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Lord of the Flies '99

from Songs, Delayed by Cobbler

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I watched the documentary Trainwreck, about the attempts to recreate Woodstock. I wrote all the lyrics to this immediately afterwards. That's inspiration, baby.

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Is this the revolution?
It's being televised
Or a hundred thousand hungry kids
Setting shit on fire
Jimi Hendrix fiddles
While around him Rome is burning
Bacchanalia has soured
And everything is turning
Ugly faces, naked bodies
Shit and mud and blood
'Cause a Fred Durst sermon
Isn't one of peace and love
The towers start to topple
Testosterone and bile
This isn't flower power
It's Lord of the Flies '99

It's 1999
It's Lord of the Flies '99
It's 1999

As the litter swirls and eddies
In the currents of the wind
And the sun beats down
As Willie Nelson starts to sing
Intoxicated, dehydrated
Young and drunk and full of fight
Nothing here escapes commercialism's bite
And as the medics patch them up
And send them back into the breach
Their fundamental needs remain for most just out of reach
The A-lists slink away
Full up on complimentary wine
This isn't flower power
It's Lord of the Flies '99

It's 1999
It's Lord of the Flies '99
It's 1999
It's Lord of the Flies '99
It's 1999
It's Lord of the Flies '99
It's 1999

Hijacking Fatboy Slim
Fire trucks, here come the police
"Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!"
Smashing up ATMs
This really wasn't our intent
We wanted peace and love
We got Lord of the Flies '99
It's Lord of the Flies '99
It's Lord of the Flies '99
It's Lord of the Flies '99
(Fuck you I won't do what you tell me)
(Fuck you I won't do what you tell me)
(Fuck you I won't do what you tell me)
(Fuck you I won't do what you tell me)
It's Lord of the Flies '99
(Fuck you I won't do what you tell me)
(Fuck you I won't do what you tell me)
(Fuck you I won't do what you tell me)
(Fuck you I won't do what you tell me)
It's 1999

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from Songs, Delayed, released March 24, 2023

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Cobbler is a UK based electronic musician, producer and remixer.

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