Let’s go up, my baby, to the mountain
there’s a place where we can look down on them twisted little children
i don’t wanna tell you that they’re hungry
i don’t wanna tell you that they’re crazy
I don’t want my baby to be angry
I don’t want my baby to be scared
just know that anyone who tells you
that you should never use violence
has never ever had to stand where you do
has never had to walk our lonely mile
I’ve never practiced with a moving target
but I can learn anything rather quickly
if we can hit a few of them by day light
then we can steel couple hours sleep
this land is full of wild creatures
with the will to murder in their bones
we’re devoted to each other’s beauty
but we will always be alone
I know that that they are only human
they have families of their own
they have such complicated nightmares
terror is all they’ve ever known
but from up here where I’m standing
they look just like aluminum cans
I can’t explain myself to a gorilla
I don’t think that he would understand (they’ll never understand)
I have waited my whole life
for a love as great as ours
but i can hear them coming now
it’s a simple case of us or them
but it’s alright to spend one more night
up here in the moonlight, up here above ground
before the bulls come
before we’re in real danger
before they force us
into the gas chambers
no this is not our country
it’s not even our home
we do not belong here
we will always be alone
Vocals/rhythm guitar - Joseph Gárate
Drums/percussion/backing vocals - Anders La Source
Lead guitar/backing vocals - Dominic Costabile
Bass/backing vocals - Andrew Narváez
Recorded by Jonathan Soucy at Electroman Studio in Los Angeles
Produced by Joseph Gárate and Jonathan Soucy
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