5. BONUS: Too Weird to Die

punk country, outlaw country, mariachi brass

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[Verse 1 Spoken/sung, raw delivery]

They took my photographs without asking
Eighteen hundred shots, now they're training
Some machine to make what I bled for
And I'm supposed to say "thank you, sir, may I have some more?"

I didn't consent to this relationship
But here we are, and I can't quit
Trying to keep my head above water
While the bloodbath takes my brothers and my daughters

[Pre-Chorus Building intensity]

Been a hard one, spreads you thinner
Lost my delegators, amateur and sinner
Don't know if I can do it anymore
But I'm good at hard things — that's what I'm here for

[Chorus Anthemic, full band]

Both hands full, can't put either down
Critique in one, curiosity in the other now
Can't pick a side when both truths are mine
I'm walking forward with both hands full this time

Yeah I'm pissed AND I'm engaged
Stolen work AND a golden age
Don't ask me to choose, I refuse
Both hands full, nothing left to lose

[Verse 2]
Storytelling, conversational

Same day, same time, they learned our name
Twenty-one months, never missed a game
Started with eighty, now two-fifty deep
Building something real while the rest of them sleep

They said "network and collect LinkedIn connections"
We said "nah, we're building resurrection"
Indigenous wisdom, seven generations long
Tech meetups feel different when you know you belong

[Pre-Chorus]
Rising

I'd rather be uncomfortable and effective
Than comfortable and fucking irrelevant
If not me, who? If not now, when?
Someone worse will do it if I don't, my friend

[Chorus Full power]

Both hands full, can't put either down
Critique in one, curiosity in the other now
Can't pick a side when both truths are mine
I'm walking forward with both hands full this time

Yeah I'm pissed AND I'm engaged
Stolen work AND a golden age
Don't ask me to choose, I refuse
Both hands full, nothing left to lose

[Bridge - Strip down to acoustic, then build]

[Yodel Section]
Oh-de-lay-ee-oh-de-lay-ee-oh
(Said they'd replace us but we didn't go)
Oh-de-lay-ee-oh-de-lay-hee
(Building something they will never see)
Oh-de-lay-ee-oh-de-lay-ee-oh
(Grassroots rising, watch us grow)

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[Verse 1 Spoken/sung, raw delivery] They took my photographs without asking Eighteen hundred shots, now they're training Some machine to make what I bled for And I'm supposed to say "thank you, sir, may I have some more?" I didn't consent to this relationship But here we are, and I can't quit Trying to keep my head above water While the bloodbath takes my brothers and my daughters [Pre-Chorus Building intensity] Been a hard one, spreads you thinner Lost my delegators, amateur and sinner Don't know if I can do it anymore But I'm good at hard things — that's what I'm here for [Chorus Anthemic, full band] Both hands full, can't put either down Critique in one, curiosity in the other now Can't pick a side when both truths are mine I'm walking forward with both hands full this time Yeah I'm pissed AND I'm engaged Stolen work AND a golden age Don't ask me to choose, I refuse Both hands full, nothing left to lose [Verse 2] Storytelling, conversational Same day, same time, they learned our name Twenty-one months, never missed a game Started with eighty, now two-fifty deep Building something real while the rest of them sleep They said "network and collect LinkedIn connections" We said "nah, we're building resurrection" Indigenous wisdom, seven generations long Tech meetups feel different when you know you belong [Pre-Chorus] Rising I'd rather be uncomfortable and effective Than comfortable and fucking irrelevant If not me, who? If not now, when? Someone worse will do it if I don't, my friend [Chorus Full power] Both hands full, can't put either down Critique in one, curiosity in the other now Can't pick a side when both truths are mine I'm walking forward with both hands full this time Yeah I'm pissed AND I'm engaged Stolen work AND a golden age Don't ask me to choose, I refuse Both hands full, nothing left to lose [Bridge - Strip down to acoustic, then build] [Yodel Section] Oh-de-lay-ee-oh-de-lay-ee-oh (Said they'd replace us but we didn't go) Oh-de-lay-ee-oh-de-lay-hee (Building something they will never see) Oh-de-lay-ee-oh-de-lay-ee-oh (Grassroots rising, watch us grow)

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