B⬛RN D⬛WN Y⬛⬛R SCH⬛⬛L
Tracklist:
Dropout
Locker Fires
Either They Don’t Notice Or They Don’t Care
Schoolground Warfare
Letter Grades
Classroom Casualties
Abnormal [Dead By April cover]
Bullycide
13, 32, 26, 17, 10 (Under The Gun) [three year version]
Teach Me to Learn
Burn Down Your School
Partial Lyrics:
“Neither a letter nor a number can define you, kid;
You are your smile and your empathy
You are your outstretched arms and the hearts you touch
Not your GPA or your SATs
No, A's and B's aren’t everything
your grades are not your worth
I don’t care what your parents say
Even a dropout can change the earth!”
- “Dropout”, B⬛RN D⬛WN Y⬛⬛R SCH⬛⬛L (2019)
→written by: Athena
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(This is what you’re worth. This is all there is.)
(This is all you’re worth. You can’t be more than this.)
YOU ARE NOT YOURSELF!
YOU ARE NOT YOUR HEALTH!
YOU ARE LETTER GRADES!
YOU ARE JUST YOUR GPA!
FUCK!
Sum me up,
Check me off,
Use red pen to define me
I will adhere to the worth you assign me
Mark me up, after class set me straight,
(de)Grade me
Mark me down,
Send me home,
Give my dad a reason to hate me
(Is this all I’m worth? Is this all I’m worth? This must be all I’m worth, this can’t be all I’m worth...)
The pressure’s always rising
Writing and revising,
reporting, summarizing
constant catastrophizing
They’ll tell you you’re not trying
That you’re not sick, YOU’RE LYING!
THEY’LL SAY THAT THIS DECIDES EVERYTHING
SO DISREGARD YOUR SUFFERING
SECURE YOUR FUTURE, STRUGGLING
‘CAUSE A PASSING AVERAGE AIN’T ANYTHING
(This is what you’re worth. This is all there is.)
(This is all you’re worth. You can’t be more than this.)
YOU ARE NOT YOURSELF!
YOU ARE NOT YOUR HEALTH!
YOU ARE LETTER GRADES!
YOU ARE JUST YOUR GPA!
Earn extra credit for an exposed shoulder
(This is what you’re worth. This is all there is.)
Just another report card soldier
(This is all you’re worth. You can’t be more than this.)
Stumbling and getting crushed under
("C-minus, sir. C-plus, B-minus average.")
THE WEIGHT OF FUCKING LETTER GRADES.“
- “Letter Grades”, B⬛RN D⬛WN Y⬛⬛R SCH⬛⬛L (2019)
→written by: Kato & Athena
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“I’m still heading to the bar with my fuckin’ arms cut up
Seems no amount of self destruction is punishment enough
I’m bleeding through my bandages and getting blackout drunk
Got taught worthlessness in school and I guess the lesson stuck.
Now they say I need to learn to love, but all I feel is hate;
I got depression from my peers but my friends got oppression from the state.”
- “Teach Me To Learn”, B⬛RN D⬛WN Y⬛⬛R SCH⬛⬛L (2019)
→written by: Kato