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Blind Pigs

by Twelfth Street Riot

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1.
Your rage might be well founded But misplaced on me Machiavellian delusions Of princes without mirrors Tied around their necks He believed that everyone was evil They need to be savage blind pigs Dressed in skins of lepers This mindless, tasteless display Lazy eyes can’t describe The thoughts and dreams I’m haunted by We are hidden within each other I must appear a different shade Cursed eyes replace his mind Just to undershine This mindless, tasteless display Lazy eyes can’t describe The thoughts and dreams I’m haunted by Everything is on the floor It started off two by two Going underground Only got enough room for the ones I love So Bon Voyage, goodbye We don’t see eye to eye You wash your children In a river of your enemies’ blood
2.
Hips tight party line, ready to go The last time I seen you I saw you dead Goes straight to your head All that’s left was wrapped up real tight Who’s that that you’re crying about? There’s no bargain trees around here Well, who’s first to go? These spider riots In 12 out of 9 out your last districts What’s up, chum chum, ready to frag? I been to places you’ll never see Stomping up in arms about Gaze real deep drinking eyes World’s unfair and in the air There’s no barter grove gardens here Well, who’s first to go? These spider riots Shortwave cantina radio
3.
Hey there Won’t you let me fill you in? On a situation See I drop five bombs Of liquid explosion Now youse got A forest on fire Looks like you’ll need A forestry ranger But too bad I put a hole in his head Wildfires burn Growing contagious We’ll fix it up Light your soul on fire Looks like you’ll need A forestry ranger Too fuckin bad I put a hole in his head Too fuckin bad I put a hole in his head Firebomb A forest on fire Maybe I got something inside me Maybe (shhh) I might be the killer Not the victimized one that I thought
4.
White knuckles, eyes grow cold A silver plate of protection Handwashed, imagination and I’m Holding close this burning cross Reverence congratulations She spooked the particles away and we’re lost A drunken sail boat abandoned and washed away to shore Cool, cool | I don’t know Aside we announce her | Your name I think her name is Tammy Celebration, world’s grown cold Left your pity party isolation Thirty nights away in the cold Drunken, mystics, had their way The situations end I know he can | He can’t In his dreams he can’t shout it Pointless railroad, waves, things We have to cross Hold it all in What’s this the holocaust? Pointless exhilaration Pointless dying exhilaration White knuckles the eyes grow cold A silver plate of protection Hand washed imagination and I’m Holding Well holding close Holding close, this burning cross x3
5.
Stop, wait, look, don’t listen The leaves have fallen all around Live loose life As it forgets and fucks you ‘round Just shut your eyes and let it bleed through A self service operator Just how deep will this knife stick through It’s strange I see these qualities in you Now I must get the fuck out Help me understand Is there a place in between this misery You brought on to yourself? And can you ever, ever really feel free again? Well, shoot, shoot, shoot me down Trust me when I say This is how we break it down So leave the door wide open We’ll find our way out Never gonna find my way back out Oh yes, I happened to be yeah But I’m fucking out I’m fucking out of here
6.
There’s something on my mind And it makes me worry I don’t think you’re a waste of time There’s nothing wrong I thought I could do this on my own Everything would be better left alone I accept the responsibility Sometimes I’m limited to see You’re so important There’s nothing in my thoughts I’ve just seen your worry Cuz it’s printed across your eyelids And I’m so afraid of the dark This is the last dream I sing to you To walk out of our minds Into a stable situation So let me clarify You’re so important

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Dowdy, Greenia, Nickerson and Pierce are Twelfth Street Riot in
BLIND PIGS

Dude Hugs is pleased to present the Twelfth Street Riot EP "Blind Pigs"

From the Detroit rock vibes of "Mindless Tasteless" to the grunge slap of "I Might Be the Killer", this series of recordings showcases the vocal and lyrical stylings of Nick Nickerson over music I composed electronically for MIDIITIS

The original idea was to make a companion EP to Hard Foam's "White Flight", creating two sides of a story set during Detroit's 1967 race riots

After recording Nick on Rishathra's "Sex with Aliens" and Otto Barbarian's "Autobarbarian", I wanted the next project I worked on with him to be one where I hadn't written all the lyrics in advance

I laid down bass and guitar over the MIDIITIS tracks and had John Pierce from Post Hunk and Low Town play drums over them

Graham Dowdy from Glass Palaces added additional guitars

I then asked Nick to write all the lyrics, which we both sang

Jake Cook from Small and Seal Pup helped with the mixing on "You're So Important", and I mixed and mastered the rest

The result is trippy, weird and dark, and we hope you enjoy it

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released November 21, 2021

John Pierce: Drums
Graham Dowdy: Guitar
Matt Greenia: Bass, Guitar
Nick Nickerson: Vocals

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Greenia at Diamond Street Studios
"You're So Important" mixed by Jake Cook

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