1. |
Flag the Catalyst
03:17
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With a scratch of a pen and a fist held high
my voice it trembles with fear in my eyes
the horizon seemed fitting to ride on a wave
but the world turned flat and no one could save
a storm opened up with mountains to crumble
what madness ensued to bring forth such trouble
I feel for the hearts of my family and friends
what catalyst beast come crushing our heads
oh to wave the flag of surrender
(Oh the catalyst)
this storm will carry on
(Knocking at your door)
but what's this bright tone a beacon from distance
(Oh the catalyst)
we will plunder on
(March forever more)
I've seen him before the man breathing fire
he soothes the lost souls whom fell down a hole
his brother up high has promised sweet virtue
they bridge a great gap from night to day
oh brother rise up and conquer your journey
grab hold of my hand and keep your head high
the gods and the devils are plucking your strings
grab hold of their necks and hang them to dry
can you feel the fire in our eyes
we never once agreed to compromise
oh to wave the flag of surrender
(Oh the catalyst)
this storm will carry on
(Knocking at your door)
but what's this bright tone a beacon from distance
(Oh the catalyst)
we will plunder on
(March forever more)
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2. |
The Shitty Things
03:33
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kentucky deluxe whiskey
youre kind of gross and you burn my throat
but youre kind of delicous
cracked cup of cold coffee
youre muddy but you wake me up
so youre kind of delicious
half smoked cigarette from a drunk punk's porch
youre stale but I shared you with a friend
so youre pretty delicious
hey fire in a garbage can
youre mostly burning cardboard but youre warm
so that’s pretty awesome
stale beer from a dumpster
youre half full and youre warm
hows that for optimism?
I was asleep on the side of the highway
I was tired and cold and lonely
And would’ve loved to have a warm beer
And friend youre 1000 miles away
And fuck you I don’t want to see you
But if you need help then call me
Sometimes life sucks and you run away
Then you find some new friends in a new place
Then it doesn’t suck anymore
But all that sucked about that old place
Was one or two people being selfish
How you gonna let them ruin that for you?
Kentucky deluxe whiskey
Youre my friend but not my best friend
no my best friends are people
it’s the shitty things in life sometimes
that make us feel alive
the imperfections in everything
that make life worth living
and not knowing if we’ll live to see tomorrow
is why we gotta make today great
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3. |
Generic Highway
04:42
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grey clouds underground
severed limbs in the sky
waiting just to drown in half persons firing missiles
water all around me
water underneath me
and blood and muscle tissue are dirtying my glasses
like tomato soup thats stewing
the people are in pieces
the pieces are consuming the money spent on living
and I dont know if i’m gonna be alive to see this
and I dont know if i’m gonna be alive to breathe in
but im alright now so i’m gonna have to face it
and I made it to the surface so i’m gonna sing this
living in a city
any fucking city
it’s all the same
it’s all the same
there are pieces of people
working and sleeping
working and sleeping for just enough money
to eat and sleep and drive to work
and do it all again
their bodies come home slowly legs shaking from exhaustion
they’re weak from work and eating
fast food too quickly
that they forget about the bodies falling on the highways
in pieces on the highways
and in some distant country
they watch the bodies dying
another form of entertainment
to sell you on a lifestyle
to sell us on that lifestyle
well i’m not sold on that lifestyle
and I don’t know if we'll live to see the world change
but I know it will cuz it cant stay this way
and I don’t know if we'll be alive to see it
but world peace is just around the corner
yeah world peace is just around the corner but we might all be dead
yeah we might all be dead
I hope some of us survive
to see the pieces of bodies grow into peace
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4. |
If I Can't Dance
03:56
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There's no better time than the present
To recheck your priorities
They put these chains on us to keep us locked down
Yet we are the ones with the keys
We can break through their chains
Free up our hearts and our feet
Tear down the walls all around us
And spill out into the streets
And we'll dance, dance, dance
And that's how we'll know we are free
And we'll dance, dance, dance
Come dancing with me
Let's burn it all down and let's dance in the flames
And dance with the smoke in our eyes
It's our revolution, so we can dance
And fuck those who say otherwise
Dance whenever you like
And like it whenever you dance
Dance 'till the end of the world
And we'll dance, dance, dance
We'll leave all this bullshit behind
And we'll dance, dance, dance
There's no inappropriate time.
