Ashenspire - THE LAW OF ASBESTOS (Official Lyric Video)
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"THE LAW OF ASBESTOS" is taken from the second Ashenspire album "HOSTILE ARCHITECTURE", out July 18th 2022 on Code666/Aural Music.
Purchase/stream HOSTILE ARCHITECTURE: ashenspire.bandcamp.com
Video shot and edited by Alasdair Dunn in Glasgow, 2022.
THE LAW OF ASBESTOS
Capital’s pre-eminence made matter.
Nailed to the high-rise, under the budgetary hammer.
Do they sleep well, wrapped in irony?
Better that than tangled in austerity.
Better ours than their children in poverty.
Tide over the tampered-with, until it’s their turn;
A corner cut, a penny saved,
Grenfell burns again and again and again!
There’s worse than the pox for all these houses.
The scaffolding holding the bread from their mouths
as it rouses the worker to sell themselves short.
Both foundation and corner-stone
and entirely bereft of support.
If I drink Tollen’s reagent, will I finally shine inside?
And will I see myself as God sees me
If I pour it in my eyes?
Pour it in my eyes.
All’s silent but for the rain;
Weary lungs, asthmatic brain.
And tell me, is this, now, the humour of it?
Some architect’s great satire in prefabricated shit.
The rot and the damp creeping in, every corner
A reflection of the presupposed sin of every presupposed hoarder;
Scrounger! Thief! Gangrenous scab!
If the game’s afoot I’ll gladly lose the leg.
This is not a house of amateurs.
This is done with full intent.
Always three months to the gutter. Never three months to the peak.
Another day to grind your fingers for the simple right to eat.
Always three months to the gutter. Never three months to the crown.
Another deep breath of asbestos in a godforsaken town.
Always three months to the gutter. Never three months to the top.
Another set of fucking homeless spikes outside another empty shop.
Always three months to the gutter. Never three months to ascent.
This is not a house of amateurs. This is done with full intent.
Performing on THE LAW OF ASBESTOS:
Alasdair Dunn - Drums, Voice
Fraser Gordon - Guitars
Ben Brown - Bass Guitar
James Johnson - Violin
Matthew Johnson - Saxophone
Otrebor - Hammered Dulcimer
Recorded, produced and mixed by Scott McLean at La Chunky Studios, Glasgow
Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege Engineering, Portland OR.
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