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Message Received
02:32
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Hey,
Today is the day that you said you'd be helping me out
And don't get me wrong
I can probably move it myself
Because I'd hurt my back before I would ask anyone for help
Hey,
I'm shouting to say that I got in a bit of a bind
And don't get me wrong
I'm sure that my injuries will heal with time
But when I dropped the piano I heard something snap so
Would somebody call me an ambulance ride?
Was my message received?
I need your H E L P
Do I gotta spell it out for you?
Because you know I'm too proud
To ever say it out loud
But I need you to save me from myself
Hey,
Remember that time I was trapped beneath a baby grand?
That I moved myself without any help
But now I can't stand
This hospital bill is making me ill
I've got no insurance
My country assured me
I don't want a safety net
Was my message received?
I need your H E L P
Do I gotta spell it out for you?
Because you know I'm too proud
To ever say it out loud
But I need you to save me from myself
Save us from ourselves
Save us from ourselves
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2. |
No Memory
02:39
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Come close, I'll tell you a secret
If we forget we're destined to repeat it
Sisyphusin', yeah we're running in place
As history gets swept away
Textbooks re-written by the victors
Enemies erased from all the pictures
Control the present
You control the past
You control the future too
We've got no memory of the past before the day that we were born
History was written by the ones who wore the uniforms
What we learn we forget and
We repeat what we neglect
We repeat what we neglect
These days you can't believe your eyes or
Deep fakes will make you none the wiser
We've got the means to manufacture facts and
We're at the point where there's no going back
These days we just can't pay attention
It predates our digital dependence
But now we never leave a paper trail
To prove what is the truth
We've got no memory of the past before the day that we were born
History was written by the ones who wore the uniforms
What we learn we forget and
We repeat what we neglect
We repeat what we neglect
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
Escape reality
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I don't want to rant today
But I had better set it straight
You don't want to play around, man
Cause I will take a baller down
Because it's survival of the fittest and
You just failed the litmus test
To see if you can stay
Yeah it's survival of the fittest
It won't be contradicted
Go anywhere as long as it's away
Everyone who walks around
Today is the end product of
A thousand generation chain
So don't it make you stop and think?
I guess you are the weakest link
Should I slow it down when I explain?
Because it's survival of the fittest and
You just failed the litmus test
To see if you can stay
Yeah it's survival of the fittest
It won't be contradicted
Go anywhere as long as it's away
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4. |
Shock Value
03:08
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I wouldn't have volunteered
If I knew that I would end up here
In an electric chair
Your hand on the button
And there's a scientist
Who has the answer list
Answer wrong and
I WILL GET A SHOCK!
I get an answer wrong
He says "You must go on"
Three hundred volts arcing across the air and
My chest it palpitates
The voltage aggravates my heart condition and
I'M BEGGING YOU TO STOP!
Up the shock value
Watch while you're causing me pain
I'll be fine after time
But will you be the same
Once you know how far a stranger can make you go?
For me there's no escape
But you could always walk away
Turn to the man and say "I won't take your orders"
You think they're testing me
But they are testing you
They're trying to find exactly
WHAT A MAN WILL DO!
Up the shock value
Watch while you're causing me pain
I'll be fine after time
But will you be the same
Once you know how far a stranger can make you go?
Look, I know we're not supposed to talk
But I'd really prefer you not give me a shock
Look, I know we're not supposed to talk
But I'd really prefer you not...
NOT TO FIFTY!
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5. |
Survival (Mode)
01:50
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If stress is your B.F.F.
If you go to bed but you cannot rest
If drowning's sounding nice to you
Then you might suffer an acute condition called sobriety
Leading to anxiety that you think you hide from me
When you drink alone
You're in survival mode if you know it or not
You're in survival mode which is why you cannot
Make a plan
You just react
You're in survival mode if you know it or not
You're in survival mode which is why you cannot
Take a chance
So now you're trapped
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6. |
Color Me Blind
03:02
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Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
Colour me blind for thinking it's fine
Ignoring the smoke and hoping this madness would pass us in time
While I was asleep an evil was creeping up on us and
Where else could it hide but in plain sight
Time to decide will you stand up and fight
Cause there's no way I am closing my eyes again
We've got one shot so make it stick
You can colour me surprised if we get out of this
You come at the king and you best not miss
Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
Colour me deaf for while it was spreading
I had my head in the sand and I didn't hear all of the signs
Thought it was a joke and then I awoke to
"Very fine people are on every side"
Now is your chance!
