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Rituals
03:40
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He sharpens his tools with a gleam in his eye
Anticipation swells with the darkness inside
Waiting and watching for the object of desire
To pass through the shadow for him to admire
Quietly he lurks just far enough behind
Not to be noticed just close enough to find
That spark that he craves as he closes in it ignites
And all his pain is dissolved in the blood of the night
Another dream’s been unfolded its time to cover the tracks
With each new victim he’s molded now there’s no turning back
The night is winding down now as he discards the evidence
His only trophy the memory of the time they spent
The hungers growing stronger such an insatiable urge
Cant focus on his routine to busy plotting his next purge
Every face he passes turns ugly and begs for him to release
That tormented soul the body keeps trapped beneath
He can feel something rising, it’s been buried deep within
True lust can be so enticing; his thirst could never be quenched
No patience to follow the pattern neglecting all his own rules
Cant even bother to clean up or even sharpen his tools
He wonders if he’s cracking up or getting closer to the light
How could something so compelling in the end not be what is right?
So he falls asleep with a smile, feeling utterly justified
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Technology is not inherently good, nor on its own can it be evil
But in the hands of power hungry men it holds more weight than any modern devil
In a culture driven by gadgets and upgrades where we're measured by appearance and statuses
It's hard not to lose yourself chasing these useless products that carry no essence
And our lives are lived out on our own silver screen That keeps score and keeps time keeps our false memories
We've forgotten the simple pleasures that surround us because we're glued to one hundred devices
With our head in the clouds we make strangers of our family and ghosts of our friends
While we neglect our needs we splurge on materialistic bullshit because we're told that is the key to happiness
But what satisfaction can really be achieved in weighing your value by the things that you possess?
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Indoctrination
03:36
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The television begs you to pick a side
Strategically editing films to help divide
FOX shown you black MSNBC shows you white
But everything's grey if you perceive with an open mind
And sometimes I wonder just who shot first?
And sometimes I wonder if knowing is worse?
Choose your puppet wisely be it the left or right
Two wings of the same bird who has lost sense of flight
To dance around the truth is to simply utter lies
But the people trust each other less than your political disguise
And sometimes I wonder just who shot first?
And sometimes I wonder if knowing' a curse?
Organized fear induces sense of fight or flight
So they catch you off guard to rally for what they say is right
Using hatred as kindling to burn that fire bright
Until before your very eyes you've just joined their "Third Reich"
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Eulogy
04:24
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Cross out the excess, and crawl from your own grave
Glistening under moonlight, by the willow trees shade
Stalked through the night,by your visions morality
Dragged like a dog, to the furnace of sleep
Carried away like the wind, like it empties the urn
Speaking in tongues, the virgin speaks out of turn
Advancing stages of cardiac, of cardiac arrest
Through mute inhibitions, desire protects
Entangled in wonder, decisions far from the norm
These questions arise, in the midst of a storm
Discussions follow patterns, they open the sky
Developed the womb, before mother dies
Emptiness overwhelms, the coffin is left
Enticing the vein, is inebriation at best
So quick to be careless, this optical spectrum
Is the victim of intricate, delusional perception
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Schrodinger dreaming
01:23
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The walls are walking up my feet
So fast it's getting hard to sleep
And I ain't sure now what is real and what's dreams
But I sure as hell could use relief
And I don't know how I never saw this coming
Every song I write's about exactly what I'm becoming
Now everything that I know is just questions
And all these promises are merely suggestions
That just aren't worth all of these repercussions
So I've grown tired of these reoccurring discussions
And I don't know how I never saw this coming
Every song I write's about exactly what I'm becoming
I live to the rhythm of an empty bottle of gin
As we cross these tracks to fall asleep insane again
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Hanging Judge
04:07
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Life, it's a war against time
Truth, is the worlds greatest lie
Knife, such an elegant design
Proof, is perceived in the mind
Deceit, such a callous device
Hope, just a means to survive
Complete, is meaningless to define
The rope, swings the same from both sides
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All the white kids shuffle to the heavy metal stutter
And go shaking on the scene like killing machines
And they know that when she's stacked up top
She'll be a sucker for the shotgun show
Shaking obscene like the killing machines, here we go
It's the same old show: he's a killer of a flash boy, oh
He's a killer, he's a killer, he's a flash boy, oh
Oh, if you shake your fake tan through aerosol land, you'll know
That you'll suffer for your sex by the caravanettes, oh no
And that shitter with the pout won't be putting it about no more
Oh, shaking obscene like a killing machine, here we go
It's the same old show: he's a killer, he's a flash boy, oh
He's a killer, he's a flash boy, oh, oh, and Athena loves your body
So think of the sea, my darling
Think of the sea as you murder me
It's the same old show: he's a killer, he's a flash boy, oh
This is the killing of a flash boy, oh
ALL THE WORLD CANT BE WRONG
IT MUST BE ME I DONT BELONG
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Mirrors
01:48
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Depraved of necessity, while promised A false reward
At first taunting encourages, after a while you just get bored
So tear away all the masks that you've just realized you wore
Until silence is home again and even whispers feel like roars
This cell becomes freedom, and to lack feels like a gain
Slowly pulling back the skin, reconfigure your brain
You start to look to deeply, trust withers within
Until you only trust paranoia, then the screaming begins
So tear away at the masks that you've just realized you wore
Until silence is home again and even whispers feel like roars
This cell becomes freedom, and to lack feels like a gain
Slowly pulling back the skin, reconfigure your brain
No way back to your old ways now only onward to the new
Society asks what we've become, "we're just a reflection of you"
No way back to your old ways now only onward to the new
Society asks what we've become, "we're just a reflection of you"
Depraved of necessity, while promised A false reward
First taunting encourages, after a while you just get bored
You start to look to deeply, trust withers within
Until you only trust paranoia, then the screaming begins
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Impasse
04:51
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Chasing the darkness in search of something familiar
Regrets fade with time but the guilt tends to linger
So we drink till we black out to avoid confrontation
With the person we've become through inherent isolation
The lusters long since worn out and all pleasure truly faded
Still we feel coerced to swim the stream that leaves us jaded
Creating the very turmoil that we drink to escape
This catch 22 continually loops the same tape
All logic tells us recommence and the steps are clearly laid
But deep beneath the surface grows a nagging, incessant plague
That eradicates our rationale and binds us to our vice
Desperate to escape this cycle but can our mind handle the price?
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