So proud a history, replete with sanctity,
Orbs in their harmony, they sing their code to me.
Have you ever heard yourself in the orbit that you are in?
The terse, oppressive blanket that's instilled here by our spin.
It's misery and famine, it's a force we cannot see,
Misery and famine, it compels us naturally.
Misery and famine, great ellipse, we bend to thee,
misery and famine, just accept your vagrancy.
Others who bear no name, who feel that life's a game,
My verse they will defame, we suffer all the same.
They pay no regard to their position or their speed,
But the firmament still covers them with its malevolent seed.
It's misery and famine, it's a force we cannot see,
Misery and famine, it compels us naturally.
Misery and famine, great ellipse, we bend to thee,
Misery and famine, just accept your vagrancy.
You look for meaning in things no one comprehends,
You feel no affinity to the rabble we're in,
Sources of inquiry have nothing to portend,
They will perplex us all until the coming end, until the coming end.
A feeling of despair, hungry and full of care,
We resent everywhere the fortune that we share.
"This earth could be a better place" is a concept I condone,
Given our pathetic course our destiny is known.
It's misery and famine, it's a force we cannot see,
Misery and famine, it compels us naturally.
Misery and famine, great ellipse, we bend to thee,
Misery and famine, just accept your vagrancy.
Misery and famine,
Misery and famine,
Misery and famine,
Misery and famine.
Version | Length | Release | Catalog ID | Country | Format | Year |
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Album version | ||||||
2:34 | Against The Grain | Europe | 12" | 2023 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | Europe | 12" | 2023 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | United States | 12" | 2022 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | United States | 12" | 2017 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | E-86409-1 | 86409-1TPU | United States | 12" | 2014 | |
2:34 | Against The Grain | E-86409-1TYL | United States | 12" | 2014 | |
2:34 | Against The Grain | E-86409-1 | United States | 12" | 2010 | |
2:34 | Against The Grain | E-86409-1 | United States | 12" | 2009 | |
2:34 | Against The Grain | E-86409-1 | United States | 12" | 2009 | |
2:34 | Against The Grain | United States | 12" | 2009 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | Russia | CD | 2007 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | 1309157-1 | Brazil | CD | 1999 | |
2:34 | Against The Grain | Brazil | CD | 1999 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | E-86409-4 | Poland | MC | 1996 | |
2:34 | Against The Grain | ESCA-6141 | Japan | CD | 1995 | |
2:34 | Against The Grain | United States | 12" | 1994 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | United States | CD | 1991 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | E-86409-4 | United States | MC | 1990 | |
2:34 | Against The Grain | United States | 12" | 1990 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | E-86409-1 | United States | 12" | 1990 | |
2:34 | Against The Grain | E-86409-2 | United States | CD | 1990 | |
2:34 | Against The Grain | South Korea | CD | 1990 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | 6409-2 | Europe | CD | 1990 | |
2:34 | Against The Grain | United States | CD | 1990 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | E-86409 | United States | 12" | 1990 | |
2:34 | Against The Grain | MG 2200 | Poland | MC | 1990 | |
2:34 | Against The Grain | Russia | MC | 1990 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | Brazil | CD | 1990 | ||
Remastered | ||||||
2:34 | Against The Grain | Europe | 12" | 2023 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | United States | CD | 2016 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | United States | CD | 2010 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | United States | MC | 2004 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | United States | CD | 2004 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | Europe | CD | 2004 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | Australia | CD | 2004 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | Thailand | MC | 2004 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | 86703-2 | Europe | CD | 2004 | |
2:34 | Against The Grain | 86703-2 | Israel | CD | 2004 | |
2:34 | Against The Grain | Russia | CD | 2004 | ||
2:34 | Against The Grain | Russia | CD | 1990 | ||
Not specified | ||||||
Against the Grain / Recipe for Hate | BYCD-019 | South Korea | CD | 1997 |
OscarDigitalDude
The Devil In Stitches
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Yet another classic about how our world is going to shit because of human negligence. "They pay no regard to their position or their speed". We're living in the age of disposable this and that. The line: "Just accept your vagrancy," is referring to the fact that our resources are finite. When he repeats himself "...until the coming end, until the coming end..." it makes me think it was purposely made that way. The second time maybe suggests our demise as a race could be closer than we think. And the last verse ends with a frightening line: "Given our pathetic course, our destiny is known". I feel that one speaks for itself.
04/02/2012 at 02:19
Yet another classic about how our world is going to shit because of human negligence. "They pay no regard to their position or their speed". We're living in the age of disposable this and that. The line: "Just accept your vagrancy," is referring to the fact that our resources are finite. When he repeats himself "...until the coming end, until the coming end..." it makes me think it was purposely made that way. The second time maybe suggests our demise as a race could be closer than we think. And the last verse ends with a frightening line: "Given our pathetic course, our destiny is known". I feel that one speaks for itself.
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