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Follow through, you left me cold
Tie your shoes, If I could be so bold.
You planted, now you reap what you've sown
Cut losses, attention revoked
You should pay rent, The rent is owed
You should pay rent in my mind
If I could transcend these petty vulgarities.
If I could transcend the way that they made me
Built for the the fight, not the victory
If you want grievances I've got a litany
A resume with things, you should have done.
It's too late. that ship has sunk
Keep rowing, yeah! Keep rowing home
Still unsure. where we went wrong
I've got a list, two miles long
I've had it, something must be done
If I could transcend these petty vulgarities.
If I could transcend the way that they made me
Built for the the fight, not the victory
If you want grievances I've got a litany
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Hate Secretary
02:32
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Oh! I can't imagine your face (can't imagine your face)
Oh! Tied in a rictus of pain (in a rictus of pain)
Oh! You talk, it's always the same (it's always the same)
Oh! It is my interest I feign, when you start complaining.
I can't keep track of all you hate.
I would not wish anyone that fate
No No no no
Oh! I can't imagine your rage (can't imagine your rage)
Oh! You're late to the game (you're late to the game)
Oh! You're not edgy you are tame (not edgy you're... TAME)
Oh! My patience on the wane, when you start complaining
I can't keep track of all you hate.
I would not wish anyone that fate
No No no no
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RECANT!
02:40
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That ethos will never play down in Sparta
Those ideas will never fly in Rome
Yes, I would call this approach a problem.
No friends here you will act alone
This way of speaking will put you in danger
Those dumb ideas might get you stoned
STONED.
Good or bad it's true, Controversy is my food.
Got a whole lot to say
RECANT!
The choice of paths it lies before
I hope that you are proud of yourself
Philosopher or heretic are the choices
Out of the mainstream, foolish tome
You say you will proudly stand up
The pride it comes before the fall
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Paved Age
03:12
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Do you remember the time when things moved so slow ?
At the pace of a glacier that's how things would go
We took those Commie trains and we shut them down
A thousand hIghway stars, can you hear the sound?
We live, We live, in a paved age
Asphalt dreams and concrete days
Days like this
This is what we do, and we are really quite fond of it
So let's celebrate now before its turned into a monument
These civilized times, modern marvels of woe
You'd like to stay but you should probably go
We live, We live, in a paved age
Asphalt dreams and concrete days
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This is the Line
03:07
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And I say It loud... don't you know that this is the line ?
And I say It loud... don't you know that this is the line ?
And I say It loud... don't you know that this is the line ?
And I say It loud... don't you know that this is the line ?
And if you haven't deduced by now
Well you certainly ought to
And if you push just a little more
You'll go come with a rupture
And I say It loud... don't you know that this is the line ?
And I say It loud... don't you know that this is the line ?
And I say It loud... don't you know that this is the line ?
And I say It loud... don't you know that this is the line ?
And if we haven't made this clear
We will repeat all of the words
And if you push just a little bit more
We'll send you home with a rupture
This is... this is the line
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Petulant Messiah
03:44
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aimless
direction
inspire
defection
I name you petulant messiah
The jerk who sets us free
Defensive, thin skinned and a cryer
An unfit way to be.
I name you petulant messiah
Because that's all I can see
Conspire
Reflection
Evading
detection
I name you petulant messiah
The jerk who sets us free
Defensive, thin skinned and a cryer
An unfit way to be.
I name you petulant messiah
So come and set us free!
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Armies of the Mind
02:22
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Armies of the mind!
Things fall apart, but they can still grow... They can grow
Veterans of wars that no one cared for... now you know.
Now you know
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Burn it to the ground!
On a long enough timeline, everyone will turn against you.
On a long enough timeline a few of them may start to miss you
And that's the way that it is.
(Burn it down, Burn it down )
But maybe not the way it should be
(Burn it down, Burn it down )
Burn it down or take a nap
(Burn it down, Burn it down )
Really makes no difference to me.
(Burn it down)
And that's how the story goes
(Burn it down, Burn it down )
But not how the story ends
(Burn it down, Burn it down )
Burn it down, I'll do it now
(Burn it down, Burn it down )
The fire is so pretty to see
(Burn it down)
And that's the way that it is
(Burn it down, Burn it down )
But probably not the way it should be
(Burn it down, Burn it down )
I am the fire, I am the doom
(Burn it down, Burn it down )
The jilted one, you can call me.
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Cop Knock
03:01
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You dream of better days, but there are better ways to go
The right to be afraid, you have the right to buy a new door.
