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The Maze

by Matthew Xata

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"You have to understand sir, that I am Irish. You have to understand that I represent people who have no affinity with the English Queen" "We hope to free the people whether they wish to be freed or not" "That question has to be put to the British government, if they listened to the ballot box then no one would be reaching out for an ArmaLite" "I will live to see not just a peace settlement, but Ireland united" "The slaughter of Irish children" "Would your government please go home" "It isn't on my conscience that these things happen, each one of us at some period of time is going to meet God" 🇮🇪🇺🇦 “Ви маєте розуміти, що я ірландець. Ви повинні розуміти, що я представляю людей, які не мають прихильності до англійської королеви.” “Ми сподіваємось дати людям свободу, хочуть вони свободи чи ні.” “Це питання потрібно поставити британському уряду, якби вони слухали смітник, то ніхто б не потягнувся за АР-15.” “Я доживу до не просто перемир'я, а й об'єднання Ірландії.” “Забій наших ірландських дітей.” “ваш уряд повинен піти додому.” “це не на моїй совісті, що ці речі трапляються, кожному з нас в якийсь момент  доведеться зустріти бога.”
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"There can be no question of political status for someone who is serving a sentence for crime. Crime is crime is crime, it is not political, it is crime." "This wasn’t a gulag so we were told, or a strange dictatorial state. This was the mother of democracy." 🇮🇪🇺🇦 "Про політичний статус не може бути й мови для когось, хто відбуває покарання за злочин. Злочин, це злочин, це злочин, це не політичне, це злочин." "Це не був ГУЛАГ, як нам розповідали. Або дивна, диктаторська держава, це була мати демократії."
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Rotten, Sermon, Of a baptou, Righteously, Defined, By their crime. I learnt, Cruelty, And to smoke hash, In that solemn, Hostage, Kingdom. "I am pissed off" / "Я розлючений" Strike out, In vein, In a bad mood, Breaking, Mirrors, In the bathroom. Burning, White male aggression, The slender, Spectre, That dogs, My heel. "We are going to face the British government with a united republican struggle, with united demands for peace, freedom and justice." 🇮🇪🇺🇦 "Ми збираємось боротися з британським урядом об’єднаною республіканською боротьбою, об’єднаною у вимогах миру, свободи та справедливості."
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Swarming sable night, Cascading like, Riot gear when, Your walking alone. You can only lament, Looking over your shoulder, Too horrified to speak, On corporation street. Like Dracula at midnight, Becoming gaunt and un-shy, Where statues die, On corporation street. Just a night of long knives, Her powdered face will shine, Grotesque but still alive, With just a break of rain tonight. You can only lament, Looking over your shoulder, Too horrified to speak, On corporation street. Like Dracula at midnight, Becoming gaunt and un-shy, Where statues die, On corporation street. YEAH.
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* Escalator † Bisous ‡ Platform "When you return from war, you return to a place where people are used to hiding their lives, used to obey. You’ll be unpleasantly surprised by those made reckless by safety, made stupid by it. You’ll be irritated by how these people speak, their appearance and the timbre of their voices, the look of their cities, which hadn’t been ennobled with destruction, their inability to shoot." Excerpt from ‘Shadows Of War’ (1993) by Georgiy Gongadze, translated by Simon Kipnis. / "He lived in the instant, instant coffee, instant soup, instant love. The Marquis de Sade used to play his Polivoks, nowadays he plays girls. One day, whilst eating Barberry Roshen candies, he found a girl sweeter than refined sugar. So, he wen't out to the date, and the chair was empty, all empty, but so was the Marquis de Sade. The End." Written and read by Gentils Floquets. 🇮🇪🇺🇦 "Він жив у миттєвому, розчинна кава, суп швидкого приготування, миттєве кохання. Маркіз де Сад колись грав на своєму Поливокс, нині він грає дівчат. один день під час їжі цукерок Рошен. він знайшов дівчину, солодшу від рафінованого цукру. отже, він вийшов на побачення, а стілець був порожній, повністю порожній, але таким був і Маркіз де Сад, кінець."
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The Kobzar’s, Mute duma, Cracking in, Leaves as they burn. Cleansing in, A petrol, River through, Black mountain’s slopes, “et bien sûr je me trompais” / "naturally I was wrong" / "І звичайно я помилявся" (Longing) To shake the pack, Of black dogs, Half cut and, Gutted like fish. From our Danish, Mattress, to, Cross with ease, Like our cats do. On the horse, On the horse, If you part, Leave, on the horse.
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A mausoleum, Two siblings lame, A body in ruin, By smouldering flame, A monstera grows, On my windowsill, Subtle and ornate, Like a monument, To Giorgi Gongadze, In neighbouring tomb, In sombre procession, Like the boats of Sukhum. A cursed womb, Passed over, A cabinet, Locked in Donetsk. A severed head, By searing knife, Matured statuesque, Like the sea breathes at night, A black and white cat, Purrs in my lap, Bold and confident, Like a monument, To Giorgi Gongadze, In neighbouring tomb, In sombre procession, Like the boats of Sukhum.
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"the angelus bells" 🇮🇪🇺🇦 "ангел господній дзвоні"
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released September 10, 2022

Recorded in Київ.

Production by Sam Buchanan and Robin Williams.

Artwork by Yuri Bolsa and Gentils Floquets.

Guest vocals by Cult Party, Gentils Floquets and Maja Nikolic.

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