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Shibboleth Lyrics by Hermitofthewoods

Land of the Lotus Eaters

2013

[Intro]
Sample: “You guys know what a shibboleth is?”

[Intro Verse]
While we slept, they crept into the cities and towns
Breaking down doors somehow without a sound
Insidious, unseen, seemingly marginal figures
Delivering literature, their mouths were the rivers
And we tried to dam them
But they found their way to the ocean
From the Gulf of Mexico to the shores of Nova Scotia
They flowed reminiscent of the blood of Inquisition
Seditious, violence in their eyes, tongues malicious
In the daylight, reflecting the world, unnoticed
The water slowly rose, motives slowly focused
Control was overthrown and sank into the depths
Where the light can never shine, nor illuminate texts
Messages were felt but were rarely understood
Just ripples in the direction of the current, driftwood
The infected were protected
The rest were left to drown
While we slept, they crept
Into the cities and the towns

Sample: “It’s from the Bible. ‘Then said now unto him Say Now Shibboleth, and he said sibboleth, for he could not frame to pronounce it right.’ It was a password. The way the army used to distinguish true Israelites from imposters sent across the River Jordan by the enemy.”


[Verse 1]
Jackboot splinter frame blown away flashbang calamity
Panicking the happy families – No Rights. No Humanity
Emperor Hannity & Chancellor Coulter
Revolted with their legions
Mouth-breathing plebeian leagues
Who need to believe in demons
It started with the beatings, screaming treason at elitists
Second coming profits that had nothing to do with Jesus
A pack led by Pakleds, angry crackhead ambition
Black hat hack into the system
Snatch the rule draft positions
Dominatus ex Nihilio – that’s the stylo
The planned camps didn’t sound real at all
– but what do we know
Wendigo psychosis made us gigapixel litigants
Victims of the dry snitch – say Shibboleth

[Chorus]
Choose your next words carefully
They may be your last
Desperation makes men fight
For ways that have passed
You will be asked for the password
As a question of allegiance
As a test of your connections
To see where your beliefs live
Some believe in freedom, some say it’s us and them
Some believe in diversity, some say that spells the end
Some will want to know, just which side you’re on
They’ll ask you to say Shibboleth
To see if you answer wrong
Say shibboleth

[Verse 2]
Pepper spray swept away encampments
From the pavement
Played em off as hippies
And hoped no one would say shit
Talking heads need facelifts
– they will never be the remedy
Corporate, Governments, media, public:
Human centipede
But some could read and see and speak
And shook the halls of power
The brightest are gunned down
But numbers still grow by the hour
Cowering in corner offices, bosses scream Kiss my assets
And call in cops and citizens
Dispatch them to the address
Of the opposition, this is… madness!
The land of the free is now the land of neo-fascists
Riot bats swing to bring the hammer down
Upon the dissonant
Not the armed Tea Party, the kids without a pot to piss in
Belligerent cops follow orders, they don’t listen
We need to finish this – Say shibboleth
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Hermitofthewoods

Hermitofthewoods

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"Shibboleth" appears on "Land of the Lotus Eaters" in 2013.

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