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1. |
Questions & Answers
02:31
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Why do i feel so stuck in this town
with my mind in the gutter
and my head in the clouds
about
I can’t seem to figure it out
I’m staring for hours at the TV
while the outside world is going crazy
It seems
it’s everybody but me
You all are so confused
but so am I to every single one of you
Why are we asking all the questions
that we know all the answers to
there are so many things that will never get done
there’s a world out side that we hide ourselves from
For what?
What possibly are we afraid of?
If it’s cold outside we say were freezing to death
if we lose our cell phone how the hell we gonna get around
when life as we know it is gone
Why’s our belt line getting larger when we fill ourself with garbage
who knows?
Why are we asking all the questions
when we know which way the wind blows
Why does it seem that everything we do is hurting us more than it’s helping
I would give you all an answer
but no one here is listening
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You avert attention away from the crash
why bother lying
we knows it’s the end so we enjoy the fall
It feels like flying
REVENGE IS NOT WHAT I CAME HERE FOR
SO THROW DOWN YOUR CARDS
AND WE’LL ADD UP THE SCORE
YOU’RE GOD DAMNED RIGHT, I’M ANGRY
We’re the worn down and chewed up processed consumer class
live for buying
We live by the sword but the sword can be bought for with cash
I’m still fighting
REVENGE IS NOT WHAT I CAME HERE FOR
I’VE GONE THROUGH HELL AND I’VE COME BACK FOR MORE
AND WE’LL ADD UP THE SCORE
YOU’RE GOD DAMNED RIGHT, I’M ANGRY
UNDERMINED
I won’t be a victim
UNDEFINED
a label’s a prison
I WANT MORE
more than what’s given
A FUTURE
AN END IS NOT WHAT I CAME HERE FOR
I MAY BE T-HE FIRST
BUT THERE’S TEN THOUSAND MORE
YOU’RE GOD DAMNED RIGHT, I’M ANGRY
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I should have known
when I handed him the keys
He didn’t really seem
like the kinda of guy worth trusting
Now I see
As I’m sitting in the backseat.
that everything I’ve ever done
Doesn’t matter in the ending
This cars is going out of control
A madman at the wheel
And were heading towards a dead end
This car is going out of control
the bridge is out
of course it is
It always is
Murphys law
has got me feeling raw
but it makes me gotta think
that it will too somehow go wrong
the paradox
of a law where things go wrong
is that eventually
you can’t depend on anyone
This cars is going out of control
the brake lines cut
And were heading towards a dead end
This car is going out of control
the bridge is out
of course it is
It always is
I don’t know if anyone really cares
What’s another car crash
For rubber necks to look at
Somehow it seems respectable
to have your death become a spectacle
Much like a funeral
it’s all fanfare
for the living anyway
This cars is going out of control
A madman at the wheel
And were heading towards a dead end
This car is going out of control
the bridge is out
of course it is
It always is
This cars is going out of control
the brake lines cut
And were heading towards a dead end
This car is going out of control
the bridge is out
of course it is
It always is
of course it is
It always is
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4. |
Dance, You Motherfuckers
02:41
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Buried treasure
Bottom feeders
tilling the soil
till your knees burn
searching for clarity
coming up with nothing
There must be something in between
this heaven and hell dichotomy
where the free truly are free
are you all listening to me
we can make this a reality
Dance you mother fuckers
dance you mother fuckers
dance
as if we won’t get out alive
dance you mother fuckers
dance you mother fuckers
dance
You better pray we never die
We gotta clear the building
something is leaking
don’t trust your neighbors
or what your thinking
We gotta get you to stand in line
keep real quiet don’t undermine
these rules are here to keep you safe
you’re all ungrateful
what a waste of time
whooooooaaaaa
Dance you mother fuckers
dance you mother fuckers
dance
as if we won’t get out alive
dance you mother fuckers
dance you mother fuckers
dance
You better pray we never die
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5. |
Hey Don
03:32
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Hey Don
come on in
take a seat
let me fill you in
I want to break it down
Make it very clear
You don’t run the place
You work here
You may walk the walk
and talk the talk
You think you’re the boss
but you work for us
If your employee ever lied to you
what would you recommend we do
What’s that two word phrase that you’re known for?
You’re fired
You’re fired
You’ve been absolutely terrible
You’re the laughing stock of the USA
And world leaders find you unbearable
You’re a liar
You’re a liar
We call you that behind your back
We’d call you that right to your face
But you prefer "alternative facts"
Hey boys
I’ll keep this brief
there is a disconnect
in our core beliefs
now I don’t think that any good person
really wants you to take away their health insurance
You speak for us, at least that’s what you say
But we have a voice too come election day
if you wanna keep your job you gotta suck up to the boss
I’m not talking about Trump I’m talking about us!
