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Uprising
02:10
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Should you be the one to wash away my sins?
Should you be the one to tell me how to begin?
No matter where I hide from you, you get under my skin
You take away my voice today and sock me under the chin
Don’t make me believe in something I see
Don’t make me believe in you
It’s easy to breathe, I cannot believe your inhumanity
A tragedy of humility, your truth- a parody
Don’t make me believe your lunacy
It’s getting harder to breathe
Should I be the one to take away your toys
Should I be the one to expose your moral decay
No matter where you hide from me, I’ll get under your skin
I’ll take away your lies today and show the world where you’ve been
I do not believe in what you believe, your truth- insanity
It’s easy to breath, I cannot believe your inhumanity
A tragedy of humility, your truth- a parody
I do not believe your lunacy
I’m starting to breathe
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2. |
Ascension
03:13
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I’ll climb my way back to the stars
I’ll find a way to spend my life and live on Mars
No way to escape you, I’ll find a path beyond the Moon
I’ll trace a line into the sky
Another planetfall, another vacant dune
And still I face it all, a planetary tomb
And when the streets turn into dust
Another kingdom falls, decaying into rust
I need to escape you, and find a path beyond the Moon
You’ll trace a line across the sky
And still I travel on, I’ll cross the border soon
To see our neighbors fall behind a lifeless moon
Another planetfall, another vacant dune
And still I face it all, a planetary tomb
The stars behind are nothing new
The stars ahead is where we’ll rendezvous
I got away from you, I found a path beyond the Moon
I am the light across the sky
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3. |
King of the Monsters
02:43
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What’s this under my foot? I don’t know if I should move
Is it another minefield? A broken face-shield? I don’t know
Take back your shiny presents, I don’t need them anymore
The fire that burns inside me can consume you when I roar
I don’t know what I should do and I don’t care anymore
The one time you believed in me is the one time I behaved
I never needed your amnesty
I never wanted to be saved
Do I know just what I have, I don’t believe I do
Do I know just who you are and I can see right through
The storm that’s rising right beside you blinds you from your doom
The cities fall beneath my gaze and swallow up your tomb
I can save you with a glance but I don’t think I will
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Subterranean
03:00
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“Welcome to my parlor,” said the fighter to the spy
“Make yourself at home, my dear, and I’ll sing you a lullaby”
Shattered window panes shade the pictures of your soul
As the captain of your armies cedes control
“There’s a chance you succeed where so many have tried and failed
If you make it through this maze without being impaled!”
Fallen branches pave the pathways through your soul
Can you wake up before you stumble and make yourself whole
Sunlight glitters through the trees as you take your midnight stroll
Other memories surge ahead as your past takes its toll
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Fire & Fog
03:52
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When I look into the sky, the Sun and the Moon seem to mystify
The turn of the globe and the wind of the clock take me out of my element
And the change I’ve undergone steels me through the night into the coming dawn
And the fire that leads me through the fog takes a turn as the world ends
Another passage fades through my travelogue
Should I fall or should I transcend?
As the sand falls though the broken glass I hide away my memories
Write them down, burn them up, and try to make them last
Should I dance, should I sing, or maybe take up poetry?
And the dreams that brought me here won’t make it through tomorrow
Every stand that I made so far tumbles like dominos
And the fire that leads me through the fog takes a turn as the world ends
Another passage fades through my travelogue
Should I fall or should I transcend?
When I look up at the same sky I make a wish on a falling star
It isn’t much, but it gets me through today and into tomorrow
And I write these songs for you, and maybe you’ll follow
And the dreams that brought me here won’t make it through tomorrow
Every stand that I made so far tumbles like dominos
And the fire that leads me through the fog takes a turn as the world ends
Another passage fades through my travelogue
Should I fall or should I transcend?
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6. |
Backwards
03:24
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Ahead of the curve, and yet behind the lines
What can you do to change the times
Everywhere you go, you suffer vertigo
And still you’d rather undermine
Who do you think you are when you talk to me this way?
