The Pressure

from Ballon d'essai by Tak Harlan

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I wish it was easy to cope,
With the feeling it's not enough,
That we will never bring 'em down,
Being stuck on the battle line.
I wish we were more on the verge
Of finding some new way to fight,
To stood up against all the structures
Which maintain the oppressors in place

It's not that we don't have the strength,
But the power's not in our hands.
And we're far from standing together,
Even tough we don't handle the pressure.
Sometimes I fear they're too strong
And way better organized.
But it's not because I feel weak
That I should not even try

There are billions of us,
Enslaved by the wage and the fear
Of misery if we talk out loud.
It's so frightfull to break the line.

They got to us
And found a way to keep us down below,
And make us feel like shit
Or feel there's too much to lose,
So we won't raise our voices and dig our own graves.

I wish we stood together
In a punk band or a union,
Clear of the norms
Which kept us apart
It could be our time and it could be a start.

On the wrong side of the pressure,
I don't lay low.
In the background of the picture,
We're together, not alone.

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from Ballon d'essai, released May 17, 2014

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