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The Villains Perspective
01:57
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Never mind what morals say today
Stay your course and trust your gut make hay
History's told by those atop the hill
Perspective is what justifies the kill
You’ve set your sail you’ve made your bed
Your tale be told he said she said
The hero is a point of view
To John Wilkes Booth your aim is true
If you can face yourself within the mirror
You’ll convince yourself just what path is clear
Perceptions that your way is far askew
Don’t define the right in what you do
You’ve set your sail you’ve made your bed
You’ve blazed your trail your soul be bled
The hero is a point of view
Che Guevara speaking his own truth
Good and bad’s not black or white
Defined by those that win the fight
The villain's the hero in his mind
Psychosis is understood in time
How you’ll be remembered you don’t choose
Trust conviction's all that you can do
Detractors are intent to have their say
In your heart you know they’ll see the light one day
You've made your bed and cleared your head
You’ve told your tale and woke the dead
The hero is a point of view
Did Castro really speak the truth?
Did Batty really speak the truth?
Did Nelson really speak the truth?
Did Sinead really speak the truth?
Did Thanos really speak the truth?
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2. |
Spanish Proverb
02:26
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A waiting games that’s not for the meek
The journey goes through valleys pre-peak
The darkest dawn’s incredibly bleak
A treasure that the common man seeks
El tiempo lo cura todo
Taking everything as it comes
Nothings ever done ’til it’s done
Waiting for your day in the sun
A distance that’s still left to be run
El tiempo lo cura todo
Time heals wounds
Don’t give up too soon
We are all consumed
By life’s daily gloom
Give yourself at least one more chance
It doesn’t have to be your last dance
Just when you believe all hope is lost
You’re spared another day from the cross
El tiempo lo cura todo
Time heals wounds
Don’t give up too soon
We are all consumed
By life's daily gloom
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3. |
Abandonware
02:44
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Ignored so long and sang the same song
Woe is me cause I don’t belong
Never want to be in a club
That would have me as a member for long
Abandoned and left drifting at sea
Stranded on an island of me
An orphan in a sprawling debris
Left longing to be freed of the free
Envy is a poison that kills
From inside out it smothers your will
A lifelong plan has taken effect
Look down your nose, protect and you’re wrecked
Abandoned and left drifting at sea
Stranded on an island of me
An orphan in a sprawling debris
Left longing to be freed of the free
Trust no one and guard yourself
You isolate you have your health
An arms length can’t be far enough
There are no diamonds in the rough
No selfish acts to be forgave
You die alone your soul be saved
Sympathy for faint of heart
Empathy a dying art
A perfect time to disconnect
Know yourself your makers met
It’s just one more step to the grave
No difference in the price that’s paid
Now one more time around this long bend
My ego's finally well on the mend
A social circle I’ll never crack
A dark room that fades deeper to black
Abandoned and left drifting at sea
Stranded on an island of me
An orphan in a sprawling debris
Left longing to be freed of the free
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4. |
The Anatomy of a Knife
02:37
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Pull me in close and do your worst
Next time you're sincere will be the first
A sharpened edge that’s been forged with time
Sincerity turning on a dime
A poisoned pen, a burning bridge
Trust collapsing from within
A nagging doubt that's been confirmed
Artifice our common ground to play pretend
First cut is the deepest but it’s far from the last
A thousand tiny slices how much more can you stand
You’ll hardly even notice since they’re mostly in the back
And the pain is so familiar it only hurts when you laugh
Blood
Blood in blood out
Raise shadows of doubt
Blood in blood out
Prick skin and bleed out
Blood in blood out
Break bread how devout?
Blood in blood out
Within and without
Assumed a certain certainty as the god’s given truth
Blinded by the obviousness and a burden of the proof
Bloods thicker than water that you’ll drown in the abuse
And betrayal is betrayal and you are not immune
Blood
Blood in blood out
Raise shadows of doubt
Blood in blood out
Prick skin and bleed out
Blood in blood out
Break bread how devout?
