1. _ No Control
Culture was the seed of proliferation
But it has gotten melded into an inharmonic whole
Consciousness has plagued us and we can not shake it
Though we think we're in control
Questions that besiege us in life
Are testament of our helplessness
"there's no vestige of a beginning,
No prospect of an end" (hutton, 1795)
When we all disintegrate it will all happen again
Time is so rock solid in the minds of the hoards but they can't
Explain why it should slip away
History and future are the comforts of
Our curiosity but here we are
Rooted in the present day
If you came to conquer you'll be king for a day
But you too will deteriorate and quickly fade away
And believe these words you hear
When you think your path is clear
We have no control
We do not understand
You have no control
You are not in command!
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2. _ Best For You
Above us lay the burdens
Below us lay the truth
We're somewhere in the middle
And we're all discontent too
Is someone watching over you?
Inside, they know what's best for you
Judgments not tomorrow
It's today (yes, now it's here)
But no it isn't jesus
Take a look at all your peers
They're all looking down on you
Inside they know what's best for you
Everybody knows what's best for you
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3. _ Anesthesia
everybody is talking about the girl
Who went and killed the delivery man,
But she looks so kind and gentle,
It just doesn't stand to reason,
I saw her right there just the other night
As stately as a slot machine,
But when she looked my way something mad
As hell came over me,
Anesthesia, mona lisa, i've got a little gun,
Here comes oblivion,
I never loved you, how did you find me?
The cops will never prove complicity now, anna......
All good children go to heaven!
I remember your face that august night
When we lied about the beautiful time to come
And that crazy old man who came much to late
And caused a chain reaction,
I've been hanging out there for eleven long years
Like a church mouse wondering where the cat has gone,
And looking at you now
Is driving me to distraction
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4. _ Sanity
There's a watch in my pocket and its hands are broken
The face is blank but the gears are turning
Confusion is a fundamental state of mind
It doesn't really matter what i'm figuring out
I'm guaranteed to wind up in a state of doubt
And sanity is a full-time job
In a world that is always changing
And sanity is a state of mind that you believe in
Sanity
There's a shadow on the wall where the paint is peeling
My body's moving forward but my mind is reeling
Depression is a fundamental state of being
It doesn't really matter how my day has turned out
I always end up living in this world of doubt
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5. _ Generator
Like a rock, like a planet,
Like a fucking atom bomb,
I'll remain unperturbed by the joy and the madness
That i encounter everywhere i turn,
I've seen it all before,
In books and magazines,
Like a twitch before dying,
Like a pornographic sea,
There's a flower behind the window,
There's an ugly laughing man,
Like a hummingbird in silence,
Like the blood on my door,
It's the generator
Oh yeah, oh yeah, like the blood on my door,
Wash me clean and i will run until i reach the shore,
I've known it all along like the bone under my skin,
Like actors in a photograph,
Like paper in the wind,
There's a hammer by the window,
There's a knife on the floor,
Like turbines in darkness,
Like the blood on my door,
It's the generator
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6. _ Atomic Garden
Everybody wants do dance in a playpen,
But nobody wants to play in my garden.
I see the hippies on an angry line,
Guess they don't get my meaning,
I'm enchanted by the birds in my blossoms,
I'm enamored by young lovers on the weekend,
I like the forth of july,
When bombs start flashing,
And i wish i had a shiny red top,
A bugle with a big brass bell would cheer me up,
Or maybe something bigger that could really go pop!
So i could make the gardening stop
Come out to play, come out to play,
And we'll pretend it's christmas day
In my atomic garden
All my scientists are working on a deadline,
So my psychologist is working day and nighttime,
They say they know what's best for me,
But they don't know what they're doing,
And i'm glad i'm not gorbachev,
'cause i'd wiggle all night,
Like jelly in a pot,
At least he's got a garden with a fertile plot,
And a party that will never stop,
I hope there's nothing wrong out there,
I'm watching from my room inside my room
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7. _ Automatic Man
He's the latest super hero with powers so profound
He can leap a dotted line in just a single bound
I know you must have seen him in books and magazines
He's the quintessential, mindless, modern epicene
His life is meaningful because he get things done
(bang bang) he's dead
Chalk up another triumph for our hero
The automatic man
It's true you must have met him
He's your best friend and your foe
His opinions are determined by the status quo
A true creature of habit
He smokes three packs a day
When he has an original thought
He forgets it right away
He's a paradigm of carefree living
He's our mentor disturb him if you can
He's the answer if your peace of mind is lacking
He's our savior
He is the common man
So if you are troubled by the daily bump and grind
Then take a careful look around
And brother you will find...
The automatic man
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8. _ Suffer
Did you ever see the concrete stares of everyday?
The lunatic, the hypocrite are all lost in the fray
Can't you see their lives are just like yours?
