business as usual

from rebuilding year EP by Patches and Pins

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lyrics

we're sitting in - cold drinks, cold conversation.
a news highlight barely heard over a sports station.
while they're sitting in - new signs, old conversations.
they hold their hands up, bringing traffic to a stand-still.
I've got my hands up signaling for the bill.

and it's not getting better, though we're told it is.
headlines made out of the heads of innocent kids.

we're keeping score. the good deeds that we've done, the loose change at the store.
a pint of blood versus the pint at the bar.
they're keeping score. the number dead versus the number held accountable for the crimes committed but the rules are always changing
a game we win even when we're not playing.

and it's not getting better, just open your eyes
open investigations, a situation doomed to repeat to no one's surprise.

and it's not getting better. we didn't leave it behind.
the same horrors every day, but we're used to this kind.

and I'll sit in this bar or I'll sit on your couch,
and I'll sit on my hands with my foot in my mouth,
with nothing to say to the parents whose kids get gunned down.

we're sitting in, but we're trying to quit.

credits

from rebuilding year EP, released March 25, 2016
the first audio clip is from an NBC Nightly News clip of Brian Williams.
the second audio clip is from activist Perry Redd in this interview - www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJH3DplIML0

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Patches and Pins Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Patches and Pins
isn't quite a band.
yells things in rooms.

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