OUTSIDERS
We have anchors tied to our ankles
Should we go down with the ship?
Or should we swim to the surface and deal with it?
There’s a fire inside of our bellies and you fueled the flame
You may have won, but this isn’t a game
And the the way that you played, you should be ashamed
We are the outsiders
That you don’t represent
Not my chosen leader
Not my president
Surround yourself with liars
So your bullshit becomes true
But we are the outsiders
And we’ll be watching you
You tweet from your ivory tower
While we take to the streets
In unison we sing, march to our beat
We know we’ll just have to scream louder
If we want to be heard
As long as it’s true, we’ll scream every word
Cuz the things that you say are so absurd
We are the outsiders
That you don’t represent
Not my chosen leader
Not my president
Surround yourself with liars
So your bullshit becomes true
But we are the outsiders
And we’ll be watching you
credits
from Outsiders b/w Operate,
released July 7, 2017
Ryan Allen - guitar, vocals, drum machine
Scott Allen - keyboard, piano, percussion
Matt Rickle - drums, drum machine
Julian Wettlin - bass, keyboard
A fantastic album. I can see why they didn't continue under the name The Evens, as it's a different sound with the bass added. Coriky is the Evens + Joe Lally from Fugazi on bass. If you can imagine The Evens with a slightly more funky, aggressive sound like Fugazi... that's what you get! And there's no way that can ever go wrong. What a great debut album!! smiledozer
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