1. |
The Sparkling Void
05:26
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all roads unite in the sparkling void
in a later stage
with the city ablaze
as fiddle music plays
in the sparkling void
iron age fools
love to sing and laugh and cry about it
at the end
just like they do
but who could have known about it?
who would have known there was a sparkling void?
age after age
as the cities grown and trade
they dig a little earth
just to wear it on their shirts
golden glittering malaise
toward the sparkling void
the rotting corpse of youth
yeah, it shivers, laughs, and shrugs it off
and turns another screw
but who could have known about it?
who would have known there was a sparkling void?
the governments align
for the sparkling void
the infinite abyss
with unfading lustrousness
the Anthropocene rots
to a sparkling void
but who could have known about it?
who would have known there was a sparkling void?
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there's no surprise when the sun comes up
and oceans rise like the wall street spark
oh your wonderful lies hang in the sky
oh, heating the air between you and I.
I'm now weeping
I'm weeping
Talk is cheaper than acting dumb
and I'm sure you won't be here when we're all done
oh but you're standing still on an inclined plane
and it's steeper now than when you first came
I'm weeping
I'm weeping
It's time for something to change
time for something to change
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3. |
False as Water
03:14
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the tales are tall
and the facts are small
and you know it's feeling like a lie
the minds bend
as you tell them
that you know the truth is on their side
take the shape a raindrop makes as it falls from high above
water takes the shape its context needs
like you
with a weak voice
for the Proud Boys
yeah, you called them to tear it up inside
the power of the masses all grown sick from understanding you
vomiting on sacred grounds for lies
about truth
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4. |
The Salt of the Earth
03:42
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they say
you were looking through the field
on your watch
looking through the field
oh love
they say
the sky was clear
the wind was still
oh love
they say
nothing grows beneath
sowing salt
looking through the field
oh love, oh love
they say
you were looking through the field
sowing salt
looking through the field
oh love, oh love
nothing grows beneath
the salt of the earth
they say
nothing grows beneath
they say
the salt of the earth
oh love
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5. |
The Kronos Effect
03:26
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Armstrong's plea
let there be line
let there be signal
well above the noise
take your time
your tools of the trade
will replace the Titan
you struggle with
in good time
but Kronos will swallow you whole
owned by bureaucracy, heart and mind
Farnsworth's plea
let there be sight
let those who hear the words
see the light
take your time
your tools of the trade
will replace the Titan
you struggle with
in good time
but Kronos will swallow you whole
save for a memory, heart and mind
and soul
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6. |
Batten Down the Hatches
02:30
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we've been okay together
we might as well just be
i've been feeling faithful
necessarily
we don't need those folks to say our love is so and so
let us be united
and that's just what they'll know
we're in close quarters and heed the CDC
so batten down the hatches because you're almost lost at sea
just like me
just like me
we're bound and city-trapped
we've got nowhere to flee
so batten down the hatches because you're almost lost at sea
just like me
just like me
you're in deep water
and you're almost high and dry
you've got to learn to sink or swim
at least you've got to try
we're in close quarters and heed the CDC
so batten down the hatches because you're almost lost at sea
just like me
just like me
just like me
just like me
me
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I won't grow older if I die
walking down the street
I know you've done me wrong
From what they say
I know you're strong
dangerous and weak
I'll tell them where you are
all your lies are coming back to you
all it takes are changes to the truth
I'm okay but they're coming after you
i know my fear isn't fault
don't you ever look at me
I'll bully who i like
keeping promises abroad
the world's our enemy
how dare you open doors?
all your lies are coming back to you
all it takes are changes to the truth
I'm okay but they're coming after you
Time isn't kinder 'till you find
a brand new memory
all edited obscene
all your lies are coming back to you
all it takes are changes to the truth
I'm okay but they're coming after you
all your lies are coming back to you
all it takes are changes to the truth
I'm okay but they're coming after you
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8. |
The Twist
03:22
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I thought I loved you
when I was young and foolish and blind
you hold me up
hold me up with lies
I sought a rescue
in what you did generations ago
holding on
I'm holding on to bones
you can feel it
the power over the weak
you can see it
the news of the week
you can hear it
the talking in your sleep
hear the ratchet stop
the issues drop
the workers' crying pleas
I thought I loved you
but I have never seen you care
and now I'm lonelier
lonelier than death
oh now I'm lonelier
lonelier than death
oh yeah I'm lonelier
lonelier than death
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9. |
Doing Something Good
04:42
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the youngblood challenger's okay
holds up a flag
waves it all day
the ancient story's finally told
with a relevant voice
that wins all the polls
you'll drown in all the sweat you earn
that's when you're told
they'll give your days and nights away
to make sure they're on the rolls
and when they're in office
they'll show you another face
it feels like you're doing something good
but then you walk away
it feels like you've done something good
but then you walk away
a life is only what you'd save
but it's a beautiful day
to take a lifetime of pain
you hold them down when their number's up
blur their eyes
and get them unstuck
you sacrifice your peace for pay
a living you've earned
by watching all the life escape
from the pain you couldn't purge
when you're in sorrow
they send you out the door
you feel like you've done something good
but then you walk away
you feel like you're doing something good
but then you walk away
and when you're in sorrow
they show you out the door
you feel like you've done something good
but then you walk away
you feel like you're doing something good
but then you walk away
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10. |
Echo Chamber
02:23
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I've been wallowing
been following
the sounds of my own echo chamber
night after night
day after day
everything's always what I'm after
but it makes me wonder
who's been following
been wallowing
the sounds of other echo chambers
night after night
day after day
everything's always what they're after
but it makes them wonder
I've been wallowing
I've been following
been wallowing
following
wallowing
following
wallowing
following
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Sunil K Chopra Chicago, Illinois
based in Logan Square, Chicago, IL
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