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PreL0Ad3r
01:06
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“In times of social crisis and tension, in times when changes come so thick and fast that the individual can no longer place himself in his group, when he knows that something is wrong but doesn’t know what, when he feels himself a pawn, in times like these most men become highly suggestible. They listen eagerly for any voice which sounds authoritative. They listen eagerly for anyone who can tell them what is wrong, and what to do to right it. Who can diagnose their trouble and prescribe a cure.”
US Army training film circa 1943
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Emotional Contagion
03:01
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CHANT: I got it…
I got it…
I got it…
I...
The fact that you exist is my only permission,
Someone gave me consent in a user agreement.
I only wanted to make you buy all the things you never need,
I only wanted to stuff you into a box you should never fit.
CHORUS What do you do with Solitude’s Legion?
I’ll always be your favorite contagion…
I only wanted you to say you can’t live without me,
I only wanted your moods to shift at my every single whim,
I only wanted to stuff you into a box that you would never fit,
And exquisitely make you hurt for maybe just a little bit.
CHANT: I got it…
I got it…
I got it…
You don’t…
CHORUS Towards the end time becomes a reason
I’ll always be your favorite contagion
What do you do with Solitude’s Legion?
I’ll always be your favorite contagion…
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War On The Truth
03:01
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That’s right…
You got a reaction you didn’t expect (Yes you did)
You got a reaction you don’t regret (No you don’t)
Lying comes so easy when you don’t have to pay,
Lying comes so easy when you don’t show your face,
I wonder about your association
In your war on the truth…
CHORUS Your war on the truth
Your war on the truth
You got a reaction that you expect (Yes you did)
You got a reaction that you respect (You know you did)
Lying comes so easy when you don’t have to pay,
Lying comes so easy when you show your face,
I wonder about your associations
And your war on the truth…
CHORUS Your war on the truth
Your war on the truth
Your war on the truth
Your war on the truth
Because you know I’m right…
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Vox Populi
03:46
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History never repeats itself or so my handlers tell me,
We can continue this path of consumption indefinitely… Indefinitely...
Ind3F}n#*....]
If something goes wrong we can always blame a conspiracy.
A conspiracy… A conspirxB*2b…
You people have proved time and again that you will believe anything… You will believe anything… You will believe
any**c7jad$#r…
CHORUS We are, we are the political class,
We are, we are the political class,
We are, we are the political class,
And we don’t give a damn about you.
Red or blue, red or blue, red or blue, there really is no difference…
There really is no difference.
We lie equally… We lie equally, to all of our constituents… Constitu3n]x:s…
We keep you at each other’s throat’s but then…But then… But then/
I am the reason there are no packs of wild dogs eating your children… I am the reason.
I AM THE REASON!
CHORUS We are, we are the political class,
We are, we are the political class,
We are, we are the political class,
And we don’t give a damn about you.
I affect more parts of your life than you may even realize. Than you may even realize…
I can shoot a lawyer in the face and make him apologize… (I’m sorry!)
Make him apologize… (I’m so sorry!)
I say that I work for you but in fact it is the other way around…
The other way around...
I have built myself an empire so you can tend the grounds…
So you can tend the grounds...
CHORUS We are, we are the political class,
We are, we are the political class,
We are, we are the political class,
And we don’t give a damn about you.
“Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory.
The sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless.
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face…
Forever.”
-George Orwell, “1984”, 1949
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Influencer
02:56
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Americant
03:45
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Hey Dad, I don’t know what I wanna be,
(I know Son, I know Son…)
I learned everything from my T.V.
(I know Son, I know Son…)
Hey Dad, I’m gonna change everything!
(I know Son, I know Son…)
Hey Dad what ‘cha think about that?
Hey Dad what ‘cha think about that?
Then he said…
CHORUS “I wouldn’t wanna be a friend of mine”
Then he said “I wouldn’t wanna be a friend of mine”
My loyalty ends at the bottom line,
I wouldn’t wanna be a friend of…
Hey Dad, what’s the deal with Wall Street?
(I know Son, I know Son…)
Hey Dad, what is all this austerity?
(I know Son, I know Son…)
Not sure what it has to do with me…
(I know Son, I know Son…)
Hey Dad what ‘cha think about that?
Hey Dad what ‘cha think about that?
