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Civilization is an Iron Lung

from Violet of the Pacific by Beau James Wilding

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A triumphant cry against allowing the world of work to change one's personality or personal goals. Realizing one's infinite potential in spite of the strictures of modern societal obligations or mental habit energies.

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I was an old man
I’m not an old man anymore
I was a courtier in the house
Of common success
I wore the robes they gave me,
I wore what they wore
I used to hate myself
I don’t bend that way anymore
Now I’m a courtesan
In the art of
May you be blessed?
And I’ll never return to that kingdom
If I must leave my treasure chest

Civilization, civilization
Is an Iron Lung

I drank from their golden cup
Wines of the deepest red
Blood of the soldiers dyin’
So that I might be fed
Where is my Love?
Where is my dignity?
This chair fits me like a glove
There’s no room to Breathe
I’m standin up
I’m walkin out on you
I’ll never return to your kingdom
Your way is savage and cruel

Civilization, civilization
Is an Iron Lung

I will live in love
not in obligation
Immerse myself in harmony
And not in isolation
Spread my wings to shelter
Those in sufferation
I will return
My blood is thick and true
For I’m never apart from freedom
No matter what I do
Though civilization may be an iron lung
My breath is mine to choose

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from Violet of the Pacific, released January 6, 2014
Written and performed by Beau James Wilding. Recorded by Richard Troiano.

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Gritty and poetic folk-punk-blues-rock. Organic earnestness with a brazen rasp. “Brilliantly eccentric songcraft” –Aldora Britain Records

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