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Written in Red (feat. Buick Audra & Liss Waters Hyde)

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Contains a selection of “Direct Action” by Voltairine de Cleyre, read by Liss Waters Hyde

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Upon the grave of Voltairine // I bowed my head in shame to think // What would her voice say, so serene // If she looked upon our world today? // Or better yet what could I claim // If she and I were face to face // Here, now, with our earth so gray // With all it’s evident decay? // I come back to the old cliché // Of those here rolling in their graves // How could we substantiate // Their sacrifice so Herculean? // Though I take on heaven’s weight // I’m not deluded by deceit // I’ve learned the power of my voice // This fly will buzz until you wake // The arm of Justice raised and bare // Her sword upheld, gleams its glare // Mothers, fathers your stern cries // Have burned my soul in this reprise // Written in red our protest stands // Illuminate! Seize the lands! // Set it alight by roaring flame // Emancipate! Our earth reclaimed! // Do you hear the pounding drum // The trampling feet and ceaseless hum? // And when our billion marchers come // Our martyrs will course through our blood // The arm of Justice raised and bare // Her sword upheld, gleams its glare // Mothers, fathers your stern cries // Have burned my soul in this reprise // Written in red our protest stands // Illuminate! Seize the lands! // Set it alight by roaring flame // Emancipate! Our earth reclaimed! // There, before their five bodies // Spies words in stone indebted me // As certain as the guilt I breathe // We’ll come to claim our liberty // The arm of Justice raised and bare // Her sword upheld, gleams its glare // Mothers, fathers your stern cries // Have burned my soul in this reprise // Written in red our protest stands // Illuminate! Seize the lands! // Set it alight by roaring flame // Emancipate! Our earth reclaimed!

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from The Ableist, released January 22, 2021
Barry Cabrera – Guitar
Stephan Piven – Guitar and Backing Vocals
Jairus Paulus – Bass
Johnny Chacon – Drums
Paul Scanty – Lead Vocals
Buick Audra – Vocals
Liss Waters Hyde – Reading of "Direct Action" by Voltairine de Cleyre

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Dave Hansen

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