Big Stick is an alternative rock track that considers what it means to choose a side. Toxic Bears explore the viability of true independence in the face of existential threats and how such experiences can drive one to instead submit to the protection of, the Big Stick.
lyrics
Go there, for a magazine
Bring back, worst news for TV
Drink tea, with the enemy
Call out, the masters of the universe
Big stick, my life flashes before my eyes
Big stick, what's the use of a peacenik
Take me, frozen in company
Mercy, spare me
Fork out, get me a private army
Roll thick, they shoot and we shoot them
Big stick, my life flashes before my eyes
Big stick, what's the use of a peacenik
Worst news, imaginable
War thrives, and so do I
And so do you, and they don't see us two
They just see, the machine and two percent GDP
Big stick, my life flashes before my eyes
Big stick, what's the use
credits
from Big Stick,
released October 16, 2020
Joshua Robertson (Lyrics, lead guitar, backing vocals)
Scott Brady (Bass)
Mark Limb (Lead vocals, rhythm guitar)
Jamie Coyle (Drums)
Toxic Bears are an experimental alternative rock band based in Brisbane, Australia. Their music ranges from melodic hardcore to funk, jazz and Latin-infused garage rock.
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