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Treason

from Unangelic Voices EP by Kerry JK

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If nationalism is patriotism and its opponents "enemies of the people" (as some recent newspaper headlines would have us understand), in the famous words of Patrick Henry, if this is treason let us make the most of it.

I originally conceived this as a piece of rant poetry but eventually settled on a mellow harmonised style as a more relaxed and venomous way to deliver the defiance of the lyric.

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It came on the news after stirring overnight
That the language of Lenin is now the weapon of the right
The true way's the new way
The old ideals are toast
If this is treason, let us make the most

They talk of unity when they really mean submission
They punish dissidence rather than admit contrition
Authority is measured by the brashness of the boast
If this is treason, let us make the most

Moguls mask the margins
To marginalise the fight
A pebble's like a boulder
If dropped from sufficient height
The disgruntled are distracted
With an enemy off coast
If this is treason, let us make the most.

United in diversity
Divided by conformity
Resist the creeping terror
Of thankful uniformity
Invoke Mandela, Ghandi and Bodicea's ghost
If this is treason, let us make the most.

While we're waiting for the papers
To be delivered in the post
If this is treason, let us make the most.

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from Unangelic Voices EP, released June 3, 2017
Written, performed and produced by Kerry JK

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Kerry JK Northampton, UK

Gender and genre fluid singer-songwriter producing songs of identity, isolation and defiance incorporating jazz, electronica, art rock, vocal looping, poetry and rock opera theatrics.

Be yourself, as yourself. There is no greater fulfilment, and no sweeter revenge.
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