Name: Expose the State
Duration: P00H03M22S
Description: This song was inspired by the activists around the world that collectively dismantled and desecrated colonial monuments as a symbol of resistance and social change. The song suggests that these monuments are symbolic of an oppressive structure that needs to be reformed, revolutionised or dismantled. The glorification of these monuments enables and encourages a white washed version of history.

Expose the State

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This song was inspired by the activists around the world that collectively dismantled and desecrated colonial monuments as a symbol of resistance and social change. The song suggests that these monuments are symbolic of an oppressive structure that needs to be reformed, revolutionised or dismantled. The glorification of these monuments enables and encourages a white washed version of history.

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Symbolic of the structure, it's a trope of history.
The figures of oppressors carved into the scenery.
Taught to read white pages, glorify the colony.
Patriotic pawns perpetuate brutality.

Let it burn.... Let's see them fall.
The winds of change, the rally call.
The monuments soaked in bloodshed....
Desecrated!

The captors and crusaders of white supremacy.
The relics of the ages, heralds of slavery.
Colonial amnesia of the body politic.
Celebrate the fiction, white lies to keep ya sick!

Light! Illuminate! Invigorate! Expose the state!

No end..... to colonisation.
Calling..... for some reparations.

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from PUNISH, released June 25, 2022
Music by Punish. Lyrics by Tome. Recorded by Jason Whalley - The Pet Food Factory. Mixed and mastered by Nick Franklin.

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PUNISH Sydney, Australia

In the wake of Cap A Capo, amidst a global pandemic, a new seed was sewn. This seed has grown and has come to be known as "PUNISH".

PUNISH is a three-piece, Punk Rock/Hardcore band, hailing from Sydney's Inner West, comprised of members from Cap A Capo and Astrodeath.
Members: Tome (Vox/Gat), Yoshi (Drums) and Timmy (Bass/Vox). ... more

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