Virtue from Demo 2025 by The Defiance Campaign

standing in this circle
but im really all alone
searching for a heartbeat
but im just skin and bone
my insides are rotting and my body's feeling old
if money buys the chains that bind
then im already sold
oh im feelin like my head is full of static on tv
i think im gonna bleed to death
from pulling out my teeth
my feet are stomping pedals
and im heading towards a tree
if i wake up and im still alive
i will not change a thing!
(woo!)
im walking down the street
i see some crows up overhead
circling and whispering
and this is what they said
"i can see it in your eyes, youre already dead! there's no use in resistance.. i will eat you in the end"
so i laid right down on the ground
the crows came swoopin in
they plucked my eyes and plucked my hair
and tore open my skin
and in my last dying breath this is what i said to them,
i said, "patience is a virtue, but a murder is a sin"

they werent impressed by my wit
and word associations
they didnt think im clever with that mental masturbation
suitcases, ties, and wallets drifting out to sea
because nothing can withstand a flood
of love and anarchy
no matter what the preachers say
no matter what the lies
they use to convince other people to heed their advice
the afterlife is far away when youre dying here on earth
and the people who have everything determine what youre worth

(clap clap)

oh they look at what you do
AKA whats your job?
they say not working for minimum wage makes you a lazy slob
but they would do the same if they were inside your shoes
nothing feels like winning when you cant afford to lose

the crows in clouds came flying down
across the sky of red
to feast upon whatever's left
and onward they fled
onto their nests
they did their best to feed their family
and inside my drug addled brain
i thought about you and me
like the deer, rabbits, frogs, and dogs,
and even human beings
we may be slightly different
but we all want the same thing
liberty or death!
i think im dying as we speak
but they say that one day the earth will be inherited by the meek.

and the first will be last
the last will be first
maybe think about the things youre doing to the earth
if god is a lie, i truly dont care
id rather die in honesty
with knots all in my hair

oh they use the words that they confuse to project their own sin
onto the starving masses
but its coming from within
any accusation's a confession to them!
and if i had a buck to bet, then id have two bucks i could spend

they discard all the teachings of their supposed god
keep them all in bondage in the name of the don
they used to get so mad when youd say theyre white nationalists
now they say it loud and proud
because they love that iron fist!
but when it comes for them what are they gonna do?
there will be no one left
there will be nothing left to do
theyll turn on themselves
because it was never true
that any other human being was worth more than you!

• Acoustic
• Folk
• Punk
• anarchofolk
• antifascist
• folk punk
• Michigan