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It Doesn't Have To Be This Way

by Flower Crown Me A Queen

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1.
I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness; hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.... The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men - cries out for universal brotherhood - for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world - millions of despairing men, women, and little children - victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. Soldiers! Don’t give yourselves to brutes - men who despise you - enslave you - who regiment your lives - tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel! Who drill you - diet you - treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don’t hate! Only the unloved hate - the unloved and the unnatural! Soldiers! Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! In the 17th Chapter of St Luke it is written: “the Kingdom of God is within man” - not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people have the power - the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. Then - in the name of democracy - let us use that power - let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world - a decent world that will give men a chance to work - that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfill that promise. They never will! Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfill that promise! Let us fight to free the world - to do away with national barriers - to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness. Soldiers! In the name of democracy, let us all unite!
2.
Entitled 03:20
Capo 2nd fret Am, Am, F, E Am, E, F, E I'm so fucking tired of explaining myself to everyone I meet Yes I know that's dangerous for me out the street But just because I don't fit inside your box Doesn't give you any right to harass me when I walk I don't have feet size seven but I look like I'm from heaven And I know I don't have boobs but what the fuck do you care I never tried to fit in cuz I'm fucking punk rock I don't need give you reasons so just please fuck off Stand down Stand down Stand down You make one more move and I'll bash your fucking head into the ground If you think that you can get away with treating people like shit Not everybody around wants your fucking dick. Just because I'm a guy doesn't mean I have a prostate No means no, and otherwise it's rape Just because it turns you on doesn't mean I really want to You don't care about others and only care about you Being transgender is not like fucking role playing You're a sick bastard if you think that it's a sex thing Stand down Stand down Stand down You make one more move and I'll bash your fucking head into the ground Everything you wanted us to be is just a fantasy You treat us like a fetish you can dream, make a wish But were fucking people too, I guess that's fucking news Get this idea out your head that we belong in your bed I'm not being who I am just to give you a hard one You don't respect the pronouns, I say we're fucking done If you don't respect that, then you're a piece of shit Get out of your heteronormative box and stop denying it You're not entitled to our bodies just because you wanted something Stop the fucking violence when you don't get what you want You rape us and you kill us and you manage even worse But now we're fighting back and I hope you fuckin burn! Owning a vagina is not an automatic yes You can do better than thinking rape is the best How can you think that what you're doing is fucking right? I'll chop your dick off if you attack me in the night Stand down Stand down Stand down You make one more move and I'll bash your fucking head into the ground
3.
F, C, E, Am Bridge is Am, Dm, Em I can't understand why the fuck my worth as a person is determined by the burden of money Why do I have to have wealth to exist I never fucking asked to be born Now you can't fucking tell me that this is a dream for anybody but the people that we're making money for There no fucking way that this ends up okay Why the fuck why the fuck does it have to be this way? You're always gonna have people working the jobs that no one else wants to do So why don't they deserve to have enough to eat, house their families and stay off the street? This system that we're in is fucking violent and if you don't think that's true then you've never really seen what it can do If our bill of rights guarantees us life Then why the fuck are people dying From treatable diseases, cuz they don't have insurance, or they can't pay for water, or heating in the winter They can't afford to eat with the rent that they pay because landlords just want to make more money, and they say You have to work hard for what you want But I shouldn't make others money to exist in the first place The human race has been around for longer than the dollar And it think that we're entitled to the space that we take Maybe I'm just fucking naive because I believe that I'd rather live for me And not for the profits of others Taking advantage of me I won't stand for a system making money off the backs of it's student population and then telling us it's our fault we can't Make enough money to get by Don't you think we've fucking tried
4.
Fake Deep 01:38
Capo 4th Am, F, C, G C, G Look at me, a shovel beneath a boot that you wore when we first made a garden Now it's time to uproot, and it's time to move on, but I know that I'm too far gone No, the reasons have escaped, as I've emptied my own plate And I try to remember what it's like to forget But there's nothing I can do that will make me tell the truth I'll just stumble all the way to your bed I'll stumble all the way into your head Look at me, a lonesome little girl, can't even say the right words when it's time Now I must cut the ties, I'll sail off in the night, and swim with the sharks by my side Yes, I'll plan my great escape, because security can wait And nothing seems brother than a lighthouse on a shore But it's too dark to see, and I've run out of time But I hope that one day we'll be fine I hope that one day, I'll be mine
5.
Tiny Coffins 04:18
