1. |
The Longest Winter
02:53
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The summer ends alive with hope for us to survive
And in the fall, we feel alright and try to stay alive. Stay inside. It's alright.
The longest winter starts before the fall
wrings the cheer from us all
conjures vacant eyes that stare through time to see the end of the tunnel.
The twelve-month bender brings the ghosts of the dead
dries up tears you would shed:
an hypnotic salve for wounds you had before the world spun apart.
Do you remember how to hold your head?
Hear the words they have said?
Hear the thunder of the trains you love on tracks above the city?
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2. |
The Sleep of Reason
03:23
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I was a stone on a mountaintop
dragged to a never-ending drop.
I was a bone buried in the rock
a mile below, with a town on top.
I was a machine that couldn't stop
shoveling the world into a firebox.
Yeah. Yeah.
Dragged to a never-ending drop.
Dragged to a never-ending drop.
Dragged to a never-ending drop.
Dragged to a never-ending drop.
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3. |
Fine Words
03:46
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You hear the sounds of emptiness again
of being with just only you.
There's no one else beyond the palace walls.
There's nothing anyone can do.
All that is is all that you might know
and this terror holds you too.
The further you go the farther you may see
The less you can know what is true
In the trash beside these words you could find a lifetime
In the past beside these words you could find a lifetime
Reality would fall apart if it couldn't be so pure
The earth below would break and bend if it couldn't be so sure
Drink what you want until you only
know what it is you want to drink
Eat what you can until you only
know what it is that you can eat
Sleep when you ant until you only
know when it is that you can sleep
In the trash beside these words you could find a lifetime
In the past beside these words you could find a lifetime
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4. |
The Point of Non-action
02:03
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5. |
I Used to Own an Island
02:10
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I used to own an island.
I own a banker's face and hands.
I made a tax haven.
I always cared about my friends
growing fat on destiny.
I used to own an island.
Winter would melt away again.
Container ships would roll in.
Bring all that I might need,
grown fat on destiny.
I used to own an island.
I used to be the one in charge.
I used to watch the ships go.
Nothing's left for me.
Old and out of destiny.
I used to own an island.
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6. |
The Paradise Papers
03:48
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The papers of paradise
tell the story of all the world's elite
and all the money they could save.
From the governments of the world.
From the poor and the hungry
Hoarding piles of treasure reaching to the sky.
Oh, Panama, a life and a world away
with an easy tax code I and all my kind won't ever try!
We gave you our trust and you took it away
Just decided not to reciprocate
saving your money for a rainy day
but it rains on everyone just the same
and the world will be flooded from climate change
before you'd think to give a care
Oh Daphne Anne you took her life away
for bringing a light onto the truth we needed for a day.
Paradise. Paradise. Paradise
There should never be unity
with the criminals and corrupt
enablers of murderers and thieves
Oh, Panama, a life and a world away!
Paradise!
Paradise Paradise Paradise!
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7. |
When the Next One Comes
02:33
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The press will accede
The troops fall behind
the sun will be so bright yeah
when the next one comes
when the next one comes
they'll all say we won
they'll all say we're done
wrapped in the flag
when the next one comes
when the next one comes
with the opposition weak,
democracy will sleep
The oligarchs won't weep
the forests all will burn
the ocean waters rise
the greed will feel so right
when the next one comes, yeah
when the next one comes, yeah
when the next one comes
when the next one comes
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8. |
Where the Party Goes
02:57
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where the party goes
some will follow into darkness until the end of time
where the party goes
where the party goes
they'll reject their eyes and ears to keep their peace of mind
where the party goes
where the party goes
where the party goes they'll follow until the end of time
we're boiling in a pot
of water, it's heating up
maybe they're unaware it's changing
maybe they're ignorant
maybe they're innocent
maybe that constitutes the crime
maybe they're unaware
maybe they're having fun
maybe it doesn't really matter
absolute
where the party goes
where the party goes
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9. |
Terrible Dragon
03:48
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Behold and shudder
at the exhibition of this terrific and terrible dragon!
Brought forth to swallow and devour your liberties and equal rights!
Unholy party spirit and inordinate love of power gave it birth.
Your patriotism and hatred of tyranny must strangle it in its infancy.
Behold! Behold! this iniquitous and terrible dragon!
Behold! Behold! this aristocratic, terrible dragon!
When tyranny and arbitrary power, thus, make inroads on the rights of the people.
Well, what becomes of the duties of a citizen? Shall we submit to usurpers?
Are the citizens of this republic less jealous of their rights than their ancestors?
Will you then permit a party to disenfranchise the people?
No! It must be dislodged!
Behold! Behold! this iniquitous and terrible dragon!
Behold! Behold! this aristocratic, terrible dragon!
Behold! Behold! this tyrannous and hateful dragon!
Behold! Behold! this arbitrary and terrible dragon!
Behold! Behold! this iniquitous and terrible dragon!
Behold! Behold! this aristocratic, terrible dragon!
Behold! Behold! this tyrannous and hateful dragon!
Behold! Behold! this arbitrary and terrible dragon!
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10. |
Disrupted Recovery
02:04
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I'm awake
I finally decided that I need to rise
but my eyes
don't want to see
I'm on my feet
I'm thirsty and dry
but my mouth don't want to drink
and I can't think
The floaters in my eyes
spell out words in a kind of disguise
A meaning lost to inebriated memories
of last night's revelries
I'm awake
Despite my every effort to keep myself asleep
it crept up on me
The floaters in my eyes
spell out words in a kind of disguise
A meaning lost to inebriated memories
of last night's revelries
I'm awake
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Sunil K Chopra Chicago, Illinois
based in Logan Square, Chicago, IL
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