Ron Gallo’s single “Temporary Slave”, released as a 7" single along with “Am I Demon?” during his 2017 tour for his album Heavy Meta, features low-key spacey instrumentals. The song deals with the monotonous despair of working to subsist. The narrator tries to numb himself to the inevitability of hi...
[Intro]
You've got to be careful because you know, I mean even if kid, if a kid works
The kids got a job somewhere, he's making 700 bucks a week so you know, seven, five, about thirty five grand, that's - nothing
The whole thing, they made the system so you spin your wheels, you're going all the way around
After you pay for the toys, your apartment, your car, you're runnin' your bullshit, your honey
[Verse 1]
There's a smokestack in my mouth
I'm living on the couch in my step-cousins house
Trying's the first step to dyin'
Next thing you know you're cryin'
[Chorus]
At the foot of your own grave
Temporary slave
Just for this one life, your first life
This one life, your first life
[Post-Chorus]
Wha- what, what do you hear on the street?
About what, what's going on with the people and the power of the people?
Walking down
Well, police is part of the problem
[Verse 2]
Pluto and Mars
My head, my heart
The highway is the mercury in my veins
Toxic lunch I can't get enough
Someone give me a cardboard cut out of myself to punch
[Chorus]
At the foot of my own grave
Temporary slave
Just for this one life, your first life
This one life, your first life
This one life, your first life
This one life, your first life
Woah
La la la la la la la, da ooh
La la la la la la la, da ooh
La la la la la la la, da ooh
[Outro]
Trying the first step to dying
Next thing you know your crying
Alone
Temporary Slave - B-Side was written by Ron Gallo.
Temporary Slave - B-Side was produced by .
Ron Gallo released Temporary Slave - B-Side on Fri Oct 20 2017.