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Hand to Mouth

from Harsh Reality by Stress Positions

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    Harsh Reality, as the name might suggest, is an unrelenting, thought-provoking, intense album from start to finish. Most of the songs were either finished or conceived of early in the pandemic: a time when everything was amplified, a constant reminder that "this is how things are." Subject matter varies from poverty and the firm grip capitalism has on our lives, to personal conflicts and police brutality, particularly in the band's home city of Chicago. Stress Positions intelligently uses the trappings of hardcore punk to address sexuality, finding freedom from religious oppression, guilt, and shame, and the resulting auditory assault is an apt reflection of the world around us. It feels as if you never get a chance to breathe, and when you do, it’s a brief, desperate gasp. Enjoy it while you can- It won’t last long.

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    Harsh Reality, as the name might suggest, is an unrelenting, thought-provoking, intense album from start to finish. Most of the songs were either finished or conceived of early in the pandemic: a time when everything was amplified, a constant reminder that "this is how things are." Subject matter varies from poverty and the firm grip capitalism has on our lives, to personal conflicts and police brutality, particularly in the band's home city of Chicago. Stress Positions intelligently uses the trappings of hardcore punk to address sexuality, finding freedom from religious oppression, guilt, and shame, and the resulting auditory assault is an apt reflection of the world around us. It feels as if you never get a chance to breathe, and when you do, it’s a brief, desperate gasp. Enjoy it while you can- It won’t last long.

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lyrics

The owners think they own us too

Look around- they fucking do

Hand to mouth- it’s by design

How am I meant to work to death if I'm not alive?



No time to raise children

Rent's too high

No food on the table

You used up your sick time



Millions hate their lives

Wages flat while profits rise

Unions crushed by bullshit law

Unless they’re for police who sure seem to love them



The owners think they own us too

Look around- they fucking do

Hand to mouth- it’s by design

Can’t organize



No time to raise children

Rent's too high

No food on the table

You used up your sick time



Steal from your job

Labor to survive

How am I meant to work to death

If I am not alive?



I’m not alive

I’ve sold my body to you

A tragedy

This salary

Has pulled me into

This 60 hour hell scape

This unparalleled theft



They’ll split the cost of life saving medicine

Just to watch you fall apart

You ache and break but stay wake

And lock the front door

Then turn around and burn it down

And hold them accountable

They’ll still enjoy the insurance payout

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from Harsh Reality, released December 8, 2023

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