Libertalia, by BrainDead (2024)

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we blame the poor for being poor, bare of rationality,debarred to cash in on their needs, division's elementarykept down, excluded and deprived by artificial scarcity.the drawback of this grim charade, continuous brutality.<Chorus:>for as long as people hungerwhile food is turned to trashthe temples will be plunderedby those who feel the lash.and as long as we keep upthis structural divide,we will feel the rebound ofthe violence it implies.the left behind start to awake, but you can't relate.think they're criminal or insane, but they're intrinsically political none of your theories could ever explain their anger or their hate.you want a textbook revolution, but they are bound to fail.will you just stand besidewhen the worm finally starts to turn?don't you try to understandwhy the streets are left burn?if we don't interactand make no attempt to learn,we'd turn an insurrectioninto an elitist concern.

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Here we go again! out to change the world,with our circle A’s printed on sweat shop shirts.A half-hearted attempt, self-complacent,simplify our struggles to a fashion statement.<Chorus:>No change will comefrom turning a blind eyeNo change will comeyou can't bail your way out of thisNo change will comefrom turning a blind eyeNo change will come- from youno hope for change when all theory is shunned,gotta see the bigger picture, know how this system runs.revolution can't be bought, it's not a t-shirt designyou can't replace analysis with wearing the right ensigns.

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I lost my rag over annotatingthis madnessby no means on accountof my final approvalcause you're not capablerealizing while going downdoesn't mean we're not gonna payfor your presumptionits all coming downno more patienceno more apologies for your own benefitWork-to-rulef*ck your complacencyI pledge renitencydraw the linelive with itbut do not ask for myappreciationwe'll all take you downIt’s all coming downIt’s all coming downyour faults this worlds decaywhos gonna make em payyour faults worlds decay

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<Chorus>Yeah, this is on meI tell you, you’ll seeAll this isn’t bothering meYou’ll seeI don’t careWhat you’re thinking about me now, it’s like a mirrorHold up to their faces show em all a bit clearerTheir own miserable lives and how they’ll never get nearerTo a point where being indifferent is no optionI’d rather prefer being impatientThat’s for sure, to the core, can’t bear to hear your wails no moreI’ll never care.Don’t walk into my wayGo on and still obeyDon’t walk into my wayI don’t careWhat you’re thinking about me now cause you’re a damn pretenderPlease get me right, I just see myself a bit minorTheir own miserable life and how I’ll never get nearerTo a point where being indifferent is an optionI’d rather prefer being impatientThat’s for sure, to the core, can’t bear to hear your wails no moreI want to care.for too long i tried to care,i'm trying to reveal that you still stare,tried to make my peace, i swear, i'm at a loss, running out of patience now

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you expect me to laugh at all your sexist jokes,to agree to the stereotypes you evoke.think i think the same because i am a 'man',don't you take for granted my silent consent!disillusioned like never before,society's backlash doesn't stop at our door.Thought i'd found a shelter from society's restrains,a place to live our lives without causing pain. we grew up with traditions ofinequality.it starts with you to break the mold,and it starts with me.<Chorus:>punk's not just a boys thingyou know it but we must say it againlisten up now, this is a wake-up callwe must create a space to liberate us allRetrogression, you know we've seen it all before,society's backlash comes in through the back door.i'm growing tired of banging my head against a wall:we don't want no sexists in the dancehall!but where's the revolution girl style gone?i know you're there, but no longer visible.know you don't need us to tell you what's wrong,but you are needed still, together we are strong.let me tell you, mr punk rocki will not get stuckin your gender exclusive boys clubcause living like that would be truly f*cked up.

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you work and toil, part of the machine,why are you so devout?can't you see that this daily routineis sucking your blood out?exploit myself to live up to what?i never asked to have my share of that!you live to work, you don't work to live,you can count me out, i won't take this sh*t.don't wanna take part in self-exploitation,sell my time for the good of the nation,while communities are disintegrating,it keeps the system alive.never be sick, don't stop functioning,or it will be your demise.don't you know I have better plans,i won't fall for their lies.

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Tension grows in the heart of the townInconsistencies show, an extent never known.We made a choice to control our own lives,We won't be expelled, you won't beat us down.We'll take back the streets, the city, the landWe'll reclaim our lives, we make no demands.Send your troops, we will stay on the tracks,Try to evict us, we'll always be back,Think you can crush us, well take our advice:You name the date but we name the price.We'll take back the streets, the city, the landWe'll reclaim our lives, we make no demands.Our anger will grow,we'll rise from below,our impatience grows and it's really just starting to show.

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you stand in our way, burning all your fuel,you stand in our way but still we're faster than you.you jeopardize our health while we have to push through,you jeopardize our health and we're choking on your fumes.don't act like you own the roads we all sharedon't act like you don't really have to take careyou jeopardize our health while we have to push through,you jeopardize our health and we're choking on your fumes.stuck in a jam, see us laugh at youstuck in a jam while we're going right throughyou jeopardize our health while we have to push through,you jeopardize our health and we're choking on your fumes.<Chorus:>we're riding on two wheels,defy your automobiles,you can curse us all you want, we stillchoose the cheaper means.you work for gasolinewhile we keep the cities clean,no matter what you say, we knowthis is the real deal!

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1998, eastern germanyfascists going underground, a fatal group of three,they shot ten people down, shot em in the headkilled them out of hate, just want to see them deadthey plant two bombs just to kill a few morethey ridiculed the victims of the crimes they account for.the cops said they where nowhere to be foundwhile they paid their informers to be down with their crowd.the gun was bought by the NPD*,a CI supplied the TNT,ten people killed, paid with state money - can you see the consistencies?<Chorus:>no we won't run, won't forget what they have donethis is our town, we'll bring the fascists down.no we won't run, we'll stay until they're goneno we won't hide, push em back, side by sideracist pigs say the dead were criminal,blind in the right eye still, it's cynicalthe secret service, they burned the records down,they try to cover up that they knew it all along.i know it sounds mad, but it's no conspiracy theory,it's not a tale or some ancient history,it's not 1939 or 1943,it's 2000and12 in this hell called germany.*The NPD is the German National-Democratic (read: Fascist) Party. They are a legal party and thus, as they are a ‘democratic’, they get state funding.

released July 11, 2013

Credits

Chris - guitar, vocals
Jano - drums, percussion
Yannig - bass, vocals, melodica

Stella - Lead vocals on No Change Will Come
Berk - Guest vocals on Choking On Your Fumes

Gang Vocals:
Christopher, Jano, Hannes, Marlin, Benni, Stella, Hinne

Recorded at Institut fur Wohlklangforschung, Hannover and Sonnenstudio, Hamburg between November 2012 and January 2013.
Mixed and Mastered at Institut fur Wohlklangforschung, Hannover by Willi Dammeier.

Artwork by Mario: crexmaniak.blogspot.com

'Libertalia' is the name of a legendary anarchistic society, allegedly founded by ex-pirates in the Indian Ocean in the late 17th century. The legend goes that the inhabitants refused to work under capitalist laws any longer, reinstated the medieval commons, liberated people from the European slave trade vessels, and worked towards gender equality. While it is unlikely that Libertalia ever really existed, the utopian vision itself is a strong example of resistance. It proves that even in the darkest of times, when the colonial war on Africa and the Americas was at it's peak, leading to mass genocide in the name of market trade, some voices promoted the idea of an alternative social model, free of class-, race- or gender-related oppression.
We chose the title to remind us that anti-capitalist struggles were a part of peoples history ever since market trade started developing. Sometimes a link to the past can be a step into the future.