Benefits feat. Shakk - Divide
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Taken from the forthcoming album "Constant Noise" out on Invada Records 21st March. Pre-order limited formats + Instore events : lnk.to/CnstNse
Written by Kingsley Hall, Robbie Major, James Adrian Brown and Shakk
Performed by Benefits
Additional vocals by Shakk
Additional drums by Neil Cooper of Therapy?
Produced by James Adrian Brown
Mastered by James Trevascus
Video directed and edited by John Kirkbride
Photography by Tom White
At Pig Pen Rehearsal Studios, Hartlepool
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We don’t exist we don’t resist we are just statistics
We’re shattered glass on broken crust, in this northern town of mistrust
Aborted, policy snorted, left living distorted
As the grease goes down into empty pockets
It’s image for profit
Divide.
We are worthless we are careless we need to care less
Underhand tricks in backyard sticks ill thought out sick fix
Fascistic screams tokenistic dreams provincial has beens
Push to violence crush the silence nationalistic tyrants
Divide.
We don’t die we multiply
Won’t submit to your cult of lies
See the blood in the culprits eyes
We heard screams and we heard cries
Seen burnt dreams for the first time
See its warfare and its worldwide
Is all I hear when I turn on the news
Still we don’t have any word on the truth
Tell me just what do we do
See I’m past the point of missing god
We missed the ball and its kicking off
Democracy has failed and a solution is what I’m wishing of
No Rishi, Kier, Nigel tier politician can sit this job.
We’re better off with Gascoigne and his fishing rod!
Now, just pissed me off, it don’t sit with me right
All we do is just re-write the history it’s not a mystery, it is the light.
Into the night, read the propaganda get into the hype,
This the the life bullets in heads if they miss with the knife
Powder and ice cracks in walls brown and the white
Evert city and town alike see a person down and strike Divide.
Face down in the dirt in the litter, in the shit, with the rats,
unfinished neck tats and petrol station flowered posts
Blocks of concrete high street ghosts, treading bunting into the dirt
And patriots, into the mire,
Television pantomime fools,
as union jacketed lovers drool
Roll up to food bank queues, emptied church pews, weekend crews
And there’s strangers like statues on the kerb, I know, waving flags, dressed in rags
Lines and lines and lines, of ruddy faced broken bile
“You’re not from this town, never seen you around”
And it goes on for miles, loud, violent, puerile.
Parade fascist casuals. Fair-weather bigots. Metal plated views.
Glass strewn underpassed.
As tears are met with grunts,
and this cafe is closed for lunch.
A brisk suit strides, well fed and sweaty, fresh from the racks
Ignorant to the cracks, they snide, the divide, as the dewy eyed collide,
Rose tinted semi on fools and trough gorging ghouls,
With millionaire schemes, and nothing at all in between.
Bleating tweeting class war,
If it wasn’t so bleak it’d be boring,
But it’s obscene, know what I mean?!
And they come, they trot trot trot trot into the next stage managed scene…
It’s the end of our days and the blue bloods flowing,
self serving and stale, washed down with fine craft ale,
Mild mannered murder, trudging through the towns piss,
worked out to the tits.
Weekend drinker mayhem, the tills still ring so keep calm and sing,
Bloodied dance floor prancers, creeped up romancers
As we barricade ourselves in our homes,
The carpet smoulders, and the wallpaper moans
And the airport is shut by drones
As Britain rolls over and sighs and moans oh no.
Oh no oh no the past has a hold am I trapped can I grow
If there’s a god let me know I’m chained up ready to explode can a dog have a bone
See I’m mad let me go take my body but you cannot take my soul
I will not enrol do not tell me no
I see the streets decline there’s never been peace of mind
There’s poverty read between the lines it must be design, the lies
From Paris to Palestine, we witness the maddest crimes
Are we living in the saddest times, analyse
For every woman and man alive
See I’m back again attacking till the end
I gotta win again again and then again
I gotta life I wanna live
Yeah I wanna give but they want me killing men
I’m never chilling like I got a minute left
I’m not a villain but I’m gonna give em hell
I’m gonna give ‘em everything I got
Till the day I rot, pennies in a wishing well
Big wings and a urge to fly
Some wanna be the last to live
I wanna be the first to die
Like a bird in flight
I chase the burning light
Divide, you heard it right
That why I murder mics
For power. For greed.
