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Potemkin City Limits
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Punk
Potemkin City Limits was released on March 10, 2009 by 580451 Records DK as a part of the album Supporting Caste
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Release DateMarch 10, 2009
Label580451 Records DK
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM181

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Propagandhi
Propagandhi
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Propagandhi
Propagandhi
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Propagandhi
Propagandhi
Producer
Bill Stevenson
Bill Stevenson
Producer
Chris Hannah
Chris Hannah
Producer
Jason Livermore
Jason Livermore
Producer

Lyrics

Francis didn't give a fuck about the rollbacks
The overproduction, reduced demand
He never gave much thought to disputed contracts
In his short life, he'd only ever known
Panic, fear, pain, darkness, pandemonium
In this hell that was his home
Fourth quarter earning expectations
Expedited the demise
The panic grew as the humans stalked among them
When the screaming began
Francis shut his eyes and felt the hand
Of inhumanity brush over him
But his would-be killer's back turned for a moment
A blinding ray of light spread across the floor
In a crimson pool, he saw his own reflection
As he bolted for the door
Not just some fractured fairy tale
Although I wish that that were true
This is a fable far too real
We somehow still cling to
The storylines that bridge the chasms
Between cognition and belief
Any old implausible denial
That might offer some relief
From the dissonance that Francis
Left screaming in his wake
Deep into the heart of the city's park lands
He made good his escape
And where, for five months, he ran free
And replayed his only fond memory
Just a warm and distant dream of
His mother's loving eyes upon him
Francis made it farther than she did
A quarter mile, just short of the city limits
They finally captured him
And there's a statue that the abattoir erected
To remind us all of their contributions
To me, it marks Potemkin City limits
This Francis cast in bronze
Turn around, I'm gone
Not just a fractured fairy tale
Although I wish that that were true
A fable far too real
We somehow still cling to
Written by: Propagandhi
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