1. |
Choosing Sides
03:12
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They begin
are you in
are you out
choose your side
They divide
it's black or white
for or against
choose your side
We begin
those akin
take your stand
choose your side
It's in the writing on the wall
it's in the everyday thumb war
The stickers on the lantern posts
We begin
are you in
us or them
choose your side
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2. |
Waster
03:10
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3. |
Ode To Joy
03:34
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I've been to the beaches
I've walked on the sand
I have slept in hotel rooms and
I have slept in tents
I have followed rivers
I've been paddling on the lakes
Yet I only feel whole in the same old hole
Where I got all that makes
me
happy - now I 'm back in the my smelly cave
happy - I don't need to be a world away
happy - all it takes is a melody
happy - all it takes is a harmony
I have been to cities
To forests and to plains
I took cars and coaches,
trains and boats and planes
I've been with my family
with the ones I love the most
I have had it all
ain't it strange how I longed
for the bliss of being alone?
Now I'm happy - hello darkness, my old friend
happy - I've come to rock out again
happy - all it takes is a brand new tune
happy - my Mac and the DAW
oh oh oh oh oh oh (x3)
Yeah the weather's great right now
and the food is good
the view from here is spectacular
it all is like it should
Take care of your six strings
We'll see each other soon
And my mind is filled
with song ideas
I'll be coming back to you
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4. |
Shout It Out
04:36
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First you learn to talk
then you're told to shut up
first you learn to walk
then you're told to back up
But you need to scream
you oughta shout
you gotta shout it out
Life's a compromise
with people you despise
Smile and be polite
although you feel like
you could run and hide
You gotta scream
you gotta to shout
you gotta shout it out
And then you're on a stage
and then the music's loud
then you're in the light
you're in the spotlight
then you're here and now
You can scream
you can shout
and you can rock out
First you're socialized
and then you're on your own
first you hesitate
and then you let it go ...
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5. |
Behold! It's Power-Man!
02:41
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There's nothing that can ever hurt me
It's like I'm made of stone
There's no one who must ever help me
I go at them alone
My muscles have the strength of thousand monster truck cars
Look what's in the air tonight
It's power-man who comes to make it all right
Look who's in the air tonight
Power-man against all evil
If someone ever bombs your city
I will take him down
If someone plots to kill you all
He'll taste my laser gun
Somebody take me to your supervillain
Look what's in the air tonight
It's power-man who cares so you can sleep tight
Look who's in the air tonight
Power-man, in case you wonder
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6. |
We Are The 99 Percent
03:17
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My parents always told me
to be good and kind
respect other people
and leave nobody behind
Seeing where that got me
I am wondering if that's right
cause the money's with the wicked
and they seem to sleep well at night
And it's always so
The bad ones get away
And it's always so
And the rest of us will pay
Always make an effort
always give your best
in order to get somewhere
you must work harder than the rest
You can build streets and houses
nurse kids and elderlies
Or make up some clever contracts
and you're much better off than these
And it's always so
The bad ones get to lead
And it's always so
And we are crouching at their feet
The rich are getting richer
The poor will remain poor
The rich cash in their benefits
And their losses are paid by you
So why be a good guy?
Where can I take a class
"Get rid of all that conscience!" or
"How to be an ass"
And it's always so
The bad ones get away
And it's always so
And we will have to pay
And it's always so
And it will always be that way
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7. |
Broke (feat. Smudgie)
03:13
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Help me Lord, I'm broke again
Don't know where all my money went
I was never one to pray
But the situation's got me saying
Lord I'm
Broke
For real now
Broke
For real
If there was any way
I'd make my misery pay
I got half a month to go
How to survive that I don't know
I'd sell my body but who's buying
There is nothing left to try
Lord I'm
Broke
For real now
Broke
For real
If there was any way
I'd make my misery pay
What's been done has been done
What's been said has been said
What's been signed has been signed
And now I have to pay
(repeat 3 times)
and I am
Broke
For real now
Broke
For real now
If there was any way
I'd make my misery pay
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8. |
Afraid Of Clouds
04:40
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They have tried to keep it secret
but the truth is out there
they mess around with our weather
I can't believe that you don't care
Our blue sky is sprayed with toxins
heavy metals and sulfates
these clouds can't be natural
they're obviously human-made
Every day they drop it from the aeroplanes
and what exactly heaven only knows
Blue sky trails
I see it happening again
chemicals
pouring down on us
Blue sky trails, will you ever learn
they fly by and the weather turns
All the world'ss their laboratory
we are just their guinea-pigs
They use it for mind control
and lower our fertility
Get your orgon busters and the vinegar
The sound of jets is roaring overhead
Blue sky trails
I see it happening again
chemicals
pouring down on us
Blue sky trails will you ever learn
they fly by and the weather turns
I can tell by my headache
there is something in the air
Maybe they know that I know
These airplanes follow everywhere
Let this song ring out as a warning shot
If ever I mysteriously disappear
Blue sky trails
I see it happening again
chemicals
pouring down on us
They have tried to keep it secret
but the truth is out there
they mess around with our weather
I can't believe that you don’t care
Our blue sky is sprayed with toxins
heavy metals and sulfates
these clouds can't be natural
