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Aurora
05:01
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Controlled
03:21
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Did I ask you to save me from my sins?
What I do is up to me
What is it about me that makes you so afraid?
Why do you attack the things you don't understand?
Why are you so invested in the lies that you spread?
And now I can't believe I have to save the world from you
There is nothing underneath the lies you choose to spread
Nobody asked you to comment on their lives
Your observations are tainted by your ignorance
I didn't ask you to justify your faith
You cannot clarify the answers you were told
That you never understood
That were based on someone's fear
And now I can't believe I have to save the world from you
There is nothing underneath the lies you choose to spread
The world is here and now and not in some afterlife
You are controlled by your ignorant beliefs
You are controlled by the fear in your mind
You are controlled by someone else's lies
You are not the hero in this story
You will always be the villain
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Slipstream
08:16
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Don't stand up, I am not the one that you need to be
Don't stand up, I am not your slave, I am not the one
Don't stand up, I am not your son, I am not the one who believes in you
My god is dead, what will I become?
My life is evolving, it's changing all the time
I will not return, tomorrow is another day to break free and explore
Twisting sideways, ever forward, the contest carries on
I walk to you and you walk away
Homing in again, yet just receiving static
Every time I get this close, I miss the mark
Confusion sets in, but the pain still grows
Why must I be so weak?
Twisting sideways, ever forward, the contest carries on
I walk to you and you walk away
Homing in again, yet just receiving static
Every time I get this close, I miss the mark again
This is my confidence, you cannot kill me
No matter how many times you try to save me
I am still here and my pain still grows
And I will linger on
Twisting sideways
The contest carries on
Your god is dead, what will you become?
Your life is changing- it's falling apart
I will not return, and I won't save you
You don't owe me a thing, and I, I don't owe you
Twisting sideways, ever forward, the contest carries on
I walk to you and you walk away
Homing in again, yet just receiving static
Every time I get this close, I miss the mark again
Twisting sideways, the contest carries on
Every time I get this close, I miss the mark
Again
Don't stand up, I am not the one
I am not the one, so don't stand up
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5. |
Thirteenth (Part One)
07:06
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Thirteenth (Part Two)
07:06
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Can I stand before you? Can I make amends?
I can stand off to the side and try to blend in
Can I make a difference? Can I make a stand?
I can see you rising up and speaking out again
It's time to rise up and start again
There is no reason I can see
To follow these fools into the burning sea
A follower that swims in hate can drown inside a leader's fear
Instead of changing their own fate
Why should I help these fools to see the light?
They'd rather flail in agony then do the thing that's right
They'd rather live in hate
My feet are bound, my hands are tied, I cannot see the light
The darkness covers all the land and spreads across the Moonless night
My eyes are red, my mouth is dry, I cannot hear a sound
The worms that feed upon my soul bury me before I'm underground
My words are lost on frozen hearts, I cannot feel the Sun
The darkness is the fear you spread- infects the land and poisons everyone
And now I know how I can change the world
By spreading hope and freeing minds from fear and ancestry
Just take away some of the hate and maybe you will find a common ground on which to stand and face another day
What can I say to open up your mind?
There is a chance to have a better life
What can I do to help you see the light?
Everyone is equal
And now I know how I can save the world
By freeing all the people from the lies that tie them down
By showing them that science will always tell the truth
And showing them that lies will never require proof
What can I say to open up your minds?
There is a chance to have a better life
What can I do to help you see the light?
Everyone is equal
I wanna know what's gonna change your mind
There are no gods up in the sky
So now its time to find a better path to happiness
A better way to live your life
Everyone should have a chance, not just the ones that lie
I wanna know what's gonna save your life
A god that lives inside your mind?
Or the truth before your eyes?
Or the truth before your eyes?
And so I stand before you, with no way to pretend
There is no way to make amends, just a path that leads ahead
I want to make a difference, I want to make a change
But there is no path to resolution without the path behind
Everyone is equal, and you shouldn't have a say on how some on should live their life, or how someone should change
Everyone is equal
Everyone today
Everyone is equal
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Generic
03:00
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Why should I act when I only need to sing,
There are things that I don’t understand
Why should I walk when I only need to drive
I can thrive in this burning land
Why should I care when I only need to think
That the rules are for someone else
Why should I stand and expose the man I am
I should find a way to hide and blend in
Where should I go to escape the coming storm?
There are places where I can feel safe
Where should I hide to escape the judging eyes?
There are places where I should feel safe
Everything above and everything below
Are concerns someone else should field
How do you know if I keep it all below?
You won’t know where I’m coming from
Why should I talk about something specific?
Why not something across the board?
How can I fly underneath the blazing sky?
When I’m followed by an Earthly gaze?
I want to spread little lies to get ahead
But I don’t want you to hold me to that
Why should I think anymore about your rights
I shouldn’t have to wave my hands
Do what I say, and ignore the things I do
There's a time to stand up and fight
Nobody knows what the future holds in store
Except the one who keeps his finger on the pulse
The noise is like a Buzz, and a Killjoy to be sure
But it’s not like I’m here to spread the word
Why should I act when I only need to sing
When there are things that I don’t understand
Why should I stand and expose the man I am
I should find a way to hide and blend in
What matters to you isn’t for everyone
We need something more generic
Why would I talk about something specific?
Why not something across the board?
Not less generic
Not more specific
Something that covers the spread
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Strange Talking Animals Springfield Township, New Jersey
Born in raised in Madison, WI. Transplanted to Brooklyn, Jamaica, and finally Springfield. Versed in chamber pop and rock, psychedelic and prog, and expanding musical horizons to experience electronic and ambient musics and experiment with modular and chaotic synthesis.Overfed with science fiction and fantasy and actual science. And stay-at-home dadness. ... more
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