Bleak Northern Roads

from The Binary Order by Michael O'Neill

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Bleak northern roads
Hold autumn dawn raids
Street level dealers
In cuffs on parade

A short show of strength
About 2 hours in length
Will fix monthly figures
That have risen by a tenth

Does nothing for relations
In the concrete reservations
Where the big picture is bypassed
For small time violations

Economic Stimulation
Needs a drug trading nation
And 10 billion pounds
Is a lot for consideration

For the corpses in Whitehall
Where money makes the real call
Legislate accordingly
Then hide behind a brick wall

A visible success
Or so the newsreel suggests
The truth gets constructed
And the disparate accepts

A narrative that is set
By a powerbase corrupt
Back scratching bureaucrats
Let nothing interrupt

The abuse of civilians
In pursuit of more wealth
A subtle form of slavery
By the cold hand of stealth

The dark side of progress
Ghost town logistics
No state investment
Just corporate dialectics

Chewed up and spat out
Targeted and watched
Retained only for the benefit
Of a system that is locked

By politics and law
There is a war upon the poor
And the impacts of the 80’s
Is only just through the door

We got social mobility
For those with the ability
So far from reality
It’s a joke in the ministry

Who Mediate reaction
And play down the impact
Who introduce a threat
The cement it with playback

Reinforced repeated
Occupied and cheated
24 / 7
Until the truth is deleted

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from The Binary Order, released April 11, 2019
Written by Michael O'Neill
Produced by Sam Weaver with Michael O'Neill

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