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Meat Market

from Save California by NVS

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lyrics

It began as a dream
And when I woke up
I stopped looking at the mirror like a magazine
Now I’ve dropped my guard
Redefined my place
In a petty scene of pseudo-stars
Where passion and love
Are second to pissing contests and drugs
It’s never enough

So eat your fucking makeup
Play the Blank Club
Sell your soul and break up
After party blues, attitude and booze
Always on display, can’t afford to lose
Because we’ve always done it for the children
Gotta hit up that disposable income

Take a good, long look at yourselves
Lighten up, have fun and enjoy it while you can, because
If you don’t feel the music then why even call yourselves a band
Let your business sense redefine your insolence
I’m incensed by your cookie cutter pretense, hence

Please understand
I’m on the rag
Because rock stars are businessmen in drag
Mercenaries for hire
Killing in the name of everything that’s tried and true and tired
Just like Upton Sinclair
Aiming for your hearts and hit your stomachs in despair

So pave the way for a San Jose music scene beyond repair

You strike a pose
You dress the part
But sound like shit and break my heart
Dim the lights, trade your inhibitions
For a slab of meat and assume the position
The market’s always open
Stockpiles of aspirations to be broken

Replaced with crafted, careful talk and posture
Win some sons and daughters
Sexual partners, record labels, street credentials, and enticing tasty fame and fodder
Hell! Why even bother?

But it’s been said that every band sells out
Some more than others, I’m sure, I don’t claim to doubt
It takes some business sense and not just pure ideals to pay the rent
But everything’s that’s spent should support a dream, not a fucking machine
So once again

Please understand
I’m on the rag
Because rock stars are businessmen in drag
Mercenaries for hire
Killing in the name of everything that’s tried and true and tired
Just like Upton Sinclair
Aiming for your hearts and hit your stomachs in despair

So bring a plate, and feed your face, and pretend you even care

Suck out the corn you got stuck between your teeth
Wipe off the shit you got smeared across your cheek
Cut off your fat and get wrapped in plastic sheets
Remember that you are what you eat

© 2006 Walter Campbell/NVS Music, all rights reserved.

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from Save California, released April 20, 2011

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Started in 1999, NVS is a high-energy band from San Jose, CA blending various influences to create music and lyrics encouraging thought and feeling while embodying the best aspects of late '80s/early '90s alternative rock.

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