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Aegis
03:19
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__Aegis__
Everybody here knows everybody for sure
Cause everybody’s connected
A caste of avarice, an empire of vice, a hierarchy of access
And when the bar closes down, we’ll make like we’re leaving
But fiending eyes can see just what’s beginning
Behind the gilded shine
I don’t like it
But I’ll do it
No, I don’t like it
At all . . .
Strung in, treading quicksand
Discreet little succubus been tempting me again
Strung out, off this generous web
Cut off, set adrift, such a turbulent end
But you’ll never sleep so well, in the eye of the storm
Drained, but invincible
Should we barricade the door?
Perhaps set up surveillance.
Out of sight out of mind.
Such a curious solution.
Out of sight out of mind. (Hey here we go)
Out of sight out of mind. (Such a slippery slope)
Out of sight out of mind. (Hey here we go)
Yeah Right.
Grind it down. Line it up.
Ignore your face in the mirror.
But you can’t miss your reflection in the eyes around you
Peering over your shoulder.
It’s a strange reflex, luring me back on so many insistences.
But I can rest assured (Right?)
We’re all friends here for sure (Right?)
Cause everybody’s connected.
I don’t like it
But I’ll do it
No, I don’t like it
At all . . .
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2. |
The Wheel
05:28
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__The Wheel__
Mirages blowin’ kisses
Massages the surfaces
In the oasis eating sand
I shoulda bluffed but I showed my hand
Suckered in, with an alluring reflection
This sabotaged, tender attachment
And I’m a trembling haunted weirdo
Lingering in her peripheral
Alarm! The Subject has just checked out! Alarm!
Perpetual seeds of samsara suffering
This unbridled, sensual glutton can’t complain
I couldn’t tell you why it’s happening to you
Karmic retribution been coming into bloom
Uncomfortable, familiar turmoil
Dust settles like stale decay
Spin in circles
Hold the ground
Something is bound to change
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3. |
South of Center
04:59
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__South of Center__
Feeling south of center
Feeling a little too north this winter
Kicking the habit, kicking regret
These prices paid will be hard to forget
I am the ogre
Trying to hold your line
Tough love understanding
Always comes with a price
So listen to me gently
I’ll try to speak real slow
This is called reality
This is the way it goes
We all have the same name and it’s “I”
Self absorbed minds lined up side by side
Like fish with a dim sense of water in an ocean divine
Predestined evolution
We ain’t got no control
If it’s all by design, teleological
So just enjoy the ride (demon)
You know nothings your fault (demon)
Just wash your hands (demon)
You know free will is a joke
There’s no telling what my thoughts could bring
If I could just let this moment reign
And allow some comfort under my own skin
So listen to me gently
I’ll try to speak real slow
This is called reality
This is the way it goes
These prices paid will be hard to forget
Kicking the habit, kicking regret
Feeling a little too north this winter
Feeling south of center
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4. |
Spoonfed
05:14
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__Spoonfed__
Take courage through these dark days
Take courage through these dark days
Cause it’s the only way
Take courage through these dark days
Didn’t they get the message?
The special report?
The streaming headline?
The latest, breaking interruption?
Didn’t they?
Didn’t they see it on T.V.?
Spoonfed, spoonfed, spoonfed point of view,
It’s the only way, everyone aboard
It’s the only way, everyone aboard!
Take courage through these dark days
Take courage through these dark days
Cause it’s the only way
Take courage through these dark days
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5. |
Fairbrother
02:51
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__Fairbrother__
When I think of my friends it makes me proud to see them do so well
I’ve been dreaming of hallways,
of pacing the floor,
of buckles and white coats,
of bars on the door,
of such nice people who’ll keep me in line,
of polite soft words from smiles that grind...
Just do the right thing, ‘til no one is looking
Cause one thing’s for certain, they’re all out of their minds
If you just treat the symptoms, the problem won’t die
But if I had the chance to make it on the outside
These anxious tremors might get better with time
And if I stay, hey, they’ll take me out to graze
And in the light of the community, I’ll disintegrate
Back into darkness where I can’t hear them rate
Whether I’m crazy, psycho, or insane
I can’t be just a shadow
An ornament in a human warehouse
He said this cure would start working
Once I can’t think at all
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6. |
Cool Fachismo
03:49
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__Cool Fachismo__
Everyone would love my song, if it was the only option
Everyone would heed my voice, if I was the only one talking
Oh the peace we could achieve, if you all would just believe in my opinion
Who am I to think about it?
Just what difference does it make?
No one else here is going to see it quite like this
So I shut my mouth and fall into line
Because I want to be cool
A Cool Fachismo...
A self-centered universe is getting in my face
Telling me all the ways to think about this place
I can hear what you’re saying but I don’t quite understand
If you’re going to feed me the answers, why ask the questions
As if I’m the one who should think about it
Just what difference does it make?
No one else here is gonna see it quite like this
So I shut my mouth and quietly sit down
Because I want to be cool
I wanna be cool
And I’ll wear it like a uniform
I’ll wield it like a whip
We’ll just make them belong
Kill em til they get along
It’s getting tough to conceal
The mindfuck
Jerk off all you want to the hippie daydream
Talk talk about love and process
But with free will among the wolves, the pigs, and the sheep
In a slaughter you can eat, be eaten, or get ignored
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7. |
The Void
05:56
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__The Void__
As the planet winds down and the oil dries up
And the sun’s sparkle is eclipsed by the atom bomb
Perhaps then you’ll notice you’ve been here before (How could you have left?)
And the world has always been ending...
You’re just paranoid in the void…
You can die by drowning or a bullet to the head.
Or, you can get eaten by cancer from just breathing the air.
Oh, so many ways to go (and we’ll each get one).
How pitiful it is to then realize, you’ve been paranoid, In the void…
And it made you kill and maim
Armed and dangerous child, afraid of the dark.
Rationalizing, justifying, fighting terror with horror.
An armed and dangerous child,
An armed and dangerous honey bee
An armed and dangerous child, what have you done?
You kill and maim. See how you kill and maim.
Don’t you close your foolish eyes
The sunrise brings a tidal wave
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