The Price of Progress

from Everything is a Weapon by Where Sails Meet Rails

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When values have a price tag
It’s slightly less than blood
We’re selling out our hearts
We’re trading our spines for mud
Freeways trace our latitudes
They parallel our attitudes
The thirteenth piece of silver comes
At the price of everything you love
That’s the price of progress

We knew that the price was high
But still we paid it
Thinking we could reach the sky
We haven’t made it
We knew that the price was high
But still we paid it
Thinking we could reach the sky
We haven’t made it

We all have bought the farm
We put up condos on the land
On hallowed ground
That might as well be sand
We gather up the wealth now
Find peace in our minds somehow
As businessmen we’re glorified
I want to be horrified
But that’s the price of progress

We knew that the price was high
But still we paid it
Thinking we could reach the sky
We haven’t made it
We knew that the price was high
But still we paid it
Thinking we could reach the sky
We haven’t made it

The price of progress
That shit ain’t free
The price of progress
The price of greed

We knew that the price was high
But still we paid it
Thinking we could reach the sky
We haven’t made it
We knew that the price was high
But still we paid it
Thinking we could reach the sky
We haven’t made it

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from Everything is a Weapon, released February 20, 2013

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Where Sails Meet Rails Tacoma, Washington

An indie rock group of proud Pacific Northwest natives. A tight three piece with intelligent arrangement and exceptional musicianship. A dynamic singer with a focus on lyrics, poetry, and meaning. An open love letter to rock music.

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