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Descend
05:02
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Is this my home?
Is this my syndrome?
Bland and bare and monochrome
I've seen this place
Recognise this face
Help me to touch base
Hold me down
'Cause I'm never reaching higher ground
Will you please let me descend
Until I reach the end
Until I make no sound?
I'm on my feet
Bags of swollen meat
I'll admit I can't compete
Blood on my soul
Starts to take its toll
But I'm still enthralled
Wandering in
To a place I've been
Separated from my sin
Following you
Trust what you've been through
Room enough for two
Peeling away
One more wasted day
So please let me descend
Until I reach the end
Until I reach the end...
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To Arms
04:12
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You woke up with a taste for blood
You can hear the rain and feel the mud
It's time to face the fires and the flood
Strengthening your appetite
No you won't go down without a fight
Let's hope they're preparing for a long night
Fight and fight until there's no-one left
To hold you back, until there's no-one left
Who'll build you up to break you down
Stand your ground, you answer to nobody
You're the one they answer to
Nobody can defeat you now
Just one face in an angry crowd
With the right whisper you are just as loud
They have to listen to a mushroom cloud
Step right up, then without a sound
Calmly smash that face into the ground
You strive to be exceptionally profound
This is the moment
So show them their own putrid heartbeat
Heartbeat
This altercation
Is one of many you will repeat
Repeat
And if you've got love inside you
You can take a beating or two
You'll survive and you'll be stronger
It'll make the journey longer
So show your hand (take 'em down)
Come in to land (take 'em down)
This call to arms was never planned
Celebrate your victory
With another glass of gasoline
Your charging up your engine discretely
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Another Day
04:42
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I just couldn't wait another day
Hurts too much whenever you're away
I need you next to me
It's the best way to be
I just couldn't wait another night
Pull me closer in and hold me tight
Wish that we could see what's ahead
(Wouldn't you like to know?)
I'm happy to be surprised instead
It's another day of my whole life with you
It's another day I'd run headfirst into
Another day with you
When I'm in your sight
I don't put up a fight
Darkness becomes light
Hold you through the night
I just couldn't wait another day
Never been so over-heels this way
This is more than just a feeling
(I love you more than you know)
Set my heart and mind both reeling
Never predicted that you would appear
Never believed that it could be so clear
I can't go back again, not on my own
You came along and then I fell headlong
And now I'm gone
I can't resist your pull
You've made my heart so full
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On the Air
05:16
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I don't think you're the alpha here
When all you do is follow their lead
But no-one asked me
When did the clowns and jesters
Become the utmost authority?
Well I guess it's free...
Don't get excited
Get them incited, yeah
You're always wanting more
Don't get excited
'Cause we're divided
More than ever before
We're at war
Rip those worthless balls out of your ballsack
'Cause I don't think you'll be needing them today
Tear out your cojones, they're not fit for purpose
And you weren't using them anyway
(You can fuck it up your own way)
Just keep on fucking up your own damn way
Stumble and get embarrassed
Then rage when others try to help out
Gotta get that clout
Fixate on confirmation bias
Then double-down if there's any doubt
That's what you're about
Don't get excited
You're often slighted, yeah
And rarely rational
Don't get excited
Just be delighted
Anyone listens at all
Ivermectin, bleach injectin'
Magnetisin', stats are risin'
Trot out those tired jokes that just don't land
Then disappear and work on your rebrand
And I've got time for anyone but you
Don't get excited 'til you follow through
Don't get excited
Try not to fight it, yeah
I'm trying to be polite
Don't get excited
You're just misguided
You really think that you're right
Ivermectin, bleach injectin'
5G towers, higher powers
Just fuck it up your own way
Fuck it up your own way
You're fucked either way
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Hell For Leather
03:28
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Eyesight blurring
Blessedly
Voices straining
Gradually
Slowly turning grey
Breaking down this way
Let's get outta here
Hold my hand, we'll go together
Edges are unclear
Moving forward, hell for leather
Darling, help me
I'm afraid
Patronise me
Keep me this way
Blur another line
(Every morning just begin again)
Take your own sweet time
(Every day survived's another win)
Let's get outta here
Hold onto my hand and we can go together
Edges are unclear
You and I both moving forward, hell for leather
Hold on tight, I'll drag you down with me
Hold on tight passive-aggressively
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Piggy
04:47
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Piggy, now your time is up
But you still don't wanna stop
'Cause you're a con man
A fake tan
Piggy, you made nothing great
Waft the flatules of your hate
And feel so tough
If you yell loud enough
Give it up, let this sadness go
You put your neediness on show
Your paper crown comes off nice and slow
Throw your hands high up in the air
In a show of fake despair
Screaming to an audience that's barely there
Just concede
You're not ready
Nobody buys you in the lead
(Squeal, ya piggy)
Piggy, where'd it all go wrong?
