1. |
Drudgery
02:34
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Did you even wake up when you got out of bed?
Did you ramble through the clamor of the rabble of the dead?
Are you building a wall, and for whom is it meant?
Do you shovel all the shit till it's time to pay the rent?
In California where they warn ya that there's nothing for free
Will we break our backs to end the misery?
Do we beat them back by simply being absent?
Or do we shovel all the shit until it's time to pay the rent?
When you no longer rely on the restlessness of youth
When you know it's a lie but you can't afford the truth
You just turn off your head and bury your heart
And then you shovel all the shit until it's time to pay the rent!
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2. |
Auntie Fa
01:36
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The streets are raw tonight
They set us up, we knocked them down
They came here for a fight
We'll give them what they're looking for
A scene of violence for everyone to see
Do you believe they baited us again?
The joke's on them, they'll never win
This isn't over
Cause when they're gone we will remain
The final statement
Will be written on their grave
A scene of unity for everyone to see
Can you believe the fascists came again?
The joke's on them, they'll never win
The joke's on them, they'll never win
(An interlude.)
(And then, in the aftermath...)
You thought that you were free to have the luxury to wait until they'd gone
But which side were you on?
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3. |
Time
01:46
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Standing in line, listen for the chime
Five deep breaths, can you rest your mind?
One cold crash then it's back to the grind
Loitering, dawdling, wasting time is a crime!
Time – time as a construct
Crime – time as a punishment
Time as a commodity: in the marketplace, in the Marxist sense
Bought yourself subscription TV
They've got you where they want you when they've made you feel free
Society’s ills sapped our wills
Time to kill time to kill time to kill time to kill
Fined – blood from a stone time
Time – setting for the righteous
Fine-tuning for the instruments of hate that we get paid to make
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4. |
Sad
02:11
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Sad song, the one you drone all alone
Sad thoughts brew and churn on their own
Breakdown
Get a grip
Sad Town is really not worth the trip
Cold outside, run home and hide, stayed in and cried
Lie down and write, “Dead from the bed, it’s Saturday night”
Sad, sad, sad all the time
Wait now, are you taking the piss, making fun?
Sounds like you got more emotions than one
(After an actual musical breakdown, the band gets a grip)
Breakdown breakdown in your head
Can you get along with all the anger and dread?
Cause it’s a sad song that no one said that they want
Cold outside...
Sad all the time
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5. |
Ists
01:58
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these machines are made of things you have forgotten
part and parcel dregs of a slow deposit
everyone knows just where it goes
but we get less back after we lost it
repainting something totally rotten
strutting sweated styles yeah baby you got it
they say you can say whatever you want
then further afaint sayeth not
It seems overrun so I
search for words beyond
till a new language exists
absent of ists
I don't want to beat you just to win
I want to lose myself in it
I wanna reach into something
until I'm nothing
It seems overrun so I
search for words beyond
till a new language exists
absent of ists
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6. |
The Shore
01:27
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staring at the window long and late
enough for secrets and truths to escape
i dug my heels in
there is more than us at stake
your amends will never reach the shore
they'll never reach the shore
they'll never reach the shore
I never stopped loving you
different paths meet the same star
what keeps us together just tears it apart
so far from the cause
so far from who I was
your amends will never reach the shore
they'll never reach the shore
they'll never reach the shore
I never stopped loving you
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7. |
The One Meera Likes
01:35
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Tout dans la maison — attends!
Nous avons raison, et tu as tort
Ceci n’est pas un chanson
Nous ne jouons pas d’instruments
(Ryan then proceeds to sum it all up succinctly)
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8. |
Ghosts
01:57
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it's not just a dream
bleached out in lonely eyes
you don't need to say a thing
somethings we can recognize
someone must've pulled a fast one
a thousand new millionaires
just cause there's not a blueprint
doesn't mean it didn't go to plan
got fair-weathered
and lost to the storm
got fair-weathered
this tear is a call to arms
the more that I'm pushed aside
the more I dig my heels in
words words words words words words words
follow every step again
got fair-weathered
and lost to the storm
got fair-weathered
this tear is a call to arms
the ghosts of the gone still walk with you
the ghosts of the gone still walk with you
the ghosts of the gone still walk with you
the ghosts of the gone still walk with you
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9. |
Al (secret track)
00:24
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Diffidence Oakland, California
Meera - drums & vox
Ryan - guitar & vox
Paul - bass & vox
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