100 Ways
Kristian Jackson Lyrics

In city shoes,
Wearing shoes suited for urban areas,

Of clueless blues,
Feeling hopeless and uncertain,

Pays the views,
Being influenced by what we see,

And no-mans news.
Believing in news that's not reliable or accurate,

Blades will fade from blood to sport,
Violence will become normalized and accepted,

The heroin's cut these fuses short,
Drug addiction has shortened life-span,

Smoke is rolling colonial pink,
The act of smoking carries imperialistic connotations,

Drink and frame this pain I think.
Trying to cope with pain through substance abuse,

I'm melting silver poles my dear,
Experiencing a sense of hopeless despair,

You bleed your wings and then disappear.
Losing hope and giving up on dreams,

...pyre lights
Fires that are used for burning corpses,

Smithereens have got 'em scaling heights.
People are reaching new levels of destruction,

Modern times come talk me down,
Feeling overwhelmed by the present state of society,

And battle lines are drawn across this town.
People are taking sides and conflict is brewing,

...with obscure names
People who are unknown and insignificant,

Ghetto stones instead of chains,
Experiencing poverty and oppression,

Talk me down...
Trying to find someone to calm me down,

And nothing's changed.
Despite efforts to fight against oppression, the situation hasn't improved,

Riot like 1968 again.
Protesting to bring about change like the civil unrest in 1968,

Well pretty flames.
The violence is visually striking,

In school I would just bite my tongue,
Not speaking up due to fear or oppressive systems,

But now your words have struck me dumb.
Feeling silence and unable to speak up due to oppressive words,

The flags are false and they contradict,
National symbols that don't line up with reality,

They point and click which wounds to lick,
Media chooses which traumas to highlight and exploit,

Turns it's heart to more needles please.
The heart of society is addicted to drugs and distraction,

It frays this skin and then underscore.
Harming our society and causing deeper issues,

The case for war you spin and bleed,
Manipulating the public to support unnecessary conflict and violence,

The sales you feel screensavers feed,
The media feeds us propaganda through visual displays,

The girls you breed the soaps that you write,
Society values women primarily for how they look and their sex appeal,

The graceless charm of your gutter snipes.
The lack of class but still having power and charm,

The moving scenes and suburbanites,
The middle class is often disconnected from the realities of the poor and oppressed,

And smithereens got 'em scaling heights.
People are reaching new levels of destruction,

The battle lines are drawn across this town.
Conflict and division is tearing apart the community,

...with obscure names
People who are unknown and insignificant,

Ghetto stones instead of chains,
Experiencing poverty and oppression,

Hearts and minds and US Planes,
The military is used to enforce oppressive systems,

Nothing's changed...
Despite efforts to fight against oppression, the situation hasn't improved,

Riot like the 1980's again,
Protesting to bring about change like the civil unrest in the 1980s,

More pretty flames.
The violence is visually striking,