You just strung us all along
And never came through
Shame on you
Piggy, retreat to the mud
Leave behind all your bad blood
And gently disappear
No more fear
Comprehend just how much you've lost
And at what terrible cost
All the allies that you have crossed
Curtain call, leave with no encore
It's not funny anymore
You're much worse than what's come before
You had them fooled but lost your cool
Quickly came unspooled
You were red hot, you blow your shot
Just an empty thought
Hope it was fun, 'cause now you're done
Should've never run
Squeal for me, squeal piggy
Roll around in your debris
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Echo Chamber
04:48
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Toe the line for the crowd
Anodyne, don't talk too loud
Like a living nightmare
You can't shake out of
Awful day, scream inside
Feeling taken for a ride
Unforgiving ice stare
It's more than enough
There's a slight change in the air
And we're estranged if I should dare
To doubt you
We're divided by diversity
Slighted at our worst
What can I do?
I'm happy
I've got a personal sunbeam
And it shows me what I want to see
Tells me what I want to believe
And so I'm carefree
Yes I'm happy
I've got a personal sunbeam
And it shows me what I want to see
Tells me what I want to believe
And that's all I need
Toe the line once again
Anodyne, my only friend
I can't say what I see
Traitor to the party
We're liked trapped rats scurrying round
For an end that's not to be found
On our screens
One more headline so I can unload
Gotta get my fix for the road
What does it mean?
This echo chamber is who I am
It's how I be me
This version of my reality
Is all that I can see
I'm better off with shackles on my feet
I'm choking on the sand my head's beneath
Toe the line...
Smile through the nightmare...
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8. |
Worst of You
04:48
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Am I the only one
Who gets the right thing done?
Soak up the sun, go traveling
Watch as the plan's unraveling
Don't fear what I might miss
I'll stand my ground on this
I'd rather be alive and bored
Rather be breathing and ignored
My head is too small for my body
My brain is too dry for your mouth
Close your eyes...
You like this far too much
This regulated touch
I've never been this serious
Hysterical, delirious
A breath of rancid air
A fixed, unblinking stare
Say what you want, nothing will change
Say your prayers on the driving range
My sentiments get stuck in my throat
My voice is too loud for this room
Why can no-one think straight?
Think sensibly
Some fucking common sense
Stay still for a while
It's not up for debate
It's stressing me
You're offensive defence
Dig in like you're a child
And I know you're tired; I'm tired too
Don't make me think the worst of you
Without a daily prompt
We're all forever stumped
Enter the unknown willingly
It's really going swimmingly
My mind is too loud to know better
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Progressive
03:58
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Keep a clear head
From the outset
Got it out my system
I'm waiting for the end of the day
Keep a clear mind
Keep it inside
Gotta go the distance
I only know to do it this way
Tear it all down
The wrong pronouns
Gonna be the death of me
I never know the right thing to say
Celebrated
Affiliated
Doing what we have to
And cowing to their power play
I progress in increments...
Keep it on straight
Not a debate
Gotta pick a side
Can't be moderate
It's never enough
Flaming pitchforks
Shame or discourse
Picking fight or flight
Unalleviated
Thought you were loved
Force your way in
Inventing sin
Pretend you're offended
And keep them on their toes tonight
Throwing your stones
You're not alone
With you 'til the end
They've all got your back
They tell you you're right
I'm progressin'
I'm without sin
(No way to end or to begin)
I'm progressive
I only give
(No way to die, no way to live)
So progressive...
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Catch Me
04:52
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I'm a better man
Than I thought I was or used to be
A better man
Than you'd ever give me credit for
I took a stand
Through these tired eyes
I can see all of my misdeeds
These inspired eyes
There's no better feeling than to just
Apologise
I'm just here, getting old
Doing what I've been told
An honest man, or just me
Who I've been, who I'll be
And you're never gonna catch me out again
No you're never gonna catch me
It's the end
It's a different time
Every day's a brand new villain
Running out of time
I just hope that I've done better
Not just toed the line
Try to look ahead
But the past is so inviting
Got to look ahead
But it's such an endless path
And difficult to tread
Catch me
Try to finally catch me
Never catch me
Try to finally catch me...
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