Capo 6th C, G7? (I guess), Am, F In tiny coffins they sleep But they'll never dream of anything other than the flash of a barrel They're not even 18 And they'll never be, and you'll say that's just the way things have to stay Their parents can't sleep and it's hard for them to eat Cuz their child isn't there to fill that empty chair And children isn't the right word to speak Cuz their innocence is gone with a bullet to the head from a gun Tamir was only 12 and playing in the park When a van pulled up and they shot him in the dark A 14 year old boy by the name of Cameron Was shot in an abandoned house in front of his brother Aiyana Stanley-Jones was sleeping on her couch She died at 7 when they broke in and shot her head They killed Von-Derrit Myers with a sandwich in his hand Shot seventeen times, one for each year that he lived Little Andre Green was only 15 when they aimed their weapons at the car They took him out, it wasn't hard A year short of adulthood, Christopher Roupe Was killed on his front porch, holding a Wii remote At 19 months old, little baby Bou Bou Was burned with a flash grenade during a violent raid These children all died at the hands of murderers Now what if I told you that the guns were held by officers The police all did this and they kill hundreds more And they never get in trouble, they're still on the force These internal investigations, they're corrupt as the notion That killing a child comes in the job description In these tiny coffins, these children are still bleeding The blood of the innocent, their parents are still weeping Be critical of brutality, don't just stand and watch Because something must be done to know these graves are never dug
6.
Capo 2nd G,C Am, D G, D, Am C, Am, D I believe in aliens I wish that they could take me far away from here Cuz vein here ain't all that great It's not just me, it's every state It's just the way things are Children being shot and killed By a badge and blue they feel That a twelve year old threatened their life So if you're there, then beam me up I wait, I watch, but no such luck I guess that I'm gonna have to stay But I'll make the most of my days And I'll fight for the things that I can change It's gonna take a long time but I know that something better's on the way I believe in ghosts I wish that they could tell me all the things they've learned From watching us so silently Always seeing everything I bet they know us better than ourselves We're blinded by opinions Preconceived notions of what everything's supposed to turn out to be So I want to know what they do now, and how they pass the time floating around I guess it's my turn now To let you objectively know The things that I've been told and have been shown It's gonna bring you down but you'll understand it's worse than we've known And we can't fix the mistakes that we've made But at least we can still see that they were wrong We can't bring back the people that were killed But at least we will remember them in song We can't kill everyone with a badge But at least we can still hold them accountable For the things they do and the things they say They have to know that it's not okay But it's gonna keep going on unless we make a really drastic change I believe in monsters I wish that other people could see them like I do They're wearing suits and little pins Of a flag I burned just last week I know you hated that If Donald Trump can speak at all And fill up crowded speaking halls I know that it's almost too late But there's still kids like me who care We call out shit we see and there's the reason to keep moving on With burning the system down I was told that you can't fight it with itself There's only one way and it's anarchy for the rest of our days And I know that it's gonna take some work But I know that better things are on the way And I know that it's gonna hurt But I know that it's all gonna be okay I know that it's scary but we're already facing monsters every day
7.
Capo 4th Fret C, Am, E, C I was taking a walk down the street And I was stopped by a curious man He asked me what I was doing Am I confused about what I am And I said no sir, I'm aware That you think this is strange to see But I know that I'm not what you think And I know that I'm only me And he grabbed me and asked me to say What exactly it is that I am And I said well sir, I am how I look And how I look shall stay as it stands And they said "hey man, nice penis" And I said thanks, I grew it myself Cuz a dick doesn't make me a man And my beard don't make me a male And they said "hey girl nice pussy" And I said thanks, I groom it myself Cuz a bag doesn't make me a woman And my boobs don't make me a girl
8.
C, F Am, C, F You've been gone for only six months But it feels like it's been six years I still remember what you said to me The last day you were here You said you'd write me a letter for Every day I'm away The second one never came I can't stop thinking about what I might've done But I've got to remember I'm not the only one. This isn't about me But it's just so hard not to think about what might've happened if I never left I want to say you'd still exist I never thought I'd have to write a song like this About my best friend It's been too long since I've heard your voice I need you here again I wasn't fucking ready But then again I'd never be Please come back Please come back Please come back Please come back I never thought I'd have to write a song like this About my best friend It's been too long since I've heard your voice I need you here again I wasn't fucking ready But then again I'd never be
9.
Dulcimate 02:24

credits

released December 2, 2015

Tracks 2-6 & track 9 recorded at Guitar Center in Westminster, CO
Tracks 7 & 8 recorded in Dahlia's old bedroom in Honolulu, HI

All songs were written by Dahlia McAluney with the exception of Entitled, which was co-written by Jay Williams
Dahlia McAluney - Guitar/Vox
Jay Williams - Cajon/Banjotar/Dulcimer/Vox
Kyle Alexa - Guest Vocals on What Are You?

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Flower Crown Me A Queen Laramie, Wyoming

A couple of cuties with a whole lot to say. Queer posi-rage folk punk from the high plains of Wyoming <3

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