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:
No Dream by Jeff Rosenstock (of Bomb the Music Industry fame) is pretty on the nose:
:::They were picking up the bodies on TV/ When I caught a reflection of you and me/ Staring back at us while frozen on the screen/ Crank the white noise and pretend/ That we're asleep/ That we're asleep/ Dream, dream, dream, dream/
They were separating families carelessly/ Under the guise of protecting you and me/ Jailing innocents, no hope of being free/ Crank the white noise and pretend/ That we're asleep/ That we're asleep/ Dream, dream, dream, dream/
They were lining up the unsuspecting teens/ For a violent moment of celebrity/ Golden bullets blessed by lobbyist money/ Splash a tidal wave of blood into your stream/ Weaponizing what's left of your empathy/ Trapped inside a void that zeroes out the screams/
It's not a dream (x9)/ Not a dream/ Not a dream/ It's not a dream/ Not a dream/ Not a dream/ Not a dream/ It's not a dream/ Not a dream/ Not a dream/ Not a dream/ It's not a dream/ Not a dream/ Not a dream/ Not a/
Breakdown (yelling rather than singing):
The only framework capitalism can thrive in is dystopia/ Fuck all the fakers Acting like they're interested in hearing us when we yell/ "Hold accountable the architects Of hopelessness and never ending violence!"/ They'll be like "Whatever, idiot" and fuel their brand of power incorruptible like it exists/ Saintly fronts in a system that rewards only the greediest/ The only endgame for capitalism is dystopia/ And we know all about but we just don't know what to do/
What can we do?/ What can we do?/ What can we do?/
"Nothing more to see here y'all Good night, start heading towards the exit"/( x4) Fuck violence:::
(I apparently don't know how to do the spoilers thing)