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:

  • Yanqui_UXO [any]
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    3 years ago

    Also not poetry, but generally The Thermals' 2003 album The Body The Blood the Machine is very lyrically rich, a kind of concept album about Evangelicalism, fear of god, oil, running for your life, that sort of thing. It's not straight doomer, talks about the same things GY!BE do but sardonically, often from the perspective of the oppressor to show the absurdity ("Work is freedom, sloth is sin!"). I highly (and constantly) recommend it.

    Lyrics to Power doesn't Run on Nothing below, but better to just do it together with the track :

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    We are just a child
    We are just a child
    We are wide awake
    But our legs are shaking
    We're unaware
    We're hyper and we stare into space
    With grins on our faces

    So give us what we're asking for
    Cause either way we're gonna take it
    Our power doesn't run on nothing
    We need the land you're standing on
    So let's go, move it

    We are old as hell
    We are old and tell the children
    When to kill, when to sit still
    Everyone doing what we say
    'Til our dying day
    'Til our breath is empty

    They'll give us what we're asking for
    Cause either way we're gonna take it
    Our power doesn't run on nothing
    We need the land you're standing on
    So let's go, move it
    Yeah, You need to let go, move it
    Yeah, we're more equal
    We'll move you people off the planet
    Cause goddamn we need the fuel
    So, so let the beat roll over
    The beat roll over
    Every one in line
    One in line
    Let the beat roll over
    The beat roll over
    Every one in line
    One at a time

    They'll give us what we're asking for
    Cause god is with us
    And our god's the richest
    Our power doesn't run on nothing
    It runs on blood
    And blood is easy to obtain
    When you have no shame
    We have no shame

    So let the sun fade
    Let the sun fade
    We'll still have light
    We'll burn even brighter
    We'll drain the well
    Tunnel to hell
    And leave the earth's surface
    For the dirty and worthless
    Let the beat roll over
    The beat roll over
    Every one in line
    Every one in line

    Do you think we'll cease?
    Do you see a reason?
    Do you think it's fair?
    Do you think it's fair?
    Do you think we care?