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La máquina capaz. El mecanismo que contenta a la turba y condena
al artista maldito a aceptar el fin de su entumecido sufrimiento.

"Oh Santa Guillotina, protectora de patriotas, rezad por nosotros. Santa Guillotina terror de los aristócratas, protegednos. Amable máquina, tened piedad de nosotros. Admirable máquina, tened piedad de nosotros." (Los Invisibles - G. Morrison)

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When the storm seems to fade
I find myself locked again
With a jug around my neck
and a ball and chain
How could love make me come to this nightmare,
feeling no pain

My head is numb and
I can't speak a comprehensible word
I lost my mind or so they say,
and what I did was so wrong
But I can't really remember what is it, that I have done

They say I killed my loved one,
but I don't know how
They say I poisoned my head
with all the opium I found
They say a lot of things that I can't understand,
but my hands are bound
Anyhow

Take me, take me, take me to the guillotine
As my head falls into the basket
The drum will celebrate my sins
Take me, take me to where I deserve to be
While your melody fills my body
It will behead all my dreams

They chant and celebrate
while I take the next step
I'll be standing on the scaffold,
I guess this is what you get
When your mind plays tricks
and the outcome isn't planned
Claim for my head or my heart,
or even both of them
And the blade will cut my neck
just from its very stem
Unforgiven and forgotten,
but I guess it'll end the pain

credits

from Broken Black Compass EP, released March 15, 2019
Music and lyrics by Ike D. Mustard

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Pick a Bear Gray, Kentucky

This is some personal effort coming from the depths of the heart and mind. Some kind of internal revolution to the outside. It may be simple, but it is heartfelt. Pick a Bear is the solo project of Ike D. Mustard from Thanks To Losers, Beer Fisting and Jedi Pizza, deeply influenced by some people like Billy Bragg, Dave Hause, Errico Malatesta or Dennis Lyxzen. Take part in your own story. ... more

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