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Unlearn

by carnist

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1.
Unlearn 01:19
So much more We find ourselves both monarch and fool Turned a blind eye to all that we knew Egalitarian cemetery plot This marks the spot of our lobotomy Look how far we have now strayed! The gross indecency, look at the state of us! Once nomadic gatherers and far less of us Unbridled by the grip of mans own vanity We're barely living Feeding our own death I plead with those willing to listen Still harbour these feelings within For this kingdom of land and flesh Is not ours and never was
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So Much More 01:22
So much more Demonise that Which does not abide The dishonest conventions Imposed masquerade (taught to) Hate for her empowering Him for loving him Him for not wanting to be her Not for you to sneer at, for you to slur! The prisons we've made of our bodies Gender binary, its not good for everyone! Heteronormative, its not the fucking norm! We can be so much more Than the sign on a bathroom door We can be so much more Than these roles we are talked into / forced into
3.
Eating children The slab of meat that lies before you Do you care from where it came? The hunk of muscle, laced with veins A babies flesh cleaved from its limbs Gorge upon her child corpse Struggle to digest with no remorse Pores leak sweat laced with her scent Plate smeared with her blood and fat Palm off this murder with desire Consent with vigour to eat this child Her broken body lifeless, sallow Eat of her organs, suck of her marrow Faulty logic based on the assumption That a life is only worth your pleasure A rationale clung to tradition Lets face it fucker. You eat children.
4.
Carnist 01:34
Carnist Has it ever dawned on you Our anatomy so ineffective Have you drooled for the fattened calf? Do you hunt, do you bite, do you claw? Or crave their innards, red and raw Curriculum Learned behaviour Taught to hunger Not to question Clever minds made meals of them Against the grain homo vegan Partition meat from its living source So that we can live with this choice Society has staked a claim That we must eat to maintain Where life is cheap and profit sought Witness the pain that we have wrought
5.
Crosses 02:39
Crosses Grovel low on bended knee Giving in willingly Hopeless,the scriptures speak in Vulgar vowels and syllables Shackles forged of parables These are binding words Empty margins the vacant lot to annotate a life We are weighted down We stumble on empty claims Alibis for atrocious deeds And yet we never falter [off course] Kneel down on bended knee Giving in willingly Hopeless,the scriptures speak in Vulgar vowels and syllables Eyes that steal innocence The sorcery of piety Cruelty finds a recipient In the hearts of some Your Gods, your temple serves Their minds are hung on crosses The valley runs with the blood Of all who enter here Your Gods, your temple serves Their minds are strung on crosses Strung zealous with wilful torpor From their very own parapets Your Gods are living stone Weight of compacted dirt Peaks now men at arms The sentries of the sky
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History of violence We've made our ward a victim Worn down their humility Satisfaction guaranteed By defiling their bodies History of violence Made a mockery of all Revolting smiles, salacious maws Our mouths now sodden valves With which to sate our lust The concept of violence With hands we touch and grope Ball fists and beat and choke With eyes we crave their death You take and take and take Their milk, their blood, their bones Farms house the sadists altar Eat their body, drink of their blood
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October 13th 00:49
October 13th Their terrified nights Your apathetic days The constant turmoil Of their pain Close my eyes Seeing red I'll never understand I'll never forgive By any means No idle threats The hands that cut The heads that nod The minds that sanction Should never sleep again
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Festive cheer Amidst the laughs and smiles Hushed words and raised glasses The serious incantations, a toast to all, The curtains raise Stand guard over traditions Argue culture, argue opinions None appease the savagery Or make still the hungry ghosts Reveal our folly, the dead will bay! For blood amidst the liturgy Plates and cups filled to the brim Gaudy lights, colour blinding Upon the door the wreathe that hangs Morbidly fitting demarkation Making graves of our homes Our lavish displays to celebrate Disregard the lives erased Offal hung with festive cheer Ritual is slick with fear Madness! Our troughs will overspill Vitriol! We've never had our fill Cry out! We're always wanting more Cry havoc! Our jaws hung slack with drool
9.
Objectify 00:46
Objectify Feeble whims Slavish we succumb Turning someone into something To claim a body, divide and conquer Concepts of manhood The unthinking sloth Dribbling the vileness of patriarchal wrath Leering eyes care little for Those they cast their gaze upon Taking what is not theirs That defiant NO does not means yes
10.
Leviticus my ass. By decree this fate was sealed Police our lives with the absurd Not an ounce of pity spared As they condemn the love of others Despite we love anyway , In the face of their hatred How dare they cast their stones Revolted by compassion? Disgusted by love? Theology/theocracy to justify They learned this bigotry How dare they cast their stones Judge not lest you be judged I'll take their book and play their game Deep seated desires of a life unlived Buried deep unable to admit [who they love]
11.
Beholder 01:45
Beholder I cannot stand this sight A disfigurement Claw at skin unwanted Honed a self critique When did these ideals Paint such vivid lines Within which we will never Quite manage to fall The beholders eyes are cataract We [only] see the fallow skin See wrong where there is none Distorted by ill feeling Witness beauty in anyone Admiration falls short of our own Invest so many hours in The stringent act of self loathing The beholders eyes are cataract We only see the fallow skin We see wrong where there is none Only ourselves to blame Behold our bodies beautiful, to rescind that blame
12.
A dog is a life, not just for your entertainment Bred in spite Of natures creed Fashion castes, Desired breeds Survival is no longer a given The fittest fall by the wayside We've stripped them of their mentality The packs unwanted qualities Made squat forms of canis lupus Mangled bodies for fleeting trends Inbred mothers with their sons A form thats fouls their genes Mutilating For aesthetics Training monsters Once gentle creatures But all of this pales in comparison You're the centre of attention, Their love for you is unconditional because its always about you Made squat forms of canis lupus Mangled bodies for fleeting trends Inbred mothers with their sons A form that fouls their genes
13.
Cracked record Doggedly carrying the same torches and forks To find blame where the fault does not lie Asphyxia smiles as we snuff out the light Some gave up their conscience to fight the wrong fight We overcome so much ill will only for sickly hands to throttle We are generations in mourning yet what we've gained is paper thin Apartheids in hearts and in nation states As the new threat arises in the guise of the old Characteristics that we project The things we fear, avoid and reject
14.
PUNX IS SMALL TOWN We all had the same false starts Awkward kids and outcasts Low self esteem and identity Brought us all together Learning life lessons On lyric sheets Sewing our hearts On our jacket sleeves Radical ideas and Songs of protest We started bands So that we could address Xeroxed zines and news print fingers Formative years of our profane existence Black and white, high contrast We're the kids who learned to play fast We're well aware That nothing is perfect We learn from our mistakes And we're better for it For the punx and not for profit DIY or die Its worth our effort How we feel, what we do and how we think Thats why i'll always be a fucking punk Crass icons and Circled A's These truly are the end of days Our throats are sore, our punk is raw The angry young and fucking poor Vegans, anarcha feminists! Straight edge, queer, anti fascists! We heard our calling Through thoughtful anger We are a community Of friendships and ideologies Frowns and crosses upside down COZ PUNX IS SMALL TOWN!
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about

