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Written and Recorded 2010-2011 at Architoa Studios in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Go take your medication.
This is the last great American movement.
Peace and love are dead, rebellion has been quelled.
All that’s left is the dead rotting carcass of American culture
Left out in the sun to wither.

Soaked in acid, wrapped in fuzz,
Saturated in smoke and nicotine buzzed
Broken glass litters filthy floor,
Wooden panels mask the sick and the bored.
Bitter gaze, caustic little smile,
And from dead eyes, the sting of the bile.

Wash down those pills,
They keep it at bay;
The disease that cripples
And fills your life with decay.
Moth-bitten curtains,
Yellowed and sour.

And the gin helps too, but you already know that don’t you?
Beautiful brainwashing abuse
Slowly driving you insane; withered lace, where is my brain?
Beautiful brainwashing abuse

Soaked in acid, wrapped in fuzz,
Saturated in smoke and nicotine buzzed.
Broken glass litters filthy floor,
Wooden panels mask the sick and the bored.
Bitter gaze, caustic little smile
Leaking from dead eyes, porcelain and vile.

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from Three Cheers for the Firing Squad (EP), track released May 13, 2011
Lyrics and Music by Stephen Hoffman.

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Swamp Portland, Oregon

Formed in early 2010, Swamp is a four member one-man-band consisting of the collective figments of the various musical imaginations of Stephen Hoffman, slowly and painstakingly integrated into a coherent musical form through excessive amplification, anal-retentive drum programming, and the lyrical genius gleaned from hours of extended screaming matches with mirrors. ... more

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