Antics can't be explained, turn around and face the floor
Yes you should be afraid, be fearful for what's in store
Knock knock
Cop knock
Top notch
Cop knock
Hit them until they stop, make yourself the gun you know?
The bullet and the gun, it's still not enough you know
A stunning rearrange, exactly who do you work for?
Yes you should be afraid be fearful for what's in store
Knock knock
Cop knock
Top notch
Cop knock
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Amargosa State of Mind
02:52
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Empty spaces are places to paint what is possible
wanting faces can control their fate, it is plausible
An Amargosa, Amargosa state of mind
Ripped, shredded and tattered... Every little bit matters
Ripped, shredded and tattered... Every little bit matters
Ripped, shredded and tattered... Every little bit matters
Ripped, shredded and tattered... Every little bit matters
Empty places are spaces to paint, a world of possibles
Audiences always in their place, ready and malleable
An Amargosa, Amargosa state of mind
Ripped, shredded and tattered... Every little bit matters
Ripped, shredded and tattered... Every little bit matters
Ripped, shredded and tattered... Every little bit matters
Ripped, shredded and tattered... Every little bit matters
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Sometimes the only choices you have are bad ones
And this is a case in point
It's life
that takes the cruelest cut
It's not a lie if you keep your mouth shut
Smooth seas...
do not make for skillful sailors
Long shadows cast, long shadows felt
Crawl out
Of the rubble.
Crawl out of the rubble dig out the bodies
Pay interest on past sins... AGAIN.
All just to pay the VIG... Again and again
All just to pay the VIG
Most times,
the choices you make aren't great ones
Hearts so wide and dreams so big
You've failed
Constant reminders every minute
zero would be a step up
Stand up
In the rubble
don't let it become your home now
Maintain,
becomes the entire game now
Keep sinking until you hit bottom.
Pay interest on past sins... AGAIN.
All just to pay the VIG... Again and again
All just to pay the VIG
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Parade of Deceit
02:50
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Parade
I wake up early
The lies unfurling
Deceit
I'm very surly,
Deception stirring
Parade
Saying something
Believing nothing
Let's see what lies will rule this day
PARADE... of Deceit.
PARADE... of Deceit.
Parade
Grotesque, I'm hurling
The spinning whirling
Deceit
My anger growing
Loose objects throwing
Parade
the reveal is lying
They're barely trying
Don't we all just love a parade?
(Not this one)
PARADE... of Deceit.
PARADE... of Deceit.
Parade!
of deceit!
Parade!
of deceit!
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Quivers - Master of Dirt
03:43
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You said you found dinosaur bones in the back of the yard. you must've looked hard.
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Never trust the Perfect King
He’s not as kindly as he seems
You're at his mercy, in his grace
Know the limits, know your place
Easy with a compliment
He’ll make you feel like a prince
And he will promise you the crown
Then pass you over for his own
Allies are shifting all the time
You stand on sand and if you slip
You’re left behind
All eyes are on you day and night
And you'll be judged on a grudge
Not for a crime
Never cross the Bitter Queen
Cause she remembers everything
And when you think you've won her trust
She'll throw you underneath the bus
They will take you everywhere
You’ll get a taste
You'll breathe the air
And you will get used to their ways
And soon become the thing you hate
Allies are never on your side
Unless your interests should happen to align
All lies reveal themselves in time
But you’ll be gone long before you're proven right
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Nonagon - Saffir-Simpson
02:56
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Scene one opens on Bob Lee.
He knows what the blood on his boots means.
Stands up. Throws a hammer on his vows.
Shuts up. Throws his cash in lieu of towel.
The vice side of history holds every card and whores every house.
Take sides, pick a tribe and draw your lines.
Everybody knows they’re in the right.
But then there’s fallacy, hypocrisy,
And confirmation biases.
Collect the dots and shift the range.
I’ll pick my precision.
It’s my side of history.
Son of sinners, too tall.
One inch given. It’s gone.
It’s on our watch.
Stand back. Let them breathe.
Let us breathe.
Let you breathe.
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Reptoid - No Human
03:38
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I tried to be a human
More like you every day
Become the illusion
Chipping my soul away
I can't be what they need
A gold simulacrum
Painted with a grin
Ask yourself, "Is this a simulation?"
Do you believe in this emulation?
I'm constructing someone
As fabricated being
Create the rift to find
Synthetic humanity
I can wear this mask
Walk among your kind
I'm almost human
I'm almost human
Ask yourself, "is this a simulation?"