Take action at last, please, while you still can
Because some day soon you cannot go back again
We've got one shot so make it stick
You can colour me surprised if we get out of this
You come at the king and you best not miss
Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
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7. |
You Too
02:55
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We ran the show but now we're stepping aside
Gotta change up the lineup if we're gonna survive
It's time for you to take the reigns from us before it's too late
And now you too can have a chance to make the mistakes
We had one shot
We cocked it up
And the ricochet rebounded back at us
We set our sights
And then we missed
We ran out of all our old ideas and yet you persisted
You too could rule the world
How badly could you do?
We kings ran things for years and left the earth
Royally screwed
Here, take the keys, because
We've lost the right to lead
And now you too can take a turn
We're sorry that we left it burning
We ran the show but now we're stepping aside
Gotta change up the lineup if we're gonna survive
It's time for you to take the reigns from us before it's too late
And now you too can have a chance to make the mistakes
We lit it up
We burned it down
We ran the whole world straight into the ground
Now it's your turn
To set things right
And I don't envy every uphill battle you will have to fight
You, too, will try your best
You'll have to compromise
You'll swear an oath to only tell the necessary lies
I hope that you won't lock the horns
Or start a never-ending war but if you do
You too are caught in the loop
We ran the show but now we're stepping aside
Gotta change up the lineup if we're gonna survive
It's time for you to take the reigns from us before it's too late
And now you too can have a chance to make the mistakes
Here, take the keys, because
We've lost the right to lead
And now you too can take a turn
We're sorry that we left it burning
You won't lock the horns
Or start a never-ending war but if you do
You too are caught in the loop
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8. |
Survival (Horror)
01:58
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I don't got enough ammo to kill all the zombies man
I run out all the time but they come back again
Sneak around scrounging shells and herbs and if I can
Remember never to play this game before bed again
Dreaming of survival horror
Creeping around the corners
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9. |
Pump The Brakes
01:28
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Pump The Brakes
Pump The Brakes
This is the future calling and you better pickup what I'm laying down
There ain't no use in stalling so I might as well just go and say it out loud
It's 2019; you know better than to take that shit out of the ground
Who do you think you're fooling when you say it's cool while the house burns down
Pump The Brakes
Pump The Brakes
I know you wanna go fast but you kicked the Earth's ass
To get a little more boom in your ride that raised the tide
Which you knew at the time but you never decided to
Stop, drop and roll on by the bike store where you can
Get a ride for the days you are able to get there on time
Pump The Brakes
Pump The Brakes
Pump The Brakes
Pump The Brakes
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I made a statue of myself to prove that I was here
I wrote a book, when it was done everyone had disappeared
I had a wife who took her life because she knew we were the last
Saw the end of everything when we witnessed the collapse of the world
We ventured out onto the earth that had been frozen stiff
After weeks inside the shelter where the two of us had hid
The only sounds had been the storm
Even the radio was dead
Saw the earth had been transformed
We fled into the oubliette
From the worms in the sky
Our forefathers forsake us to die
Where the streets have no name
When there is no one left to see the signs
Hidden beneath the Ice
The sky is full of tornadoes
By now it's too late to undo what we did
The ocean is frozen forever
We both had front row seats to the apocalypse
Our forefathers forsake us to die
Where the streets have no name
When there is no one left to see the signs
Hidden beneath the Ice-niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine
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11. |
Be Loud
02:58
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There are some folks who wish that you were not
Not gone, but just not here
Don't bring it up
Don't give it air
Protect their eyes and ears
How do you dare to try to make them care?
Leave it home and out of sight
Trust me you don't want to try to win this fight
Well to that I say
Be loud! Like your survival depends on it
Be proud! Like your survival depends on it
Don't shut down! Like your survival depends on it
Because it does
Hey man when did you get so serious?
We were trying to have a good ol' time
Don't bring us down
With your raincloud
Just act like things are fine
But saying nothing is the same as saying
"What is had ought to be."
What is theoretical for you
Is personal for me
The absence of a statement is a statement
The absence of a statement is a statement
The absence of a statement is a statement
Well to that I say
Be loud! Like your survival depends on it
Be proud! Like your survival depends on it
Don't shut down! Like your survival depends on it
Because it does
Be loud.
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