Welcome To The Apocalypse

from Welcome To The Apocalypse by Fingermae

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Written at the end of December 2019 when the bushfires looked like the worst thing that could happen this year, Extinction Rebellion protests dominated the headlines and the LNP was hellbent on removing LGBTI protections from the anti discrimination act as revenge for marriage equality. And I had also just learned about capacitors (and replacing them in amplifiers), hence the joke that spawned the song:

The caps are melting and the weather's unfiltered.

...'cos capacitors filter power...sometimes they melt and the audio gets dirty...yeah you know how if you have to explain a joke it's apparently not funny? I still think it's funny.

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Welcome to the apocalypse:
You might be disappointed that there's no rapture,
I would have voted for zombies if I had my choice
But here we are being slowly boiled alive.

If only we heard the scientists
Crying for years in desperation
We had to change - but the powerful old men
Only care about longer lasting erections

So now the caps are melting and the weather's unfiltered,
Beautiful one day burning the next
The flags have gone up on the race to extinction,
But never mind that, the budget is in surplus


Though of course our news is limited,
Rupert's got his claws into the common people
The government knows that the empire has it's back,
Truth be told it also owns the other sides

Fear not here's the rebellion,
Surely all we need is to raise awareness?
Not sure how when blocking traffic ends in jail
And the cops have just bought AR15's

So the caps keep melting and the air's getting thicker,
Throw out your raincoat it's gathering dust,
We're skipping with glee to annihalation,
Maybe one day our fossils will fuel jobs and growth?

And Greta might yet save us,
Labor might get righteous,
Rinehardt & Palmer might not poison half the country...

The caps keep melting and the youth revolt,
Skipping school to teach us how to stand up for ourselves,
The cops can't wait to try out their toys,
But Scomo is fighting for your right to discriminate


Welcome to the apocalypse
The fire is here & the flood coming soon,
The best we can hope for now is an asteroid
Before they make it legal to hunt the queers

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from Welcome To The Apocalypse, released July 7, 2020

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Fingermae Newtown, Australia

Fingermae are a three piece Jazz Punk combo from Newtown. They enjoy playing live and hope to one day organise a proper press photo.

Sally - Guitar & Vocals
Jackie - Bass & Vocals
Lauren - Drums & Vocals
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