CORROSION OF CONFORMITY – Vote With A Bullet

“Vote with a Bullet” is a song by Corrosion of Conformity from their album Blind (1991). It is more up-to-date than ever.

Corrosion of Conformity (also known as COC) is an American heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina, formed in 1982. The band has undergone multiple line-up changes throughout its existence, with guitarist Woody Weatherman as the sole constant member. Weatherman, founding bassist Mike Dean, founding drummer Reed Mullin, and vocalist and rhythm guitarist Pepper Keenan (who joined the band in 1989) are widely regarded as its ‘classic’ line-up. After a hiatus in 2006, Corrosion of Conformity returned in 2010 without Keenan, who had been busy touring and recording with Down, but announced their reunion with him in December 2014.

The number in nations The god in their hearts The justice in swine The devil in god

Vote This long hand that breaks our back Still casting shadows on all that we see Unjustified, mercy killing is just a feeling To keep our numbers from being free

Prison for praise is not worth thinking Sin is still in and our ballots are shrinking So unleash the dogs – the only solution Forgive and forget, fuck no I’m talking about a revolution

The prophet man’s got a needle in his hand Draws his dreams from your soul – bleeding minds into sand The year of the fear has arrived decades too late And our right to stand and fight is now solely sealed in fate

Prison for praise is not worth thinking Sin is still in and our ballots are shrinking So unleash the dogs – the only solution Forgive and forget, fuck no I’m talking about a revolution

One last chance mission with a vision ‘Cause our lives are just cards in their stack Our time is short but theirs is shorter How much longer can they hold us back

Prison for praise, the obvious answer Once had power mad, living disaster Don’t fuck with me ’cause I’m on the freedom train That bears no name, this time I’m voting with a bullet

The view they once knew made our nooses too tight This justice in swine The devil in god

So god bless my soul, I’ve got total control And the crosshairs lined up dead in my sight

I’m voting with a bullet