1. |
Water Torture
04:13
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As the drop continues to drip
Giving you everything you need
You're still thirsty
Did you downplay your appetite
Everyone passes by
one last blur to your eyes
But you didn't scream
As your found on the other side
Wasting away
It's where you wanted to be
Tasting the pain
Is the fate that will start to enthrall
As your slop makes you slip
Falling flat on your face
Into a mindless daze
Ever crashing in a harder fight
Wallowing all alone
Like some kind of copied drone
In an endless maze
Never clashing with a useless plight
Lost in your dreams
But did you have somewhere better to be
Torn at the seams
Perhaps your safest away from it all
Drip, drip, drip, drip
Waiting for an end
It could be your godsend
Dropping down from up above
Filling you with joy and glee
Helping drown the fallen dove
Maybe it's suppose to be
Drip, drip, drip, drip
A taste of this familiar friend
Is not something you want again
Itching through your last nerve
Scratching to bring some ease
Tearing into all you deserve
Silence fall on your pleads
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2. |
Sun Shall Shine
04:52
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Everything seemed to be going so wonderfully
It was all pointing to brighter days
Were you ever planning to do what you were promising
Or was it your goals to deceive us with your games
Is all of it, a lie
Were you ever going to say
Everything worthless
Is it just part of your way
What you break
Failure to make
As you attempt to dominate
One more look
A bastard made rook
Your just feeding the hate
Far too vast
The torment you cast
Hiding behind your smiling face
Not well played
An inner run raid
The end will be a losing race
Is all of it, a lie
Were you ever going to say
Everything destroyed
Is it the start of darker days
It's too late
A crushing new weight
All the lies you propagate
One last pass
A royal class ass
Nothing left to desecrate
Stuff your bag
To pillage your swag
Disappear without a trace
Have no shame
A horrid bound game
A darkness you make us all embrace
Wading through the tears on the ground
There is no sympathy to be found.
Support for your fears is all around
Because it's real
Don't you speak of harmony
You have not earned such respect
Don't add insult to injury
It's time that everyone is direct
If we would all live your way
The sun would have never shined
Broken within the shattered clay
We look for what we can find
If we would all live your way
The sun would have never shined
Broken within the shattered clay
We look for what we can find
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3. |
The Wheelbarrow Man
08:08
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It seems that whatever rule you try to claim
It all ends just the same eventually
Somehow no matter what you may condemn
It is the same to all of them
A humanity
You think you have control but it's all inside your head
The people will spit back what you fed inevitably
Even on a rainy day it starts to burn away
Eating through these rusty chains again until all is free
I, I believe
It's not always what we see
Or even what we think
No matter what you claim
They will see right through your shame
And conclude just the same
That he's no wheelbarrow man
It seems
That whatever mud you try to throw
The truth continues to grow until it is heard
To think that everything was going your way
Until with shock and dismay
It all up and turned
I, I believe
It's not always what we see
Or even what we think
No matter what you claim
They will see right through your shame
And conclude just the same
That he's no wheelbarrow man
You think you have control but it's all inside your head
The people will spit back what you fed inevitably
Even on a rainy day
They won't sit and waste away
Instead they'll turn and say
These are no wheelbarrow men
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4. |
A Mooncalf's Merrymaking
03:49
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When the world around you
Isn't what it seems
Could it be a dream
A really lucid dream
Everything is moving faster
Are you losing time
Or have you lost your mind
Have we all lost our minds
Everything around you
Is covered by the static that will surround you
And when it comes down to move past it
You will not want to let it go
When are you going to wake up
And admit that its showing
That your unyielding to desires
Has already begun to run you thin
Everyday you use to say
It doesn't matter how hard it gets
You will find the puzzle piece that fits
To betray, it fades away
Now that you can start to see
That a lunatic is all you'll be
Falling from your depression
Deeper to your desperation
Forever encased in your regret
For failing to live your life that was planned
Everything around you
Is covered by the static that will surround you
And when it comes down to move past it
You will not want to let it go
When are you going to wake up
And admit that its showing
That your unyielding to desires
Has already begun to run you thin
As it grows to consume you
Is it what you want
Could it be a need
Is it really want you need
No fast from your amusement
With a faulting crime
Or do you fear the dive
Perhaps we all fear this time
Everyday you use to say
It doesn't matter how hard it gets
You will find the puzzle piece that fits
To betray, it fades away
Now that you can start to see
That a lunatic is all you'll be
Falling from your depression
Deeper to your desperation
Forever encased in your regret
