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on a Carnival Ride
02:40
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Insidious solutions
Operations continuous
Standardize the decline
Delude metrics swindle and lie
(Grifters) They will send you on a carnival ride
It's the Greatest Show! Hold on tight!
Rotted wood and rusty nails.
The framework of our safeguard rails
Cheap decoys, flashy disguises
Labyrinth illusions compromises
Extravagant adventures covering their plight
Hold on tight! Hold on tight!!
Kick down the door’s guards and rails
expose bones garbage in piles
Toxic garden, city lights
Company thriving, resources vanishing
Nothing is what it seems
Deception covert observation schemes
Manipulate to get all they want
Sell you back the tears you drop
Insidious solutions
Offering delusions
Dismantle the systems they disguise
Leave them no where to hide
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2. |
Complaint Form
02:41
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I want my
De facto state tv
The ticker tape parade
At the bottom of the screen
A nice easy
fiction sample
group tested
on my demographic
I saw the commercial
Tailored fit for me
I have everything
Except meaning
Good citizen
Go buy something
Last thing we need
Is a bad economy
I declare in disarray
If you do not agree with me
Ill give up on democracy
Always dreamt of a Christian theocracy
Subscribed to the big man theory
For every problem I can name an enemy
Feel so safe with my prejudice in place
restorative nostalgia trickle down on me
I cant stand
De facto state tv
This dystopia
Is all consuming
Rule of law failed
The borders are closed
Masks are required
The Arctics on fire
Im so bored starring
At the spectacle
The human race is Dying to replace
Ideology with slogan
And the last thing we need
Is another anthem
I declare in disarray
distracted—& Disinfected
Populations mass perception
Lost control of basic reason
Slight of hand misdirection
In place of honest information
On a constant repetition
Feel the need to buy more ammunition
“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” quote lifted from Voltaire
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3. |
Piece Buy Peace
02:35
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So far as possible
I can meet you half way
More or less
I just want to leave here
Something has got to give
I couldn’t agree more
Within limits
Whatever is needed
At worst
I can try to do my best
At most
You can expect me to be there
At best
A worse case scenario
At least
Lets play for everything
It is eating me
Incompletely
It is leaving me
Strictly not speaking
Something has got to give
I couldn’t agree more
Within limits
Whatever is needed
Peace by piece buy peace by peace ...
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4. |
Golden Parachutes
01:24
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I don’t know where to begin
The rhythm of the city is broken
Scattered and shattered sparkling under lights
Sharp edges ready to cut like a knife
The view looks pretty from a distance
Buildings get a facelift with little resistance
Campers moving in next door
RVs parked outside your door
Algorithm distracts tells you what you want to hear
Picture perfect satire to the norms we adhere
They're displaced and disgraced under the city lights charm
The stock markets up no cause for alarm
Class war polished shined pretty for all to see
Sweep the problems out of sight wipe their hands clean
Machinery of power fueled by misery
Class war polished shined pretty for all to see
Sweep the problems out of sight wipe their hands clean
Machinery of power fueled by misery
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5. |
Expect rain
01:42
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(instrumental Interlude)
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6. |
Bombshell
03:23
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A bombshell has been dropped It’s a doomsday device
To put panic in our hearts, keep fear in our eyes
It’s the same news cycle reported spinning the wheels in our heads
Your neighbors are all criminals the police are your friends
It’s fast-food politics their wheeling and dealing with all the tricks
Celebrating broken systems exhaustion and delirium
Their building empires with trickery and lies
Oligarchs are smiling because our hands are tied
There are laws created to protect the rich from the poor
City to city jails will overflow
City to city mortgages will for close
City to city bankers’ budgets will explode
With record profits
You can’t cover the smell
Illusions fill up televisions and magazines with lifestyles that can’t sustain
It’s hard to see reality while were hypnotized by fakes
Dressed to empress businesses that mold our fate
As they indulge in their obsession to take from our plates
We are spinning the wheels of this money-making machine
They are leaving the dishes to be cleaned
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7. |
Cause Generic
02:58
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Angst ridden Naïve sullen
Lost and alone without belonging
Introduce a code complete
A narrative to find meaning in concrete
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Approaching die hard status
Lost empathy for others subjectivity
Introduce a rival menace
What's a story without the antagonist
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Conspire plot Pledge allegiance
Paid in full by the lies in your belief
Arrested detained broken
A confession can read like a love letter
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8. |
Reversal in Neutral
02:43
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Blanket statement
Accrue Interest
Involved devoLVED
nothing to detest
Where is the truth in this?
Lies
in
Triplicate
I call Bullshit
Pre-selected
Simple explanations
draw-a-line
pretend causation
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9. |
Throw it out
03:42
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Disillusioned by the crass played out echoing casually
Flashy patterns distract filling voids and scenery
Leaving no time to hesitate, catch your breath to reflect
Sink or swim shitty options try to make the best out of them
Media manipulates images of chaos escalating the situation
As they bend and mold the narrative trying to shape the discussion
Fallacies of violence and fear to keep the Fascist running wheels spinning
Pouring gasoline handing out matches to a fool’s manic ideology
Portraying heroes to hype political theater distorting reality
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10. |
Rustic Grime
01:53
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A G B A
We are all destined to fall short of the goal
The cliff notes in an old demo never sold
The joke repeated so often were numb
By-products self-absorbed soaked in rum
The sound will echo tragically with time
Bantered nostalgic rustic grime
Scavenging the landscape of distorted chords
Misplace meaning searching for the right words
Staring at stars reaching in the dark
Aimlessly looking for where to start
Heartbeats a new tempo to try
Bantered nostalgic rustic grime
The sound will echo tragically with time
Bantered nostalgic rustic grime
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