So let's dance, dance, dance
To the beat of it all coming down
And we'll dance, dance, dance
We'll dance this whole thing to the ground
And we'll dance, dance, dance
And that's how we'll know we are free
And we'll dance, dance, dance
Come dancing with me!
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5. |
Castles of Trash
02:46
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We’ll build castles out of trash in the sky
We’ll build castles out of trash in the sky
In the ashes of non-native grass we’ll build castles in the sky
We’ll build castles out of trash in the sky
And we’re building a new world inside our own minds
And we’re working on taking yours back
And we’re building a network of tunnels in the sky
We’re going to them and never coming back
We’ll make new myths out of the old ones then they’ll die
We’ll make new myths out of the old ones then we’ll wait for the to die
And when the buildings all crumble that point up at the sky
We’ll all float like rocks toward the sky
And we’re building a new world inside our own minds
And we’re working on taking yours back
And were building a network of tunnels in the sky
And soon were gonna all know how to fly
We’ll make feasts from your garbage then we’ll dine
We’ll make feasts from your garbage then we’ll dine
And when the factory farms explode in a cloud of methane gas
We’ll plant gardens and we’ll learn how to survive
Yeah we’re learning how to survive
we’re learning how to survive
Yeah we’re learning how to survive
We’re learning how to survive without you
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6. |
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when we're all dead there will still be a president
and democracy will still be dead
it was a stillbirth, it's been dead since the hospital
and that's proof to me that politics are no use
we're just floating in a big black nebulous
and I can't tell what's beyond but I wanna know
and I was sitting in a high rise in denver
blown away by dmt and I thought I knew nothing
so fuck you if you tell me you have proof
what I believe isn't true
you don't even have to listen to this song if you don't want to
but if i'm done i'll listen to you
i'll listen to you
but I know some things I just don't know everything
and I never will and that's okay with me
but I know death doesn't have to be a sad thing
like ended relationships don't mean the end
because we don't know what's on the other side of this
and we don't know how relationships can grow
and I know life doesn't have to be linear
we don't have to keep marching in line
so let's step the fuck out of line
and fuck you if you tell me you have proof
what I believe isn't true
you don't even have to listen to this song if you don't want to
but when i'm done i'll listen to you
i'll listen to you
I was lying in a hospital in bloomington
blown away by lsd, they'd strapped me down
I thought at 19 I was finally dying
but I came out of it more alive then ever
and now I know
that there might be a heaven somewhere
and there might be a hell somewhere
and we might not need government
or we might need a government
but we're stuck on this rock together for life
and we're stuck in this box together forever
there might be a heaven somewhere
and there might be a hell somewhere
but we're stuck on this rock together for life
and we're stuck in this box together forever
so fuck you if you tell me you have proof
I have no proof, neither do you
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7. |
9.81
04:31
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Is it human nature to divulge in chemistry
and do falling apples fall far from trees
I've seen people justify about everything
from bombing buildings to finding veins
do you prosper most in cities or towns
can you turn a trick to avoid a frown
well while I'm young my short comings seem
to justify an aspirational dream
Just one more beer, one more cigarette
and nine more dollars and eighty one cents
short term goals seem to fall short
consequentially paid with passing time
One day I'll never, some day I will
contradict myself with placebo pills
mathematically proven, psychologically backed
but there's no excuse when common sense cracks
I'll point a finger and close my eyes
drink down the shame, exhale the lies
be strong my child, maintain your gaze
there's no fucking cheese at the end of this maze
Just one more beer, one more cigarette
and nine more dollars and eighty one cents
short term goals seem to fall short
consequentially paid with passing time
Is it my head that's splitting from dehydration
or lack of self will in a material nation
will I ever commit to the things I say
or get buried with em' in the fucking grave
We want this, we want that but there's never a cap
I know we're not alone we all suffer the same
but maybe one day it will all transpire
let's throw some gas on the proverbial fire
we'll watch it burn and when morning comes
we won't just lay around
Just one more beer, one more cigarette
and nine more dollars and eighty one cents
short term goals seem to fall short
consequentially paid with passing time
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8. |
[Dogs]
00:21
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we were covered in semen, ignored gravity and learned how to fly
