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Knock Knock
03:24
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Knock Knock Knocking at my door
They already know who they’re looking for
We assure you this is just a check
Answer correct or get in the truck
Knock Knock Knocking at my door
The men have come for me I’m sure
Don’t make a scene it’s for the greater good
You didn’t follow the rules like you know you should
Hands tied behind
My back taken away the subject
Of constant debate the center of hate
Silence any opposition
We need security to feel safe
Safety the heroine
Flick of the wrist insidious
They chip away at our fate
We have no control, they changed the rules
Constant state of emergency
Our lives are an experiment
Conducted without our consent
Enemy number 1 I’ll take my place
I know eyes will roll it’s a truth I’ll have to face
Worship the fiction that they create
Effectively reprogrammed to accept each new mandate
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Gaslight Me
02:12
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gaslight me
Make me look Insane
Ridiculed for Critical thinking
gaslight me
through social disdain
We’re chained to a structure build on financial gain
gaslight me
Make me feel Insane
Ignoring the fact this ship is now sinking
gaslight me
Let’s all join in the shame
We cling to a structure that profits on pain
Lick those boots, lick them clean
Leverage freedom for security
Lick those boots, lick them clean
Submit, Obey sign up today
Or we’ll take your rights away
gaslight me
Make me look Insane
Somehow we now no longer question corporate corruption
Tangled up with conflicting ideologies
Common sense inquiries are now conspiracy theories
Lick those boots, lick them clean
Leverage freedom for security
Lick those boots, lick them clean
Submit, Obey sign up today
Or we’ll take your rights away
Don’t want to live in this paradigm
So I guess I’ll have to cut all these ties
And find a new alternative
Is the only choice fully off the grid
Start community all of our own
We don’t have fight the system alone
Grassroots, we’ve done it before
Till liberty and faith is restored
It’s too easy to be hypnotized
In a culture desensitize
To just consume, follow the herd
At this point it’s just absurd
Lick those boots, lick them clean
Leverage your freedom for security
Lick those boots, lick them clean
Submit, obey, sign up today or we’ll take you away
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Dead Inside
02:55
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So I still got all my problems
man, every last one
They always seem to find me
No matter where I hide or how fast I run
My mind is racing on the freeway
To anywhere but here
I've never felt so disconnected
from dreams I've wanted all these years
So maybe it all was just a dream
maybe I never accomplished anything
I guess that's all this was
and no matter how I try
I can't lift myself up
I still feel dead inside
I'm living a life that isn't mine
In someone else's skin
I wish I had known what I had
when I was walking in the world I was in
Now I'm met by only blank stares
on faces I once called my friends
I thought our connection was much stronger
Didn't know that's all it took for it to end
So maybe you can't gain nothing from me
In some imaginary position I was in
I guess that's all this was
and no matter how I try
I can't lift myself up
I still feel dead inside
So I'm wearing a costume everyday
As if that wasn't bad enough
Now you won't even acknowledge my existence
after I gave up all I love
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Fair-Weather Friends
03:30
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We've had our share of good and bad nights
it puts everything in perspective
To realize that we all fall on hard time
now and then
But my superstitions of misfortune
held on a keychain It's hard to tell if it's
real or not nonetheless I keep it
by my side
when the only option is to fall
When your trembling knees
give you no choice at all
I won't hesitate
I swear, I swear I'll never walk away
We're not fair-weather friends
You can count on me
If you stand by my side as we face the cold
I swear I'll never let you stand alone
If you need someone to help carry the burden
Just spill your guts out to me
I've got all night and pocket full of reason
of how this was all meant to be
I've been in your shoes
Believe me I know how it feels to lose
So let's take tonight and leave it all behind
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Quarantine Way
02:36
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Dead to the world
But world’s already dead
A tangle of streets
Forcefully desolated
Locked in this place that’s more like a cell
than my home
I’ve been here for month’s
But everything feels completely unknown
All my thoughts are totally unhinged
Only so many shows that I can binge
Four days of rain
Soaked city streets
And drenched in pain
Every day’s the same
With no end in sight
And no one to blame
Or so I’m told
The Clock keeps on running away
I’ve never felt more lost than today
In the unprecedented state
As I sit alone on quarantine way
I lie to myself
And say I’ll make the best
Of this all dead time weighing on my chest
But nothing on that list
Ever gets crossed off like it should
Just stared at the walls and drank in this
Rundown neighborhood
The Clock keeps on running away
I’ve never felt more lost than today
In the unprecedented state
As I sit alone on quarantine way
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Stay In Your Lane
02:58
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This doesn’t concern you
Why do you care what I do?
Trying to make it sound
Like some serious shit is going down
Typical American
Think everyone’s business belongs to them
Sticking your nose where it don’t belong
Calling the cops on the phone
Stay in your lane, dick
Don’t talk to me, ya prick
This isn’t your life
Don’t be dick
Stay in your lane, dick
Don’t talk to me, dick
This isn’t your life
Don’t be dick, you dick
Yelling from across the street
A fountain of obscenities
Spewing from your mouth
Police on the way you constantly shout
Are you desperate for attention
No one ever asked your opinion
But it’s a winning combination
A camera and entitlement
Stay in your lane, dick
Don’t talk to me, you prick
This isn’t your life
Don’t be dick
Stay in your lane, dick
Don’t talk to me, dick
This isn’t your life
Don’t be dick, you dick
Stay in your lane
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7. |
Hell? Yes
04:41
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8. |
Vegans And Anarchists
03:54
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9. |
Left For Dead
03:00
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10. |
Better Off Dead
02:55
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11. |
The Blame
04:04
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