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Appetite For Distraction
02:05
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Don’t feel good but you’re not ill
watch teevee and take your happy pill
don’t feel right but you’re not sick
press your fingers to your temples chew your nails to the quick
Place the blame I know you will
it’s guns and video games and happy pills
place the blame makes you feel right
is that what helps you sleep at night?
You’re closer than you would believe
one missed step from waking from your dream
finance that big ass SUV
smart move ‘cause that is where you’ll sleep
Take it all away
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The Death of Us
02:19
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A man lays down his rifle, and sighs “I’ve had enough”
A woman buries her child, and she cries “I’ve had enough”
Still we agree to disagree, suicidal enmity
the sins of our fathers will be the death of us
A girl buries her mother, and she prays to settle the score
and a boy picks up a rifle, and he dreams of glorious war
and the men who sell the guns it seems they always have enough
and the leaders safe behind the lines they always have enough
Still we agree to disagree, suicidal enmity
the sins of our fathers will be
still we agree to disagree, perpetual insanity
these lines drawn in the sand will be
the death of us
Is it eye for an eye or blind by hate?
Cut off your nose to spite your face
some memories won’t be erased
these living ghosts will be
the death of us
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Remember, Remember
02:43
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Surprised you noticed
surprised you care
so greet the truth with
an angry glare
how they stare
Remember, remember i gave up, surrendered
don’t put the blame on me
these nights spent awake
all your problems I take on
won’t give me any sleep
The same old story
A different day
I say I’m sorry
I say please stay, please stay
I wrote myself in circles, ran out of rhymes
I couldn’t say it all in a thousand lines
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Trust Us
02:51
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Incessant, the bleating
the message keeps repeating
close your hearts, lock the door
no end to this forever war.
Insipid, misleading
platitudes devoid of meaning
“we had to burn the village down to save it”
here’s the price to keep you safe:
we’re watching you
while you sleep we’re wide awake
we’re watching you
your life is in our database
Trust us, we’re on the brink
Trust us, it’s worse than you think
Trust us, our way of life sits on the edge of a knife
Say you want the truth?
It’s easier when you’re distracted
Say you want the proof?
We’re sorry but that’s been redacted
here’s the price to keep you safe:
we’re watching you
while you sleep we’re wide awake
we’re watching you
your life is in our database
so watch yourself
Trust us, we wouldn’t tell you lies
Cross us and we’ll cut you down to size
Every little step you take, we’re watching you
Every little move you make, we’re watching you
while you sleep we’re wide awake, watching you
here’s the price to keep you safe
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Hear Them Wail
03:23
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Oh hear them wail, let the walls come down
A man lit himself on fire on TV the other day
he set the eastern deserts burning with a single match that way
Killing fields are ripe for harvest, and they will reap what they have sown
you can ignore the growing tempest but that won’t stop the wind from blowing
So hear them wail, let the walls come down
I saw them fighting in the streets on TV the other day
Kids with slingshots facing tanks, seems like it’s always been this way
And if freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose
then I guess they’ve got their freedom, more than they would choose
So hear them wail, let the walls come down.
Hear them wail down in old Cairo
Hear them wail down in Aleppo
Hear them wail down on the Gaza Strip
Hear them wail down in Tunis
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A nation of laws or a nation of men?
Justice was blind, but now the blindfold covers her tits
ain’t it the pits
when the Bible is the law but the money-changers run the temple?
How did we let it come to this?
Somebody fell asleep at the switch and when we woke, we all were broke
Secretly and cleverly the burden had been shifted to our yoke
It is to laugh when the bean counters forget their math
it is to cry when we let lie the sleeping dogs that turn on us when we have closed our eyes
Hobson never had a choice like this
Pay for the repairs or do we burn it to the ground?
It is unsound
The inspector shakes his head and sadly says “it’s a total loss”
How did we let it come to this
our shining house on a hill is now a derelict
we spent the rent on an arsenal and now we have no place to keep it.
How did we let it come to this?
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Bombs Away
03:06
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The General scratches his belly and thinks
His pay is good but his officers stink
Guerrilla girl, hard and sweet
A military man would love to meet
The President looks in the mirror and speaks
His shirts are clean but his country reeks
Unpaid bills Afghanistan hills
Bombs away But, we're okay Bombs away In old Bombay
The General only wants to teach France to dance
His army life don't give him any romance
Guerrilla girl, hard and sweet
A military man would love to meet
The General scratches his belly and thinks
His pay is good but his company stinks
Guerrilla girl, hard and sweet A military man would love to meet
Bombs away But, we're okay Bombs away In old Bombay
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8. |
Maguire's Plea
01:51
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Help me to understand how every time you fail
someone else must take the blame
righteously wronged, perpetual victim
Explain, if you can why I should be your friend when you’re your own worst enemy
my is tired, I’m so conflicted
So help me, help you
I want to make it better but there’s nothing I can do
until you help me help you
And everytime you told me lies
swore to my face you’d be alright
i’d pick you up but you’d just lay back down
lean on me, but you’ll have to learn to stand
So help me help you
I want to see you happy but there’s nothing I can do
until you help me help you
Help me help you
I hate to see you suffer but there’s nothing I can do until you help me
help you
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60 Hours
03:16
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All your life you played the game
toed the line and earned the A’s
A wife, two kids, a dog, a yard
a mortgage and a German car
60 hours and a paycheck
another year with the same old bullshit
exist to fill a slot then be replaced when you wear out
You made it, right? You reached the top.
Corner office, fifth of scotch
your sixth mistress, your second wife
your kids are grown, sometimes they write
they work so hard they do, reminding you of someone you once knew...
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The Message
02:44
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So much belief in make-believe
so little faith in man
so much searching for salvation when it’s right here in our hands
are you ashamed of your impermanence?
you think God gives a damn?
accept your insignificance and know there is no plan.
No help is coming. No saviour on the way.
The message is that there is no message
This is not indictment, this is just a plea
put into practice what you preach
do we need the supervision?
does there need to be a “plan”?
do you need sky daddy watching you to be a decent man?
No help is coming, no saviour on the way.
The message is that there is no message
No help is coming.
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11. |
Perfect World
02:14
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Look at the battles that you’ve won
look at the damage that’s been done
no regard for pain or consequence
spare no expense to win a fight
Look at the person you’ve become
nothing to do but get things done
so afraid of pain and consequence
the grave expense to share your life
you reached the top and found it’s lonely there
the cold, thin air, how it bites.
But in your perfect world, it’s not a perfect world
but it’s good enough to find someone hold on to
Alone you’ll travel faster but it doesn’t mean you should
sharing pain is half the pain and sharing joy is twice as good
life is not a race there is no prize for winning times
and there’s no one there to greet you when you reach the finish line
Perfect world, it’s not a perfect world but it’s good enough to find someone to hold on to.
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12. |
Raum der Zeit
01:44
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