Name: Bastard
Duration: P00H02M52S
Description: On Fathers Day, 2022, Railgun released this scathing track not as an attack, but as a way of expression and healing in attempts to reconcile with generational curses and the toxic masculinity that is constantly passed down from fathers to sons.

Bastard

by Railgun

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On Fathers Day, 2022, Railgun released this scathing track not as an attack, but as a way of expression and healing in attempts to reconcile with generational curses and the toxic masculinity that is constantly passed down from fathers to sons.

lyrics

It's like a picture
Coming into focus
How come it took so long
For me to notice
Let's arm a militia
Let's go to war
How did it take so long
To see that this was broken

I've become a bastard son
Of business left unfinished
The battery must be broken
The frame is blurred, diminished
I didn't ask for this
It was handed down to me
This photo is permanent
Just like reality

Don't take my picture
And put it on your wall
That's not even who I want to be
Let's break the camera
Delete all traces
You'll make a bastard out of me

Don't take my picture
And put it on your wall
That's not even who I want to be
Let's break the camera
Delete all traces
You'll make a bastard out of me

credits

released June 19, 2022
Gregory Johnson-Writer, Guitar, Vocals
Ryan Hicks-Writer, Bass
Bradley Patterson-Writer, Drums
Don Potter-Recording, Mixing
James Garcia-Mastering

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Railgun Richmond, Virginia

Punk Rock trio from Richmond,Va.

We take influences from funk, metal, anime, science, and everything in between!

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May 5

Banditos

Richmond, VA

discography

Bastard

Jun 2022
Seishin No Tatakai

Jul 2020
Recoil

Jan 2017

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