I don’t think you understand what it means to change
There goes another memory blown
Built on a solid cornerstone
The moss on your brain is overgrown
The changes you want you will postpone
Where do you think you are when you see the world you made?
How many people paid the price you think you paid?
And how do we wake you from this empty charade?
You think when you stand up, the masses stand beside you
But that isn’t why they’re waiting there
You better start running
You never stood a chance
You’re not where you think you are, this isn’t the world you made
Too many people have paid the price for your tirade
And now we’re going to strip you of your empty charade
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The Mechanic's Song
02:33
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Another winter paradise, another broken throne
I made it through the snow and ice, and through the outer zones
To steal you back from a maniac with delusions of grandeur
He send his hounds to the battlegrounds in a wild overture
And he knows just what he’ll find when he stalks the frozen fields
It’s the end of humankind, because he doesn’t know how to yield
Another vacant throne, another compromise
A land of blood and snow, beneath a barren sky
We steal the day, it’s the only way to find our way back home
The land decays as it turns to grey, and still we have to roam
Still they haunt and track us down in the fading hours of night
And we’ll stop them on the ice, a trap to stay the fight
The heat will fail in the dimming light as we become the cursed
And now we know just what we’ll find as we walk this frozen Earth
As we walk this frozen Earth
As we walk the frozen Earth
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8. |
When Worlds Collide
04:25
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There is another side to what you believe in
And you need to come outside of the box that you live in
You think the world is sane, and it caused you to falter
It’s the truth you will enslave as you fall when you ignore
Everything that stands right in front of you
Everyone who understand what you are
Don’t turn away as the world crashes into you
You can’t hide all the burns that the truth left behind
The pain of your lies invades your mind
Try to hide your face as the world turns you into a fool
There was another time when the truth seemed to matter
And you left if all behind so that you could do better
But no matter where you turn, you succumb to the laughter
Because you chose to live a lie
Such an amateur
Don’t turn away as the world crashes into you
You can’t hide all the burns that the truth left behind
The pain of your lies invades your mind
Try to hide your face as the world turns you into a fool
As the world turns you into a fool
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9. |
Strange Things
03:44
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A desert road that leads to everywhere
An empty signpost bodes the state of your affairs
Another Bennie lifts your apogee
The dirty knack betrays your history
Neon lights betray the coming dawn
The night denies the change you’ve undergone
The time to delta has been laid to rest
You hide your gomi with the deepest intent
Display your RAM in hopes to lay some scratch
You’re paranoid because you moved to fast
Neon lights betray the coming dawn
The night denies the change you’ve undergone
The street can take away the path ahead
The institution feeds on the trumpkin dead
The garden gate has left you undermined
You see the towers but fail to see their design
The face has left you casting for the divine
A HOVA blanks the world you left behind
Neon lights betray the coming dawn
The night denies the change you’ve undergone
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10. |
And Another Thing
03:45
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Believe in me and I can change the day
The path is free and I can lead the way
And should you save me from ending up afraid
I’ll tell you a story of why I am this way
A broken charade that turned my soul to dust
That morning, we paid a price that was unjust
The Sun and the sky betrayed the coming doom
The peace and the lies that broke the frozen Moon
They stole you away, to keep you from the light
It shattered the coming day and burned into the night
Believe in me, the road begins again
This circle we weave, this bearing to the end
And should you save me from stumbling again
I’ll owe you a lifetime of being your friend
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11. |
Days of Snow in June
04:36
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Do you know any older songs about the days of snow in June?
If you do, could I sing along?
And I can sing in tune
Can I sing about the summer Sun and not the winter Moon?
Play the one about the ocean tides surging down Fifth Avenue
Or when Key Biscayne disappeared under waves of clearest blue
Can you sing about the motor cars and the interwebs?
Can you sing about the summer Sun and not the winter Moon?
Can you sing a song of hospitals and public schools?
Can you sing about the libraries and tennis shoes?
Tell us all about the picture shows!
When did we destroy the world and when did we get lazy?
Can you sing about the summer Sun and not the winter Moon?
Do you know any older songs about the days of snow in June?
