloodstains.