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This City
02:05
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Somewhere along the rise of technology and productivity
We grew tired of waking with the sunrise
We traded self-sustainability for proximity
And what we are for what we have: abundance and greed
Though we compromise the world
We’re learning from our mistakes
Our consequences have raised the stakes
Everybody’s nervous or in disbelief
As it gets dark the lights stay on
The rat-race clock ticks ever on
Its creatures and this city never sleep
Constant noise bounces off of the concrete
Nature’s been driven out yet we maintain a sense of community
Though we compromise the world
We’re learning from our mistakes
The time has come to make a change
Everybody’s nervous or in disbelief
We need no saviour / We need a change of pace
This city seems so dead at night
just a waste of time without you
Everything will be alright
spending all my time beside you
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2. |
No Turning Back
02:54
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A great idea in theory and in practise
File sharing with the people for the people
Controversial and inevitable, ground-breaking and incredible
The power shifted from the few down to me and you
It’s another youth revolution spawned in rejected society
And its greatness met immovable opposition
Nobody was ready for a change so dramatic
They tried to shut it down but it was automatic
You’re probably hearing my voice through it now
Nobody ever saw this coming, nobody ever saw this coming
And there’s no turning back now
From peer to peer, from screen to screen it changed the whole industry
And there’s no turning back now
CDs as coasters and LPs as Frisbees
People cracking jokes but who’s laughing now?
The trail to the bank has been neglected and it’s flourishing with plants
As the artists wait saving up their penny cheques
With the world ever revolving and technology evolving
Old moulds break when they can’t fit the change
The water’s drying up, thrive has turned to survive
If there’s a will then there’s a way / If there’s a will then there’s a way
Nobody ever saw this coming, nobody ever saw this coming
And there’s no turning back now
The hard copy’s still clinging like a novelty
And there’s no turning back now
And there’s no turning back now
The music’s been set free and its time has come
This is what the machine has become
YOU’RE HEARING MY VOICE THROUGH IT NOW
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3. |
Homemade Clarity
03:31
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Get me an able-bodied son, give me some piece of mind
walk in accordance with the outer limits
sharpening a sentient edge
speak in 4/4 time of a feeling profound and sublime they say
on dust top hills I feel no pain
Been away for far too long in the confines of these walls
four walls that I call home
patience just an alibi, met your match
sipping wine clutching cigarettes
anything to pass the time
With the impact of a city, standing in line you're an icon
and we strike out to reach the heart
while everything here is dead and divided
the sum outweighs the parts
try to temper your anger with reason; a jaded outlet
how long has it been now?
punch the clock for a lifetime
Alone now with this artifice I'm staring back contently
viewing only remnants of you
missing only aspects of our lives
found solace in the simplest form
found peace is enough purpose
you can leave at any time – at any time!
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4. |
The Greatest Tool
01:29
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I remember back in the day we used to go out and play
We used to talk to each other when we had something to say
Then the internet came and took it all away
Now the kids born today won’t know life any other way
We have the whole world at our fingertips
We’re hooked on flat screens and microchips
[AAH] The world’s greatest tool
becomes a toy in the hands of a fool
Say goodbye to face to face
Our ancestors would never believe we can order pizza online
Or contact our friends worldwide on an app called Facetime
We’ll never ever get lost with Google Maps and Wi-Fi
But a room full of friends aren’t being social
With their phones on the network
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5. |
Sink
02:59
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We both feel the sinking feeling as the truth comes kicking in
Realized by gravity, found in all places, shown in our faces: joy
With a love so unconditional it reaches all those we embrace
Who am I? What are you?
What are we, if not the agents of fate?
Music hits and denim kneels
Throw a fit for the rhythm and for real
Static pulse to alleviate aggression
The heart beats to a method in precise time
in precise time
We’ll take what we can get / and steal what we can take
Cross that bridge as we come to it and hope that bridge won’t break
Colour me unimpressed with the risks you refuse to live
Bigger picture now condemned to increments of deprivation
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6. |
Roll With The Punches
02:03
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Step out outside dressed in shorts but it’s freezing
You’re gonna’ be late, so that’s how you’re leaving
Pick up the pace not just to be warm
The power of the will stands strong through the storm
Things didn’t turn out how you wanted
Don’t tilt your head in defeat
Step back and piece it all together
It’s time to think on your feet
This ship’s been taken off course but it’s no time to panic
It’s become and adventure – no time to plan it
Set sail to the winds and go where they take you
(You) know it’s not the right way
You don’t know it’s the wrong one
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7. |
What We Know & Built
02:50
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The sky is arduous the sea a glowing depth
Will lines of prophecy too cryptic to profess
Blowing smoke across the world surreal as it’s ordained
That speaks of only colour
That thrives not to contain
Our blessings many though feet still touch the ground
Martyrs to our own premonitions
Has saviour ever been safer when movement is the sound
We dance to the beat of a history engraved in reverent tales of grief
Upon a spinning mound
This is the story of a binding that aches and is release
That what we know and built as life must bow down to receive
Then again it’s so obvious what comes with a sacrifice
You gotta see it to believe it - appreciate to feel it!
