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I want to find, you, my mind; set you free. And here this whole time I thought I was you.
Walking down that broiling street, trying to beat the summer heat, trying to keep shoes on my feet to stop the blistering. And concrete is warm and my shoes are worn; don't know where I've gone but I must move on.
Oh. On and on.
Cannot let my thoughts create a box, reliant on a schedule, walls, and clocks; I've gotta be a clever fox, more than just a stubborn mule. Pour the fuel.
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Abrasive
03:30
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Oh quick, there they go,
where they end up nobody knows.
Quick, get the hose,
spray them down and wet their clothes yo.
shit, I stubbed my toe
run too fast but think too slow
lost my oar using hands to row
none to show, kisses to blow
Break you down is the name of their game
They, them, we, us, I, you, same bus
How to place trust when it all seems a bust?
Swallow all their pain with your inner heart flame
Turn off all the city lights
Let us see the fireflies
Do not worry they won’t bite
Just mosquitoes in disguise
If you’re one of them, then you know who you are.
Trying to hold us back so we don’t get too far
Fake, so fucking fake
So fucking fake that it makes my stomach ache
Break, give me a break
Take and you give and you take and you take
but no need for anger, there is only me to blame
And I swallow all the pain with my inner heart flame
Even when they want to bout
take your heart and tear it out
Never let them bring you down
hold your head high dignified.
Never let them bring you down
even when they crucify.
Those who want to blind your eyes
Cut your tongue and crucify
Steal your soul and then erase
Show them you can never break!
Never let them bring you down
Hold your head high dignified
Never let them bring you down
Show them you’re not pacified
Tyranny just makes me stronger!
Smarter
Bolder
Wiser
Calmer!
Oh shit, there they go
Are our lyrics making you uncomfortable?
No? you wanna grow?
Someone get a brain for our friendly scarecrow
Heart? You need some heart?
You say your other one was torn apart?
Mouth, if you just zip it shut
Gotta look inside to find your true love
Tyranny just makes me stronger!
But it will not last much longer!
(laughter…)
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Enigma
04:22
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This day and age I find
I'm waiting in line
In a distant frame of mind
Waiting for a sign
Is it in the question
Or the answers you may find?
Does your puzzle piece connect a lie?
Old victim wishing well I can tell you are fulfilling a role
Like leaves from the tree
Caught in the breeze
The wind changes ways
And nothing stays the same
What is it you’re seeking
In between the lines?
The phases of change abstained
The cycle of time
Lost in your reflection
The further you divide
A burning sense of desire, denied
An island forever the mist will shade
A peek into the endless maze…
Bring out the dead, sing us a song
Change the world
Dust and sole, embossed in bone
A new breath beholds
Push and pull, the dream unfolds
Give my being, seeking meaning, a new home
And I see you
walking down the street
with your head hung low
Where will you go?
Into the unknown!
With none to show!
Where will you go?
Into the unknown…
into the unknown!
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A.D.D.
02:21
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Postulate
03:47
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Open your mind, you can't just box the world you live in
Fear of change becomes faith in a stagnate vision
Behind your firewall is access to infinity
Don't waste your time confining the free state of being
'cause people once thought that the world was flat
And that Earth was the center of all existence
Do humans have a soul?
How could we ever know?
Science has not shown any evidence…
My methods are right
And your beliefs are fuct!
Existence sprang, from a big big bang!
Every sound wave, every thought wave, every light ray, every word you say, all that energy
Pooling all around, twirling into sound, spiraling down like a mary-go-round to gravity
Wheel of time, chakra force, source of consciousness and course, pendulum back and forth, the power to create
So drop passive complacency it’s just a leaky canopy, claim a fresh perspective that the world is subjective
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Let It Go
03:43
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Listen now the story begins
Ill tell you only cause you are my friend
I love you dearly so I want you to know
How much you mean and I want you to glow
Grow now and spread your wings
Go now and claim your things
Never plagued by shame or regret
Let it go it just aint worth it
Ooh ooh
I wrote this song for you my friend
Always so good to see you again
I don’t want you to waste away
From the things that you never say
Ooh ooh
Ooh ooh
All the pain that consumes your soul
Identify and let it go
You don’t need it and it holds you back
Get off the fence where you’ve always sat
I have these dreams I want you to see:
Peaceful visions for all human beings.
