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My Kind of Scum
04:59
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How smart are you? Did you go to school
where the blue bloods do?
Are you feeling high when the people pass you by? Are you that kind of guy?
Are lighting up a smoke, hiding that you're broke? Just waiting for you to choke.
It's clear how hard you try, pretend you never cry. I think I know why.
I'm not part of the royal show. I won't just turn around and run. It may take a couple of drinks, but I'm sure I'll have some fun. You might put on a convincing face, but you're my kind of scum.
How much you had to drink? Does the liquor make you think? Or does it help you to sink?
Do you think it’s okay to pretend you want to stay when you’d kill to run away?
Does St. Peter know what’s above and down below? Only one way to show.
Twisted as a snake. What is it that makes you shake? Are you some kind of fake?
You say you’re part of the royal show. Prove you won’t turn around and run. You should have a couple of drinks, and I’m sure you’ll have some fun. You think you put on a convincing face, but I’m your kind of scum.
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Back to the Future
03:46
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I know where you’ve been
I know your deepest, darkest, mortal sins
I know the losers that you’ve fucked
And I know that you are out of luck.
You can’t smile in reminiscence
There’s no getting back your innocence
You’re living your life full of lies
I think it’s time for you to realize
We’re back. Back to the future, we’re back. Back to the future, let’s go!
I know you’re stuck in your old ways
I know you hate yourself, you don’t sleep for days
I’ve seen the present and the past
And I see the future in which you don’t last
I always smile in reminiscence
Still have the good parts of my innocence
I never sleep with crying eyes
It took some time but I have realized
We’re back. Back to the future, we’re back. Back to the future, let’s go!
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The Twelfth Type
04:49
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You’ve known that it’s wrong to just keep muddling along
There’s no room for failure to stay strong.
Unprincipled peace masks a supremacist beast
Whose decay will spread upon its release.
What do I really know? What do I have to show?
How far can these excuses go?
To fight this corrosion at the cost of full self-implosion
Paves the way for ideals to face expulsion.
So loyal and honest and active and upright
So tell me what’s causing you this fright?
Pour out the bottle, load up your gun.
We can’t let up until we’ve won.
We can’t conceal, what has been revealed.
For the first time, I know that it’s for real.
If you want to throttle that Philistine bottle,
You’ve got no time left to dawdle.
Grab hold of that gun, your unifying weapon,
This struggle is an ideological one.
To insist on a 12th type because your own mind isn’t ripe,
Is to dive head first down the drain pipe.
That pride is a fake, now for humanity’s sake
Don’t speak before you investigate.
So loyal and honest and active and upright
So tell me what’s causing you this fright?
Pour out the bottle, load up your gun.
We can’t let up until we’ve won.
We can’t conceal, what has been revealed.
I think this whole time, I've known that it's for real.
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Rules of Estrangement
03:44
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Convictionless cretins, they’ll believe anything.
No rhyme and no reason, they’ll buy into what’s pleasing.
To their conditioned brains they’re left confused to act in vein.
They bring Mr. Gold joy as he plays with them like children’s toys.
You say a high horse I ride, but you’d know if you looked inside.
Our threads of existence are carefully sewn through persistence.
But the threat this ruck brings could wreck it all with one sting.
Though it won’t ruin me, it’s for my fellows that I give this plea.
Nihilism won’t do, this unfolding is bigger than you.
Our cynical minds can’t block idealist toxins this time.
The falsehood is so ingrained, but there’s only empty blame.
No change in the air could save us from the trip to this grave.
It seems feeling oppressed, has become a trend among the rest.
The shape they’re in isn’t bad, yet they long for what they once had.
They see folks who once struggled catch up and that makes them troubled.
It’s not their own rise, they seek, but in fact it’s the others’ demise.
I once played their game, thinking I wouldn’t be the same.
My naivety died when paradox manifested and thrived.
The stormcloaks of sin pressed onward until they did win.
Our ideals may have devolved, but we know how this riddle is solved.
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5. |
Riddle of History Solved
04:31
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It's a simple solution, it's in front of our faces
It's just a matter of stopping being so damn complacent.