we were covered in semen, ignored gravity and learned how to fly
on a bed made of pillows, with blankets made out of air
we were covered in semen, ignored gravity and learned how to fly
we were covered in juices, dove down and learned how to fly
we were covered in juices, dove down and learned how to fly
we were covered in sweat, floating in an ocean of gravity
we were covered in juices, dove down and learned how to fly
we made love in the dirt and our hands left prints in the clay
we were covered in dirt but the wind blew all that shit away
and now we are floating in swimming pools made out laughter
trembling with pleasure, our screams turned us both into sparrows
and we covered ourselves in pleasure
we cover ourselves in pleasure so we don't have to remember the motor oil in our hearts
and we're sleeping in a treehouse with blankets made of hot springs
and all the ugly facts, we don't remember anymore
surrounded in signals we got lost in an ocean of stories
they were telling us nothing, we spun tails and hung from a tree
with the ocean above us we knew where we needed to be
we tuned out the signals and floated away with our bodies
our feet they were hurtin from dancin on each others' graves
the stones were all floating we moved we were on the same wave
and now we are swimming in an ocean made out of honey
we felt good together, we ate it off each others' bodies
we made love in the sky and smiled as it rained on our faces
it soaked thru our skin and we blissfully made love again
all the while there were robots flying and destroying people
but someday that shit won't exist cuz we'll all have forgotten
and we cover ourselves in pleasure
we cover ourselves in pleasure so we don't have to remember the plastic knives in our heart
and we're sleeping in a meadow in a sea of singing daisies
and all the ugly facts we don't remember anymore
and all the ugly facts aren't true anymore
and all the ugly facts don't exist anymore
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10. |
No gods No masters
05:12
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well I heard there was a secret chord
that david played and god ignored
because hes just a zombie in the sky
well it goes like this the 4th the 5th
but god don’t know he don’t exist
some character in a book said hallelujah
no gods, no masters, no gods, no masters
the great ghost in the sky that I cannot see
he decides my life and everything
but all the science in the world could overthrow him
they say that he is the truth
that science is flawed the bibles proof
but I still cant turn water into whiskey
no gods, no masters, no gods, no masters
well humans we’ve been here before
I think ive seen these lies before
And I used to believe them too did you know that?
They sent me to that Sunday school
And taught me racist sets of rules
And every breath they breathed propped up the system
No gods, no masters, no gods, masters
And there was a time when they let me know
If we don’t believe well go to hell
But that’s just a tool of control
And consciousness it don’t exist
Its just electric impulses
And when we die its empty black abyss
No gods, no masters, no gods, no masters
If there was a god above
Then people would believe in love
And then we wouldn’t blow up our neighbors
We’d start to build community
And without dogma we’d be free
It’s a peaceful and revolting battlecry
No gods, no masters, no gods, no masters
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11. |
Close To the Bridge
04:33
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Ever since I was young these dreams of travel filled my soul
thoughts of rolling fields of green and lands I didn't know
flying aeroplanes to take me places far away from home
yes this little box whence I came is too small and I must go
so one day I made a plan, an idea to leave this place
my anguished mind distilled with thoughts of bitter youth disgrace
I'll head for unchartered waters with my sails all full of wind
though I've left the shore for foreign soil my story's yet to begin
Cause in this world you have one chance to see what's to be seen
and staying in one place will shut down this wondrous dream
When I am old and gray I'll look back and hold a smile
remembering the places I've been, traveling all the while
My heart full of piss and vinegar I traveled down the road
the port left far behind me I had taken back control
In a darkened pub I met a man, he spoke of tales untold
his story held no interest to the world's youthful soul
but I was raised with open ears, my curiosity took the notes
I took his map off the beaten path and continued down the road
the places I've been and things I've seen help mold this ball of clay
yes I am proud and happy and will travel past today
Cause in this world you have one chance to see what's to be seen
and staying in one place will shut down this wondrous dream
When I am old and gray I'll look back and hold a smile
remembering the places I've been, traveling all the while
My pen still full of ink and many pages left to fill
I pack a bag to leave again, many miles left to kill
I'll miss you all but the road it calls out my name
so goodbye until next time, I go traveling again
So goodbye until next time, we go traveling again today
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