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Rules of Estrangement

from SKAMERICANA! by Pineapple Hill

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Convictionless cretins, they’ll believe anything.
No rhyme and no reason, they’ll buy into what’s pleasing.
To their conditioned brains they’re left confused to act in vein.
They bring Mr. Gold joy as he plays with them like children’s toys.

You say a high horse I ride, but you’d know if you looked inside.
Our threads of existence are carefully sewn through persistence.
But the threat this ruck brings could wreck it all with one sting.
Though it won’t ruin me, it’s for my fellows that I give this plea.

Nihilism won’t do, this unfolding is bigger than you.
Our cynical minds can’t block idealist toxins this time.
The falsehood is so ingrained, but there’s only empty blame.
No change in the air could save us from the trip to this grave.

It seems feeling oppressed, has become a trend among the rest.
The shape they’re in isn’t bad, yet they long for what they once had.
They see folks who once struggled catch up and that makes them troubled.
It’s not their own rise, they seek, but in fact it’s the others’ demise.

I once played their game, thinking I wouldn’t be the same.
My naivety died when paradox manifested and thrived.
The stormcloaks of sin pressed onward until they did win.
Our ideals may have devolved, but we know how this riddle is solved.

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from SKAMERICANA!, released October 13, 2017
Music by Pineapple Hill. Lyrics by Chip Jengel.

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Pineapple Hill Detroit, Michigan

Pineapple Hill is a roots rock steady band from Detroit.
Chafee 2 Dope doots the sax
The Dootz blows the trumpet
Frank slaps the bass
Jake tickles the keys
Chip Jengel plucks the guitar and blows the harp
Molly bangs the drums
Rae Van skats and sings ... more

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