The river’s running, it flows with fierce intent
Will consciousness bear witness when its entropy is spent?
The inevitable sands mark the dawn of the mundane
Silent monuments of history
are all that will remain
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8. |
A Plea To Your Adherence
03:35
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I hope someday you will see no difference between you and me
In this chaos we move closer through subconscious persuasion
No arguments of difference no point in this distance anymore
A stark realization that all is unwritten
As I look back in tried reclamation
To foresee a greater cause
Provides a sense of strength
Without a doubt without a pause
This is a plea to your adherence that old discourse of indifference
Passing surely with existential weight
A choice made through each action
Every consequence presents a new direction
And I could say your name in every hour of every day
What would it mean to you if I said you hold the key?
A name on the hourglass
Heart set to panic
A spark ignites from deep inside
Never broken or abandoned
This is a plea to your adherence
That old discourse of indifference
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9. |
Nobel Lies
03:52
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She spent hours, she spent days in the lab, decades against the grain
Discouraged, disbelieved and discredited all along the way
She’s a powerhouse of science, A heroine fighting in the dark
30 years of collaboration and discovery – her name omitted
Secret letters from him confirm her work works
A secret name lies under his heavy conscience and his Nobel Prize
A Nobel Mistake in disguise
That diamond ring means no promises
When Nazis made her flee in 1938 she left everything behind
Barely escaping the German border with a ring & 10 Marks in her pocket
Using her work and equipment in her absence he made the discovery
of nuclear fission by splitting Uranium
But Lise Meitner knew it first - before him
Thought for herself before accepting authority
She’s a powerhouse of science / a force of feminism
After decades of working against the grain
She was [WOAH] subject to misogyny yet she kept a moral head
Declined the Manhattan Project screaming,
“I will have nothing to do with a bomb!
“I will have nothing to do with a bomb!
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An Urgent Message
02:59
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This is an urgent message – a critical attempt
To shed more light on things done out of sight
To be more inclusive with life’s diversity
We come here to find acceptance and to have a good time
We don’t want no hateful, racist, sexist attitude
That isn’t what this scene is about
This situation has reached its boiling point long ago
And we don’t have any more time or patience
To wait for things to change - The time is now
To educate ourselves and listen to stories
People are scared to leave their house - vulnerability lies within
Some don’t even feel safe in their own skin
Everyone needs a place of sanctuary
Let’s make this place safe for everyone
Ask – don’t assume – you’ll make an ass out of you
Be open to new process and learning from mistakes
Never cloak ignorance / Never silence the oppressed
Listen to their stories and challenge your beliefs
The norm we know has been painted for us
Words, oh they matter, be careful which you choose
They can do more damage than you know – then you know
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11. |
To An End
03:01
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Here it is oh back again from your core an old lesson
Imparts on you deeds and demise
It's a cross-heart sort of guy
A threefold jinx in still surrender
From front to back parts to sender
And what can it take and will it last
we're growing for the best and we grow fast
took our means and what we mean
it brought us to an end
Here it is back again from your core an old lesson
tells you what to know and who to despise
it's a cross-heart sort of guy
a threefold jinx in still surrender
from front to back parts to sender
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12. |
Thicker Than Blood
04:23
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Through each note we pledge our souls to unite a lurid manifold
Absolved us of our turmoil
More at stake than petty problems or so called fate
Standing strong through each verse
like pillars held together for the whole
From vein to vein and heart to heart we share a rhythm in 4/4 time
in 4/4 time
Can’t hold it in just waiting to begin together as parts to the sum
On any stage you’ll find us pouring sweat
Thicker than the blood you shed
We are here yet dreaming, get us outta this city / fulfill our wanderlust
We will shed our sweat on any crowd we can
Along with the memories so blurry yet so clear
To Collin who put up with us / No place like the floor of a friend
To the times we got too wasted, slurred the rhythm, tasted defeat
From the blood that cascades down Tony’s knuckles
Right down to the snare On a kit we brought ourselves
Or lent from the band kind enough to spare
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