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Blackened Hands

from Instincts of Suffering by Rebirth

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This song was written in late 2014 when there were preposed cuts to social service and homelessness support in the Federal Budget. Fortunately these cuts did not eventuate but I still feel as though anyone who can draft up and sign such a proposal is bereft of compassion and is morally forsaken.

No rich nation should have citizens without the basic need of shelter.

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Concrete fate, no future ahead 
Seams undoing, hanging by a thread 
Desperate cries in unforgiving night 
Glimmers of hope now out of sight 
A downward glance to the social pariah 
Slipping through the cracks that are getting wider 
Blackened hands, shattered lives  
Horrors not seen by privileged eyes 
Nightmarish visions, a reality 
Seeing the depths of this insanity 
A society of greed and suffering
Too many failed, left with nothing 
System of failure 
Betrayer of rights, destroyer of lives
Indifferent to suffering as your pen signs
Betrayer of rights, destroyer of lives
You will be judged, found to be guilty 
We see your crimes, have you no humility? 
A heart branded by the lives you have taken 
A lasting reminder, your compassion forsaken

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from Instincts of Suffering, released May 3, 2015

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Rebirth Melbourne, Australia

Rebirth was a socio-political, straight edge band out of Melbourne, Australia.

Think. Learn. Grow.GIve.
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2014-2017

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