Now this is why I’ve invited you here
you should hear the things they are saying out there.
Maybe if you took just a second to listen
But you're in DC
getting yelled at by the president
Stand up for your people
Rather than being his loyal sheeple
You’re fired
You’re fired
Come 2018 we will say goodbye
You may think we don’t have the guts
We won’t stop until the swamp runs dry
You’re liars
You’re liars
Greasy palms and plastic smiles
You keep saying, “give him a chance”
I think we will give a chance to the other side
You're fired
I guess here
the moral of the story
Is that you may have the power
but you won’t get the glory
It’s obvious
You’re ignorance
Is poisonous
for all of us
So Don, I think what’s best for the country
is that you go back to just making money
Put your name on stuff
Stick to what you know
and being the laughing stock
of a reality show
Or maybe Putin can take you in, he'd probably hire ya.
You’re fired
You’re fired
Its about time you retired
Go be the grandpa
You're supposed to be
Not the super villain
That we see on TV
You're a liar
You're a liar
You're not the great uniter
You're the igniter
The tweeter
The great divider
Russian colluding
Climate change denier.
hater of china
or friend of china
for god sakes man make up your mind
or better
How about you just let us decide
You're fired..
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Silence
03:50
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It’s a factory made out of matchbooks
and any day now that fucker will fall to the ground
we’ll light the matches on fire
and watch as the spirits escape from their burial grounds
No one cares
that people are dying
as long as we can afford their coffins
Why choose silence?
It’s an ugly excuse for a beautiful world
We’re destroying it all for convenience
god was murdered by a nuclear bomb
the world is the corpse of what was once mother earth
no one cares
about the mistakes of our fathers
we honor our dead as a way to avoid them
Why choose silence?
It’s been nothing but but lies
a vision of safety
keeping us warm at night
They never even tried
“You’re on your own”
is the motto of the empire
So scream all at once
don’t be self conscious
You were given a voice to have something to say
Let it all out
let it soak in
let the sound linger
on the tips of your eardrums
Don’t let words
dissolve your message
let your emotions decide what to say
So scream all at once
scream all together
For someone to hear something first must be said
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7. |
Perfect In Your Eyes
02:56
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I feel alive
I feel like screaming
Through the halls of this federal building
can anyone else here feel my heart beating
are you all here by choice
are you surprised
by the anger you’re feeling
A man without a purpose
can leave your mind reeling
you struggle for reason
by this display of treason
do you have the power to voice
what must be heard
OHHHH WE RUN
we’re running
TO BELIEVE WE’RE ALL PERFECT IN YOUR EYES
Looking for answers
WE RUN
In circles
our questions
are going nowhere
YOU’RE SCARED OF OUR REFLECTIONS
Do you know the reason why?
this man is standing here screaming
he is drawing a crowd and they are buying what he’s selling
he is spreading the sensation of the ultimate vacation
this madman must be stopped
We must survive
to prove we’re still breathing
how you live is not a life
and it is horribly depressing
Can we shake this vision of the American Dream
They call it a bigger picture
but it’s a big machine
that is powered by the people
who will grovel at it’s feet
OHHHH WE RUN
we’re running
TO BELIEVE WE’RE ALL PERFECT IN YOUR EYES
Looking for answers
WE RUN
In circles
our questions
are going nowhere
YOU’RE SCARED OF OUR REFLECTIONS
coming back to where you started
Is a hard way to begin
The work is never done
the war is never won
when dead soldiers lie on the battlefield
We
Will not fight
To be perfect in your eyes
We are stronger than we ever realized
We
I feel alive
You underestimated
The size of masses
That soon would awaken
I’m a break in a chain
That has always been broken
the power is ours to voice what must be heard
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The shit has finally hit the fan
The president has never really ever gave a damn
The final piece of shit has hit the fan
The boss has lost his mind and
and never gave a damn
about a single one of all his citizens
Is anybody listening
He has no idea what we are fighting for
But even if he did, it would be much worse.
The idiotic enemy is on our shore
And I think he’s looking for a fight
Declare War on the President
For the crimes that he’s commit
All the neo nazi seem to think he is their guy
and the evangelicals think that the end is nigh
and we’re all just looking at this horrified
I think it’s time to mobilize
We’ll deploy an undercover covert mission
Kidnap him and hold him under suspicion
for crimes against humanity attrition
of our basic fucking civil rights
Declare War on the President
and all he represents
We’ll fight for what is right
make sure his blindfold is tied tight
and take him to our secret lair underground
We’ll subject him to shock therapy
when triggered by a memory
of war will make him vomit
horribly
uncontrollably
Declare War on the president
war on the president
war on the president
the worlds most deadly terrorist
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9. |
Glory
02:13
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Harder than a wrecking ball
The heat is tearing down these walls
The blood and sweat is pouring from the tap
It's overflowing
There's bodies pounding, broken bones
The world could end we'd never know
The musics getting louder as our hearts all beat together
We came for the glory
We came for the fall
We came with a fight in our hearts
And gave it our best shot
People doing what they want to do
When nothing here is good for you
There's something reassuring with all these bridges that we're burning
No one here wants to believe
That there might be no way to leave.