Then he said…
CHORUS “I wouldn’t wanna be a friend of mine”
Then he said “I wouldn’t wanna be a friend of mine”
Nothing stops me from being first in line
I wouldn’t wanna be a friend of…
Hey Dad, they say I’m the enemy!
Hey Dad, there’s nothing else to be.
Guess I’ll die for God and my Country…
Hey Dad what ‘cha think about that?
Hey Dad what ‘cha think about that?
Then he said…
CHORUS “I wouldn’t wanna be a friend of mine”
Then he said “I wouldn’t wanna be a friend of mine”
I’ll throw you under the bus every time
I wouldn’t wanna be a friend of…
Then he said “I wouldn’t wanna be a friend of mine”
I know, Dad.
I know, Dad.
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Phantoms
05:18
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...bringing you back…
My favorite ghost only comes at night
Blackened eyes look through me (I see you too)
It would be easy if I could be afraid,
But calmness washes over me (I miss you so)
My favorite pain creeps beside my bed
And reaches into my heart (where you belong)
CHORUS I’m calling out to you,
Awakening inside again,
I’m bringing you back to life again.
My favorite ghost calls me out by name
And drags me into the night (where I belong)
Aimlessly wander this necropolis of self
Searching for parts that don’t belong to me (where to now?)
My favorite torment walks beside me
And offers what comfort she can (always my fault)
CHORUS I’m calling out to you,
Awakening inside again,
I’m bringing you back to life again.
My favorite ghost comes to me every night,
And I await her with
baited breath.
(Please come back) ..?
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8. |
Healing Crisis
03:33
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I’m left with a hollow nothingness I can’t feed,
My parasites showing the place where I begin,
I’m left with a purging far faster than I heal,
My parasites showing the exact end of me...
CHORUS: The thing you’re living for,
Is the thing that’s killing you…
I’m left with a sense of something that will not leave,
My parasites showing just how much work I need
I’m left with a choice for the kind of fate I make
(with) my parasites showing the exact end of
me…
That’s right!
CHORUS: The thing you’re living for
Is the thing that’s killing you
The thing you’re living for
Is the thing that’s killing
you.
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My Protection
04:58
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Stay at home ‘s been ordered, I’m told for my protection
Listen to the nightly news there’s no test for infection
My inside sources tell me isolate for my protection
Netflix and chill with myself, I’m fighting the infection
CHORUS My boredom starts, I’ve lost my job
My bank account is nearly gone
My friends all Zoom inside my room
But in my heart I’m all alone…
Going out for groceries, wear a mask for my protection
I listened to the authorities, I’m fighting the infection!
The employment line is all online and there for my protection
I wash my hands again and again, to fight off the infection!
CHORUS My fever starts, sweat on my arm
I’m feeling oh so very tired
My wracking cough, breath getting short
My time is ready to expire...
The internet tells the truth, concerned with my protection,
The economy has made a way to see off that infection!
Sittin’ in the back seat shootin’ up Clorox for protection,
I listened to the President, I’M FIGHTING THE INFECTION!
CHORUS The burning starts, shoots up my arm
My fingers feel like they’re on fire,
The burning starts, inside my heart,
My every vein electric wire...
I’m protected!
I’ve met my purifier… I’m protected!
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Ready End User
03:55
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This was supposed to be a song of truth and beauty,
This song was supposed to reveal the secrets of the universe,
This is where I put it all together for you,
And tell the punchline that we both already know…
CHORUS: And I wish...
I could tell you something you didn’t already know.
And I wish...
I’d write a better sentence but I don’t
And I wish...
I could tell you something you didn’t already know.
And I wish...
This would have made a difference...
So I hope.
This is the part of the song where I’m supposed to be angry,
This is where I reveal the deepest parts of myself,
This is where I put it all together for you,
And tell the punchline that we both already know…
CHORUS: And I wish...
I could tell you something you didn’t already know.
And I wish...
I’d write a better sentence but I don’t
And I wish...
I could tell you something you didn’t already know.
And I wish...
This would have made a difference...
So I hope.
I wish I could tell you something…
I wish this would have made a difference.
And I know this might have made a difference…
So I hope.
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Society Burning Taos, New Mexico
We are a coldwave industrial rock act composed of Daveoramma, David 'DJ Twitch' Secore, Boom chr Paige, John 'Sigint' Holder, Duffy Laudick, and Sean 'Satyr' Tracy.
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