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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.
no third party loops or samples
track listing. click to play: |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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