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Written by: Brett Gurewitz
Released in: 2019
BPM: 114
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As I walk along this road paved with human kindness
I can never forget the price you've paid
I'm an actor on a role, an artificial virus
I'm your daddy, I'm your disgrace

I say, "Kid, just move along, we don't want it - don't need it
Your politics just breed despair
I salute an empty flag of ancient tribalism
And trust me, nobody cares"

For I am your candidate
I am bloody lips and makeup
I'm your caliphate, opioids and mutilation
A celebrity, and my name is competition
I've come to bear your pain, and I can make it go away
I'll make it go away, I'll make it go away

Believers, dupes and clowns
I want you to all gather 'round
To glorify ignorance and fear
I dispense misinformation to a post-truth generation
My darlings, don't shed a tear

For I am your candidate
I am bloody lips and makeup
I'm your caliphate, opioids and revelation
An hermaphrodite in restrooms and service stations
I truly feel your pain, and I can make it go away
I'll make it go away, I'll make it go away

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Version Length Release Catalog ID Country Format Year
Album version
2:45 Age of Unreason Europe 12" 2019
2:45 Age of Unreason United States 12" 2019
2:45 Age of Unreason 87636-1 United States 12" 2019
2:45 Age of Unreason WPCR 18204 Japan CD 2019
2:45 Age of Unreason Europe 12" 2019
2:45 Age of Unreason Europe 12" 2019
2:45 Age of Unreason Europe 12" 2019
2:45 Age of Unreason Europe 12" 2019
2:45 Age of Unreason 87636-1 United States 12" 2019
2:45 Age of Unreason United States 12" 2019
2:45 Age of Unreason 87636-1 United States 12" 2019
2:45 Age of Unreason United States CD 2019
2:45 Age of Unreason 7636-2 Europe CD 2019
2:45 Age of Unreason Epitaph Promo 31 Europe CD 2019
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08/22/2020 at 23:40
As a BG song, feel like some of the specific words or phrases hit just as completely as the entire set of lyrics together. The subject (i.e. 'candidate') of the song seems like it switches a little between the perspective of a political figure generally speaking and also the perceptions of rival political sides e.g. right vs. left leaving a simultaneous experience of joy/acceptance/hope and disgust/disappointment. "Bloody lips and makeup" is a perfect odd visual to tie it together.

Perhaps favorite song on the album :)
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