SHLSHKD: State of Malfunction
Channel: John Coakley
Date: 2011-06-17

One of my old band's best songs. Also my very, very first attempt at using iMovie, so please pardon the clunky edits. All gig posters are by Sam Rasiotis. If you took any of these photos and want credit, please get in touch. Enjoy.

Culture of property//
Yr just sitting there
Stripped of humanity//
all eyes and no care.
Seeking shelter from//
You got some heavy hooks
Violence of industry//
and a library of classic books.
Prosperity index says//
So well read and unfed.
A spike in production//
So well read, so unfed.
Reality index says//
Okay! Yr just workin' there
A state of malfunction
Let's inquire simply:
"Who's got the rules 
for winning?"
Stand up, call you out
Come on pony, ass up
This time is teeming:
action state 
= personal meaning
Change it up and change it out
We're taking you out 
To sea/see
In the absence of consciousness//
Yet under skin
Attain the unsustainable//
the kids are hardly puritan.
Claw on up and claw it out//
Taking more than giving
Build up till it all falls down// 
Fuck you for the hip thing!
Invent your own cultures//
Yet under skin
But they don't fit//
who's making it all begin?
and it's bringing you down//
What's so wrong with living?
'Cause it's counterfeit//
What's so wrong with living?
State of malfunction
State this simply:
You got the rules for winning.
Stand up call you out
C'mon pony ass up!
You're (I'm) punching in & out
R-E-M-O-T-E