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The Crevasse
01:08
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Safeguard the Children
02:52
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THEIR PERILOUS POISONS
STUPEFYING THE YOUTH
NEUTRALIZED WITH BOMBS OR BOREDOM
PHANTOMS CINCHING UP THE NOOSE
COLLECTING TRACKS LIKE MODEL TRAINS
THEY FUCKING PULLED IT OFF!
THE MUSIC’S FAST BUT THE MESSAGE TAME
THEY FUCKING PULLED IT OFF!
A HUSHED RETREAT INTO HOBBYISM
THEY FUCKING PULLED IT OFF!
GASSED THE GUARDS, BUT LEFT THE PRISONS
THEY FUCKING PULLED IT OFF!
CULTURE KEPT IN A CARDBOARD BOX
SAVED THE CADAVER BUT FORGOT THE HEART
WHEN CAPITAL TAKES THE VITAL PARTS
THE BODY WILL GO COLD
FROZEN CORPSE CAUGHT IN YOUR THROAT
YOU MUST TAKE ACTION SOON
FOR SIMULATED RESISTANCE
WILL ONLY SECURE THE TOMB
WHEN THE VENDORS OWN OUR HISTORY
IT'S SCATTERED BONES A MYSTERY
A PRESERVATION SOCIETY
WHOSE BODY HAS GONE COLD
WITH THE RECORD SEVERED FROM THE REAL
SOFT-WHIP SERVE FOR MASS APPEAL
WHEN AESTHETIC IS JUST ANESTHETIC
THEY’VE TAKEN YOU ALIVE
(BUT I WOULDN’T SAY THEY SPARED MY LIFE)
SLAUGHTER TRUTH TO SKIN THE YOUTH
OF THEIR MUCH-VALUED AUTHENTIC HIDES
SELL YOUR CHILDREN FOR COOKIE CRUMBS
AT LEAST MOLOCH KNOWS WHO’S ON HIS SIDE
YOU’VE GOTTA READ PAST WHAT YOU’VE HEARD
REJECT THE ROLES THEY TAILOR-MAKE TO USE
EVERY SINGLE WORD
IT’S NEVER TOO LATE BEHIND ENEMY LINES
(LINES WROUGHT BY DESIGN)
TO PUSH THE SUBSTANCE BEHIND
EVERY SINGLE WORD THAT YOU FEEL
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Vostok Welcoming Party
01:48
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THEY'VE FIGURED OUT HOW TO CRACK OUR SPECIAL CODES
WE'LL TELL THEM NOTHING, EVACUATE THE NODES!
TRY TO PILFER OUR LOVE, OUR SWEAT
A FARM TEAM FOR THEIR DEATH PROJECT
BUT WE'VE LEARNED THE SLASH AND BURN
STARVE THOSE FUCKS ON OUR OWN TERMS
ABANDON SHIPS!
LET THEM FEEL UNEASE
OF VICTORIES!
SO EASILY ACHIEVED
EVACUATE THE CITIES, STRIP OUR FIELDS BARE
WE'LL STRAND AND STARVE THEIR WEHRMACHT
ON OUR WESTERNMOST FRONTIER
WE'LL LIE IN WAIT IN AN AMORPHOUS STATE
FISH, WE CAN SWIM
AMONGST THE PEOPLE
EVENTUALLY WE'LL ALWAYS WIN
ABANDON SHIPS!
LET THEM FEEL UNEASE
OF VICTORIES!
SO EASILY ACHIEVED
INCINERATE THE TAPES
WHILE KYLE WIPES THE DRIVES
NOTHING LEFT FOR THEM TO TAKE...
WELL, NOTHING LEFT ALIVE.
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New Era Hope Colony
04:18
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THIS IS NOT YOUR RESEARCH STATION
WE WILL NOT BE FOOLED LIKE THEM
FARMING ORGANS FOR OUR CAPTORS
SNUFFING OUT OUR LAST VENOM
HIT RESET, PRESS EJECT
JETTISON THE WHOLE FUCKING EXPERIMENT
SOMETHINGS NOT RIGHT ON THE COMPOUND GROUNDS
RUMOR HAS IT THE WHOLE FUCKING THING'S COMING DOWN...
A NEW COLONY!
NOT A FASHION SCENE
WHERE WE CAN ERECT BETTER FORTIFICATIONS
RETREAD TACTICS A GREAT PROPHYLACTIC
FOR NUMBING THE YOUNG AND THEIR FRIENDS
FORCING KIDS TO CONSUME
THE TURDS OF OLD DYING MEN
SO PULL ALL THE PLUGS, STEAL BACK OUR SONGS
BRING ONLY THE IMPORTANT PARTS ALONG
UNDER ICE THERE ARE SEEDS
A NEW ERA HOPE COLONY!
THEY HAVE NO FUTURE
THEY HAVE NO HOPE
WE'LL HOLD HIDDEN OUR DESTINATION
TOMORROW WILL BE MUCH BETTER
NOT BROADCAST LIKE A TV STATION
TOMORROW WILL BE MUCH BETTER
CHARTING SECRET CONSTELLATIONS
TOMORROW WILL BE MUCH BETTER
OUR TROOPS WILL MOVE BY COVER OF NIGHT
OUR LIVES WILL BE MUCH BETTER
GET OUT! GET OUT!
WHILE YOU STILL CAN
GET OUT! GET OUT!
YOU STILL HAVE A CHANCE
OUR LIVES WILL BE MUCH BETTER
TOMORROW WILL BE MUCH BETTER.
