No Big Crime

from We Left a Note with an Apology by Torment & Glory

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Stolen cigarettes
I tucked you away
Pilfered from the purses
And reserved for that day
To smoke on the rooftops of academic halls
One last salute
Stamp it out and move on

It’s no big crime
Don’t need forgiveness
It’s no big crime
If there ain’t a victim.

Four dollar scam
And goods pushed up my sleeve
No grand gestures now
Just petty victories
Not quite so brazen, not quite so proud
To live on the boundaries you first must learn how

It’s no big crime
Don’t need forgiveness
It’s no big crime
If there ain’t a witness

Could you pay the price?
Could you sleep at night?
Could you make it right?
Could you justify?

There’s wealth in your hands
When it’s free within your reach
Won’t you recognize your greed
And live within your means?
Now spy the young kid case the joint
Walking down the aisle
Pocketing a bottle
But all you’ll do is smile

Cuz it’s no big crime
Don’t need forgiveness
It’s no big crime
If there ain’t a witness.

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from We Left a Note with an Apology, released August 27, 2021

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Torment & Glory Seattle, Washington

The solo project of Brian Cook (Russian Circles, SUMAC, Botch, TAAS)
These are imperfect songs about imperfect people made under imperfect circumstances. Harnessing folk traditions, country storytelling, kosmische drones, punk scrappiness, and sludgy distortion into a warm, enveloping sound that feels like floating in the womb. ... more

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