[Intro: Jonny 5] Born in the flood, bloody fingerpaint sets Black marketed, fresh water cannons forget me not Epitaph airbrushed with death White tees, wife beaters Button up, reattach flesh!
[Verse 1: Jonny 5 & (Brer Rabbit)] In between the lines (In between the lines) Outside of the law (Outside of the law) Underneath the veil (Underneath the veil) We dig our foundations (We navigate the globe) Trying to find a pattern to break the mold (Pattern to break the mold) With a family to feed (Family to feed) There's nowhere we won't go
[Hook 1: Jonny 5 & Brer Rabbit] Signs of a better world, causes we understand Failures we expected to occur and bring redemption for our sins (In between the lines) Safety from the crowds (Outside of the law) In the shadows on the run (Underneath the veil) We write our own Cider House Rules to keep alive (Rules to keep alive) Rituals that prove their worth Search for systems we can trust Rhythms we can lock into
[Verse 3: Brer Rabbit] This is madness, salvage teams can't bandage Hope when it's damaged or broken compassion There's not enough rope in the van When the world is collapsin', our mode of action Broadcast through the glass, all we can manage Donate with the plastic scrapped from the salad Hopin' to balance, emotions invalidated Staged on four-to-three aspects Just ballast for sadness Lives shattered are standard fare for Cameras and channels stare, no abracadabras No faster answers, no mantras for disaster Remastered or plastered We got it all backwards Do you know the faction you're backin'? It's another man down, another mother gone Child drowned, another silent song Solitude, another kind of strong I miss you, another strung along Missing in action Another page is blackened Burned, turned, ashes to ashes Dust off the flags and the caskets
[Hook 2: Brer Rabbit] We will never find another you Despite the life of love we knew These lightning times are trouble, who Can count the strikes that punish through? The bonds we thought would never break And never will, and never change And never fade, but there's the rage Of losing you to their mistakes!
[Verse 4: (Jonny 5) and Brer Rabbit] (In between the lines) Signs of the next movement (Refuge from the crowd) Outside of the law (Causes we understand) Hands that trace Instructions for descendants in the Shadows on the run (Underneath the veil) Failures we expected to occur And bring redemption for our sins (In between the lines) In between the lines
[Outro] In between the lines, outside of the law Underneath the veil In between the lines, outside of the law Underneath the veil In between the lines, outside of the law Underneath the veil, we carve our foundations In between the lines, outside of the law In between the lines
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Mayday!!! is a song about the Mayday protests, which are held annually around the U.S. in support of the first Mayday Riots of 1919. The song seems to specifically dwell on the Seattle Riots of 1992, where Seattle rioted in solidarity with Los Angeles on the verdict of the Rodney King case, as well as the 1999 Battle for Seattle which was not a “Mayday” riot although it was largely supported by the Mayday infrastructure.
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