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In the Distance
03:07
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in the distance
in the distance is a boat in flames
sea’s burning while land sinks in
the children cry out their last tears
their screaming echoes into empty ears
a mother on fire, trapped in Scylla’s bated jaws
abandoned others lost in Charybdis
these dreams they seem so real
how did we end up here?
in the scattered
remnants
treading water
pledging to persist here
in those eyes
paradise
in the darkness pine little light
painful yearning of those flames that don’t feel right
the guilty breathing throbs and pounds
a haunting sacrifice in every living sound
while Agamemnon’s war was just one part
our weak condition gods and kings conspire
these dreams they seem so real
how did we end up here?
in the scattered
remnants
treading water
pledging to persist here
in those eyes
paradise
in the rubble of the failed factory
we built a boat to sail upon the sea
thirsty for dreams
engulfed in flames
praying for sirens, but scared to be detained
strangled by borders, and choking in the mist
displaced reason, forgotten in waves of myths
we fought their wars for a home
but all this time, wrong enemy’s opposed
these dreams they seem so real
how did we end up here?
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Catch 2222
01:34
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Catch 2222
you signed up to murder foreigners
to see their world and stomp it down
to protect the shithole you’re running from
that’s insane
insane
you follow orders dropping bombs
kill innocents for freedom
and say it is just a job
that’s fucking insane
insane
everyone is so fucking desperate
crazy enough to kill for benefits
we got no money
we can’t find a job
no fucking clue what we’re supposed to be proud of
made ignorant, given a gun, and driven insane
INSANE
anyone who’d join their military
is far too insane to ever be given any sort of gun
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The Lotus Eaters
02:21
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The Lotus Eaters
we’ve seen too much surrender, battle lethargy
now the war’s come home, inside our real enemy
buried under all these scars, our weak hearts barely beat
our bones grind on, while minds they drift empty
fires raise our sights, the empire breathes a sigh
rejoice in smoke and drink until you die
they say, freedom from suffering is just a lotus away
just give up your ambition and rage, and embrace the master’s apathy
while the wealthy talk of islands lost in a sea of pain
a place the weak can hide in lotuses
their tales worse than chains, holding still these slaves
while lotuses whisper don’t resist
they say, freedom from suffering is just a lotus away
just give up your ambition and rage, and embrace the master’s apathy
BURN DOWN THIS EMPIRE
BURN THIS FUCKING EMPIRE TO THE GROUND
our agony like monuments like tombstones over graves
remembrances for crimes we are guilty
either tear out all your vacant eyes, or solder shut your mouths
or burn this fucking empire to the ground
BURN DOWN THIS EMPIRE
BURN THIS FUCKING EMPIRE TO THE GROUND
that void, that “shame”, that lotus - not cure.
our treatment: to empower and BURN THIS EMPIRE
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Catharsis & Regret
02:21
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Catharsis & Regret
these bridges burn
these fires we set
light our way forward
past all our regrets
the ashes cry
apologies
since there’s no justice
let there be no peace
last night we castrated a rapist and tattooed across his face
we put all the excuses that he yelled at us in pain
then we broke all of the hands of all racists we could find
then took our time sewing shut their eyes
well, maybe we’re short sighted
maybe we’re fucking wrong
maybe we should all just sing along
with the sound of blue blood spilled out at the gate
silence of their last breath of hate
the right wing broken bones
the concrete in their skulls
fire choking flags soaked in gasoline
water boarded billionaires bleach soaked to the brim
drowning white supremacists after we skin all them
landlords buried up to their necks in piles of shit
antfarms made of assholes all living all rent free
i heard you all snickering, that i don’t fucking care
‘cause i wanna burn their houses down while their backward asses there
but those petty men’s rights advocates hawking all their lies
would smell a whole lot better with their body sprays on fire
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