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Sand Creek

from Memeplex by Scrupulous

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Recorded October 2010 at Mind's Eye Digital, Glendale, AZ. Track Eight from Memeplex, Scrupulous' debut album.

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Going out into the eastern snow
in pursuit of buffalo.
Just one beast will feed the tribe,
their life is our key to survive.
Armed with supplies and ammunition
by the bluecoats, with hunting permission.
We’ll return once we have gathered more than enough.
We shall return in triumph!

Camped at a horse bend on Sand Creek, Colorado
Cheyenne and Arapho; a peaceful ensemble
“Peace” treats from white man, it’s the end of November
Here he comes in all his splendor, oh an ode to Colonel Chivington!
Full of hate, self righteous state, thickly laced with deception

What will be the outcome when you think there’s a war to end?
And you have the power to make laws bend

Forget the stroking of the pen
Not revenge but land dispossession
“leave no claims, can you say genocide?
Kill them all they’ll have no place to hide!”
Most of the warriors had left the camp
To hunt their game, what a clever trap
Chiefs and kin left defenseless
Attack when vulnerability is best

Under the truce flag gifted by your great father
Bluecoats destined to manifest redskin slaughter
“Kill not with discretion, we shall take no surrender.
Free to take plunder after every man and woman is bled.
Spare not the elders and shoot all their children dead.”
Soldiers killed all peaceful parties then they chose to flay the bodies.

“Can’t you see you’re not my enemy and we could live in peace!
But you’d rather murder me and cut my body into pieces!
Collect your priceless trinkets: Guns and bows and scalps and fingers!
Take it all its worth something, I wish this were just a bad dream!”

Drunken troops laid siege at night
Raining bullets from flanking sides
Both tribes gunned down with prejudice
To the blaze of the howitzers’ hiss
Blow them up in to tiny bits
Take their guts and play with it
Cut their nuts or breasts and mangle them
A wounded child just strangle him
“Your land is ours,
We’ve unleashed hell!

You’re doomed!”

Die! History hides the lies
Die! The death of the tribes
Speak! When the future is so bleak
Speak! What will you be?
Die! History hides the lies
Die! The death of the tribes
Speak! Please remember me
Speak! Cause I died at Sand Creek

credits

from Memeplex, track released February 1, 2011
Jane Joyce - Bass, Vocals
Shane Sittig - Drums, Vocals

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Scrupulous Phoenix, Arizona

Jane Joyce thrashes slaps taps and all out assaults the bass while singing, screaming, and walloping melodies rhythms and leads

Shane Sittig pounds the drums with relentless accuracy and complexity whilst singing like an 80s rock god

Mixing up the genres and moods Scrupulous is an Alternative Rock, Avante Garde, Experimental 2 piece that jams grunge, punk, jazz, hip hop, pop, metal, and more ... more

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