No one wants to show it
It's a trap and we all know it
We came for the glory
We came for the fall
We came with a fight in our hearts
And gave it our best shot
How could you really blame us
In a world where nothing changes
People need to know they're doing something that keeps them moving
So we built them a house
And wrote them a song
And we burn that midnight oil doing everything wrong
And we feel invincible
And yet deep in our hearts
There must be a part of some thing that we're doing that's right.
We came for the glory
We came for the fall
We came with a fight in our hearts
And gave it our best shot
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10. |
Do Not Consent
02:10
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Mother was a wreck
all the way up to her death
she never understood that she was loved
When she listened to the ads
telling her, her life was bad
It was
Sister starved her way
from the cradle to the grave
All she wanted was some love and affection
she got more than she could want
at her own funeral procession
CONSENT MEANS DEATH
DON’T TAKE THAT PATH AGAIN
THERE IS NO PRICE FOR A HAPPY LIFE
NOW WHO’S THE IDIOT
Brothers a different story
he rode the money train to glory
and took for granted all the fortune that he had
but when no one was around
the only joy he found
was with a bullet in his head
Father had no choice
he was raised without a voice
he had to leave before the world got to him
But when he came back
the world stabbed him in the back
and he died in the room that he was born in
CONSENT MEANS DEATH
DON’T TAKE THAT PATH AGAIN
THERE IS NO PRICE FOR A HAPPY LIFE
NOW WHO’S THE IDIOT
It’s an ugly world we see things in
We’re never satisfied
It’s not alright to be ok
we’ve lost so many lives
CONSENT MEANS DEATH
DON’T TAKE THAT PATH AGAIN
THERE IS NO PRICE FOR A HAPPY LIFE
NOW WHO’S THE IDIOT
It’s not me
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11. |
Weight Of The World
03:16
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Nothing we ever want
Is all that we ever get
Nothing can ever shake
the weight of the world
Open up the blinds
let the afternoon sun in
pick up the pieces of last night
where are all my friends
my money and my strength
there is so much I have lost.
If someone asked me,
what I wanted most
I’d ask for happiness
They say that money cannot buy me what I need
But it can buy me another try
Nothing we ever want
Is all that we ever get
Nothing can ever shake
the weight of the world
I feel like a fake
just trying to get by
when I need to pay the rent
I’m in my fathers shoes
like a child playing house
As if this is all a joke
When he was my age
was he any worse?
It’s unbelievable
I’m all grown up
Now I am an adult
this caught me so off-guard
Nothing we ever want
Is all that we ever get
Nothing can ever shake
the weight of the world
Nothing we save will last
and nothing we build won’t fall
and nothing we ever share
will save our lives
how far can we take
these fragile bodies till they break
I guess we’ll find out soon
I guess we’ll find out soon
If someone asked me
what I wanted most
I’d ask for happiness
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13. |
New Flesh (BONUS TRACK)
03:46
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Shhhh, Shhhh
It's, oh, so quiet
Shhhh Shhhh
It's, oh, so still
Shhhh Shhhh
You're all alone
Shhh Shhh
And so peaceful until...
You fall in love
Zing boom
The sky up above
Zing boom
Is caving in
Wow bam
You've never been so nuts about a guy
You wanna laugh you wanna cry
You cross your heart and hope to die
'Til it's over and then...
Shhhh, Shhhh
It's nice and quiet
Shhhh, Shhhh
But soon again
Shhhh, Shhhh
Starts another big riot
You blow a fuse
Zing boom
The devil cuts loose
Zing boom
So what's the use
Wow bam
Of falling in love?
It's, oh, so quiet
It's, oh, so still
You're all alone
And so peaceful until...
You ring the bell
Bim bam
You shout and you yell
Hi ho ho
You broke the spell
Gee, this is swell you almost have a fit
This guy is "gorge" and I got hit
There's no mistake this is it
'Til it's over and then...
It's nice and quiet
Shhhh Shhhh
But soon again
Shhhh Shhhh
Starts another big riot
You blow a fuse
Zing boom
The devil cuts loose
Zing boom
So What's the use
Wow bam
Of falling in love?
The sky caves in
The devil cuts loose
You blow blow blow blow blow your fuse
Aaaaah!
When you fall in love...
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