It's better for you and it's better for me.
And even better for the folks who got it worst, don't you see.
And I know that you're scared, But you're just unaware
Our collectivist goal will help folks everywhere
Except for the ones keeping poor people down
There's a different plan for them, but I'll say it again:
Though on paper it's simple, it don't come without struggle.
The pale faced artist won't be leading the hustle.
Can I count on you to understand what to do?
We sit back and observe and then we act on what we’ve learned.
And even when there's a lot we understand
It's far from our place to be the first to stand
But we have a role and our weight we will pulled.
No point of unity without principle.
The book of lies we were raised to believe
Keeps the cycle spinning on power and greed.
The liberal fools who think ideas are equal
Are in the way of giving real power to the people.
When conditions are set, it’ll be time to act
It’s been done before well, as a matter of fact.
How much more will the planet revolve
‘Til we see that the riddle of history is solved?
These institutions we subscribe to so blindly
Are really just ingrained into our brains, so I'll remind you.
If we want to achieve liberation,
We're gonna have to destroy the colonialist nations.
But take deep breath because it's much more in depth.
Be mindful of theory then act step by step.
If you are able please come join the fight.
Rudies of the world unite!
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Alive and Not Afraid
05:31
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I'm alive in a world of perpetual fear, but I'm not afraid.
I'm alive. I'm alive and not afraid.
One day I realized
How much I closed my eyes
To the things I did not want to see.
I’m not here for forgiveness
I won’t be excused for my sins
But I’ve got some catching up to do.
I'm alive in a world of perpetual fear, but I'm not afraid.
I'm alive. I'm alive and not afraid.
I’ve got energy in excess
But I am a bit reckless
I will learn and follow your lead.
Take me ‘til I’m useless
I can take the abuses
Revolutionary suicide.
I'm alive in a world of perpetual fear, but I'm not afraid.
I'm alive. I'm alive and not afraid.
These conditions were never opposed to my old endeavors.
But I’m self-serving no longer. I will help to make you stronger.
I am here to listen to you, together we will see this through
I’m by your side in this fight. One day we will make it right.
You’re alive in a world that tries to kill you, you should be afraid.
But you’re alive. You’re alive and not afraid.
We’re alive in a world that’s stacked against us, but we’re not afraid.
We’re alive. We’re alive and not afraid.
We’re alive in a world of perpetual fear, but we’re not afraid.
We’re alive. We’re alive and not afraid.
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7. |
Chemical Refuge
07:44
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The boiling water's rising, but you're trapped inside of your unreadable maps
that lead you nowhere no matter what you try and it's at the point that you'd rather die
But death won't cure it, it'll only delay the frustration to a later day
When it gets worse, all that will remain are broken fragments of your brain
And you can only hide it for so long before everyone knows that something's wrong
Then it is too late to save your face and there's no way for you to replace
The missing pieces of your heart without a complete and total restart
of your life but at this point it's too late so just sit back; don't hesitate
To give in to living a life where you don't have to
See these things or feel these strings. You can go and be free
Take in the injection so you feel the infection
The drowning's an illusion of a fail-safe solution
Your peace is almost here but I want to make it clear
If you ever turn your back you'll be stopped dead in your tracks.
So long as you keep going it will keep you from ever knowing
The anger and the sadness, the frustration and the madness
It all will go away, it will all be there to stay
Leave this burden that is huge outside the chemical refuge.
The sickness finally joins where you thought you were safe. Don’t you know, you’re forever a slave?
It doesn't have to be all that bad you can rebuild the life you had.
Some things are different, some forever the same. You got your circles, you got your name.
And don't forget it, or the lessons you learned sooner or later, it'll be your turn.
You thought assistance was a crutch, it turns out you didn't know that much.
Help yourself, help your fellows too, trust that they'd do the same for you.
It's not a burden, it's a step ahead. Leave your fear before it leaves you dead.
There's no wood beam, there's just the glass you see through that shows it’s time at last.
Do you know you're not alone? Your family is here with you.
But it's time for them to go. You’ll do this on your own.
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