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Desperate Times
03:28
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Desperate times call for desperate measures.
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I’m my own replacement
Doppelganger of myself
Subject of the statement
Taking up my place in hell
My place in hell
King of all the ashes
Reign above the smallest crumb
Haunting of the specter
Step into oblivion
Oblivion
It seems that
I've moved out
Someone else is
Living here
Now
Seeming to form a view
From the inside
How'd you get so lost?
Plot a backwards course
[The shock of return of the old
All the tales have now been told
Seemingly endless momentum]
Facing into to dead-light stare
Look inside but nothing's there
All that is solid melts into the air
It seems that
I've moved out
Someone else is
Living here
Now
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I choose to eat meat
Cause that's what's the best
Are you gonna judge me
For what I digest?
I vote for the right wing
Cause those are my views
Noone can force me
To like blacks or the Jews
This is a free country, got freedom of choice
There's freedom of speech, a right to a voice
Whatever you think I'm not changing my mind
Who are you to judge me over what I decide
I'll dress like a priest
To go touch some kids
An all night love feast
With bust risk decreased
I want to be a soldier
Is that a big deal?
I hope you'd not judge me
I just like to kill
This is a free country, got freedom of choice
There's freedom of speech, a right to a voice
Whatever you think I'm not changing my mind
Who are you to judge me over what I decide
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4. |
It's Happening Again
02:05
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It's happening again
Beginning of the end
There’s nothing left to say
More distant every day
It’s happening again
Can no longer pretend
There really is a bond
We’re now so far beyond
It’s happening again
Like nothing ever change
An accident of birth
A journey in reverse
Battle declared
End of the earth
Soon there’s nothing left
Now all we share
A grieving stare
Words are there, unsaid
Because
It’s happening again
It’s happening again
It’s happening again
It’s happening again
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Mousetrap
02:04
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On entering the building, I saw the length of the corridor lined by both uniformed and non-uniformed people. They dragged me down the corridor in this fashion and nearly every, if not every second man, kicked or slapped me. Given the fact that nearly all of them physically assaulted me, I realised that the place was out of control and, in sheer panic, started repeating over and over and over, ‘Peace, peace, peace,’ in the hope that they might realise that I was a normal citizen and stop beating me. I think it was around 5 or 6pm and the heat was still intense. At no time were we given water, food or even allowed to go to the toilet. This state of affairs continued until around 1am. The beatings stopped in our cell but continued in others, as did the shouting, singing, shrieking and laughing. If we allowed our arms to sag, we were shouted at and if our arms and legs did not remain in the spread eagled position after shouting, individuals were beaten again. After many hours, our muscles began to spasm and even seize up and cramp. I was physically, mentally and emotionally shattered. Close to dusk, I began to hallucinate, seeing faces on the floor of the cell. I also had visions of an apocalyptic future, of a scene of environmental devastation and black stormtrooper military types, marching through a destroyed landscape with oxygen masks. At one stage, I thought I had been psychologically broken, as I lost all faith in humanity, believing myself to be in a living hell where the so-called protectors of society brutalised and took pleasure in inflicting pain on their fellow innocent men. These so-called policemen were like sadistic teenagers pulling legs off flies as a form of pleasure. Absolute terror kept me conscious. Many times I thought I would collapse from exhaustion but the fear of what might be done to me in an unconscious state made me use every bit of energy I could salvage to remain conscious. The hallucinations and terrible visions continued and how I remained sane, I do not know.
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Into the Night
02:36
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On the graveyard shift alone
Answer the call
You could barely hold the phone
Could barely talk
Now the only way to get out
Is farther in
Farther in
Farther in
Farther in
Farther in
To make the final journey
Into the night
Into the night
Into the night of the world
Don’t know what I could have said
You’re nearly gone
Told me dad was down the stairs
Both so alone
Pictured him finding you there
Even us
Even us
Even us
Even us
Even us
We’ll make the final journey
Into the night
Into the night
Into the night of the world
Drifting into a narcotic dream
Slipping ever farther come back to me
Maybe you believe in god
Maybe you believe its not
Termination of your memories
Last you’ll ever see of your family
Maybe now the pain will end
It’s forever
And you sleep
My final thought
For the last time
And you speak
Your final words to me
Good night
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7. |
The Sleep of Monsters
07:41
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Undercovers
Hunting the others
Waiting
When they come for
You and your lovers
Hiding
Guess
Why they call it grieving
Bless
All the ghosts are gleaming
When the time comes
It stops for no one
Sinking
War is calling
For ashes falling
On your head
Guess
How you know you’re bleeding
Bless
Nightmares spawned from dreaming
The sleep of monsters brings
forth its own reason
The dreams of monsters brings
forth its own reason
Haunted by the past
Future fading fast
Nothing ever lasts
And yet time standing still
And yet time stands
When everything slips away
Your cry for yesterday
Is lost to the sound of airborne munitions
When everything falls apart
Appeals for a change of heart
Are lost to the sound of airborne munitions
The sleep of monsters
brings forth
Its own demons
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