they're obviously human-made
Every day they drop it from the aeroplanes
and what exactly heaven only knows
Blue sky trails
I see it happening again
chemicals
pouring down on us
Blue sky trails, will you ever learn
they fly by and the weather turns
All the world’s their laboratory
we are just their guinea-pigs
They use it for mind control
and lower our fertility
Get your orgon busters and the vinegar
The sound of jets is roaring overhead
Blue sky trails
I see it happening again
chemicals
pouring down on us
Blue sky trails will you ever learn
they fly by and the weather turns
I can tell by my headache
there is something in the air
Maybe they know that I know
These airplanes follow everywhere
Let this song ring out as a warning shot
If ever I mysteriously disappear
Blue sky trails
I see it happening again
chemicals
pouring down on us
Blue sky trails, why can't you see
Blue sky trails, and they're after me now
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9. |
Consolation
02:27
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10. |
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Out from the blackest haze steps a man of white
A contrasting collision of scholastic divisions
Vivid chromate lines grow from dull to bright
Conflicting convictions spun into contradictions
I caught a passing glimpse of flames in the horizon
A burning in the trees as the sun was rising
I caught a passing glimpse of my cracked reflection
And it pains me to watch it fail my own inspection
I caught a passing bird in my hands from the breeze
Such twisted words he said, oh he said to me
I caught a passing bird but away he flew
And so it hurts to watch the skies, as he watches too
I caught a passing glimpse of flames in the horizon
A burning in the trees as the sun was rising
I caught a passing glimpse of my cracked reflection
And it pains me to fail it watch my own inspection
And it just keeps going
And it just keeps going
And my fear keeps growing
And there is no slowing
Feeling very frozen in this corner here
As I'm looking down the corridor with my cornea
Feeling like a muscle that's been hernia'd
And I know I can no longer fight this hypothermia
And I hope for rescue as my breathing slows
As I take my refuge, I am pleading "no"
But I see a sign of something in the distance
Is it just a mirage or is it some assistance?
My visions blurring and I'm feeling queasy
Slipping into dream states where I'm feeling easy
But I snap right back to my current dilemma
Hope I can do it for my sisters Emma
Nicole and Gracie but my mind is wasting
I'm crawling now but I'm quickly losing patience
I'll die alone here soon, am I forsaken?
And the question on my mind is can I make it?
Can I keep on going?
Can I keep on going?
Even though my fear is growing?
I'm going cuz there is no slowing
Can I keep on going?
Can I keep on going?
Even though my fear is growing?
I'm going cuz there is no slowing
And it just keeps going
And it just keeps going
And my fear keeps growing
And there is no slowing
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11. |
Holding On To You
04:10
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Because you're there for me all the time
Because you know when I'm not right
You know me way better than I
you really do
Because you are to whom I belong
Because you are what makes me strong
And where you are I feel at home
I feel home
I'll be
Holding on to you, to you
Holding on to you
I'll be
Holding on to you, to you
You'll be the last thing that I will hold onto
Because I feel how much you care
Because of all you're willed to share
It's how I feel when you're not there
That makes me know
I'll be
Holding on to you, to you
Holding on to you
I'll be
Holding on to you, to you
You'll be the last thing that I will hold onto
Holding on
Together we will make it
Holding on
Grow old and miserable with me
Holding on
You'll never need to fake it
Because you are the only thing that's real
I'll be
Holding on to you, to you
Holding on to you
I'll be
Holding on to you, to you
You'll be the last thing that I will hold onto
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12. |
Vessel
04:28
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Knew a man who I thought had a perfect life
Two great kids, a job, a house and a wife
Then something grew and just pushed him aside
His debt was all that he left when he died
a vessel
Knew a man with an ever smiling face
he gave me my harp and taught me to play
Some blood cells clotted and some neurons gave in
he'd changed so much when I saw him again
It took his wit and his charm
put paranoia at its place
he learned to speak again but it was never the same
three years ago we laid to rest his vessel
Knew a woman with a brilliant mind
taught mathematics at the age of 75
I used to think it would always be this way
but even the brightest lights must inevitably fade
Does she still know who I am
has she forgotten my name
she's talking random things and it gets worse everyday
and all they do is to attend a vessel
And the lord he giveth and then he taketh away
like a cookie thief who steals a piece everyday
and leaves us with the crumbs
and a vessel
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13. |
Blood (feat. Njihe)
05:01
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We all are flesh and blood
we are organic matter
we are just bags of bones
held by connective tissue
we are carbon-based
we are chunks of proteine
we are piles of cells
that divide, die and degrade
We are made of water
we run on oxygen and food
we thrive to survive
we are programmed to reproduce
We host bacteria
we are food for parasites
we're prone to accidents
we're prone to mistakes of all kind
We grow cancer cells
we have an expiration date
we blossom in our prime
then we all wither and decay
We move through time and space
we are beggars, we are kings
we subdue the earth
we are just fallible machines
Mikä taivas olisi meitä varten
maatuville hetken henkäilijöille
mikä jumala jaksaisi kantaa
yli unohduksen
we are just fallible machines
we are just fallible machines
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14. |
An Ending
01:32
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ampersandman Berlin, Germany
I put my pants on just like the rest of you -- one leg at a time. Except, once my pants are on, I make songs that no one cares about.
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