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Shitcoaster

from The 12th Letter by Ford Pier

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lyrics

How tall you gotta be to ride on this thing?
The exceptions are diverse and bizarre
They’ll tell you how they got to where you find them
They aren’t shy about how special they are

It’s like it’s never occurred to them they’re not right
What made them think that was a way you could act?
What kind of lived experience could make them
Believe their preference was a statement of fact?

They’re gracious but proud when they win
They only lose when they’re cheated so they’re proud of their losses
They got no time to be hung up on fundamentals
But all the time in the world to explain you their process

How tall you gotta be to ride on this thing?
There must be somebody with something to say
There must be some kinds of rules or codes of conduct
In place to keep the crazy people away
Where did all the crazy people come from?
Do their friends like them acting this way?

Where did all the crazy people come from?
Do they even have friends anyway?

How tall you gotta be to ride on this thing?
The trestle clatters as you’re pulled to the top
And it hits you you could kick the bucket belted in with
all these crazy people when you finally drop

They don’t know much about history
They don’t respect the things that matter to me
Where did all the crazy people come from?
Who told them that this was a way they could be?

When did our hard-fought-for consensus
become a thing we don’t all already know?
It’s like these specimens didn’t get the memo
These matters were laid to rest long ago

Rights, responsibilities, and conventions
Whose very existence is best expressed as a dearth
This is the kind of a ride that relies on elevation
And when you’re elevated you’re not down to earth
Where did all the crazy people come from?
What’s what any one of them has to say worth?

How tall you gotta be to ride on this thing?

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from The 12th Letter, released September 24, 2021
Michael Jung: lead guitar

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Ford Pier Vancouver, British Columbia

Ford: v.t. to cross by wading (Webster)
Pier: n. a disappointed bridge (Joyce)

Ford Pier has a rock band called The Vengeance Trio and a string quartet called Strength Of Materials. There's ten or eleven albums of this stuff, and more on its way. You just watch. ... more

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