Does anyone know any good doomer poetry? I've been listening to The Dead Flag Blues by Godspeed You Black Emperor, and want more like the bit from the intro.
The bit from the intro:
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The car's on fire, and there's no driver at the wheel
And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
And a dark wind blows
The government is corrupt
And we're on so many drugs
With the radio on and the curtains drawn
We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine
And the machine is bleeding to death
The sun has fallen down
And the billboards are all leering
And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles
It went like this:
The buildings toppled in on themselves
Mothers clutching babies
Picked through the rubble
And pulled out their hair
The skyline was beautiful on fire
All twisted metal stretching upwards
Everything washed in a thin orange haze
I said, "Kiss me, you're beautiful -
These are truly the last days"
You grabbed my hand
And we fell into it
Like a daydream
Or a fever
We woke up one morning and fell a little further down
For sure it's the valley of death
I open up my wallet
And it's full of blood
:desolate:
Its lyrics and not poetry, but I adore the song Latter Days by Big Red Machine ft. Anaïs Mitchell:
How long? Is what you asked How long do you think it's gonna last? You at the corner store You were stocking up before the storm Stacked yourself against the odds Talkin' back to an act of God You and your clever mouth You were laughing when the lights went out I recall it all forever How it found us where we lay With our arms around each other In the latter days, in the latter days How high? Is what you said How high do you think it's gonna get? You at the water's edge On the jetty when you were a kid Passed around a plastic cup Passed out spinning in the house where you grew up You in your childhood bed And the wildest dream you ever had You recall it all forever How it found you where you lay And you called out for your brother In the latter days I recall it all forever How it found us where we lay With our arms around each other In the latter days Do you? (How high) Do you? I recall it all forever How we sheltered in our place And we called each other lovers In the latter days I recall it all forever How there was no hiding place So we called each other brothers In the latter days, in the latter days