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from You Have To Laugh by Tomistoma

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A malaise, a persistent refrain
Crying out for our freedoms whilst refusing the blame
It's such a shame, oh, but it's always the same
"Not in my backyard and not in my name
I don't care how it's done, if it gets done I don't care
Just as long as I don't have to part with my share
Just as long as I'm happy and I don't have to see
How you pay for my freedoms, just as long as I'm free"

Make no mistake, we all want to be free
But we don't want to be burdened with responsibilities
"And so, you see, what is good is what's good for me
What I love must be loved by any just society
And to be free, logically, must mean living like me,
In my ideal world, in my dearest of dreams
You disagree? Well then, you despise liberty
You are against the common people and against the country"

"It wasn't me, it was the people in charge
I only voted them in, I was just playing my part
It's not my fault, it was the chain of command
That let the bodies pile high, no-one killed by my hand"
And so you drone, so you moan, because no-one alone
Could accept liability for what has been done
But you still have your "freedom" and that is what matters
Shorn of consequences, an illusion of power

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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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