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Protomartyr
Protomartyr
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Protomartyr
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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
From the pious west to the wooded north
Where the real freaks live, in the east
They're beating out a line, they're kicking in a hole
They're beating out a line, they're kicking in a hole
[Verse 2]
In the side of a brazen bull
A calf of gold
Champagne bath half full
Dignity or toil
Syndicate or gang
Rose and thorn
Not all of them on pills, a chant from the end of the bar
Being reborn in this soil, in this ground
[Verse 3]
The Michigan Hammers are on their way
A chant from the end of the bar, not all of them on pills
Break apart the surface lot
What's been torn down can be rebuilt
What has been rebuilt can be destroyed
[Verse 4]
Off the coast of Veracruz they threw them overboard
Some made it to shore
What a hardy mule to work without reward, carrying the load
Till they drop amongst the stones or sleep beneath the waves
Extraction of a life for debt
Extraction of a life for debt
[Verse 5]
Michigan Hammers
Michigan Hammers
Michigan Hammers
Michigan Hammers
Beating out a line
Kicking in a hole
In the side
A brazen bull
A calf of gold
Dignity or toil
Written by: Protomartyr

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