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State - EP

by Directives

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Careless whisper The truth's a liar Your desire A fall from grace Bless the plastic Keep it a secret I didn't mean this I sat and I memorized Tend the garden Brothers and sisters I- beg your pardon The water's running dry In the valley Children laughing How did this happen? They just paid no mind But it happens all the time These feet grow numb In the dead of winter And with her, she withered in the wake of Spring Beside her bed of blooming flowers So try and understand That the master plan Is carved in stone And a victim of erosion Try and understand That the master plan Is carved in stone And a victim of erosion It happens all the time
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Oh, Gabriella You soul rests with us And your dreams Drink the sun Oh, Gabriella Your demons have gone And your song Sounds from the sea You outgrew your body
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If in 1944, you were a nazi And I'd been born like my great-grandfather A jew in Germany Well I can say with my straightest face I'd love you just the same You took my life, my rights, away Now will you take- my name? I left my side of this couch I was in your Palestine And if this land is holy does it matter if it's yours or mine? I tip my hat to you A southern belle in white And even though I'm colored, I thought we could see eye to eye Yeah girl you'd look so tight In a full body veil Lovely extremist girl, I'm a dirty infidel So break me down Curse my name In a world of hate, my love for you- remains. We look just like Korea When our two belts touch You're North, I'm South baby, but the border don't matter much And if you joined the Westboro's Misguided, hateful tale Well, then I'd go gay just so we could meet in hell Oh, break me down Curse my name In a world of hate, my love for you- remains. You could kick me, kick me When I'm down My lips won't make a sound unless you- Kiss me, kiss me Like you mean it now Our love makes the world go 'round (come around) I've never been so sure about anything in my life Thank god you're a feminist and you fight for something right And one day you might hate me, and that'll be alright Cuz even though my body might, my love for you can't die
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The State EP was written and recorded during a time of intense social isolation. It happened over the course of 5 years spent at San Francisco State University, a college where most of the students commuted to and from their homes all over Northern California's Bay Area.

The State EP is a living document. As the songs change, and new instruments are added, the old versions will be replaced and made no longer available. The dates in the song titles are meant to help anyone should they decide to download the songs as they are released and choose which versions they like best.

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released April 5, 2020

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