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Force Majeure

by The Shell Corporation

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1.
Fuck 'Em (free) 01:31
Lived enough to know about failure The stink of shit on hope we’ve been taken The fix is in let’s go it’s all breaking It’s all just who you know Well fuck it’s nice to meet you ‘cause we’re better off without it and we’re better off being alone Can I let you in on something? If I ever had to say it, it was never worth saying at all Do you really want the truth? Well, this is probably all for nothing this is probably just to try and look cool And we’re making it look easy. So who’s the more foolish? Well, take a look around. We’ve already got your money and we haven’t made a sound. We’ve got nothing to lose. So you can all just go and get screwed. We are your fair weather friends, so buy us a round. Hell man, buy two. And if you can’t take a joke Well, Fuck you too.
2.
I don’t need your absolution To keep my sins from damning me I’ve made this bed to lie You can keep your revelation Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a blaster at your side, kid But you said we’d see the day when the sky came crashing down Yet here we are standing face to face With your lies, your convenient alibis Who will save you now? I don’t need your picket fences No money down modern convenience instant winner fantasy You can keep your star spangled dream I’ve woken up from it on the wrong side of the bed But you said we’d never see the day when the bottom would fall out Yet here we are, standing face to face With the path, that is traveled down and worn And the comedy goes on (until) There are no more lies No platitudes of an afterlife, of skycake or a plan divine No more cries Of I deserve a bigger slice, and fuck you man, cause I got mine No more lies Of spreading democracy with a bayonet and trust me I’m from the government No alibis For everything done in God’s name, and every time we’ve passed the blame To everyone who plays the game and thinks they’ll beat the house.
3.
The situation’s out of hand Disinformation spreads across the land Distracted clamoring masses Demanding bread and circuses And eating right out of their hands Look out! Cause the coast is never clear. And the air is thick with fear And the end is drawing near when we get bread and circuses Look out! Don’t believe everything you hear Because the truth is never clear And the consequences dear when we get Bread and circuses The situation’s round the bend When who’s fucking who leads at ten While we fight the culture wars Our future is out the back door We deserve everything we get Torture wiretaps oil wars and dirty tricks Our grandchildren’s future pawned off for another quick fix And the brave new media is unafraid to sell the truth About Britney, Lyndsay, Charlie, Idol, Jersey, Jessie Barnum and Bailey!
4.
We’ve been down this road before a thousand times And still we’ll pound this concrete into gravel And this gravel into dust I know something’s got to give but you know it won’t be me I don’t think I care quite enough to fix this It’s over now but the crying honey If I could take it all back (you know I would) I would make it all up (I wish I could) But I can’t find the spark to build the fire It’s been a year of only winter These grapes have all gone sour And left acid on the vine Am I bitter for the sorrow that I have caused? Or is it for the sorrow that is mine?
5.
I should be angry with you But the anger I’ve spent hasn’t bought you a clue When the whole world is out to get you, remember, They’re all your own battles to pick and to choose If you ever hear these words, you wouldn’t suspect they’re for you “I value our friendship” you said But your actions make clear what’s going on in your head I declare that this friendship is dead Dead on arrival, due to abuse and neglect And I hope you hear these words All of the Best, All of the best How did I get myself into this mess? Why are these bridges burned? Did I set the torch? What have I done, how can I change? How did I get myself into this place? Why are these bridges burned, did I set the torch again? And I wish you all of the best, all of the good things but give it a rest We never were friends and I’m all over it Over this nothing, I don’t give a shit I’m sorry for caring, I’m sorry I did. But I guess you live and you learn and I won’t make the mistake again.
6.
It all starts today because tomorrow is a day too late Get up, get outta my way It will all be lost if we hesitate It’s on, let’s go Leave all your doubts behind Because we don’t have room to carry them Don’t worry about the time ‘cause someday soon we’ll all be dead For now, let’s live It was all in a million pieces But they’re falling into place And there’s a million little reasons Why it all worked out this way Here we go, shoulders back Mouth open with a chant Here it starts, now today With this song we’re on our way