An unturned stone, an undiscovered
Door leading to
The gift of hope renewed
Eternity for you
The masses of humanity have always had to suffer
The businessman whose master plan
Controls the world each day
Is blind to indications of his species slow decay
People blow their minds
(they choose to resign)
This deformed society
Is part of the design
It'll never go away
(it's in the cards that way)
The masses of humanity
Have always, always had to suffer!
A door leading to
The gift of hope renewed
Eternity for you
The masses of humanity
Still clinging to their dignity
The masses of humanity
Will always, always have to suffer!
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9. _ Walk Away
Shut off the t.v and peel off those sunday gloves,
And i'll stain the clean that you've been counting,
Old mr. fletcher passed by here today,
After 40 years of toil he just up and walked away,
Fantastic the panic that showed in his eyes,
He shrugged when i asked him about it,
He said "young man pay heed, you listen well to what i say,
Now there comes a time for a man to walk away",
Walk away, i'll be a parade,
And i'll be determined that no one shall dissuade on my way,
I'll sure take some time to burn all the bridges that i'm leaving behind,
He passed by again and he was shivering from the cold,
I'm not sure but i think that he was trying,
He told me about the weather and something old to pay,
"but tomorrow", he said, "i'm gonna surely walk away"
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10. _ Modern Man
I've got nothing to say,
I've got nothing to do,
All of my neurons are functioning smoothly
Yet still i'm a cyborg just like you,
I'm one big myoma that thinks,
My planet supports only me,
I've got this one big problem:
Will i live forever?
I've got just a short time to see,
Modern man, evolutionary betrayer,
Modern man, ecosystem destroyer,
Modern man, destroy yourself in shame,
Modern man, pathetic example of
Earth's organic heritage
When i look back and think,
When i ponder and ask "why?",
I see my ancestors spend with careless abandon,
Assuming eternal supply, modern man....
Just a sample of carbon-based wastage,
Just a fucking tragic epic of you and i
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11. _ The Answer
Long ago in a dusty village,
Full of hunger, pain and strife,
A man came forth with a vision of truth,
And the way to a better life,
He was convinced he had the answer,
And he compelled people to follow along,
But the hunger never vanished,
And the man was banished,
And the village dried up and died,
At a time when wise men peered,
Through brass tubes toward the sky,
The heavens changed in predictable ways,
And one man was able to find,
That he had thought he found the answer,
And he was quick to write his revelation,
But as they were scrutinized
In his colleagues eyes,
He soon became a mockery,
Don't tell me about the answer,
'cause then another one will come along soon,
I don't believe you have the answer,
I've got ideas too,
But if you've got enough naivite,
And you've got conviction,
Then the answer is perfect for you
An urban sprawl sits choking on its discharge,
Overwhelmed by industry,
Inclined toward charity,
Everyone's begging for an answer,
Without regard validity,
The searching never ends,
It goes on and on and on for eternity
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12. _ No Direction
A sullen figure walks along a dusty road,
His life was holy and he couldn't bear the load,
He left his people and simple life behind,
He raised his torso and looked into the sky,
Shouting his questions, looking for directions,
"what do i do now?"
Now a confused schoolgirl stares at the t.v. tray,
The stresses of maturing compound every day,
She glances up to see her favorite video,
And gets ideas from madonna's nasty clothes,
In need of affection, she craves a direction,
Her heroes offer her,
Everyone's looking for something,
And they assume somebody else knows what it is,
No one can live without the decisions of their own,
It seems so they look to someone else,
To tell them what to do,
Tell'em what to wear,
Tell'em what to say,
Tell'em how to act and think
And compel others compulsively
Until the world is all like them
A righteous student came and asked me to reflect,
He judged my lifestyle was politically incorrect,
I don't believe in self important folks who preach,
No bad religion song can make your life complete,
Prepare for rejection,
You'll get no direction from me,
You'll get no direction from me
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13. _ Flat Earth Society
Lie, lie, lie.......
The full moon is rising over dark water
And the fools below are picking up sticks
And the man in the gallows lies permanently
Waiting for the doctors to come back and tend to him,
The flat earth society is meeting here today,
Singing happy little lies
And the bright ship humana is sent far away
With grave determination....
And no destination, lie, lie, lie
Yeah, nothing feels better than a spray of clean water
And the whistling wind on a calm summer night,
But you'd better believe that down in their quarters
The men are holding in for their dear lives,
The flat earth society is somewhere far away,
With their candlesticks and compasses
And the bright ship humana is well on its way
With grave determination.....
And no destination, lie, lie, lie, ad infinitum
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14. _ Change Of Ideas
Well the sheaves have all been brought,
But the fields have washed away
And the palaces now stand
Where the coffins all were laid
And the times we see ahead
We must glaze with rosy hues
For we don't wish to admit
What it is we have to lose
Millennia in coming
The modern age is here
It sanctifies the future
Yet renders us with fear
So many theories, so many prophecies
What we do need is a change of ideas
When we are scared
We can hide in our reveries
But what we need is a change of ideas
Change of ideas, change of ideas
What we need now is a change of ideas
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15. _ We're Only Gonna Die
Early man walked away as modern man took control.
