The official track recorded and mastered at The Colorful Castle in 2021

Life Size Unicorn

WE ARE THE STRANGE ONES

We are the strange ones
The people you heard about
You'd rather not acknowledge us
Time for a turnabout
We are the strange ones
The weird weirdos who do things you think only a few weird weirdos do
Those people who must live very far away
The ones who make you roll your eyes all day
That think and act and look that way
You think we're just a few
But there's a slew
We're here to recruit

Tell your children time to change
We'll add them to our flock of strange

When you see the sides of issues and life
Hexagons and circles squaring off
The gears in your weird crank open I'm hopin'
See it from above 
The mass acceptance is the crazed
People lounging in a maze
In a blanket haze
It lasts for days
Soaking up the rays
Of being a happy cog
Who buys products that shine
And thinks celebrity's fine
And gets their body all sick on the processed slime
And thinks it's funny to say 
Bacon LOL
This is a hell

We are the strange ones

So come on kids paint the strange one's Spackle
Shake off your shackle 
Don't give your demographic to cruel and needy greed
Don't let them feed 
Steer them to their knees
Until we rearrange let's force the change 
Make their savage selfishness seem so strange

We are the strange ones
Here to repossess the mess
Think of the animals
Think of the planet full
Think of your brothers
Think of some others
Or we'll smother you with our strangeness

Strange is not a splashin' jacket
It's not a hundred tattoos
It's how you give and how you amend
And all the places you refuse to spend
And all the madness you refuse to accept
It's not well kept
But it's not inept

We are the strange ones
Trying hard to be full of love
Trying not to buy things made by slaves
Trying not to sell things that scratch our souls
Trying hard to breathe while we accept we're not in control

It's a strange way to live
Strange trying to give
Giving facts, reason, kindness, love
Giving gifts without the wrapping
But they're still napping

We are the strange ones

You think we're strange to care
That's the saddest tear
But we'll still care 
From way out there 
We're more than a prayer 
We'll always care

We are the strange ones
We are the strange ones
We are the strange ones
You think we're just a few
But there's a slew
We're here to recruit

We Are The Strange Ones

FOLLOWCAT

Follow follow follow follow 
Follow follow follow follow 
Follow follow follow follow 
Follow follow follow 
Follow me
Followcat

Will you follow
Where you follow
Why you follow
When you follow
Why you follow
Will you follow me

Follow follow follow follow 
Follow follow follow follow 
Follow follow follow follow 
Follow follow follow 
Follow me
Followcat

Little sweetest cat
Tiny dearest cat
Pawing prowly through the eaves
Follow follow to the leaves
Leading leaders cannot leave

Follow follow follow follow 
Follow follow follow follow 
Follow follow follow follow 
Follow follow follow 
Follow me
Followcat

You're a followcat
Be a followcat
Find the leader cat
You'll be safe at that
You'll be loved at that
Leading to your match
Little followcat
Little followcat
Will you follow me

Follow follow follow follow

Followcat

When the world around you is going to pretty pieces, remember you are not alone

Let's Get Depressed

Mental Health is so very misunderstood. In addition to the social stigma, there are rampant misconceptions about the help we seek. This song wants to let you know that you are not alone.

Medicate Me 5

This is the extended version of the song that opens every Repressions Show!

LYRICS:

We are The Repressions
Just a therapy session
We might learn a lesson
Singing silly sad songs

We are The Repressions
And we’re giving expression
To overcoming oppression
Our convictions are strong

We are The Repressions
So we’re lacking discretion
It’s our chosen profession
To stir up the calm

We are The Repressions
Flipping all self-possession
Please forgive our transgression
Pointing out what is wrong

We are The Repressions
Reaching out to our best friends
Blowing down all the dead ends
So come on sing along

We are The Repressions
Just a little aggression
We get the impression
We do everything wrong

The Repressions will be back
After these messages

The Repressions Theme Song

LYRICS:

Am I just an animal
I'd like to face the animals
But I can't face the animals
If I still hurt the animals
Let's face the animals

'Cause I'm an animal
Just an animal
Just an animal
Just an animal

It's not in the plan at all
Wild order to the planet full
Plants are planned for all of us
I'll rant until I turn to dust
The world gave everything a place
If you're not in a gracious base
The time you have is full of waste
Don't carry that disgrace
Face your space

