Old Money

from You Have To Laugh by Tomistoma

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The fields are barren, the churches quiet,
The woods receding, the skies grow dark
The land is ruined, the children dumb
Their parents numb to the rising slums
But still, the lord in his manor house
Has rolling moors packed with game and grouse
Living his life in a bygone age
Whilst others slave for a petty wage (to the grave)

The millions crushed under poverty
Are asked to worship nobility
The landed gentry, haute bourgeoisie
Dynastic hoarders of old money
The crown, the lords and the rich elite
The bloated remnants of families
Who talk of preserving history
Whilst funding infernal industries (a disease)

A crass nostalgia for sickening wealth
Eclipses reason, bypasses sense
A world in chaos dreams of an age
When monarchs ruled and so becomes tame
They trust good breeding and boarding schools
They scorn the experts and call them fools
The cult kneeling to an oligarchy
Offer their prayers to the prince of thieves (he deceives)

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from You Have To Laugh, released July 4, 2021

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Tomistoma Stoke On Trent, UK

Reptilian piano-led doom from the darkest heart of Stoke-on-Trent, England.

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New EP, "Cathedral City", out 07/09/2023.

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