Bastard from 10p Jazz by Volk Soup

I’ve been bearing it in mind
to be a bastard less of the time
It’s hard to measure what it takes
to be a good person

And I don’t see the point
of being so buoyant,
of arranging my face
so it falls how they want it

You’re not a pro-life man
defending his opinions
on a talk show panel
on the ethics of abortion

Your feeling are worth
many more words than that
It’d be nice to hear from the ball
before the bat

Keep the centre still
I quiver till heavens looks
down upon tension’s game
A space starts to form and I
divert my eyes away
from all that’s detracting from
the steady experience
of ignorant life

Well what’s all this I hear?
The beggars have no choice?
What a turgid idea
We need to ask for more
They put us in a world
Suggest we kill ourselves
But the loom of fate weaves
a death for us all

Bear it in mind to be a bastard less of the time

• Punk
• post-punk
• Leeds