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The Impossible Machine
02:37
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an impossibly tiny thread
through the bone of my forehead
my heart could not push blood
but i knew i wasn't dead
and at the other end
the impossible machine
and a crowd of ugly men
they will send it down the string
and i don't know
what they want from me
unreasonable things
bite through the plastic tube
spraying blood into the room
somehow moving down the hall
then i slip and then i fall
a stranger takes my hand
and she helps me try to stand
and she asks me if i can
explain to her just who i am
now i'm sitting in a chair
she washes blood out of my hair
oh yes, she wants me to stay
she says it'll be okay
but i can still hear that creeping sound
oh yes, i know they're still around
they got that thing pointed at my face
and i gotta leave this place
and i don't know
if it's them or me
supplying the power
to the machine
then my father came to hold me
and he told me not to worry
i would find a way
even though the men were crazy
and the machine so very deadly
i would find a way
to cut the string
to be free
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2. |
Permanent Catastrophe
02:10
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looking out from the darkness
and the shit keeps rolling on by
grabbing hold of my brain and i keep falling
it's past the point of shedding tears
it ain't no use to sit and cry
everybody knows the reason why
in the parade of damaged people now
it's the blind leading the screwed
laughing or crying we keep falling
another day goes by
another species dies
it ain't no use to sit and cry
everybody knows the reason why
gripped by this feeling
this terrible urgency
everything conceivable
it's an aspect of the permanent catastrophe
and it's killing me
at the slightest provocation now
my heart's skipping a beat
one thoughtful gesture and i'm falling
i see a light in you
but it runs me through
and all i can do is sit and cry
everybody knows the reason why
gripped by the feeling
this terrible urgency
everything is nothing
and it burns inside of me
gripped by this feeling
this terrible urgency
everything conceivable
is an aspect of
the permanent catastrophe
it's killing me
it's killing you
it's killing we
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3. |
Out of the Darkness
02:14
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when everything's fucked
and you shit the bed
and nothing's gonna work out right
and you'll go to prison
for the rest of your life
if you try to step up the fight
you can roll twenty deep
while the city sleeps
feel your people come back to life
wiggle in the middle of the sweaty pile!
out of the darkness
into the night!
thats right!
taste of this freedom goddammit
burning bittersweet
love it a little harder
its the victory!
feel the defeat!
there's no surrender
there's no retreat
shake it til you break it
destroy reality!
when you get tired
of living the chaos
too bad baby
its too late
we still got fights to face
in the war...
even though
we don't wanna
burn it slow
lasts longer
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4. |
Leaders Philosophy
02:17
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rolling with the crazies
down the hill into the forest
where all the trees have smiling faces
and the wind comes blowing in
a thousand singing voices
to me it's all there is
then the day came when
the bitter wind came blowing in
i could feel the whole world shrinking
the savage images of
the leaders' philosophy
trapped inside now
never to escape
frozen with disbelief
and standing beside myself
it just can't be
not just a sad little boy's dream
didn't wanna see
now there's a scared little boy's dream
fermenting all the things
that can't be realized
and it takes up all of my time
it just can't be
not just a sad little boy's dream
everyone can see
i got a scared little boy's dream
trapped inside never to escape
to guide me when everything's at stake
you won't find me
begging to please
the leaders' philosophy
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