For oil. For me.
What a good track !! Intense
Controlled chaos! 😤 Love the nod of approval 2:56
One of my favourite bits that! The Shakk nod awww yeah
Dead Dead Good! 👌
Top Work Fellas, Love Yuz.
@@masterofallhesurveys thanks Jon!
Absolutely mint!
Refreshing, thought provoking brilliant
Can’t wait to see this one live…
Great!! Thank you! Come see us!!
Absolutely banging! And Robbie speaks!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Can't shut him up!
Just listened to the uninterrupted version on BandCamp - this is probably going to be my single of the year. Very much looking forward to hearing the album now too.
Thank you mate! Thanks for listening and giving it a chance!
I couldn't love this more than I already do.
Can't wait to see you guys live soon x
@@hauntological thank you!!!
All of my love from the States. Thank you so much for the amazing art.
Cheers pal! Good luck for the next four years!
@@Benefitstheband Lol. I predict Vince McMahon will be our next prez.
@@radzo1675 yeah he probably won’t let us in either!
Well we're supposed to be Great Again by then so......🤞
@ Seriously though can you get me outta here? I'll even become a devoted Smoggie.
Great stuff and Shakk, takes it to another level! Well done yet again boys. 🔥👍😎
Thank you! Yes he does!!
Being able to anticipate another Benefits release makes life under capitalism grate by less arduously. Have enjoyed the videos over the past several months and am looking forward very much to the new album; will try to catch a performance on the Continent in the coming year, or cross the Channel if needs be.
@@ludwignehneh where are you based/living? We might have some mainland Europe shows this year!
@@Benefitstheband That would be very exciting. I live in Saxony, in eastern Germany, a couple of hours south of Berlin.
I really liked the first album, so I was bit worried about what the second album would be like, but when I heard this song, I felt so relieved. I'm looking forward to it!
Ah good mate thanks! Yeah we also like the first album BUT thing is, we felt there was absolutely no point in just repeating it. It's more interesting to us to develop. And I know some people aren't going to like that but I'm not really a fan of acts that just repeat and rinse the same thing over and over again. Blame Bowie.
Huge tune , ny fav of the new material by far
Thanks Jonathon!!! (although it implies you think our other stuff is terrible but hey ho hahah!!)
😂 not at all
@ PHEW
Tune!!
I'm sure I say this every time you release something new, but this might be my new favourite. It's so fucking good!
The Shakk feature is a masterstroke. He's incredible on this. Loving the video concept here as well.
So fucking good! I know I already said that, but I'm saying it again, so there we go.
P.S. I appreciate you always putting the lyrics in the video description. More musicians should do that.
@@garethjhancock I’ve done subtitles for this one too! Took ages!
I massively appreciate those as well!
This is brilliantly done!
Thanks Simon!! Appreciated!
Phenomenal - come and play in Sweden!!
Hopefully one day my friend!!
Loved this little chat and the videos great chaps.
Looking forward to the album and seeing you guys again so much now! Bring it on!
Thanks Michael! Cheers for watching!
Smashing it 👌
Thanks for watching mate! Glad you liked it!
Bring on the tour! Can't wait to lose my shit to this in Brum. Essential.
Yes mate! Can't wait for the Hare & Hounds!!
@@Benefitstheband Saw you there in '22 on the first tour. Wonderful
@@adeofbass I think it was the first date we did with Dale on drums!!! One of the most nerve wracking shows we've ever done!
@Benefitstheband Yeah. I recall you saying as much! 😂
Neil super Cooper is on it. Nice
It does!! Very briefly though!! He features on another song on the album too, a bit more prominently. He's on the heaviest song on the album, unsurprisingly.
08:09 💚🖤🤍💙❤️
@@90BRO absolutely
🖤 (for the algorithm)
Thank you! The algorithm is satisfied.
Yeah... cool for now... I'd give it another six months 😂
See you in Glasgow.
@@petermcinnes6987 See you at the Rum Shack!
I mean, yeah it's good - but where's the melody??
Hahahahaaaa! Look mate. Repeatedly saying "DIVIDE" IS melody. I'm basically Adele now.