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The Cost Of Living

from Perspectives by Chromatic Eye

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There's a house on the hill, a seven bedroom residence
Unoccupied three-sixty-four
Just a holiday home, a peacocking of decadence
Barely remembered anymore

Well dressed and clean shaven, inflated salary
An offshore tax haven, prosperity

There's a man on the street, with seven pennies in his cup
Sleeping outside three-sixty-five
He's committing a crime, just so he could be locked up
To eat a meal, be warm and dry

Jobless, emaciated, cycle of poverty
Homeless, uneducated, inequity

The blood, the sweat, the tears from our eyes
The years of our lives, the cost of living
Our wants, our thoughts, our cares set aside
No room for our pride, unforgiving

There are people in charge, behind the door of number ten
Ignoring all the malcontent
Shaping rules for themselves, decide what we can have and when
No ability to represent

Democracy dictating, prioritise the one percent
Self congratulating, our government

The blood, the sweat, the tears from our eyes
The years of our lives, the cost of living
Our wants, our thoughts, our cares set aside
No room for our pride, unforgiven

Protesters fill the streets, cries for equality
Twisted by the media, replaced with a fallacy
Safe in their ivory towers, high above the battlefield
Puppeteers turn their deaf ears, to petrol bombs and riot shields

Society suffers wounds that never heal
Corruption drawing blood to fund their every deal

How much more will we take
They're given more than we can make
The blue of blood, the silver spoons with all the green
It's time we said no more

RIOT!

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from Perspectives, released December 11, 2020

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Progressive rock and metal grown in Orkney, released in Glasgow.

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