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Rectified
01:49
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Welcome to your class war
Worshiping wealth condemning the poor
Can’t get your foot in the door
This is what they lobby for
It’s imminent now as we race
Straight to the bottom where we’ll burn
It’s our fate and the rich retreat to space
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State of Decay
03:12
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hey kid you think you can sell
you work for us now, noone you can tell
go sell, collect all you can
get them to sign, the line of satan
convincing the poor what they really need
to line your pockets, the corporate greed
trial by fire, state of decay
suffering now, millions to save
you offer your hand, help save the day
come stitch it up, before it all frays
hey man, we love all the help
a poor hand of cards this country was dealt
build up, supersize the plans
scale this project way out of their grasp
this employs none of our people
this destroys all that made us equal
trial by fire, state of decay
suffering now, millions to save
you offer your hand, help save the day
come stitch it up before it all frays
bring in the help, bring in the rock
bring in the metal, forget all our shops
just when we thought this was your good will
you slap on the table the infinite bill
we held trust in you, gave all to you
gun to our head you take away
trial by fire, state of decay
suffering now, millions to save
you offer your hand, help save the day
come stitch it up before it all frays
we made a mistake, we trusted your hand
you've taken our freedom, you own all our land
a snake in the grass that we didn't see
avoid debt at all costs if you want to stay free
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Overboard
03:55
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fink skunk common snake
turncoat with a double face
you're the rat that spreads disease
the cancer in society
and just like that someone I thought I knew
now just a husk selfish in his servitude
it's catching up again I feel so high
do you remember when we used to carry on and then
the good times passed us by
money’s always changing hands
powders sent from foreign lands
Judas wearing beggars clothes
your lust for silvers’ been exposed
with a grin so wide and a mind that’s full of ill surprise
but to no surprise you fooled yourself and no one else
it's catching up again I feel so high
do you remember when we used to carry on and then
the good times passed us by
yes I laugh at all your foolish games
I will survive no thanks to you
all that shit you put me through
I'm still alive
there is nothing left for me here but this salted snow
fink skunk common snake
turncoat with a double face
you're the rat that spreads disease
the cancer in society
it's catching up again I feel so high
do you remember when we used to carry on and then
the good times passed us by
yes I laugh at all your foolish games
I will survive no thanks to you
all that shit you put me through
I'm still alive
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Salted Snow
04:14
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same curtain, same hand
bigger shovels to till the land
pump poison down scorched veins
we tow the line into our grave
inflated false economy, plastics choking out the sea
in madness i descend the depths
choking on my final breath
you’re glorious, you’re free!
to diffuse your responsibility
art is a lie
everybody that you know is gonna die
with what time we have left
that we haven't managed yet
now we're underwater below deck
if you haven't noticed yet
we’re going overboard
we’re going overboard
same carrot, same stick
sedate the proletariat
old hate high on new guns
set a pace that we can’t outrun
inflated false economy, plastics choking out the sea
looming there's a debt we can’t repay
with what time we have left
that we haven't managed yet
now we're underwater below deck
if you haven't noticed yet
and the older that I get
I find the bottle steals my breath
the bottom line will rally but the true cost is ignored
we’re going overboard
with what time we have left
that we haven't managed yet
now we're underwater below deck
if you haven't noticed yet
and the older that i get
i find the bottle steals my breath
the bottom line will rally but the true cost is ignored
we’re going overboard
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Smile
02:06
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we will not lose this war
with love were marching forth
and when it’s time to say goodbye to the evergreen
we’ll settle into our mosaic
and we’ll wash away inside our dreams
20 years of volume to the day
but these broken ties will never go away
safe to say i earned them
i can’t take it anymore
take it anymore
balanced on the backs of giants
we folded paper crowns
refuge from the desolation
turn it till the knot’s unwound
we won’t be put away
survive another day
we will not lose this war
with love were marching forth
15 wasted years i will repay
but a broken smile’s still right twice a day
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6. |
Never Gonna Die
02:57
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hey hey hey hey
hey hey hey hey
let’s fuckin’ go!
