1. |
Kayfabe
02:41
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KAYFABE
just couldn’t do it
living the american dream
i didn’t write it
i read it in a magazine
i tried to make it
ran away when i turned eighteen
i couldn’t cut it
losing all the hope i’d seen
truth is dead they said
running out of gasoline
driving till the end of the night
wake me on the i-19 and call the government
can’t fake the breakdown american
kayfabe is the way now
can’t fake the breakdown american
kayfabe’s whatcha say now
i started running
but i don’t really know what for
i saw it coming
but who knew this was what’s in store
i heard em yelling
louder than a victor’s roar
i’m feeling anxious
like nothing ever felt before
boarded up main street
only in the USA
driving on route 66
living in the new decay and call the government
going going gone american way
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2. |
How It Breaks
03:37
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HOW IT BREAKS
there is a ruler who wants
all the power
and it’s gonna take all of our
strength to stop them
right where they stand
they steal water
poison sons and daughters
play divide and conquer
fearing what they don’t understand
we cannot listen
when we’re shouting online
it’s dividing of our progress
when we’re so close to find
the destination
where we can align
it’s over when we say so
and it’s already time
that’s how it breaks
it’s coming to be right now
i know i know
good god give me just a little bit
we can stop them
we’ve got more in common
we gotta keep
them from bombing
killing in the name of their greed
i hear you and you hear me
letting go of fear’s the only way to be free
someone will dig it up
maybe make em
lose their piece of mind
we wanna see it come undone
by the picket sign
someone will call it out
maybe when it’s
children caught behind
we wanna hear it tearing free
from the thin blue line
i read the news today oh boy
she was a young american
oppressed by old established men
i heard the news today oh boy
he was a young american
killed cause the colour of his skin
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3. |
Red Rocks
03:02
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RED ROCKS
it cut a hole in us
we started bleeding and dying off
we’re barely holding up
i get the feeling we’ll never stop
in the heart’s a darker loss
it’s bleeding us and what’s the cost?
why can’t we find it enough?
they want it
cold and without us
they want it
it got a hold on us
we tried to fight but it’s not enough
it’s getting cold and rough
i get the feeling we’re giving up
in the heart’s a darker loss
we’re bleeding on these red rocks
why can’t we find it enough?
they want it
cold and without us
they want it
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4. |
Walls
03:00
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WALLS
we can’t go through this anymore
it’s so much louder than before
it keeps resounding
to the core
to the core
to the core
to the core
how could we ever be so sure
to draw a line here on the floor
crossed over always
in a war
in a war
in a war
in a war
and these walls separate our humanity
and these walls separated from you and me
and these walls should fall
and these walls should fall
honey honey
you and i
we need to get to the other side
what will this be for when we’re gone
when will we see what’s going on
we’re told this guards us
it’s a con
it’s a con
it’s a con
it’s a con
what is this feedback feeding on
if we’re fed only what we’ve drawn
how could we realize
if we’re wrong
if we’re wrong
if we’re wrong
terrified
nationwide
far and wide
great divide
we’ll tear it down from the other side
we’ll knock it down from the other side
we’ll bring it down from the other side
we’re reaching out to the other side
we got to get to the other side
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5. |
Reset
03:04
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RESET
load up on guns and bring your friends
but don’t you try to run
that’s how the story ends
hang up the phone and throw it away
they’re never coming home
no matter whatcha say
lock it away inside
he was a friend of mine
help came but not in time
charlie had a gun to his head
called in the classroom
shots in the bathroom
dressed in a costume
followed by a trail of the dead
lying on the floor now
breaking down the door now
it’s civil war now
and all the people crawling forget
dying on the floor now
aiming at the core now
it’s civil war now
got all the people yelling reset
load up your guns it’s a suicide
it’s clear on either side
there is nowhere to hide
can’t get it through
cause it’s overdue
it’s either me or you
and neither point of view
lock down walk out
got all the people yelling reset
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6. |
This Is It
02:49
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THIS IS IT
mary’s stuck on seeing what she can’t get back
pounding like the beating from a heart attack
hiding it from strangers cause she’s so polite
wanting to get back to when she felt alright
talking of the past like it was yesterday
and it’s all she’ll recall anyway
cause she’s lost in the moment
waiting alone this is all she’ll get
it’s gone when it’s over
have you heard it yet?
this is it.
ryan’s waiting standby for his yes or no
holding in the goodbye like it’s touch and go
wading through the water when it’s sink or swim
passing on the offers through the thick and thin
running out of minutes while he’s still on hold
and who’s gonna call him at all
when he’s missed every moment?
waiting alone cause he can’t commit
it’s gone when it’s over
have you heard it it?
this is it.
alex went on hoping like they did before
broken but still coping when they know there’s more
fearing of it failing so they hold their tongue
constantly derailing every one on one.
safely on the sidelines giving up the dream
after all they withdrawal from the scene
cause they’re scared of the moment
waiting for something that they’ll never get
losing their lives like they won’t admit
trying to find what they won’t forget
good god when it’s over but it ain’t quite yet
this is it.
trying to find what they won’t forget
it’s gone when it’s over have you heard it yet?
this is it.