'Cause you're an animal
'Cause I'm an animal
Just an animal just an animal
Just an animal just an animal
Just an animal just an animal

These baby beings are like you
'Cause you were once a baby too
You didn't have your cheery voice
Your arms weren't strong to make a choice
Fish and fowl and pig and cow
They're crying in the here and now
And every dollar that you spend
That's their beginning or their end
The suffering creates dark wealth
That's so destructive to our health
I am casting off the spell
Because I have to face myself
This is hard sense in a soft shell
It's love and logic can't you tell
For you and them I have to yell
Why can't we help out all the hell

'Cause you're an animal
'Cause I'm an animal
Just an animal just an animal
Just an animal just an animal
Just an animal just an animal

Don't let it wear on you
Don't let it feed your truth
Don't use it and you won't be used
I will not vote for this abuse

Don't wear the animals
Don't eat the animals
Don't use the animals

It doesn't matter if your mother
Or your brother or some others
Say that you should do this too
Because that's just what we all do
When you recognize a wrong
You shouldn't keep singing the song
Bet you knew it all along
The throng is not where you belong

You're just an animal
I'm just an animal
Let's face the animals
Let's save the animals
Let's save the animals

Just An Animal
Words and Music by The Repressions
© 2019 Colorful Castle

Just An Animal

BRIGHT LIGHTS LYRICS

I saw you in the bright lights

In the bright lights in the bright lights in the bright lights

And in the bright lights in the bright lights

It was the bright lights it was the bright lights

That gave me second sight second sight second sight

They gave me second sight

It was the second sight second sight second sight

It took the second sight

To see the first born son first born son first born son

It was the first born son

He was a hidden hidden one hidden one

It was a hidden one

That could blind the sun blind the sun blind the sun

Thatt could blind the sun 

But what could blind the sun blind the sun blind the sun

What could blind the sun 

But the bright lights bright lights the bright lights

In the bright lights bright lights bright lights the bright lights

I can’t understand what made a machine land

I used to dance with trees now I have metal needs

I won’t understand what made a machine land

Was it you I’d seen or was it just a screen

I held you in the bright lights bright lights in the bright lights

And in the bright lights bright lights in the bright lights the bright lights

It was a shift in flight shift in flight shift in flight

It took a shift in flight

To see the story write story write story write

To see the story write

But is the story right story right story right

Is the story right

To reverse the sky reverse the sky reverse the sky

To reverse the sky

My eyes electrify my eyes electrify my eyes electrify my eyes electrify

Your eyes electrify eyes electrify eyes electrify eyes electrify

In the bright lights in the bright lights in the bright lights in the bright lights

In the bright lights in the bright lights in the bright lights in the bright lights

I can’t understand what made a machine land

I used to dance with trees now I have metal needs

I won’t understand what made a machine land

Was it you I’d seen or was it just a screen

I don’t understand what made a machine land

The pretty prism pleads to be the only key

I won’t understand what made a machine land

Oh gentle robot please show me the lushing leaves

I kissed you in the bright lights in the bright lights in the bright lights in the bright lights

And in the bright lights in the bright lights in the bright lights in the bright lights

I could feel the air feel the air feel the air I could feel the air

But were you really really there really there were you really there

Or was it bright lights bright lights bright lights just bright lights

In the bright lights bright lights bright lights in the bright lights

In the bright lights bright lights bright lights in the bright lights

Now I cannot see

What voltage meant to me 

Now I cannot see Now I cannot see

Now I cannot see Now I cannot see

Now I cannot see Now I cannot see

Now I cannot see

Bright Lights

2 Down

What is coming? What will the new after be? Do we wait for it, search for it, or create it?

To The After

THE REPRESSIONS are a forest-music/folk/punk band featuring Barbara Dragon and Nate Lay. They write songs about books, nature, defending animals, injustice, being weird, and living with wild emotions. Their style has been described by audiences as radical folk-rock, ethereal indie rock, anti-bully music and a Saturday morning cartoon for adults. The band dedicates their music to anyone who has ever been made to feel small for being sensitive, kind, smart, or ill.
The Repressions play lively shows every month all over New York City, incorporating prizes and bubbles and original artwork into their performance. And they love you.

The Repressions

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