Carnist are a DIY hardcore punk band from London England. Unlearn is our first album. It deals with the concept of unlearning societal norms and cultural traits which are contrary to our nature - be that our attitude towards non human animals or indeed humans who do not fall in line with stifling, archaic and claustrophobic ideas of what it is to be human. We oppose patriarchy, religion (and the myriad of ways these institutions have marred society - be that misogyny, homophobia, transphobia et al) and Speciesism. For fans of angry vegan feminist hardcore, Dropdead, Trial, Propagandhi, Infest, siege, Protestant.
Best enjoyed whilst drinking a nice cup of tea.

credits

released December 12, 2013

Guitar - Gerfried
Bass - Olly
Drums - Dave
Vocals -Alex

Guest Vocals
Matthew and Lee (Light bearer), Jasmine (Neocons/No babies), Anna (Amber) Michele (Gottesmorder), Oskar and Erik (Monachus)

"patriarchy" quote by Chally Kacelnik, read by Alex
challykacelnik.com

"carnism" quote by Dr. Melanie Joy - www.carnism.org.

With huge thanks to Tom for his contribution to this record. Tom was originally the second vocalist in Carnist but for personal reasons decided to leave the band. He contributed to lyrics and song ideas, and the song October 13th is all about his experiences with animal liberation. Thank you Tom!

Recorded by the wonderful and extremely patient James Bragg at Middle Farm Studios, Newton Abbot, 2013.
www.jamesbraggrecording.co.uk

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