7.
What If? 02:47
Like mice, like men our best laid plans Never work out the way we intend It’s not if it’s when fate’s ugly head Smiles cruelly while your castles turn to sand What if, this is all you get? (and you don’t get anything) What if this is as good as it gets? (and it doesn’t get better than this) Will your lay down and cry? Will you curl up and die? When the shit hits the fan will you run or take your stand?
8.
We’re taught from boyhood on to sing the anthems They are fight songs And now the songs we sing, jingoistic melody are Fight songs So what’s this all about? Just follow orders, son, and march, son, die, son Well you’ve got the will to choose the fights you take make sure that it’s the right one Your God, Your Oath, your friends your family What will you die for? Your car, your house, ikea furniture Is this what life’s worth? Steel up your gaze, square up your back and on the left, march right march Into the jaws of jagged steel straight back we left march right march Since the days, of lance and bow scared men have left marched right marched For their god, their king, their city-state they left marched right marched Your flag, ideal, your revolution What will you die for? Your life, a gift, but only worth it if it’s what you’ve lived for It’s not worth living for if it’s not worth dying for It’s not worth dying for if it’s not worth living for Do not go quietly into that good night But rage, rage, rage against the dying of the light
9.
Woke up on that floor again Not sure where I’ve been Not sure if I should stay or get on with another day Thoughts of you they fill my head Of the life that we once lead I know that you’re gone for good but I can’t move on Try to put you out of mind “So how’s life?”, “I’m doing fine” But I know it’s all a lie I’m just a broken hearted loser with nothing to do I’m just a broken hearted loser, still in love with you Since the day you said goodbye
10.
Do you remember in September 08 when the whole thing came undone? When Wallstreet’s chickens came home to roost and it looked like their race was run? Enter stage right Uncle Ben and his merry men to save the day They robbed from the poor and they gave to the rich and they made sure their bonuses got paid The game is set so give up hope This rising tide will sink all boats Rome’s on fire and there’s no help for us So grab your fiddles and join on the chorus The sirens wail the tide is out So grab your boards we’ll paddle out And ride this fucker in, all the way to hell Let’s party down it’s too late to stop The other shoe is about to drop So let’s ride this fucker in All the way back down, straight to hell Recession? What recession? It’s a goddamned depression But they won’t admit it yet So there’s still no work and it’s been four years “But look at the stock market!” How many bankers lost their jobs? How many CEOs are out on the streets? Congress dressed up as Rose of Sharon And let them suckle at the government teat We’ve paid the banker and we paid the miser Now there’s no money left to pay the piper Rome’s on fire and there’s no hope for us So grab your fiddle and join on the chorus…
11.
Ozymandias 03:39
I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: `Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed. And on the pedestal these words appear -- "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.'
12.
Dust to Dust 02:31
We walk this earth alone But in the end we become one Dust to dust, shattered hearts and memories Gone to heaven? Go to hell! Cause’ there’s none that I can tell Just dirt and dust Broken hearts and memories She taught me living Breathe every breath, like it’s your last A force majeure, of that you can be sure Dust to dust Shattered hearts and memories I watched her dying When every breath, seemed like her last And then she left, on her own terms at last Dust to dust Shattered hearts and memories And so it ended. Raise this toast in lament Close the book, inscribe the name. What was lost, but what remains?

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released August 25, 2011

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Tracks 1,3-8 produced, engineered, and drummed by the Indomitable Forest Light Marks in his garage off of Topanga Canyon Blvd. in West Hills, CA.

Tracks 2, 10, 11 produced and engineered by the legendary Jamie McMann at Motor Studios in San Francisco, CA

Track 9 produced and engineered by Chris Crawford in 2006 in our rehearsal space in SF, CA.

Track 12 produced and engineered by Billy Romeo @ My Girlfriend's Mom's House Studios in Northridge, CA.

Jan Drees - Singing and Guitar
Curtiss Lopez - Guitar and Singing
Sean Moore - Bass and Singing
Jake Margolis - Drumming and rambling

May as well be in the band:
Chris Crawford, Forest Light Marks, Matt Glasgow

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