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The Complete First Season

by Reality Show

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1.
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)
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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!
5.
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
6.
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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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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9.
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
10.
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
11.
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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recorded and mixed by Derrick in Wheeltime Studios with the help of Schwa, Sam, and Maya

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released June 15, 2014

Maya: melodica, ukulele, harmonica
Schwa: banjo, ukulele, harmonica
Derrick: guitar, mandolin, violin, tambourine, ukulele
Sam: guitar, washboard, mandolin, harmonica
recorded by Derrick with help from Sam, Schwa, and Maya at Wheeltime Studios
mixed and mastered by Derrick with help from Schwa, Maya and Sam.
thanks to Christian and Arielle for the extra sets of ears
thanks to everyone at the bike pit work day for doing gang vocals on "no gods:" K-love, Scrap Squad, Cube Lyfe, Speed Dragon, Tire Troll, Rusty Ron, Bootz
thanks to Arielle for extra vocals on "castles of trash"

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Since we've been banned from Clear Channel stations due to "scheduling confiicts," Reality Show aims to occupy the blank space in your living room between commercial and commercials disguised as programs with acoustic irony and harmonic resolution.

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