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The Uprising 12021 lyrics:
1.Uprising (May 21, 2021):
Should you be the one to wash away my sins?
Should you be the one to tell me how to begin?
No matter where I hide from you, you get under my skin
You take away my voice today and sock me under the chin
Don’t make me believe in something I see
Don’t make me believe in you
It’s easy to breathe, I cannot believe your inhumanity
A tragedy of humility, your truth- a parody
Don’t make me believe your lunacy
It’s getting harder to breathe
Should I be the one to take away your toys
Should I be the one to expose your moral decay
No matter where you hide from me, I’ll get under your skin
I’ll take away your lies today and show the world where you’ve been
I do not believe in what you believe, your truth- insanity
It’s easy to breath, I cannot believe your inhumanity
A tragedy of humility, your truth- a parody
I do not believe your lunacy
I’m starting to breathe
2.Ascension (May 22, 2021):
I’ll climb my way back to the stars
I’ll find a way to spend my life and live on Mars
No way to escape you, I’ll find a path beyond the Moon
I’ll trace a line into the sky
Another planetfall, another vacant dune
And still I face it all, a planetary tomb
And when the streets turn into dust
Another kingdom falls, decaying into rust
I need to escape you, and find a path beyond the Moon
You’ll trace a line across the sky
And still I travel on, I’ll cross the border soon
To see our neighbors fall behind a lifeless moon
Another planetfall, another vacant dune
And still I face it all, a planetary tomb
The stars behind are nothing new
The stars ahead is where we’ll rendezvous
I got away from you, I found a path beyond the Moon
I am the light across the sky
3.King of the Monsters (May 23, 2021):
What’s this under my foot? I don’t know if I should move
Is it another minefield? A broken face-shield? I don’t know
Take back your shiny presents, I don’t need them anymore
The fire that burns inside me can consume you when I roar
I don’t know what I should do and I don’t care anymore
The one time you believed in me is the one time I behaved
I never needed your amnesty
I never wanted to be saved
Do I know just what I have, I don’t believe I do
Do I know just who you are and I can see right through
The storm that’s rising right beside you blinds you from your doom
The cities fall beneath my gaze and swallow up your tomb
I can save you with a glance but I don’t think I will
4.Subterranean (May 26, 2021):
“Welcome to my parlor,” said the fighter to the spy
“Make yourself at home, my dear, and I’ll sing you a lullaby”
Shattered window panes shade the pictures of your soul
As the captain of your armies cedes control
“There’s a chance you succeed where so many have tried and failed
If you make it through this maze without being impaled!”
Fallen branches pave the pathways through your soul
Can you wake up before you stumble and make yourself whole
Sunlight glitters through the trees as you take your midnight stroll
Other memories surge ahead as your past takes its toll
5.Fire & Fog (May 26, 2021):
When I look into the sky, the Sun and the Moon seem to mystify
The turn of the globe and the wind of the clock take me out of my element
And the change I’ve undergone steels me through the night into the coming dawn
And the fire that leads me through the fog takes a turn as the world ends
Another passage fades through my travelogue
Should I fall or should I transcend?
As the sand falls though the broken glass I hide away my memories
Write them down, burn them up, and try to make them last
Should I dance, should I sing, or maybe take up poetry?
And the dreams that brought me here won’t make it through tomorrow
Every stand that I made so far tumbles like dominos
And the fire that leads me through the fog takes a turn as the world ends
Another passage fades through my travelogue
Should I fall or should I transcend?
When I look up at the same sky I make a wish on a falling star
It isn’t much, but it gets me through today and into tomorrow
And I write these songs for you, and maybe you’ll follow
And the dreams that brought me here won’t make it through tomorrow
Every stand that I made so far tumbles like dominos
And the fire that leads me through the fog takes a turn as the world ends
Another passage fades through my travelogue
Should I fall or should I transcend?
6.Backwards (May 27, 2021):
Ahead of the curve, and yet behind the lines
What can you do to change the times
Everywhere you go, you suffer vertigo
And still you’d rather undermine
Who do you think you are when you talk to me this way?
