People’s Party, Privileged Pockets
You came with a handshake, velvet voice and charts
Said “We see you, we feel you, we’re here to restart.”
But your pen wrote hunger, your speech wrote debt
Left us lines and silence, no promises kept
You said bread, gave us chains
Fed us lines, lit the flames
You wore our hopes like a tailored coat
Then cashed the dream, let the people choke
People’s party, privileged pockets —
Stole our cries and lined your lockets
You raised your fist in a worker’s hall
But your wristwatch screamed from a marble wall
Took the stage with a borrowed pain
Then laughed in suits on a private plane
You said bread, gave us chains
You said bread, gave us chains
Fed us lines, lit the flames
You wore our hopes like a tailored coat
Then cashed the dream, let the people choke
People’s party, privileged pockets —
Stole our cries and lined your lockets
“Change takes time.”
“Budget constraints.”
“National interest.”
You said bread, gave us chains
Fed us lines, lit the flames
You wore our hopes like a tailored coat
Then cashed the dream, let the people choke
People’s party, privileged pockets —
Burn the banners, empty the lockets
Discography
Albums
Singles
- Ballots and Bayonets
- Lie to Me Again
- People’s Party, Privileged Pockets
- Wear the Mask, Win the Seat
- False Banners
- Brussels Blackout
