We Have Always Lived In The Compound

(album: Quaker City Quiet Pills - 2023)

The trucks arrive, the cameras roll
We give a little tour of our home
From the workshop to the kitchen where we bake our bread
To the part of the lawn where we bury our dad

We have always lived
We have always lived
We have always lived
In the compound

Brother tells us stories about the world outside
Of the murders and the rapes, the arsons and the suicides
But here behind our wall that's nearly 20 feet high
We are free to follow the words of our father in the sky

We have always lived
We have always lived
We have always lived
In the compound

And every night we gather in the common room
To discuss the day's events
And give thanks for our food
And every day we gather in the common room
To read stories from the book
While we await our doom

We have always lived here
We have always lived here
We have always lived here
We have always lived here

The elders they remind us
To fear heretics and impostors
They say the monsters cannot get us
If we are the monsters

We have always lived here
We have always lived here
We have always lived here
We have always lived here

The trucks arrive, the cameras roll
We give a little tour of our home
From the only window where we can see the sky
To the part of the yard where our bones will lie

We have always lived here
We have always lived here
We have always lived here
We have always lived here

We have always lived here
We have always lived here
We have always lived here
And we cannot escape here