Their minds weren't all the same, to conquer was his big goal,
So he built his great empire and slaughtered his own kind,
Then he died a confused man, killed himself with his own mind.
Go!
We're only gonna die from our own arrogance.
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16. _ Do What You Want
Hey, do what you want
But don't do it around me
Idleness and dissipation breed apathy
I sit on my ass all goddamn day
A misanthropic anthropoid with nothing to
Say what you must, do all you can
Break all the fucking rules
And go to hell with superman
And die like a champion ya hey!
Hey, i don't know if the billions will survive
But i'll believe in god when one and one are five
My moniker is man and i'm rotten to the core
I'll tear down the building just to pass through the door
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17. _ Against The Grain
Three thousand miles of wilderness
Overcome by the flow,
A lonely restitution of pavement,
Pomp and show,
I seek a thousand answers,
I find but one or two,
I maintain no discomfiture,
My path again renewed,
Against the grain,
That's where i'll stay,
Swimming upstream,
I maintain against the grain
Here labelled as lunatic,
Sequestered and content,
There ignored and defeated
By the government,
There's an oriented public who's magnetic
Force does pull,
But away from the potential of the individual,
Against the grain.....
The flow is getting stronger
With smaller increments of time and eddies
Of new ideas are increasingly hard to find,
You need all that the other has,
Your right to seize the day
But in all your acquisitions you will soon
Be swept away,
Against the grain......
There's a common consensus
And an uncomfortable cheer,
A reverberating chorus that anyone can hear,
It sings "leave your cares behind you,
Just grab tenaciously",
This lulling sense or purpose will
Destroy us rapidly,
Against the grain.....
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18. _ You Are (the Government)
Hey, sit down and listen and they'll tell you when you're wrong
Eradicate but vindicate as "progress" creeps along
Puritan work ethic maintains its subconscious edge
As old glory maintains your consciousness
There's a loser in the house and a puppet on a stool
And a crowded way of life and a black reflecting pool
And as the people bend the moral fabric dies
Then country can't pretend to ignore its peoples' cries
You are the government
You are jurisprudence
You are the volition
You are jurisdiction
And i make a difference too
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19. _ I Want To Conquer The World
Hey brother christian with your high and mighty errand
Your actions speak so loud i can't hear a word you're saying
Hey sister bleeding heart with all of your compassion
Your labors soothe the hurt but can't assuage temptation
Hey man of science with your perfect rules of measure
Can you improve this place with the data that you gather
Hey mother mercy can your loins bear fruit forever?
Is your fecundity a trammel or a treasure?
I want to conquer the world
Give all the idiots a brand new religion
Put an end to poverty, uncleanliness and toil
Promote equality in all of my decisions
With a quick wink of the eye and a "god you must be joking!"
Hey mister diplomat with your worldly aspirations
Did you see your children cry when you left them at the station?
Hey moral soldier you've got righteous proclamation
And precious tomes to fuel your pulpy conflagrations
I want to conquer the world
Expose the culprits and feed them to the children
I'll do away with air pollution
And then i'll save the whales
We'll have peace on earth
And global communion
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20. _ Fuck Armageddon... This Is Hell
There's people out there that say i'm no good,
'cause i don't believe the things that i should,
And when the final conflict comes, i'll be so sorry i did wrong,
And hope and pray that our lord god will think i'm good.
Countries manufacture bombs and guns
To kill your brother for something that he hasn't even done.
Smog is ruining my lungs, but they aren't sorry they've done wrong,
They hide behind their lies that they're helping everyone.
In the end the good will go to heaven up above,
The bad will perish in the depths of hell.
How can hell be any worse when life alone is such a curse?
Fuck armageddon, this is hell
We're living in the denoument of the battle's gripping awe,
So what's the use of being good to satisfy them all?
How could hell be any worse?
Life alone is such a curse!
Fuck armageddon, this is hell
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21. _ 21st Century (digital Boy)
I can't believe it,
The way you look sometimes,
Like a trampled flag on a city street,
Oh yeah,
And i don't want it,
The things you're offering me,
Symbolized bar code quick id,
Oh yeah,
I'm a 21st century digital boy,
I don't know how to live (or read)
But i've got a lot of toys,
My daddy is lazy middle class intellectual,
My mammy's on valium,
She's so ineffectual,
Ain't life a mystery?
I can't explain it,
The things they're saying to me,
Going yayayayayayaya,
Oh yeah,
I tried to tell you about no control,
But now i really don't know,
And then you told me how bad you had to suffer,
Is that really all you have to offer?
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