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vocal album. all new songs written in 2010 and 2011, the material came at high speed. mainly guitars & bass, a few keys and synths, real and electronic drum sounds.
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all the worst experiences of my life
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resurface at night when i close my eyes all the things that no longer hurt in the day / plague me when i dream i'm aware of the power of dreams / but not as a force to shape my future they're the nightly proof that i don't belong / that i shouldn't have been born here in my dream i'm fleeing for my life / chased for hours round the urban jungle pursued, beaten, stabbed and shot / i'm violent in self defence in my dream i'm sweating at my desk / the boss is due and he hates me i try to achieve something but can't / i'm consumed by anxiety |
i live in such a pleasant neighbourhood /
we don't really get crime round here and there is no poverty in this area / the best of all possible worlds for me i'm a model of western satisfaction / the rest of the world doesn't exist for me i don't see the point of your hostile reaction to eveything that makes life enjoyable for me i go to the beauticians regularly / and my wardrobe is full of great clothes we have two new cars and a massive TV and my home's as attractive as the magazines why should i care about human existence? / why should i know that suffering exists? in the west we can force the world / to work in poverty for our pleasure ok, our town has some pretty rough areas but what happens there can't affect us here it's true that some of them have a bad life / but that can't dent our prosperity |
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so much unprofessed love /
so much insecurity so much frustrated affection / so much inward detestation with love i wished to demonstrate / how my affection could elevate me with love i wished to intoxicate / not inundate, not remonstrate, not alienate. so desperate to love, but not accepted / if they had, i'd have made them regret it i wanted to support and cherish / but instead i could only tear down i thought i had so much to give / i thought i'd love with my whole soul i thought i could be so selfless / and not cut them all down to size |
there are things i want that i shouldn't have
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but if i lie i can get them there are things i've done that i shouldn't have / but if i lie i can escape them it's an inconvenient truth / that the truth's so inconvenient and lies are rooted in hypocrisy i lie to defend myself, to protect myself / to conceal myself, to enrich myself lies are what the world is founded upon / the honest are disadvantaged the governments lie because they know deep down they can't deliver what they promise / but they want to keep hold of their power because it feels better than the vacuum maybe white lies are the dirtiest of all / you lie to yourself and your victim everyone claims to need lies for protection / but everyone hates to be lied to |
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the guys all sleep with any girl they can get
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so where is the culture? the girls all show everything that they've got / so where is the culture? why do we call it celebrity culture / when that is the last thing it is? why call it culture where it barely exists / just cheap self interest and sleaze, i insist their relationships are shorter than anything except their careers so where is the culture? they want their picture taken, then they punch the paparazzi / so where is the culture? they invite intrusion into their lives but then they don't like it / so where is the culture? if the public's love for you is more important than your wife's / where is the culture? |
everyone in power wants to keep it
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anyone who's lost it wants it back our tiny egos want some healing / ruling over others works humans always abuse their power / we can't seem to control it humans always abuse their power / we're just not suited to it everyone in power hides every mistake / just to retain power in opposition they uncover every mistake / just to regain power power as a motive governs every party / their power or the lack of it always governs their reaction / to every situation truth, compassion, justice and the party line / are always secondary to the exercise and enjoyment / and retention of power |
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have you ever felt at work
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that you had to get out now have you ever hit the limit / of what a human can endure life moves at a thousand miles an hour / relaxation extinction but if you put your family before your career / they don't like that around here then why accept this life as is / stress and anxiety every day why go off daily so meekly / to be viewed as a commodity 1,000 miles of refrigeration / 1,000 miles of air travel just to bring food to your table / and your garden is covered in gravel |
there is no reason to do anything
except money there is no measure of success except money i don't have the money motive / money as a reason for anything stinks i don't have the money motive / what money touches it always defiles all your abilities are useless / unless they make money all your talents won't benefit you / if they don't bring you money it's true that art is quite useless / if it earns no money all your creative satisfaction / can't compare with money there's no worse motive to do anything / than money if you won't do it without wages / it's not worth your time |
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