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Broken Headed Promise
06:01
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I felt pressured to work
On the flaws you can't see
The voice in the background
Screamed like a banshee
"You can't own nothing
Only locks but no key
Break your back in the swamp
But don't expect to leave"
It's a broken headed promise
The same one you taught us to obey
It's a broken headed promise
The same one you asked us to pray
Salt mines are nothing
Light reaches the caves
Dock work is easy
Your body breaks the waves
Pyramids are painless
Just remember the slaves
Ditch digging is simple
Your fingers dig the graves
It's a broken headed promise
The same one you told us was the way
It's a broken headed promise
The same one you swore you'd repay
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2. |
Made Up Post
06:05
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Proud to say I was the father's favorite
Right in line to inherit the farm
But the money hid the subtle hints
That should have tripped my alarm
Left the life of the suit behind
Burned up my tie and shirt
Planned to run a smooth operation
But I was given a field of dirt
I gave up a salary
To chase a fading ghost
I gave up a salary
For a made up post
Looked around for a sign of growth
Saw the crops covered in pests
Lazy mules and sickly sheep
Was this a poorly concocted test?
Father what have I been given?
This is no place to build my framework
Son I made my money a while back
I thought you saw the value in work
I gave up a salary
To chase a fading ghost
I gave up a salary
For a made up post
Sorry to say
I don't work for nothing
I can't return to the city
I burned bridges as well as my clothes
I wanted that smooth path
But the cracked one is what I chose
So I stand on the barren land
What real option is there than that?
Tending rotting crops and dying pigs
Is better than living in a nest of rats
I gave up a salary
To chase a fading ghost
I gave up a salary
For a made up post
Sorry to say
I don't work for nothing
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Growing Attraction
06:25
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t's a turn of a phrase
It's a word unknown
It's a matter undiscussed
It's a voice alone
It's a growing attraction
It's a way to unwind
It's an excuse to drink
It's an open social event
It's a roller rink
It's a growing attraction
It's a family dinner
It's a posh night club
It's a ticket to the top
It's a place to try drugs I
It's a growing attraction
t's a door buster deal
It's a moving sale
It's a free appetizer
It's a bunch of junk mail
It's a growing attraction
It's a failed republic
It's virgin land
It's a forgotten state
It's an unheard band
It's a growing attraction
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4. |
River Mirror
02:49
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5. |
One Step Removed
04:58
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Master of acquisition
I'm one step from you
Apprentice of ambition
I'm one step removed
Captain of opposition
I'm one step from you
Private of submission
I'm one step removed
I wish it wouldn't be
Every thought I seem to think
Is spreading it's weight around
Across a darkened screen
I wish it wouldn't come
Down to the bottom rung
Spreading it's weight around
Across a body left numb
Mother of cognition
I'm one step from you
Father of ignition
I'm one step removed
God of repetition
I'm one step from you
Devil of prohibition
I'm one step removed
I feel it start to shake
Slithering like a snake
Spreading it's weight around
Across a scummy lake
I feel it start to pull
With the strength of a bull
Spreading it's weight around
Across a hopeless foo
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6. |
Trade For Pricks
05:25
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I was not anticipating his call
Or how much I'd be expected to crawl
So I cried out to the old sage
As we sat in his rusted cage
I heard all of his deep insight
But those bars are still locked up tight
Life's worth more savage and free
Than all wisdom and empathy
Building myself a bag of tricks
I took up a trade for pricks
Crack down
And force down
And beat down
And let down
Found the men who wanted the reins
Lazy as me but without the brains
I sold them what they wanted for cheap
Failing to mention what they could keep
And when the next payment was due
I feigned shock at the jump in value
Let them loan at 30 percent
Piling debt on their children's presents
So I fleece the more dimwitted sheep
What makes you any better than me
Crack down
And force down
And beat down
And let down
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7. |
Cataract
06:46
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Pushing out to sea
How I’d wished you’d followed me (home)
Look me in the eye
So that I can be
Who looks away
You stare at the sun
Until the day is done
Who looks away?
You stare down the sun
Until the day is
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Clean my eyes
To see those jewels
No one left to claim em
Proud to take the share of fools
I want to sleep in the mine
I want to sift through the dirt
Take every gem I can find
Sell them for double their worth
Free myself from the tie
Keep digging deep in the shaft
Learn to hate a blue sky
So I can master my craft
Taught myself to
Work through lunch
I know it's down here
But I ain't finding much
I want to know
How deep you go
Till it ain't worth
Coming back
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