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7. |
Civil
03:03
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CIVIL
anomie when you fall in line
when you got no time
will you free your mind?
you know you’re not resigned
what will it take?
it looks like it’s too late
what will it take?
it looks like it can’t wait
what will it take?
it looks like it’s at stake
da da da da da
civil war
civil right
civil disobedience
it’s what you want
enemy from the world we know
and we feel it grow
will we let it go?
we know, we know it though
it’s what you want
and what you need
and after all
it’s honesty
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8. |
Trip
03:21
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TRIP
i took a trip
saw a lot of weird shit
palan islands on the way up
lucy with her diamonds
i felt a change
no longer was so estranged
looking out my window
saw the light reflect a rainbow
walking down the aisle of the airplane
I knew i‘d boarded
till i travelled there and back again
i had to let go to my ego
thinking i’m the pilot
when i’m the cargo
eight miles high
i’m coming up
trip
or six feet deep
where are we going now?
you can hide
i’m coming up
trip
or you can seek
never really coming down
i saw it all
and all of it was me
and i came back home
and i felt alone
i couldn’t sleep
addicted to my misery
and i said no no no
cause it was a test to show
that this whole world is a preview
don’t you wanna see what’s the real view?
wanna stay here in reservation?
it’s a brave new world of revelation
stranger in a daydream
shapes of things you’ve never seen
all you’re with and without
tune in till the dropout
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9. |
Blue Highways
02:04
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BLUE HIGHWAYS
can’t buy me
with an apology
pay your fee
to this economy
it ain’t free
this inequality
and now we’re taking it back
you can’t hide
we know where you reside
you have lied
to folk on either side
we have died
from all your genocide
and now we’re on the attack
time is through
and now you know that it’s true
overdue
and now you know that it’s you
deja vu
and now it’s coming in view
payment’s due
and now it’s coming for you
it’s coming for the the 1%
see how they runnin’ now
now you know
there’s nowhere left to go
can’t lie low
under the domino
you still owe
it to the navajo
and now there’s nowhere to run
you can pray
to take your guilt away
blue highway
it’s all a power-play
you can’t stay
in charge of disarray
and now you see what you’ve done
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10. |
Dopamine
03:41
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DOPAMINE
every morning i have this dream where i am free from time
i see faces of everyone who lives inside my mind
these are people who’ve come and gone and left me where i am
these are moments i’ve held so long yet barely understand
all there is right now is clear
all we have right now is here
all the things that have gone away and faded from my life
are alive inside my mind as vivid as the high
and these visions they break apart a kaleidoscope of beams
as we follow them now they start a swirl of dopamine
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11. |
Eulogy Of Regret
03:52
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EULOGY OF REGRET
when i was young i would lay awake
wished i could get away
wanted to get up and run
and i thought time was a protocol
not a wrecking ball
and it had barely begun
it can’t come true if you’re hiding it
and you’re fighting it
you won’t see what you’ll get
so don’t you ever forget
that all your time isn’t over yet
my eulogy of regret
when i grew old i would never dream
wished there was more to me
wanted to show how i felt
and i thought i was a braver man
but the fear began
and so i took what was dealt
and i see now how my story ends
wished i could make amends
wished i could be with you now
and i thought death was a reckoning
not an echoing
and it grows louder than loud
cause i wished long for a different life
wished i could start again
wished i could feel so alive
if i were young, i’d remember it
so don’t you ever forget
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12. |
American Dream
03:42
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AMERICAN DREAM
willy don’t let the world weigh you down
you’re just a man and you’re spinning around
they said you could make it if you tried
but turns out they lied and they’re bleeding you dry
please try again
is what they say
because they need you to play
so please play again
though you can never win
know you can never win
and that’s the heart of the scheme
i don’t wanna lose my life
to the american dream
jay you almost made it in
you’re just a man and it’s too far to swim
they said you could have it if you succeed
you have more than you want and nothing you need
lennie and george you had a taste of the life
you’re just some men and it cut like a knife
they said you could have it if you choose
but one of you was always to lose
so enjoy your red white and green
i don’t wanna lose my life
to the american dream
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