Christmas Tree Song
from Demo 2016 by Empty Houses
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lyrics
strap me to the roof of your car
after my roots have been chopped off
this winter solstice praxis is disastrous
i'll be fastened up soon with a couple of screws being propped up in your living room
to be decorated with tinsel and lights plus these ornaments
my needles so damn dry
they present their presents at the severed remanence that once was connected to the entire planet
i feel so pathetic with this synthetic star balanced on my head
i see the trees outside
waving au revoir
as i slowly fall apart
just pretend it doesnt hurt
being thrown out swiftly on the first day of the year
once the big man comes down the chimney i know the end is near
sufficing for this sacrificial practice of cutting down conifers
i remember growing skywards ceasing for nothing
fearing only (forest) fire
i saw integral to my ecosystem but then i was cut down
there was never any missteps we were embedded in the ground
abiding to the cycles set intune with all that surrounds
then the noisy loggers came
the chainsaws ripping through our trunks
money $igns in their eyes
they sell us in the parking lots to everyone in town
oh noooooooooooo
theirs no chance
of salvation
treat me like a christmas tree in January
you treat me like a christmas tree in January
cutting down the conifers giving comfort to the kids long after they discover that Santa never did exist its good for the economy to buy them all this shit love it for a day or two and then it just becomes garbage
isn't it so sensational as the season comes and goes people show so much compassion then get mad about the snow buying all the stuff you want being told to be grateful for everything you got its the Christmas paradox
oh noooo
not me
im chopped down with the Christmas tree
2x cut us down
if you must
but carbon dioxide
doesn't sit to well in your lungs
after my roots have been chopped off
this winter solstice praxis is disastrous
i'll be fastened up soon with a couple of screws being propped up in your living room
to be decorated with tinsel and lights plus these ornaments
my needles so damn dry
they present their presents at the severed remanence that once was connected to the entire planet
i feel so pathetic with this synthetic star balanced on my head
i see the trees outside
waving au revoir
as i slowly fall apart
just pretend it doesnt hurt
being thrown out swiftly on the first day of the year
once the big man comes down the chimney i know the end is near
sufficing for this sacrificial practice of cutting down conifers
i remember growing skywards ceasing for nothing
fearing only (forest) fire
i saw integral to my ecosystem but then i was cut down
there was never any missteps we were embedded in the ground
abiding to the cycles set intune with all that surrounds
then the noisy loggers came
the chainsaws ripping through our trunks
money $igns in their eyes
they sell us in the parking lots to everyone in town
oh noooooooooooo
theirs no chance
of salvation
treat me like a christmas tree in January
you treat me like a christmas tree in January
cutting down the conifers giving comfort to the kids long after they discover that Santa never did exist its good for the economy to buy them all this shit love it for a day or two and then it just becomes garbage
isn't it so sensational as the season comes and goes people show so much compassion then get mad about the snow buying all the stuff you want being told to be grateful for everything you got its the Christmas paradox
oh noooo
not me
im chopped down with the Christmas tree
2x cut us down
if you must
but carbon dioxide
doesn't sit to well in your lungs
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from Demo 2016,
released March 10, 2016
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