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Trapped in America
01:57
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So you really want to make a fuckin difference?
Well truth be told and I apologize,
But even if you did something significant,
We'd read it in the papers that you died.
I don't want to tell you what you're doing,
Isn't going to change the way they lie.
I'm not saying they have never seen you.
All I'm saying is you're still alive.
So you really wanna change the way we operate?
And keep in mind you work with what you've got.
I guess you have to learn it from experience.
Nothing you do amounts to a lot.
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2. |
Anthropogenic Hazard
02:07
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Green turns to gray.
It'll only be bad if you can't see my face.
This is our place,
And were gonna burn it down for real estate.
I've seen a lot of crazy things in my life but I think over time I've been desensitized.
Because we've heard it all the time that we gotta make a change that we never really abide by.
I think we're over playing it safe.
And were gonna tip the scale until it breaks.
It's sad we only regret things after they're said and done.
Cut down the trees.
I mean it's only common sense we don't have to breath.
Poison our seas.
Cause everybody knows that's not what we drink.
We can make a little island out of all of the plastic in the ocean and sell it for cash.
We can fill a big tub with oil and gas and give endangered animals a bath.
I think the people with the power to make a change are set for generations.
Here for a good time not a long one.
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3. |
Warewolf
02:39
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Last night I had the most curious dream,
That I worked in a warehouse until
I was 63.
I shrugged off years like one long day.
Getting by telling myself theres bills I have to pay.
And if there's time I need to take,
Ill be sure to on my 10 minute break,
Or 20 minute lunch.
They paid me in cents,
I paid them in minutes.
I didn't want to see the world.
I gave them my life,
They gave me insurance,
And points just in case I got sick.
I don't need much to occupy,
The very tiny spaces in my simple little mind.
I go to work then I go home.
And think about what I did at work while I lay alone.
I told on Ed for being on his phone,
He got wrote up they sent him home
And gave me a high five.
I smoke cigarettes,
Between all of my breaks and it's all i look forward to while i work.
I drink some caffeine,
To keep me awake and if I cannot get it I flip my shit.
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4. |
Dunbar's Hole
02:44
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There were four of us,
and now there's only three.
I can remember most of all our faces,
but ones not in my memory.
We were standing by a hole,
next thing I know,
everybody is panicking.
Trying to get out but we can't,
cause were stuck in the muck,
we didn't notice we were standing in.
So there were four of us and now there's only three.
I can't put my finger on it exactly,
But I feel like one of us got off free.
Cause the hole we were stuck standing by,
had erased their existence from space and time.
So the impact they had on everyone's life,
has been erased from everyone's mind,
except mine.
There were four of us and now there's only three.
A whole life was gone,
completely forgotten,
and now it only exists inside my dreams.
Yeah there were four of us,
but someone disappeared.
And nobody knows,
that he's in the hole,
and you never even would've known he was here.
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5. |
Officer Barbrady
02:35
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Algorithmic authoritarian,
Particular jobs cause particular crimes
That only attract a particular kind.
With certain intent inside some of their minds.
You see the videos and hear the words.
The evidence is so clear it's all around us and we hear about it almost every week.
The only ones who aren't a part of it,
Are the ones who are aware just turning their heads.
You know what I mean and you heard what I said.
There aren't enough people who speak for the dead.
A Life lost under lights that were flashing all blue and red.
And the attention is nothing compared to if it was a cop instead.
Wearing a badge,
To cover the hate in your heart.
The biggest gang,
Tearing neighborhoods apart.
The stanford prison experiment carried to the street.
An ignorant hate fueled dividing machine,
Escapes through a crevas with immunity.
And disappears getting away with their deed.
Precaution has nothing to do with some of the events we see.
If it was different in the first place,
Maybe this isn't where we would be.
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6. |
Royalty
03:42
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Overdrawn again I guess,
I just spend more than I'm worth.
Choose to dip or pay the rent,
If I put in enough work.
For one day id like to get away.
Id like to spend more than I'd ever make.
Id like to see, what I would never get to see in my lifetime if I didn't have checks to sign that wouldn't bounce away.
Sometimes I wish I was royalty (royalty)
And my last name was a dynasty.
Kings and queens, living lavishly.
No concern with currency.
Relaxing in Luxury, royalty.
Something we all think about.
First world problems trickle down.
We all want to wear a crown.
Over being down and out.
Just a break is what I wanna take.
Let's eat at a fancy place, I'll pay.
What is a bill? I got it covered for the rest of my whole life.
Financially I will be fine.
Sometimes I wish I was royalty (royalty)
And my last name was a dynasty.
