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Propaganda (V2)
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Propaganda
Propaganda
Orwell's right it's 1984
War is peace and peace is war
We don't discuss
We don't complain
If you question
Hide your name
Propaganda
Propaganda
Orwell's right it's 1984
War is peace and peace is war
We don't discuss
We don't complain
If you question
Hide your name
Facts are lies
Lies are truth
Propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda
Proper job
If you ever take the time
To read a bit between the lines
Be sure to get your head from out your arse
From the monarchy to the cost of war
They're playing with your every thought
Corrupting truth until it rots your brain
Propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda
Proper job
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Smile No More
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The bitter pill and ten years on the hurt remains
Like an open wound upon my heart
The kids have gone
There never seems to be a space
Where we meet as us
To find ourselves
Why don’t we smile no more
We took the train
And I remember how your dress it fell on my open book
I couldn’t move
You said it’s time
You either kiss my now or the summer’s gone
So I held you tight
I never loved you more
Why don’t we smile no more
Why don’t we laugh no more
When will we live
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I give a call to the man who wants me dead
Does he know that he’s living in my head
But I’m too strong
To ever walk away
I’ll give a call to the man who wants me gone
Does he know that he’s screwing up this song
But I’m too strong
To ever fade away
Sometimes I go crazy like I’m smashing up my brain
But lord I ain’t been broken by me yet
And all those crazy things you gone and said
I just keep on keeping on
I give a nod to the man who wants me fucked
We all know that I’m running out of luck
But I’m too strong
To ever fade away
Sometimes I go crazy like I’m smashing up my brain
But lord I ain’t been broken by me yet
And all those crazy things you went and said
I just keep on keeping on
Ghosts all I see are ghosts
And somehow they are calling me
They're warning me
They're warning me
Ghosts now she is a ghost
And somehow she is warning me
She's warning me
She's warning me
Sometimes I go crazy like I’m smashing up my brain
But lord I ain’t been broken by me yet
And all those crazy things you went and said
I just keep on keeping on
But I'm too strong to ever fade away
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The Machine Breakers Oxford, UK
The Machine Breakers' work is critically acclaimed: Sea Green described as ‘a masterpiece’, The Bells Ring Anyway nominated
for a U.S. Indie Acoustic Award.
Julian Pollard’s songwriting has won plaudits from many a diverse quarter, including Mike Harding, Ray Davies and Steve Winwood.
The band have been played on the radio throughout the country, including Mike Harding's Show on BBC Radio 2.
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