This track pays tribute to Lead Belly, by reference to his track “I’m On My Last Go-Round”
lyrics
Follow me down // Follow me down // Follow me // Down //
I’m on my last go-round // How long will it take before I hit the ground? // Sick of trips around the sun // Caught in the swarm of scores // Confronting all the closing doors // The face in the glass you can’t ignore // Reflects right back from decades passed // While the skin sags looser than // It had in years before // Who’s it, who’s it, who’s it, who’s it, who’s it want? // Every, every, every, every, every one // Where’s it, where’s it, where’s it, where’s it, where’s it go? // We don’t, we don’t, we don’t, we don’t, we don’t know // Follow me down the last go-round // We are the broke and hopeless // Down and destitute // I just really wanna know // Does it dwell inside of you // The eternal wear of flesh— // Battling your mortality // Just getting out of bed? // Time is coming for me // Your shadow’s dawning on you // The sky ain’t calling on me // It keeps crawling, it keeps creeping // God ain’t speaking to you // The stars aren’t summoning me // Time is beating, truth is beckoning you // Who’s it, who’s it, who’s it, who’s it, who’s it want? // Every, every, every, every, every one // Where’s it, where’s it, where’s it, where’s it, where’s it go? // We don’t, we don’t, we don’t, we don’t, we don’t know // Have you ever stopped to ask yourself how far you can fall— // When suicide’s another thing you can put off one more day? // Time is coming for me // Your shadow’s dawning on you // The sky ain’t calling on me // It keeps crawling, it keeps creeping // God ain’t speaking to you // The stars aren’t summoning me // Time is beating, truth is beckoning you // Who’s it, who’s it, who’s it, who’s it, who’s it want? // Every, every, every, every, every one // When’s it, when’s it, when’s it, when’s it, when’s it stop? // When ya, when ya, when ya, when ya, when you drop.
credits
from The Ableist,
released January 22, 2021
Barry Cabrera – Guitar
Stephan Piven – Guitar and Vocals
Jairus Paulus – Bass
Johnny Chacon – Drums
Paul Scanty – Lead Vocals
Claudia Guajardo – Vocals
Alice Kraynak – Vocal Harmonies
supported by 4 fans who also own “The Last Go–Round (feat. Claudia Guajardo & Dez Kraynak)”
This is one of those albums where I have a different favourite track every week, and it's been like that since the release that is now a year ago. What a massive album, starting out with fist pumping chants and gradually getting more electro but always with that punk grit attitude. Top 3 of 2023. Gijs van Soest