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Tribulation Worksongs

by Modern Life Is War

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I have been blissed. I have been kissed by fate. I have been made mad right where I stand. See me. I am drenched in the echoes of war. With no future to sacrifice I declare my time is mine. I am standing at the root of my truth. in the crossfire of love with no time to compromise. Feels like end times. Some will submit. Some will be taken by force. Cowards & Weakhearts: Time is tracking you down. Find another working class apologist I am not your shill. God wrath on rich hypocrites A prophecy fulfilled. No time for compromise. Feels like end times. Clairvoyant fatal vision a prophecy fulfilled. Walls scrawled with blood. I've got trouble in mind. Another sunrise. Another morning to thrive. Another victim. Another crime. Another narrow escape from death on the vine. I have been blissed. I have been kissed by fate.
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This land has been scorched Unrecognizable black Return to nothing after golden harvests of past This land was choked with resentment and lingering remnants This land was begging for breath and pleading to be peeled back And with this piece of earth and with our lives inescapably intertwined To start from scratch is all we ask now that the ruin has been wreaked The song we sing while we work must be written while we work Today, Tonight's meal must be killed Tomorrow must be earned Will forgiveness be granted? A scandal for every sinner in this enchanted town With a growing gnawing fear of winter and memories that won't leave us alone This land was choked with resentment and lingering remnants This land was begging for breath and pleading to be peeled back And with this piece of earth and with our lives inescapably intertwined To start from scratch is all we ask now that the ruin has been wreaked And the trial is upon you Time is the only true victor Crucible Let this day the blood of immigrant furthest from the home trickle out and spill into the hole Problems follow so we face Stand on the singed shore Let the waves wash over you Today is burning Tomorrow is ripe
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Survival 02:41
You push me around just like I'm a clown You wanna see me suffer You treated me just like you treated the ground You trampled me all over In times like these where survival is the game Let's play on You can do anything you wanna do, I know I can stand the test Wheat and tears and sorrow all have to grow Until the day of the harvest In times like these Where survival is the game Let's play on The blocks wont end Still I'll get on my sore feet again.. The blocks end Right where the suffering begins Dignity & privacy, human rights.. Compassion fatigue You will be your own defender Or you will be your worst enemy In times like these, watch what you say In times like these, where survival is the game
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You know you have been deeper than this You know you have been begging for this For the rats to wake you from peaceful sleep For enslave instincts to roam free Tonight your heart is fearful of a cruel twist Tonight on your knees begging abyss No one has you number since you disappeared last November Lights are flooding into the cracks of you shack The rats will walk you free Light is flooding in through the cracks and you rush to seal cold Steal someone else's dreams to satisfy your own Unfulfilled Dear foreign city 3 am keep her safe I have lost my way again If I sleep I will dream of shimmering smashed broken glass threaded into fresh black top and sprinkled onto cracked concrete If I should wake up choking on brake dust Give me water Give me relief If I sleep I will dream of women and money of freedom & honey and wake up in this city a slave to my desires a slave to my design Unable to resist peeling back the drain Removing this respectable stitch So Cold No one can stop this Unable to resist Embracing the cruel twist drowning in this abyss
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What makes a man kill? She questioned as strange shrouds hung over. Southeastern and Prospect in a white slum on a broken night she was the glue illuminated by the moon reciting spray paint hieroglyphics scrawled on walls. What makes a man kill? She questioned drunkards chattered my reply: The gunshots are getting closer work starts tomorrow at eight a.m. bricks in my pillow at seven thirty, this have been a sad day for country music. You cannot untie this knot. Countless broken backs for countless useless products a dignified man and a job well done. Reasonable doubt will not be enough to avoid crucifixion in our nation of perverts. Attention fetishist shoppers. Thriving survivals is your god. Leave lives in ruin if you must. We bleed tabloid. We are safe we are fit and we are having fun. The stench of burning flesh will never reach this neighborhood you cannot untie this knot. What makes a man kill? Is it noble when it is his order? Is it pitiful when it is his well? Countless broken backs for countless useless products. A lifetime of suspicion. A timed escape from a trained fleet of rats. A polished boot grinding into your neck. Baring teeth for biting ankles is what makes a man kill.
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So messed up I want you here In my room I want you here Now we're gonna be face to face I'm gonna lay right down in my favorite place Now I wanna be your dog Now I'm ready to close my eyes Now I'm ready to close my mind Now I'm ready to feel your hand and lose my heart on the burning sands Now I wanna be your dog C'mon..
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I have been blissed. I have been kissed by fate. I have been made mad right where I stand. See me. I am drenched in the echoes of war. With no future to sacrifice I declare my time is mine. I am standing at the root of my truth. in the crossfire of love with no time to compromise. Feels like end times. Some will submit. Some will be taken by force. Cowards & Weakhearts: Time is tracking you down. Find another working class apologist I am not your shill. God wrath on rich hypocrites A prophecy fulfilled. No time for compromise. Feels like end times. Clairvoyant fatal vision a prophecy fulfilled. Walls scrawled with blood. I've got trouble in mind. Another sunrise. Another morning to thrive. Another victim. Another crime. Another narrow escape from death on the vine. I have been blissed. I have been kissed by fate.

about

“Tribulation Worksongs” was recorded by Luke Tweedy at Flat Black Studios, mixed by Kurt Ballou at God City Studios, and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege. The session was originally released as a series of three 7"EPs between 2018 and 2021. In their initial presentation, the lyrics/credits of each song were typed by vocalist/lyricist Jeff Eaton on his 1950's Royal “Quiet De Luxe” typewriter. These were later hand stamped on the front and back covers of the EP by artist J. Bannon, making each cover totally unique. The labels of the vinyl were also hand stamped before final assembly by the people at Deathwish.

For 2024, Modern Life Is War present the "Tribulation Worksongs" sessions as a one 12"EP/Digital album. This release combines all three 7"EPs with "End Times Dub", a dub version of "Feels Like End Times", reimagined by Urian Hackney (Rough Francis, Iggy Pop, The Armed, etc). The packaging of the release is a combination of visual work from Jeffrey Eaton, Thomas Hooper, and J. Bannon.

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released January 16, 2024

Modern Life Is War is: Jeffrey Eaton, Chris Honeck, John Eich, Luke Rauch, Bo Becker

Recorded by Luke Tweedy at Flat Black Studio
Mixed by Kurt Ballou at Godcity Studio
Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege Engineering

Matt Hoffman played guitar on Feels Like End Times, Revival Fires, and Lonesome Valley Ammunitions.
Piano on FEELS LIKE END TIMES by Ben Driscoll
SURVIVAL lyrics adapted from Marcia Griffiths, Queen of Reggae. A Protest Song for the ages...
Backup Vocals on SURVIVAL by Sarah Cram Driscoll and Brooks Strause
I WANNA BE YOUR DOG written by James Osterberg, Scott Asheton, Ronald Asheton, David Alexander
Otherwise known as THE STOOGES...2021 Motor City is bleeding...
END TIMES DUB mixed at The Box, Burlington VT by Urian Hackney

Dove Artwork by Jeffrey Eaton
Paintings by Thomas Hooper
Design by J. Bannon

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