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Into the Future

by Sick Ward

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blank hordes with pockets brimming queuing for their trivial pursuits anxious for their pittance unaware and ignorant of the roles they choose INTO THE FUTURE scorched earth burning forests fracking every inch of the soil turbines pushing forward to the ruthless victors go the blood soaked spoils death squads drone surveillance jack boots marching over ice brainwashed mind prisons incarcerated by our own device
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Contradicted 02:05
THEY SAY YOU’RE WEAK THAT YOU’LL NEVER STAND FOR ANYTHING DRUNK UNEMPLOYED; A LIABILITY YOU SPEND YOUR NIGHTS TRAIPSING THROUGH THESE CITY STREETS OR SCREAMING OUT AT THE GIG SO PROVE THEM WRONG AND LEAVE THEM CONTRADICTED JUST BECAUSE WE REFUSE TO FOLLOW IN THEIR STEPS AND CARVE OUR OWN IDENTITY REJECT THEIR LAWS THEIR BLATANT IGNORANT RESPONSE YOU NEVER DID HARM ANYTHING SO PROVE THEM WRONG AND LEAVE THEM CONTRADICTED
3.
Two Worlds 02:46
TWO WORLDS YOU’RE TORN BETWEEN TWO WORLDS ANOTHER YEAR IN YOUR RESTLESS CORE ONE THRIVES WHILE THE OTHER FALTERS FAINT DISTRACTIONS MIRROR REFLECTIONS WHILE DRIVING IN YOUR CARBUT YOU NEVER TRAVELLED FAR YOUR TEENAGE YEARS HAVE PASSED YOUR REBELLION DID NOT LAST THE PROTESTS THAT YOU MAKE ARE AGAINST YOUR OWN MISTAKES ALL THESE VOICES ENDLESS CHOICES THE SAFE ROAD’S WORKED SO FAR BUT REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE THE ONE WHO STOOD FOR CHANGE WHOSE LIFE WAS REARRANGED THE STRUGGLE YOU ONCE FOUGHT IS THE STRUGGLE YOU FORGOT
4.
Drone Wars 01:40
THIS MENACE FLYING OVERHEAD SENT HERE TO OPPRESS US ALL DRONE WARS SUCK THE LIFE FROM ME AS THE CURTAIN CALLS OUTSIDE FIRES BURN THE NIGHT SKY TURNS TO RED THE WALLS CAN’T KEEP THE MASSES IN GNASHING OF TEETH AS THE END BEGINS INSIDE ANGRY MOBSBRANDISH STEELAND FORCE THROUGH GATES THE WALLS CAN’T KEEP THE MASSES IN GNASHING OF TEETH AS THE END BEGINS WE THOUGHT THESE DAYSWOULD NEVER END WE TRIED TO DESTROY THEM ALL
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THESE STREETS MOVE FAST WHEN YOU’RE WALKING ON THE WRONG SIDE A BLUR OF FACES PASSES BEFORE YOUR EYES CLOSED IN YOUR ROOM HIDING IN THE CORNER YOU DREAM OF OCEANS AND THINGS THAT WERE IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD YOUR TONGUE SEEMS TIED WHEN OTHERS ARE AROUND YOU YOU ESCAPE INSIDE JUST TO AVERT THEIR EYES LIVING ONLINE BUT YOU’RE LIVING AT THE WRONG TIME ONLY THROUGH SCREENS YOU SEETHE THINGS THAT WERE THESE DAYS MOVE FAST
6.
No Tellin' 01:42
YOU CAN HIDE YOUR UGLY TRUTHS WHILE THEY STAND AND QUESTION YOU OR CAVE BEHAVE CONFESS EVERYTHING AND BECOME THEIR SLAVE THERE’S NO TELLIN’ WHAT YOU’LL DO WHEN THE PIGS ARE AFTER YOU YOU CAN TRY TO SAY WHAT’S RIGHT AND FACE YOUR FRIENDS TONIGHT LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS DON’T LET THE BASTARDS GIVE YOU THE SLIP WHEN THEY GOT YOU IN THAT CHAIR JUST SAY YOU NEVER THERE LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS DON’T LET THE BASTARDS GIVE YOU THE SLIP
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MOUTHS OPEN WIDE IN THE CLINIC A REGIMENTED DOSE TO DIMINISH THE REALITY INSIDE TO ESCAPE FROM YOUR PROBLEMS COINCIDE WITH SELF-MEDICATION DROWN IN AN OCEAN FULL OF PILLS AS THEY HAND OUT MORE REFILLS THE DOCTOR BANKS YOUR CHECK A NOOSE TIGHTENS AROUND YOUR NECK SIDE EFFECTS LAST LONGER THAN THE SYMPTOMS A BLANKET OF GREY CONSUMING EVERYTHING THIS IS A CYCLE A PSYCHOSOMATIC LIFE BUILT ON LIES AND SELFISH BARGAINING ONCE THE NEEDLE FILLED THE VOID THAT THE DOWNERS MISSED THE ECSTASY DEPLOYED A RAZOR TO YOUR WRISTS WAS THIS A DREAM OR A LAPSE IN THE CONSTRUCT A NORMAL LIFE DERAILED BY A HEDONISTIC LUST IS IT THE CORPORATE SLAVES OF PHARMACEUTICALS THE ONES WHOM YOU LOVE OR THE ONES WHOM YOU TRUST
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End Time 03:05
IS THIS A SONG OR THE ABSENT HUM FROM A MACHINE IS THIS OUR WORLD OR CAN’T WE TELL WE HANG BY STRINGS WHEN YOU DECIDE WHETHER YOU WALK UPON YOUR KNEES YOUR PALE SHADOW IF IT HOLDS YOU BACK CUT THE FUCKER OFF THIS WORLD OUTSIDE FILLED WITH WRECKAGE AND DISEASE THIS END OF DAYS IS JUST A FULL CIRCLE COMING AROUND IS THIS OUR TOWN OR A PRISONBUILT WITH SEE THROUGH WALLS IS THIS OUR VOICE OR EPHEMERA FROM DISTRESS CALLS WE’RE NOT ALRIGHT LIVING IN THE END TIME IS THIS OUR FIGHT OR A DESCENT INTO APATHY IS THIS OUR LOVE OR A SYNTHESIZED DUALITY DUST CLOUDS AND THE FIRE SURROUNDS WE REBUILD UNDERGROUND

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released September 30, 2015

recorded January 2015 by brandon fitzsimons at airport grocery studio • seattle, wa
mastered april 2015 by dan randall at mammoth sound • oakland, ca

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