Tough Shit Mickey
Conflict Lyrics

Mother Nature smiles and cracks a new days dawn
The day begins for most people with a happy and peaceful feeling

Out in the fields and pastures, it's another new day too
Nature wakes up to a new day as well without any human conflicts

One without the war and hatred that is known by me and you
The singer acknowledges that he has experienced war and hatred in everyday life, unlike nature

A shriek disturbs the peacefulness; the cat's just killed a mouse
The peace is shattered when a cat kills a mouse with a loud shriek

It's breakfast time, the clock strikes nine, ham, bacon, one egg or two?
The family continues with their regular morning routine of breakfast

What a shame about that mouse, what's for tea tonight, lamb stew?
The family talks casually about their daily meals, irrespective of the animals involved in them

Well, there's things to do, so the family divides in separate ways
The family parts ways to attend to their individual tasks of the day

Father works to earn the keep, he's a butcher and well paid
The father's job involves killing animals, but it pays well

The daughters go to riding school mother washes up the crap
The daughters go to school, while the mother goes about cleaning up the mess

One son plays with soldiers; the other aggravates the cat
One son plays with child toys, while the other provokes the cat

Foxes cower with their cubs to escape the human race
Animals like foxes try to survive the humans by hiding

Rabbits run for life, deer take cover in the trees
Prey animals like rabbits and deer try to escape from the humans to avoid getting killed

The mother sighs with disbelief, then prepares the meat
The mother prepares the meat despite being aware of the cruelty involved in killing animals

Think what you're doing the systems set to ruin
The singer urges people to contemplate their actions that are causing harm and destruction

The life not the profit we've got to fucking stop it
The singer emphasizes that people need to prioritize life over profit and put an end to animal cruelty

Because before too long there will nothing left alive
If people continue to harm animals, there will come a time when there would be no living creatures left

Not a creature on the land or sea, a bird in the sky
The devastating effects of human actions can lead to the extinction of all forms of life

They'll be shot, harpooned, eaten and hunted too much
The singer depicts the cruel ways in which humans torture animals

Vivisected by the clever men who prove that there's no such
Scientists conduct experiments on innocent animals, disregarding their pain and suffering

Thing as a fair world with live and let live
Despite the concept of a fair world where everyone can coexist peacefully, humans have failed to live up to it

The royal family go hunting what an example to give
The artist condemns the royal family for hunting animals and setting a wrong example for the people they lead

To the people they lead and that don't include me
The artist is not a part of the group of people who support animal cruelty

I've seen enough pain and torture of those who can't speak
The singer has seen enough violence against innocent animals who do not have a voice to speak up for themselves

So I'm gonna speak for them in an all out attack
The artist decides to be the voice for animals and launch an attack against the people who harm them

And if someone tries to whip me, then I will fucking whip them back
The singer is willing to fight back against the people who try to stop them from speaking up against animal cruelty

Because I have had enough of this madness in those theatres of hell
The singer is frustrated with the cruelty and violence against animals being played out like a mad show

Enough of them hounding the fox to the kill
The singer condemns the act of hunting foxes and chasing them down to their death

Of baby seals being clubbed, their mothers cut up
The artist is disturbed by the brutal killing of baby seals and the separation of families

They satisfy their greed, their wealth's built on blood
The people who harm animals do so for their own selfish and greedy gains, gaining wealth at the expense of innocent lives

Of their slaughterhouse haunting the back of the mind
The thought of slaughterhouses and the pain and suffering they cause remains with the singer as a haunting memory

The gas chamber of the farm life, the end of the line
The singer describes the gas chambers that are used to kill the animals at the end of their life as a cruel and inhumane practice