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BROKEN PANE

Looking out through this broken pane
Figures scurry and flinch from pain
As they splash the yellowed puddles in the poison rain
Two children fight amongst shop displays
They mimic traits they'll need one day
The shattered window mannequin that got in the way
Steam rises up through the cracks
From underground railway tracks
Black soot floats down spewed from the chimney stacks
The grass and trees have long since died
Contorted nature's petrified
The indelible scars on a habitat we defied

The unmarked cars leave wound and scars
Their hired guns police our slums
And there's a broken pane where the bullets rain
The night patrol will cleanse my soul
With class war populace control
And there's a broken pane where the bullets reign

We're hypnotised by the oil drum blaze
The old man's stories of summer days
Seem far fetched in this disused factory maze
A hail of sparks from the pylon frame
Start to flicker the lights again
As we stamp to keep warm in this cold black freezing rain
There's no escape from this cordoned slum
Without fail by night they come
The ruthless night patrol shoot on sight at anyone
The curfews always seem to cleanse
The trespassers leave evidence
Torn fabric flutters on the circuited perimeter fence

The unmarked cars leave wound and scars
Their hired guns police our slums
And there's a broken pane where the bullets rain
The night patrol will cleanse my soul
With class war populace control
And there's a broken pane where the bullets reign
The unmarked cars leave wound and scars
Their hired guns police our slums
And there's a broken pane where the bullets rain
The night patrol will cleanse my soul
With class war populace control
And there's a broken pane where the bullets reign

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from Zero Visibility (Experiments With Truth) LP (Full Session), released October 19, 1999

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Four Letter Word Cardiff, UK

Punk rock band formed in 1991 in Cardiff, U.K. Released debut EP in 1995, debut album in 1998 on BYO Records. Toured U.S./Canada in 1998. Released second album on BYO in 1999 before Trade Mark issues with the first of many name claimers. FLW fought and won and soldiered on releasing two further albums and a handful of EPs, toured the U.S. again, before in 2011 they called it a day after 20 years. ... more

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