In the quarry
Skriven till lajvet Skymningsland 2010. Text och musik av Teresa Axner.
Inspelning
- Teresa Axner - In the quarry (Youtube)
Text
Keep your head down, it’s not safe to walk alone
In the Quarry
Just do your shift, don’t raise your voice, don’t take a tone
Or you’ll be sorry
Stay out of trouble, stay out of the Reavers’ way
And you might live to see tomorrow
To stand in line to sell your body now more day
In the Quarry
Board members come and go, but the system never cracks
It’s too well crafted
We pay their dinners with the sweat off our backs
And we don’t realise we’re getting shafted
But the fear and bitterness are seeping through our pores
We creep and grovel for their favour
Call yourself what you will but all of us are whores
We came here in search of health and safety
Of a place where we could hide
Away from the wasteland, away from the world
Well I tried. I tried.
This place will grind you down, oh it will break your heart
Just you wait
It bends you to its’ will, it rips you right apart
And before you know it, it’s too late
No-one can save us, no heroics will suffice
Can’t change the script to this story
As long as everything and everybody has a price
In the quarry