I don’t think you understand what it means to change
There goes another memory blown
Built on a solid cornerstone
The moss on your brain is overgrown
The changes you want you will postpone
Where do you think you are when you see the world you made?
How many people paid the price you think you paid?
And how do we wake you from this empty charade?
You think when you stand up, the masses stand beside you
But that isn’t why they’re waiting there
You better start running
You never stood a chance
You’re not where you think you are, this isn’t the world you made
Too many people have paid the price for your tirade
And now we’re going to strip you of your empty charade
7.The Mechanic’s Song (May 29, 2021):
Another winter paradise, another broken throne
I made it through the snow and ice, and through the outer zones
To steal you back from a maniac with delusions of grandeur
He send his hounds to the battlegrounds in a wild overture
And he knows just what he’ll find when he stalks the frozen fields
It’s the end of humankind, because he doesn’t know how to yield
Another vacant throne, another compromise
A land of blood and snow, beneath a barren sky
We steal the day, it’s the only way to find our way back home
The land decays as it turns to grey, and still we have to roam
Still they haunt and track us down in the fading hours of night
And we’ll stop them on the ice, a trap to stay the fight
The heat will fail in the dimming light as we become the cursed
And now we know just what we’ll find as we walk this frozen Earth
As we walk this frozen Earth
As we walk the frozen Earth
8.When Worlds Collide (June 3, 2021):
There is another side to what you believe in
And you need to come outside of the box that you live in
You think the world is sane, and it caused you to falter
It’s the truth you will enslave as you fall when you ignore
Everything that stands right in front of you
Everyone who understand what you are
Don’t turn away as the world crashes into you
You can’t hide all the burns that the truth left behind
The pain of your lies invades your mind
Try to hide your face as the world turns you into a fool
There was another time when the truth seemed to matter
And you left if all behind so that you could do better
But no matter where you turn, you succumb to the laughter
Because you chose to live a lie
Such an amateur
Don’t turn away as the world crashes into you
You can’t hide all the burns that the truth left behind
The pain of your lies invades your mind
Try to hide your face as the world turns you into a fool
As the world turns you into a fool
9.Strange Things (June 5, 2021):
A desert road that leads to everywhere
An empty signpost bodes the state of your affairs
Another Bennie lifts your apogee
The dirty knack betrays your history
Neon lights betray the coming dawn
The night denies the change you’ve undergone
The time to delta has been laid to rest
You hide your gomi with the deepest intent
Display your RAM in hopes to lay some scratch
You’re paranoid because you moved to fast
Neon lights betray the coming dawn
The night denies the change you’ve undergone
The street can take away the path ahead
The institution feeds on the trumpkin dead
The garden gate has left you undermined
You see the towers but fail to see their design
The face has left you casting for the divine
A HOVA blanks the world you left behind
Neon lights betray the coming dawn
The night denies the change you’ve undergone
10.And Another Thing (June 5, 2021):
Believe in me and I can change the day
The path is free and I can lead the way
And should you save me from ending up afraid
I’ll tell you a story of why I am this way
A broken charade that turned my soul to dust
That morning, we paid a price that was unjust
The Sun and the sky betrayed the coming doom
The peace and the lies that broke the frozen Moon
They stole you away, to keep you from the light
It shattered the coming day and burned into the night
Believe in me, the road begins again
This circle we weave, this bearing to the end
And should you save me from stumbling again
I’ll owe you a lifetime of being your friend
11.Days of Snow in June (June7, 2021):
Do you know any older songs about the days of snow in June?
If you do, could I sing along?
And I can sing in tune
Can I sing about the summer Sun and not the winter Moon?
Play the one about the ocean tides surging down Fifth Avenue
Or when Key Biscayne disappeared under waves of clearest blue
Can you sing about the motor cars and the interwebs?
Can you sing about the summer Sun and not the winter Moon?
Can you sing a song of hospitals and public schools?
Can you sing about the libraries and tennis shoes?
Tell us all about the picture shows!
When did we destroy the world and when did we get lazy?
Can you sing about the summer Sun and not the winter Moon?
Do you know any older songs about the days of snow in June?
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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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