Kings and queens, lavish luxury.
No concern with currency.
Royalty, luxury, monarchy,
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7. |
Enochlophobia
03:02
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There are too many of us.
People stepping over people,
Stepping over people.
Hording out the planet as we build our little roads.
Taking more than giving,
Subconsciously living,
Lined up on our morning drive in metal little droves.
Watching from a distance as a fellow in existence.
Really seeing how we look on the outside of the everything.
We think were slowly spreading but the direction were heading is the fastest way to use up everything.
Like watching a bloated boat,
Struggle to stay afloat.
Like watching cracks on the side of a dam. Borrowed time can seem just fine and we all seem to pay no mind until things we want to fix we can't.
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8. |
11:17
01:43
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I saw a beautiful eclipse.
Shadow my lowly existence.
She took my hand when it began.
I wasn't worthy in the end.
As she slowly passed me by I felt a tear drop start to dry.
I'd watch the sun hide in her eyes.
behind the moon a million times.
I stood in awe and hoped she'd stay,
But down inside I knew there was no way that something so amazing could love me,
I saw beautiful eclipse.
I had to go give her a kiss.
Now I always stare at the moon.
I wish she didnt leave so soon.
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9. |
Fake
03:08
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The foundation on which you built your lies,
Will crumble inadvertedly in time.
And I will look upon the mess as you ask why?
Why do i get off on the thought of you falling before me?
I guess it goes back to a time that we forget.
When I just wore who i was on a sign.
Open wounded and encased in wasted time.
I got impressions from you,so I did it too.
I had to go and take a break from meddling.
I got jealous and envied everyone.
Seeing something that you lack is never fun.
I got away from all the people and now im free.
I heard through the grapevine you kill yourselves.
Jump into circles just to break em down.
Cause you know theyll be okay when youre not around.
They got impressions from you so they did it too.
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10. |
That Person
02:50
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I don't wanna see,
I don't wanna be shown,
Who I should be,
Or rather who you think.
No.
I don't wanna hear,
What you have to say,
Spitting in my face,
Put me in my place.
I don't think so.
I believe you've said enough.
I believe you've said enough.
I believe you've said enough.
I believe you've said enough.
I don't think that I can be here listening to you too long. I try to be a patient person but I used it up it's gone. And everything that we go back and fourth about is really dumb. I stooped myself down to your level to have a conversation.
I'm not writing down a fucking thing.
You're the one who looks distraught to me.
Is following advice,
Giving meaning to your life?
Well keep it to yourself,
Cause I am doing fine.
I don't wanna know,
Places I could go,
Living in a way,
You dreamed up to say,
Here's my wisdom.
I don't wanna live,
With nothing to give,
But shooting the shit,
About improvement.
I figured it out myself.
I figured it out myself
I figured It out myself
I figured it out myself
Sometimes I feel bad because I think it might just be on me.
Then I come around and affirm that isn't so I leave.
I've heard you spew a few hypocritical points of view by now,
I doubt you'll ever humble yourself down and figure it all out.
Is this all you know,Wanting control?
With a programmed remote controlled soul.
Well follow your advice,
Give some meaning to your life.
Don't worry about me,
Cause I am doing fine.
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11. |
À bientôt
02:30
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I heard what you said.
I know what you meant,
But I've got to try.
The time that we spend,
On this planet we live,
By actions we all are defined.
This is my moment.
This is my chance.
This is my time to shine.
This is defining.
Id rather fall to my death if I know that I will never fly.
This is my life.
My one contribution,
I can't tell if it will go well.
If this doesn't work,
I don't wanna know.
Leap from the perch,
Heading for hell.
I'm gonna soar,
One way or another nothing's holding me not anymore.
I'll spread my wings,
Sing like a bird,
Watching the frozen ground coming for me.
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12. |
The Why
03:27
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Random biological occurrence
Take off the curtain.
Rhyme and reason into mush.
Look for an answer there's not one.
The pointless question,
Repeated, but not connected.
Hear the same thing every time.
But you won't hear mine.
Trains of thought collide above.
Ascending over what we love.
Causing us to just ask why,
When there will never be a reply.
Saturate into the mess until the day you lay to rest.
You won't have to worry then.
Insignificant event in process,
Of losing progress,
Getting ready to explode.
And screaming helpless.
A come and go thing,
Revolves around everything.
And we just ended up aware,
Then wondering where,
We got the spark to believe,
And feel emotions as we think.
So afraid to end up bored,
Instead of building we start wars.
Saturate into the dirt sometime after your date of birth.
You won't have to worry then.
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