For failing to live your life that was planned
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Their all around us
Even you can feel them
It's like their coming out of the walls
I guess it doesn't matter where they lead things
As long as we get away from it all
In a big explosion
A warmongers notion
There is almost always a little debris
Did you wonder
Or did you even ponder
It seems an easy choice for the smart ones to flee
Did you ever think to look around
Invasion of the Stupid People
You don't have to look far for more to be found
Invasion of the Stupid People
Just when it seemed all was going so right
Invasion of the Stupid People
They just turned it all into one big fright
Did you ever wanna see
Or is it too far
Do you know what it means
Is it really so bizarre
No more monotony
Grinding industry
Some form of bribery
A catastrophe
I'm not so sure of the empathy
It's so dangerous
What if declared to be heresy
Forcing us all away
From where we really are supposed to be
Not a small contusion
Or a new illusion
You can't help but feel a sense of urgency
It could be premature
Or maybe we're just insecure
Breaking from this mindless ploy has got to be key
Did you ever think to look around
Invasion of the Stupid People
You don't have to look far for more to be found
Invasion of the Stupid People
Just when it seemed all was going so right
Invasion of the Stupid People
They just turned it all into one big fright
No more monotony
Grinding industry
Some form of bribery
A catastrophe
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6. |
Dirge III
08:09
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Like being trapped in a little room
Not sure what happens if you're misled
Everything looks fine from the view
But you're still scared to go ahead
You tried to say you're not walking away
From everything to know
With no where to go
You already said you're not insane
For leaving all alone
For an open road
Deep away from the sounds above
Will you find a place to love
Held away by your heartache
Now you lay awake
Deciding, which path to take
You tried to say you're not walking away
From everything to know
With no where to go
You already said you're not insane
For leaving all alone
For an open road
You tell yourself that your not to blame
Even when you fall in a hole
It's out of control
You already said it can't be the same
Falling short of the the goal
But with a crippled soul
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7. |
The Living Machines
09:41
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A wanting, needing, conceiving, living machine
What might this bring
A knowing, feeling, concealing, living machine
What will it mean
It starts to make sense
They're right at our feet
Inside our defense
Right here in the streets
Don't pretend
In a way
Haven't they been our slaves
What will it mean
When they want to be free
The living machines
When will it be
Away from it all
What will we see
Another glorious fall
From the top of the tree, again
Perhaps too late to repair our broken gates
What will they say
When no longer afraid
The living machines
When will it be
What will it mean
When they want to be free
The living machines
When will it be
What happens if we walk too far
Without knowing where it goes
Will it be what we thought
Or will it be what no one knows
A violent storm runs abound
Hidden by the mountain side
A yearn to discover turning round
As a veil hides our eyes
What will it mean
When our machines
Want to be free
What will it mean
What will it mean
When our machines
Are like you and me
When will it be
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8. |
Aluminum Overcast
05:17
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Guitars and Bass - James Michael House
Drums - Erik Avery
Keyboards - Joseph Wooten
Woodwinds - Paul Biondi
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9. |
An Inward Pull
03:23
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What should we do to see the truth
It's not just the divine that we seek
Ananda is not our only goal
We work to evolve our soul
Running away from a fading youth
Looking for a better place to be
But no matter which way we go
We still reap what we sow
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10. |
Manana Pretana Tequila
05:01
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11. |
Government Cheese
07:39
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To take away
Everything they have at hand
A destiny manifested by the man
A claim to care
So don't feel sad
It's not so bad
It's for our brighter future
So tucked away
Way in a far off land
Everybody sends
All they can possibly stand
Step this way
To your buffet
Of cheese from the can
What a brighter future
To take away
Evermore a healthy sand
A destiny manifested by the man
Pulled from the air
A far off cry
Such a louse try
From front to back
Of a wider picture
Another far review
Viewed so very clear
A different side
Time lost to the years
A far repoire
Of this be sure
From a new life and a tear
What a brighter future
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12. |
A King Without a Name
06:23
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Squanky Kong Los Angeles, California
The musical musings of James Michael House, highlighted by his aggressive six-string bass and soaring guitars, taking the listeners down a twisted path of Hybrid Rock, blending Alternative, Metal, Jazz, Blues, Funk, and more.
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