(let’s go)
tonight we take the stage
together we will write another page
you are the crowd
you like it loud
we’re dressed to kill and thrill
and blood is gonna spill
we’re never gonna die
we’ll live forever like fire in the sky
everybody wants a try
we’re never gonna die
hey hey hey hey
hey hey hey hey
nights like this they fuel the machine
you are the power in our scene!
you make us feel ten feet tall
we see the writing on the wall
too stoked to rock out with our friends
go hard until the party ends
you break the silence destroy the doom
we’ll be the last ones in the room
hell bent for studs and denim
fuck around and get sent to heaven
we’re never gonna die
we’ll live forever like fire in the sky
everybody wants a try
we’re never gonna die
hey hey hey hey
hey hey hey hey
hey hey hey hey
we’re never gonna die
we’ll live forever like fire in the sky
everybody wants a try
we’re never gonna die
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7. |
Our Song
02:17
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why are we singing our song
when no one is singing along
alone we’ll survive
together we’re strong
that's why we're singing our song
why do we work till we're dead
i said why do we work till we're dead
let’s round up the rich
and lop off their heads
we won’t have to work till we’re dead
i don’t see the meaning in endless repeating
and living bereft of our time
if the silence destroys us
you’ll carry our voices
our love stowed away in the rhyme
why do we work till we're dead
i said why do we work till we're dead
let’s round up the rich and eat them instead
the wealth that they horde, we’ll gorge till’ were fed
society is in decay (that’s why we're singing our song)
work all day make no pay
take away fill the bank
live on bread feigning death
takin’ charge livin’ large
they take and take till they have it all
the bigger they are the harder they fall
that’s why we’re singing our song
till everyone’s singing along
alone we’ll survive together we’re strong
that’s why we're singing our song
society is in decay (that’s why we're singing our song)
society is in decay (that’s why we're singing our song)
alone we’ll survive together we’re strong
alone we’ll survive together we’re strong
that’s why we're singing our song
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8. |
Pixels
02:18
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do you ever lay awake and wonder why
and if the stars are all just pixels in the sky
if your waking life has all been just a dream
tonight the sleep servers are full
so you’ll lie awake it seems
maybe we’re just data in some could
someone’s message in a bottle
steady hand upon the throttle
all this nonsense makes more sense to me
than the arrogance required for human beings to believe
that we’re the toughest bully on the beach
as far as we can see, knowing all that’s out of reach
that we’re special, that there’s a god that gives a fuck
you didn’t get that big promotion
that given half a chance we wouldn’t do it all the same
that a drop of blood won’t calcify an ocean
a drop of blood won’t calcify an ocean
(fade away) as the sun retreats and night has fallen
i can see the stars are callin’ you (stars are calling you)
our lives are worth the same as yours
despite the moral high ground ideology affords
and we’re bored
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9. |
Goon Tune
03:56
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let’s fuckin go!
mired in a swell of new uncertainty (tossed amid the waves)
we’re at the mercy of strange technology
this weight, this hate
false prophets propagate
no ceasefire, no silence
your window to violence
no longer forced to hide
hate travels worldwide
the point of no return, all we’ve earned
let it burn
instated by the lower class
who’s compass has been bent
capitalist policies protect the one percent
twisted by their hate, misled to vote against themselves
you’re poisoning the well
we’ll see you all in hell
you’re hearing our voice
through process command
a fucked new dark age in the palm of our hand
our spirits contort as our bodies evolve
we’re letting the blood and releasing control
instated by the lower class
who’s compass has been bent
capitalist policies protect the one percent
twisted by their hate, misled to vote against themselves
why must we kill what we don’t understand
learn to share the land
we’re bleeding through, only time will tell
you’re poisoning the well
fuck you we’ll see you all in hell
instated by the lower class
who’s compass has been bent
capitalist policies protect the one percent
twisted by their hate, misled to vote against themselves
diggin’ our own graves, fuck off we’ll see you all in hell
why must we kill what we don’t understand
we’re bleeding through
you’re poisoning the well
fuck you we’ll see you all in hell
fuck you so see you all in hell
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