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Fraudulent Land - 1989 - The Gone Kids

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[verse] They sell us work with broken clocks, hours vanish, wages bleed. Hands are traded like cheap tokens, dreams dissolved in corporate greed. [pre-chorus – tense, building] Contracts stitched with hunger, truth disguised as law. Every page a silent weapon, every clause a hidden claw. [chorus – shouted, furious] Fraudulent land, they build empires on our backs. Fraudulent land, every handshake is an attack. [verse – clipped, monotone delivery] The ledger hides a thousand bodies, profits measured in the sand. Streets are paved with missing voices, silence signed by every hand. [chorus – repeat louder, distorted guitars rising] Fraudulent land, no justice in the sand. Fraudulent land, we take it back by hand. [bridge – bass/drums only, vocals venomous] We are numbers, filed and folded, bought and sold for their demand. But we are breathing, they can’t command. [instrumental break – wall of feedback, drums relentless] [chorus – extended, screamed until breaking voice] Fraudulent land, fraudulent land, fraudulent land, this empire cannot stand. [outro – feedback loop, whispered repetition] Fraudulent… land… fraudulent… land…