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Hellfire

from Trespassers EP by Laurie Shaw

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HELLFIRE

Crawled under the barbed wire
And they lost many men
And the ear-shattering God-bombs
Went spurting dirt over them
Yeah, we build the tools of the Pantheon
For the appointed to wield
And for what, Baby Blue?
For shallow graves in foreign fields

Hellfire hellfire

There’s a girl with shrapnel eyes
And skin like a paracetamol
At first she heard the scream of jets
And then she felt the hell
Her little mouth was caked in dust
And her lips were chapped to bits
She was a little too long in the mantle plume
But she’ll most likely live

Hellfire hellfire
And it feels like...

Leaders spilling all their seed like bolide ejecta
Hellfire missiles without names are shot across the borders
By hypnotised, trophy eyed, camouflaged larva
Orders whistled from the chief they would like to call father
You’re in your prime
You’re so polite
You’re civilised
Untouched by lies
The kids that died, suspended high
From traffic lights
Like stalactites
Hellfire

Smoothly softening the cull
Label them collateral
Until appetites are full
Push the button, pull the wool
They chased our sons and daughters
Into bloody nightclub corners
Massacred at Bataclan
Let’s go harder back at them
Let’s chase their sons and daughters
With heat seeking rocket launchers
They need to know
So let them know
But what does anybody know?
What does anybody know?
What does anybody know?
What does anybody know?
What does anybody know?

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from Trespassers EP, released February 25, 2017

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Laurie Shaw Kenmare, Ireland

Laurie Shaw is a Wirral-born songwriter and producer. He now dwells in Ireland where he records from his mountain retreat. He often gigs in Cork, Dublin and the Merseyside area. He has released around 100 albums to date (all of which are available on request). ... more

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