We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Poverty Line

by The Crime Scene Cleaners

supported by
kennynonymous
kennynonymous thumbnail
Martin RDT
Martin RDT thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

about

Its difficult to walk around any UK rural or urban area or any area anywhere in the world without noticing an increase in the number of people falling into poverty or lacking the resources to satisfy the most basic of needs.
The song is about the deterioration in mental health characterised by feelings of distrust, helplessness, and disconnection throughout her life by a woman that found herself in this disadvantaged position as she slowly abandoned any naivety onto which she may have held that a miracle would come along and change her destiny.
In the face of adversity, she affords herself a smile and somewhere the motivation necessary to take life moment by moment develops.

Video includes some footage from Newham East London home to lead singer Winston Propaganda. where half of children (50%) are judged to be in households in poverty, compared to 37% in the typical London borough.

lyrics

Poverty Line

We are down on the killing floor……..Nobody gonna see her die
Eastside city Badlands ………. funeral car drive by…
Lost her name ….. a faceless crowd ….. we see the warning signs
Keep your head, buried alive, it’s a permanent lie. She nowhere to hide
She on the poverty line whoa oh oh oh oah X 2

Verse 2:
Panic if you mention love…… the exception not the rule…
See fact from fiction……… I always look a fool…
Memories fall…. into the present tense……… she run from what she see
Another day .. no way out…. all worn down .. and it’s a broken dream
She on the poverty line whoa oh oh oh ahhhhh X 2=

Verse 3
Sometimes theres faith in desperation …But if theres no one left inside
& if she waiting for a miracle ….. she be waiting for a long long time.
Police drive by.. uniforms ….….. wounded years go by
She tow the line… still a grind …. getting high .. still the wrong side of the poverty line
Chorus:
Outro:
She find a way out but she too young to die.
In the wrong place born the wrong time
Hold out her hand & everybody walk by
The things she say & did I see you smile .. on the poverty line.

credits

released March 6, 2022
Lyrics music composed arranged recorded and produced by Winston Propaganda & Byron Wordsworth

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

The Crime Scene Cleaners image

The Crime Scene Cleaners London, UK

contact / help

Contact The Crime Scene Cleaners

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like The Crime Scene Cleaners, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now