Name: Rusted Over
Duration: P00H04M36S
Description: This song was recorded with no electric guitars of any kind - just acoustic guitar, synthesizer and drums. Oh, and a box of dry mac 'n' cheese.

Rusted Over

from Lethal as Anything by Partial Cell

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This song was recorded with no electric guitars of any kind - just acoustic guitar, synthesizer and drums. Oh, and a box of dry mac 'n' cheese.

lyrics

A philosophy without humility
Is usually just a utility
A means of profit or self-preservation
Masquerading as inspiration

You take a peaceful instrument
And wield it like a deadly weapon
Your shoes are shined and polished but your
Sole’s caked with the bullshit you’ve been steppin’ in

You say your mind is open but
There’s guards posted outside every entrance
Seems those who act most confident
Are those with the heaviest defenses

I’d like to salvage your frame
But it’s rusted over
Nothing fit to reclaim
Ain’t it a damn shame

A conviction without comprehension
Is commonly just a convention
A framework occupied for generations
Badly in need of renovations

The lengths gone to fortify
A house whose foundation is eroding
No doubt, you’ll still be hunkered down
Inside when the charges start exploding

I’d like to salvage your frame
But it’s rusted over
Nothing fit to reclaim
Ain’t it a damn shame

Rags, once robes of royalty
Misguided brand loyalty
Likeminded communities
Franchise opportunities
Blue-pilled, programmed progeny
Relentless homogeny
Big wheels keep on turning
One day they’ll be burning

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from Lethal as Anything, released September 17, 2019
Musicians:
James Florence - vocals, acoustic guitar, shaker, mac 'n' cheese
Micah Suard - synthesizers
Jon Terwilliger - drums

Lyrics by James Florence

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Partial Cell Santa Rosa, California

Partial Cell is a non-genre-specific sonic entity from Sonoma County, CA. Welding an unlikely amalgam of acoustic guitar and synthesizer, we're working out a sound that can't be pinned down.

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