Do you believe in this emulation?
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Rally - HVAC
02:18
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Somewhere on the East Coast, the East Coast
They took out the equestrian
Now
Something is rotting somewhere
[Q:] How else can one explain that smell?
[A:] With investigations, predictions
Curious filings and extractions
They found
Some newspaper and bile
They found
He was living in a newspaper nest
They turned a stop gap into a plot
And made it something it’s not
Someone has got to be putting us on, putting us on
Metabolize, hibernate
Call animal control
[Q:] Are you afraid, are you afraid you might
Fail this test?
[A:] No. I can look out for myself
I said I can look out for myself
But from hiding in the rafters
I’m feeling a bit sea sick
They turned a stop gap into a plot
And made it something it’s not
Someone has got to be putting us on, putting us on
Stretch it out, make it fit with your OCD
You’ve got to grab those trophies
You bet to hell I’m putting you on, I’m putting you on
Are you afraid you might, are you afraid you might
Fail this test, fail this this test
Well, I can look out for myself, I can look out for myself
Are you afraid you might, are you afraid you might
Fail this test, fail this this test
Well, I can look out for myself, I can look out for myself
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Say we're friends, how long should I wait for nothing to happen at all
Nothing colored, everything I see is black, white, monochrome
No one shows, their colors in perfect light
If I had bionic eyes
Then I'd wish that I was blind
Every time I turn I seem to look at the sun
The lights that blind me are in everyone
But not everyone is quite like you
Stand still, everything's on fire so don't move a muscle at all
Every glance, every little shudder makes one more likely to fall
So exposed, to flickering open flames
If I didn't have a brain
Then I wouldn't need the shade
Every time I turn I seem to look in the sun
That kind of feeling frightens anyone
But not everyone would want to see
Every time I turn I seem to look in the sun
And it's a freedom that's a heady one
But no-ohhh one is quite like me.
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FREEZE QUEEN
You saddle up next to me
talkin ‘bout how you used to skate
How you only longboard now
but you think that we should date
Well tell me, man, did you really think
when you bought me that drink
that I’d let you take me home?
I’m sorry didn’t you know
That I’m a freeze queen!
Hard to impress
I’m a freeze queen!
I’ll freeze you to death
I’m a freeze queen!
Hard to impress
I’ll freeze you to death!
You better dress warm
Oh, I’m gonna ice you down
Don’t ask me to smile
All you’ll get is a frown
You better bundle up
Before you try talking to me
'Cause honey I can be cold
and I can be mean
'Cause I’m a freeze queen!
Hard to impress
I’m a freeze queen!
I’ll freeze you to death
I’m a freeze queen!
Hard to impress
I’ll freeze you to death!
TROLL TRAP!
(dedicated to the memory of alex jones)
I logged onto the internet
the other day
'Cause I gotta tell the world – hey,
I got something to say
Here’s my two cents
about the government
and my role in it
Complexity is such a breeze
when it’s summed up inside a meme
Do all my thinking second hand
and there ain’t much I understand
but I’m not gonna check my source
I’ll just reshare cuz I am bored (oi! oi! oi!)
TROLL TRAP! TROLL TRAP! TROLL TRAP!
I saw it – on Fox News – or maybe CNN
It’s there in my newsfeed – they’re
coming for my guns again
Do all my thinking second hand
and there ain’t much I understand
but I’m not gonna check my source
I’ll just reshare 'cause I am bored (oi! oi! oi!)
TROLL TRAP! TROLL TRAP! TROLL TRAP!
Everybody’s so greedy
They want a living wage
There gonna kill my grandpa
and steal his Medicaid
Immigrants are so lazy
They’re gonna take our jobs
Abortion is murder
and don’t forget about gay frogs!
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Let's start losing limbs
Let's take a coward's stance
Hide behind our logic and deceit
If we play what if's for too long
We might be happy and strong
We can hope with all we share
In some years we won't care
Every inch I made went to the few
With too much work to hope I'd get through
If I were brave I'd let go
Finally let this bias show
The creases we mulled over
That we claimed we never saw
That always fold over the fatal flaws
If we played what if's for too long
We might be happy and strong
Words weren't enough to mend
This is how things began to end
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Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Conan Neutron, Tony Ash and Dale Crover play big weird rock music for smart asses and malcontents.. Featuring members of Replicator, MELVINS, Trophy Wives. Coliseum, and more. Live lineups have a revolving cast of players.
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