A world based upon equality…
Cause inside I know we can be FREE
Our trials I'll waive
This grudge will degrade
The spiral will cease
And shed this disease
Be at peace
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7. |
Hindsight
06:09
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Life is so precious, you’ve gotta respect the time you have
So now I’m wishing upon a shooting star tonight,
hoping and praying that you’ll bathe in love and light
Oh my friend you’ve reached the end I can’t pretend
that I know whether or not you and I will meet again
So now I’m wishing upon a shooting star tonight,
hoping and praying that you’ll be alright!
So long my friend your road has just ended
and I wish that I could just see you again!
To leave makes us sore
Don’t regret a moment that we wrote
It fills my mold, to find you in my better sight
But it goes!
The river flows
Into the unknown
Lethe
And where we go now
Nobody knows…
But we are free to roam
Down this endless road
And where we go now,
The future is unknown
Roaming down this endless road,
On our return home
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Sand Creek
04:59
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Going out into the eastern snow
in pursuit of buffalo.
Just one beast will feed the tribe,
their life is our key to survive.
Armed with supplies and ammunition
by the bluecoats, with hunting permission.
We’ll return once we have gathered more than enough.
We shall return in triumph!
Camped at a horse bend on Sand Creek, Colorado
Cheyenne and Arapho; a peaceful ensemble
“Peace” treats from white man, it’s the end of November
Here he comes in all his splendor, oh an ode to Colonel Chivington!
Full of hate, self righteous state, thickly laced with deception
What will be the outcome when you think there’s a war to end?
And you have the power to make laws bend
Forget the stroking of the pen
Not revenge but land dispossession
“leave no claims, can you say genocide?
Kill them all they’ll have no place to hide!”
Most of the warriors had left the camp
To hunt their game, what a clever trap
Chiefs and kin left defenseless
Attack when vulnerability is best
Under the truce flag gifted by your great father
Bluecoats destined to manifest redskin slaughter
“Kill not with discretion, we shall take no surrender.
Free to take plunder after every man and woman is bled.
Spare not the elders and shoot all their children dead.”
Soldiers killed all peaceful parties then they chose to flay the bodies.
“Can’t you see you’re not my enemy and we could live in peace!
But you’d rather murder me and cut my body into pieces!
Collect your priceless trinkets: Guns and bows and scalps and fingers!
Take it all its worth something, I wish this were just a bad dream!”
Drunken troops laid siege at night
Raining bullets from flanking sides
Both tribes gunned down with prejudice
To the blaze of the howitzers’ hiss
Blow them up in to tiny bits
Take their guts and play with it
Cut their nuts or breasts and mangle them
A wounded child just strangle him
“Your land is ours,
We’ve unleashed hell!
You’re doomed!”
Die! History hides the lies
Die! The death of the tribes
Speak! When the future is so bleak
Speak! What will you be?
Die! History hides the lies
Die! The death of the tribes
Speak! Please remember me
Speak! Cause I died at Sand Creek
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9. |
Devastation
03:21
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Why!? How could you take your life?
Now I feel so empty inside.
How can I ever heal from this wound?
No I don’t think it will happen too soon.
Whoa! Displaced.
No! Erased.
Why!? A bind broken.
Though most of us want to stay you chose to go away,
leaving all of our lives estranged.
I hope your soul can see me counting all the tears I’ve cried.
Now I will just say goodbye.
Where is your soul?
Where have you gone?
Your path divides the light from the soul
It’s not the way
A plane where living plays no role
You could’ve talked to us
The pangs of being are in your control
Suicide is the only mistake you can't learn from
A tremor in the twine of your web, unfolds
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Aquamagnetic
03:30
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Walk Like Me
03:23
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You could walk like me,
aint that hard to do…
Confidently stride
even in worn shoes…
Yeah, yeah, yeah…
oh, walk like me.
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12. |
The Art of Sharing
04:49
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Suppose your habits could ensnare me,
would I be free?
To choose the size of my cage,
and the type of feed?
Take and you give
and you give and you take
and you take and you take
until I’ve got nothing left.
And you take and you take and you take and you take and you.
After the stab, lick the blade clean
The purge will free me
Even when you're so close
That I can feel you breathe
To me an act of grace is better given than received.
Wage a war for a page that's not meant to be turned.
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13. |
Say Goodbye, Sunshine
07:26
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Scrupulous Phoenix, Arizona
Jane Joyce thrashes slaps taps and all out assaults the bass while singing, screaming, and walloping melodies rhythms and
leads
Shane Sittig pounds the drums with relentless accuracy and complexity whilst singing like an 80s rock god
Mixing up the genres and moods Scrupulous is an Alternative Rock, Avante Garde, Experimental 2 piece that jams grunge, punk, jazz, hip hop, pop, metal, and more
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