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Jack

by Bad//Dreems

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I’ve got an itch that I cannot scratch
Right down in the middle of this ageing back

Three things that we cannot say
Invasion, genocide, Australia Day.

We’re the violence  
we’re the godsend 
we’re the Virus
We’re the wokest, 
we’re the leftest 
we’re the silence 

Look at the ground, what do I see
60,000 years staring back at me 

What you think about that Jack?
31 years and I’m talking back
What you think about that Jack
60,000 why don’t we give it back?

At my school, they taught the Russian revolution, 
The stump jump plough and the Roman constitution

No Bennelong, Namatjira, no William Barak
Beds are burning always gotta give it back?

No Truganini, Jandamurra, no Billy Barlow,
No referendum, stolen children, no Eddie Mabo

No language, no treaty, no respect for the land
No problems, no solution, nowhere left to stand

What you think about that Jack?
31 years and I’m talking back
What you think about that Jack?
60,000 years we gotta give it back

I took a walk down to the lighthouse today
Looking for a plaque there that should say
That 14 were massacred here on this day
Women and children cut down where they lay

How deep are your pockets?
How deeps your coal mine?
Nothing is as deep as the deepest of time.

Menzies ghost on the dock of the bay, 
sitting in our arm chairs sipping chardonnay

Barriers and bands and frontier walls, 
Made an effort to silence the voices of old

What you think about that jack?

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released October 14, 2022
Produced by Dan Luscombe at Sound Park Studios, Melbourne
Assistant Engineer - Andrew Idge
Mixed by Aaron Cupples
Mastered By John Ruberto at Mastersound

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Bad//Dreems Adelaide, Australia

Bad//Dreems were born during an Adelaide heatwave in the summer of 2012.

Their 4th album, ‘Hoo Ha!’ is due for release May 19, 2023. Produced by Melbourne luminary, Dan Luscombe at Soundpark Studios, 'Hoo Ha! is the Adelaide outfits most emphatic offering to date.

Pre-order now and receive an exclusive link to the reissue of their back catalogue on extremely limited coloured vinyl.
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