Blood in blood out
Within and without
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5. |
Everybody Else
02:10
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Judge not lest ye be judged
Much more fun to hold a grudge
Ask not what’s right for them
Ask instead how they should be condemned
Look out for number one
A pointing finger is your gun
Reject bogus points of view
Everything’s a lie outside your truth
Everybody else is a fool
Content to just follow the rules
Everybody else is a fool
Sheep will just do what they do
Fuck facts and fuck proof
Consensus built to raise dispute
Faith forgives the world of sins
And the idiots huddle up again
Everybody else is a fool
Content to just follow the rules
Everybody else is a fool
Sheep will just do what they do
Reflect for a beat and your through
A lie can be lived as the truth
So nice to be safely immune
And to be so much better than you
Everybody else is a fool
Content to just follow the rules
Everybody else is a fool
Sheep will just do what they do
Reflect for a beat and your through
A lie can be lived as the truth
If you’re surrounded by tools
There’s a good chance you’re one of them too
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6. |
The Expanding Man
02:41
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This is the fade of the expanding man
A hipster is fading to dust
That shape is the shade of where I used to stand
Memories are starting to rust
Learn to work the playing field
Always live just what I feel
The cracks and flaws will be revealed
As I die behind the wheel
There’s a name for holding on
You cling too tight, you stay too long
You win you lose and then you’re gone
Just call it Deacon Blues
You call me a fool, point at my crazy schemes
It’s clear I’m a man out of time
But this one’s for real, can’t give up on the dream
I’m ready to walk that fine line
Learn to work the playing field
Always live just what I feel
The cracks and flaws will be revealed
As I die behind the wheel
There’s a name for holding on
You cling too tight, you stay too long
You win you lose and then you’re gone
Just call it Deacon Blues
My back to the wall as I cling to it all
I’m a victim of one laughing chance
Still chasing these dreams like a viper that crawls
This is the essence of true romance
This is the fade of the expanding man
Sue me if I’ve held on for too long
The clearest of paths never lead where you plan
I die each night I sing this song
Learn to work the playing field
Always live just what I feel
The cracks and flaws will be revealed
As I die behind the wheel
There’s a name for holding on
You cling too tight, you stay too long
You win you lose and then you’re gone
Just call it Deacon Blues
Learn to work the playing field
Always live just what I feel
The cracks and flaws will be revealed
As I die behind the wheel
There’s a name for holding on
You cling too tight, you stay too long
You win you lose and then you’re gone
Just call it Deacon Blues
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7. |
No Chances Left
02:13
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The darkest feeling you’ll ever know
When there’s no more chances left to be blown
Times run out for you to ever atone
When the rope runs out we’re all left alone
The fading of todays into grey
The darkness that descends is the weight
Fell right into the tritest cliche
Content with living your life from the grave
Wake up to find it’s all in the past
That opportunity was finally the last
Question how it happened so fast
You’re never gonna have that last laugh
The fading of todays into grey
The darkness that descends is the weight
Fell right into the tritest cliche
Content with living your life from the grave
Patronized
Sympathized
Empathized
Patronized
Sympathized
Empathized
The fading of todays into grey
The darkness that descends is the weight
Fell right into the tritest cliche
Content with living your life from the grave
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8. |
Chew Toy
01:18
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Build me up to tear me down
A pool of tears for me to drown
Promises gone up in flames
And I'm left here to eat your shame
You left what’s left of me
Set cast adrift at sea
Chewed up, spit out to bleed
A shadow among your debris
Tied to you forever bound
A pool of string to bat around
A hamster on a spinning wheel
Been bled too dry to ever feel
You left what’s left of me
Set cast adrift at sea
Chewed up, spit out to bleed
A shadow among your debris
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9. |
Idiot Shivers
01:52
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The Iron Age as modern day, ignorance will pave the way
Misinform the mindless hordes with fantasies, conspiracies, content to let the planet burn dispute the lessons learned and learned
Misinform - Defcon 4!
Salem Mass 2022 deny those witches right to choose
The church and state decide your fate in choosing life, you can fuck you rights with less and less control at hand our Caucasian god will rule the land
No body free - Defcon 3!
The idiot shivers in you
Ignorance coming to roost
The idiot shivers from you
Fantasy woven as truth
No shame as you do what you do
A culture of blatant abuse
The idiot shivers in you
Tolerance stricken from view
The wild west each afternoon in US schools always High Noon
Sandy Hook and Columbine, Virginia Tech and U of T, Robb Elementary and more each week
Amendment Two - Defcon 2!
Setting sun - Defcon One!
and we’re done!
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10. |
Caesars & Slaves
02:09
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One percent might be too much
Compassion is turning to mush
Bureaucracy could give a fuck
The Romans are shit out of luck
Shadow caste - Caesars and Slaves
Happenstance - Caesars and Slaves
Too many souls to be saved
Die is cast - Caesars and Slaves
Too many trips to the well
Penance for lies that we tell
All previous dynasties fell
Soon enough and we'll join them in hell
Shadow caste - Caesars and Slaves
Happenstance - Caesars and Slaves
Too many souls to be saved
Die is cast - Caesars and Slaves
All about Caesars and Slaves!!!
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