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New Egypt

by Unlettered

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1.
The blood drips down The truth it hides The pain remains Your words settle in Secret messages delivered via napkin Relay concerns of precarious origins Situational awareness willful absorption Obscures the relief the base point at issue The animus coated with vile saliva, spurts and sprays Marked by the pox of elevation inversions Benighted in consistent transgressions Oversights and oversteps I follow within
2.
Pegged to the chain, flame resistant no The peaks and the craters, it’s a house of cards Happens again and again, same outcome different reason It’s a volatile compound, half life potential Crash and burn, all over again, it’s your turn Silly names attract attention, the kind you cannot pay for Release and press, work the phone and the gram Don’t trust the center, inherited confidence Inherited belief, we can hear you before you arrive The pyramid grows to the sky, everyday block by block Get the new blood in, close the door if you are last It happens again and again, different prophet same conclusion It’s radioactive, chains of disintegration Too good to be true Crash and burn, all over again, it’s your turn
3.
D>B>H 03:20
The stage is set, the lines were run Everything framed for the big reveal Run of show, finalized and distributed It is on, no backing out now Everyone knows but no one will say Hard right, leaves everyone breathless Seat belt tightens causes loss of breath Impact resists released explosion Still standing dumbfounded and nauseous Everyone knows but no one will say Everyone knows but no one will say Decisions be hidden, Decisions be hidden It's time to watch them drop the secrets Redirect prevent, the feared focus Hair and makeup can't help with this Spin the yarn and spin the yarn The smiles and hugs can't hide Fear and deception bubbling below Time to move on, just a moment in time Camouflage hides which path to take Everyone knows but no one will say Everyone knows but no one will say
4.
The comfort of the group, it's real Fit in, imbue and elevate Feels good to have the support First time in a long while Nobody sees the time it takes to play this role, JR JR JR Captain oh caption Coward replacement Don't call me a hypocrite I play the game like everyone else Denied defamed and angry, justified Latency causes complacency Time will stand still when you admit Goals are set to redirect it Comfort found hands unbound Conforming to the standard No risk no reward No risk no reward We crave validation, Constructed fellowship but it's not real Everyone is judging The jury is still out, the jury is still out Comfort found hands unbound Conforming to the standard No risk no reward No risk no reward It is time to find the muster point There is safety in numbers, safety in numbers
5.
Sin Sip 03:43
Posters tattered by wind Reveal faded shells fantastic marquees Nails poke up from the boardwalk Tripping the stumblers, catching their slide The air, heavy with expectation Smoke saturates, surprising, not really The air, heavy with expectation Smoke saturates, surprising, not really Light fills in where it should not Some things are better left unexposed Promise welcomes acceptance Danger ignored for rewards unknown The air, heavy with expectation Smoke saturates, surprising, not really The air, heavy with expectation Smoke saturates, surprising, not really Stick to the numbers, repeat repeater Thirty-five to one, odd and black every time Don’t watch it drop, look away look away Suprise or rejection it’s all the same When it lands, god damn On top of the world Red carpet, concierge complement More like maroon, no presidential suite The chips, soiled and stained Stick together in unfortunate ways Does it really matter? It’s still current to us Force the situation, double or nothing No problems no interdiction That’s fine that’s fine Inked to honor, pride of the playground The slides are rusted the swings are broken That’s ok we are all just visiting

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New Egypt is the third release of a series of Digital EPs by Unlettered. Unlettered is a project led by Mike Knowlton. Unlettered is inspired by driving/noisy indie bands of the early 90s like Blonde Redhead, Candy Machine, MBV, Polvo, Sonic Youth and Unwound.

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released April 18, 2023

All songs written and performed by Unlettered
All lyrics written by Unlettered
Recorded, performed and produced by Mike Knowlton at The Summit in Summit, NJ.

All artwork by Unlettered
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