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Internment
02:06
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Making their lives increasingly tough
As if America isn’t rigid enough
Prosecute those who want to come in
Whileseparating them from the rest of their kin
Taking all the kids regardless of age
Andforcing all of them to be locked in a cage
This is how it is with their policies
Splitting up the immigrants and their families
Locked in a cell for crossing lines
Internment in these modern times
And when their parents aren’t around
Who is protecting them now?
Free the children!
Sleeping on mats that litter the floor
With aluminum sheets that are keeping them warm
Policy leaves them scared and alone
And without any plan of returning them home
Need to be soothed but nothing is done
As the workers make jokes at the cries of the young
Permanently scarred, ruining their lives
Undeserving immigrants that are traumatized
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2. |
Apathetic
02:35
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Broken inside without repair
Lost in a shadow of constant despair
Being alive becomes a chore
Nothing I like seems like fun anymore
Challenge myself to get out of bed
Rather stay in and do nothing instead
Hide from the world into my room
Behind these walls that will become my tomb
And I know that it’s pathetic
But I feel so apathetic
Making a choice to be alone
Facing my demons to fight on my own
Incidents by which I’ve been shaped
Limit the ones to whom I can relate
I don’t expect people to stay
Pushing the ones that I love far away
Won’t have to feel abandoned and hurt
If I am the one to abandon them first
And I know that it’s pathetic
But I feel so apatheticApathetic, yeah
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3. |
DIY
02:24
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My heart’s being torn asunder
When I see another venue going under
One less place for us
To go to a show
So now we’re gonna have to drive far
Or go to a really shitty dive bar
And now all the kids
Have nowhere to go
So we’ll just do things ourselves
In our own vision
We don’t have to meet
(our demise)
We will always be
(DIY)
So we throw our own shows to play
We do it alright, we do it our way
Resturants, skate shops, record stores
Helping other bands that have been on tour
Hoping that the work we’ve done
Has been a great service to everyone
Don’t expect to make a check
It’s a labor of love
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4. |
Fourth Reich
01:17
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Granted the courage
From this election
To end your hiding
In the shadows
Proudly declaring
Racist ideals
In a resurgance
Of white pride
Misled and full of hate
Wanting an ethnostate
Your words won’t make me numb
Fuck off you Nazi scum!
Rallied together
Marching with torches
Intimidation
Your main tactic
Driving through people
Striking a woman
Falling on violence
To push your cause
Swallow a bullet
This country would be
Better off with you all dead
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5. |
High-Strung
03:38
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12 AM and I’m lying on the floor
Struggling with things I’ve felt a hundred times before
And I know that it’s made up in my head
Unshakeable anxiety and overwhelming dread
Another night of feeling hopelessly depressed
The chronic pain up in my brain's an uninvited guest
Sometimes I wonder if it’s in my DNA
A burden to inherit that is managed everyday
(All gone) My drive has disappeared
Nothing’s worth the effort to contend with all my fears
(How long) am I forced to feel this way?
Bury me in apathy and end my wretched days!
And in my current mental health
Nobody’s as hard on me as I am on myself
No room to make any mistakes
Striving for perfection man, no matter what it takes
Stressed out, my stomach is in knots
Poisoned by the negativity of my own thoughts
Constant worry takes it’s toll upon my heart
Cause I’m thoroughly convinced that everything will fall apart
I need to change my state of mind
Before more damage can be done
I fear I’m running out of time
And my work has just begun
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6. |
Not Up to You
02:25
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It’s been months since you’ve begun
Holding this country under the gun
Now your gaze has turned overseas
Ending all help to the women in need
Choosing things that you think are best
Cutting off funds to the I.P.P.F
Actions that bring a service to none
Look at what you’ve done
You must ease her plight
Because it’s not right
For a man to make that choice
It’s not up to you (x2)
All of her rights have been under attack
Cause your dirty old hands will not get off her back
Always a man who never cared
Now you’re in power and (that’s not fair!)
Who chose you to be leading the states
With the things that you’ve said about women on tape
Tell her how she should run her womb
We’ll punch you in your face
Waste my time watching the news
Hearing your conservative views
Stoking all the fires of hate
To combine the church and the state
How much more pain will you cause
With your red Republican claws
Waiting for your time to run out
Until then we’ll shout
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7. |
In the Ground
02:18
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I could not agree with anyone who took
The meaning of existence from a story in a book
Of a place free of any strife
Full of empty promises of everlasting life
Don’t you know that Heaven is a lie
Made up by humanity as comfort when we die
Everyday our time is running out
The only time is now and so we have to make it count cause
No god (no god)
Around
We all rot in the ground!
Capitalist... and Jesus?
Scared to death of a socialist
I have a laceration from all this salvation
From catholic self-flatulations
So do what you want, don‘t fucking cry
When yer fallin’ off the ladder with two black eyes
It’s hard to believe in something untrue
So I do a couple things to keep my head on screwed
Doesn’t matter how you get it or who you pray to
Just as long as you don’t forget it means something to you
And whatever you choose, I hope it doesn’t hurt a soul
Cause if it does we'll kill you ya know!
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8. |
Grown
01:16
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Future unclear without him here
Safety net cut, scared to grow up
Grown
Alone
Temporary help from family
Can’t depend on them for too long
Have to get an education
Need to move but which direction?
I will do whatever it takes
To avoid my father’s mistakes
Don’t know where my path lies
But I know that the choice is mine
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9. |
Hijacked Presidency
02:53
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Another year with an election
There wasn’t much of a selection
I can’t believe that you were chosen
To get the job, especially when
Nothing that you ever say is true
Totally incompetent at everything you do
But I can’t see how you got so many votes
Unless you didn’t win this election on your own
Cash your paycheck at the Alfa
Making deals for campaign support
Foreign bodies interfering
Rig the game and reap the rewards
I’m not surprised at this corruption
Democracy no longer functions
When a man who’s in it for himself
Can break the law to further supplement his wealth
Would you know that it isn’t stopping there
Multiple associates were part of this affair
As we fall into further disarray
Your party is to blame cause they looked the other way
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10. |
Moving Targets
02:46
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No one’s safe in these events
Firearm fueled epidemics of death
You won’t say that a gun is a tool
When your child is next to be murdered at school
No steps made for this to end
Then we’re surprised when it happens again
I know things won’t be fixed in a day
All I know is that something has to change
Tell me why they had to die
Government fails in protecting our lives
Just so their pockets are stuffed
All of these mass shootings are enough
Of us living in fear
Prepping our schools if a gunman appears
With a death toll this obscene
200 killed since 2013
Congress fails at doing their job
Getting paid off to not make any laws
Interest groups just don’t understand
They hold blood of the victims on their hands
NO MORE GETTING PAID
BY THE NRA
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