Jeff Rosenstock Festival Song Lyrics

It feels completely ridiculous that I'm a willing participant,
Gazing at the purple and pinks in the shadow of a bank-sponsored skyline
'Unite against the establishment!™
(While drones transmit the images to a server farm in the
Valley for a culture that will eat its own insides)”

Oh, they wouldn't be your friend if you weren't worth something
They wouldn't be your friend if it wasn't worth it
If you didn't have something they could take

Take a long look at the billboards that smother the air 'til
You can't ignore 'em and glamorize department store crust-punk-chic
'Cause Satan's trending up and it's Fashion Week
But this is not a movement, it's just careful
Entertainment for an easy demographic in our sweatshop
Denim jackets and we'll wonder, 'What just happened?!”
When the world becomes Manhattan where the banks
Steal the apartments just to render them abandoned

We're not stupid people but this financial oppression has
Got everyone believing all that we can do is nothing
'Cause we organize through avenues they lace with
Advertisements so the ones we try to rage against are still
Lining their pockets
Oh, they wouldn't be your friend if you
Weren't worth something