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Sensations Fix
02:12
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DARKENED ALLEY, SHATTERED PAST
ONE MORE FIX BEFORE THE NIGHT IS CAST
LIVING IN A WORLD GONE WAY TO FAST...
REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG
USED TO PARTY AND HAVE YOUR FUN
NOW THOSE DAYS ARE DONE
I KNOW IF I GO, I MAY LOSE CONTROL
I REMEMBER YOU FROM THE START
EVERYTHING CAME FROM THE HEART
AND NOW YOU'RE GETTING OLD
AND EVERYTHING'S GONE COLD
NOW YOU LOSE CONTROL
"MY DESTINY" WHAT A LOAD
EVERYBODY'S GETTING OLD
AND I KNOW IF I GO... BUT MAYBE...
I DON'T KNOW
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RE: The Procyon Incident
02:26
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WE STORMED THE FLOOR THINKING ALL OUT WAR
BLOCKED ALL EXITS, BARRED THE DOORS
THE PLENARY LOOKED ON IN HORROR
ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
THE EVENTS THAT FOLLOWED WERE NOT RECORDED
NOR ARCHIVED FOR DATA STORAGE
SOME MEMORIES ARE LEFT BETTER ETCHED
IN THE VIOLENCE OF EXPERIENCE
CENTRAL COMMAND WAS SURPRISED TO SEE
WE COULD ORGANIZE SO EFFECTIVELY
WE RE-WROTE ALL THEIR MANUALS ON THAT DAY
YOU CAN TELL THE PEOPLE
WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR
BUT WE'LL TAKE AIM
KISS THE BABIES
LET THEM KNOW YOU CARE
WE'LL TAKE AIM
TARGET ACQUISITION, RAT SNITCHES IN OUR SIGHTS
BETRAY THE TIGERS, IT WILL BE YOUR LAST TIME!
IN SECTOR 6 RUMORS PERSIST
OF A HIDDEN BAND OF ALCHEMISTS
FORGING BEAUTY OUT OF SHIT
YET IN OUR MIDST A POISON PAWN
WHO WEARS OUR DRESS AND SINGS OUR SONGS
IN EVERY HEART YOUNG FEET MUST CRUSH
THIS TEMPTING REPLICATION
AND ON THAT DAY WE HURRIED AWAY
WITH A GROUP OF BARELY A HUNDRED
STUMBLING ALONG TOWARDS THE UNKNOWN GLOW
WE SET OUT ACROSS THE TUNDRA
ON THE 30TH NIGHT WE REACHED THE SIGHT
WHERE THE SECRET SIGNAL WAS FOUND
HELD OUR FRIENDS TIGHT AS WE SAID OUR GOODBYES
AND PROCEEDED UNDERGROUND
YOU CAN TELL THE PEOPLE
WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR
WE'LL TAKE AIM
KISS THE BABIES
LET THEM KNOW YOU CARE
WE'LL TAKE AIM
WHEN SENTRY EYES GROW HEAVY
AND MIDNIGHT DIMS THE LIGHTS
BE SURE TO SPREAD WORD THRU ALL HERDS
WE SPLIT FOR PROCYON...
TONIGHT!
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"A BARREN DESERT LIES UNDER INDUSTRIAL MIST
SKYSCRAPERS RISE IN SIMPLE ELEGANCE
A COLD WORLD, DEVOID OF LIFE.
BUT DOWN BELOW
WHERE THE PLASTER IS STARTING TO CRUMBLE
WHERE MODEST TRICKLETS FROM KLEENEX-CLEAN
ASSES DRIBBLE INTO STINKING SEWERS
THE RATS HAVE BEEN LIVING AND BREEDING HAPPILY
FOR A LONG TIME NOW.
THEY SPEAK A NEW LANGUAGE:
AND WHEN THIS LANGUAGE IS BROUGHT OUT, INTO THE LIGHT
ALL THAT'S SAD WILL NO LONGER BE DONE
BLACK AND WHITE WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE RIGHT
OLD AND NEW WILL BLEND INTO ONE.
CRIPPLES, QUEERS, WINOS JUNKIES, AI-TYES
BLACKS, TERRORISTS, ARSONISTS, TRAMPS, JAILBIRDS,
WOMEN AND ALL KINDS OF DREAM PEDDLERS
WILL GATHER TO BURY THEIR FATHERS."
— Coded communique, Zürcher Bewegung, 1980.
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Today
02:53
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TODAY
I KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT FOR
TODAY, THE SIREN CALLS:
ALL TIGERS ASSEMBLE FOR WAR!
WORD SPREAD THROUGH THE COLONY
RUNNING DOGS HAVE FLED BY SEA
SURE TO RETURN WITH THEIR REINFORCEMENTS
LOOKING FOR A FIGHT
THE BATTLE'S EVERYWHERE
TODAY, TODAY
ROLL THE TANKS, CALL IN THE AIR STRIKE
CHECK ALL LOGISTICS
IT'S TIME TO BRING YOUR FIGHT!
ALL TIGERS TO BATTLE STATIONS
THE FIGHT IS ON
ALL TIGERS MAKE YOUR PREPARATIONS
CHECK THOSE GUNS
FORTIFY FUTURE GENERATIONS
DAUGHTERS, SONS
ALL TIGERS TO BATTLE STATIONS
THE FIGHT IS ON
THE TIME HAS COME
AND YOU BETTER DECIDE
THE TIME HAS COME
IF YOU HOPE TO SURVIVE
THE FIGHT IS ON.
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