1. |
Liberate Applebee's
01:58
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Demanding you have all the answers is how they imply
They've already got them
As if we don't deserve a better world
Than the one we've been allowed to imagine
It's true
I'm telling you
If it were a lie, you'd have heard it by now on the news
I know it sounds too good to be true
But solidarity is step number one
A better world is step number two
It's funny how in this country we determine
Who is or isn't healthy
By whether or not they can be exploited
By a capitalist to make more money
It's true
I'm telling you
If it were a lie you'd have heard it by now on the news
I know it sounds too good to be true
But solidarity is step number one
A better world is step number two
You know sometimes, sometimes I feel like my mind's all messed up
Other times I feel like that's pretty fucking convenient for the people in power
That we think we're wrong
That we think we're fucked up
For daring to dream of a better world than the one they've seen fit to give us
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2. |
Quiet Part Loud
02:23
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They've been saying the quiet part loud
For so long it's just a chorus now
Making sure we don't forget just how
Little value they place on our fucking lives
It's a real morbid drumbeat
The sound of bodies hitting the street
For the crime of walking, or running, or selling loosies or just fucking existing
Just because it's mask off time
Doesn't mean we're through with their lies
These fuckers got us fighting on every front
Except the one that would be their demise
But what they won't say explicitly
Is that they'd really like for you to see
Yourself as personally
Complicit in exploiting the third world
So that you think you're in league
With the assholes that run the machine
As if your Nikes and your iPhone couldn't possibly exist without slavery
Just because it's mask off time
Doesn't mean we're through with their lies
These fuckers got us fighting on every front
Except the one that would be their demise
There's a future for you and a future for me
And it doesn't include the bourgeoisie
It's so goddamn simple
You'll wonder how they kept it hidden all this time
Open your eyes!
We're all out here fighting a billion-dollar propaganda machine
With punk rock music, videos, and memes
Just because it's mask off time
Doesn't mean we're through with their lies
These fuckers got us fighting on every front
Except the one that would be their demise
There's a future for you and a future for me
And it doesn't include the bourgeoisie
It's so goddamn simple
You'll wonder how they kept it hidden all this time
Get out there and fucking strike!
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3. |
Self-Care
02:06
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I'm setting intentions
I'm working through my traumas
I'm meditating when my chemicals become imbalanced
I'm counting every last calorie
Of every bit of poison that I put into my body
I'm gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
I'm gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be so well adjusted to this sick society
I'm breathing deeply a wide array of toxins
I'm staying mindful of the boot on my spinal column
I've got all the positive affirmations I could ever need
Thanks to a hunk of glass and plastic I'm pretty sure is spying on me
I'm gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
I'm gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be so well adjusted to this sick society
I'm gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
I'm gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
Gonna be
So well adjusted to this sick society
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4. |
No Fun Manifesto
01:29
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What kind of world do you think we'd make
If a handful of rich assholes weren't standing in the way?
Everywhere you look they're pushing distraction
Ever more efficient dopamine distribution
My whole damn life they've been selling me fun
Because you can't put a price on emancipation
I demand joy
I want rebellion
I want freedom from omnipresent oppression
I'm not asking for much, but I won't settle for fun
When they owe us the whole damn world and then some
No fun. No fun. No fun.
No fun. No fun. No fun.
How much fun do you think we'd need
If survival wasn't a lottery?
How much of this bullshit would we bother to keep
If they'd let us have our fucking dreams?
I demand joy. I want rebellion.
I want freedom from omnipresent oppression
I'm not asking for much, but I won't settle for fun
When they owe us the whole damn world and then some
No fun. No fun. No fun.
No fun. No fun. No fun.
What kind of world do you think we'd make
If these rich fucking assholes weren't standing in the way?
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5. |
Luna
01:34
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I wish I'd had the guts
No, I wish I'd had the understanding
That when a paradigm doesn't work for me
That's just a fact not a moral failing
Just a fact not a moral failing
I wish we lived in a world where people could just be who they are
But try shitting in one hand and wishing in the other
I guess we'd better get to work
I guess we'd better get to work
I wish I'd had the guts
No, I wish I'd had the understanding
That when a paradigm doesn't work for me
That's just a fact not a moral failing
Just a fact not a moral failing
Just a fact not a moral failing
Just a fact not a moral failing
Just a fact not a moral failing
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6. |
Woke Mind Virus
01:53
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You're a kid you're told one thing and if you're lucky you find the truth
If not sometimes you gotta wait till it finds you
Everything makes perfect sense if you just ignore the news
(and don't ask about the bodies buried under the pews)
Because there's no problem big enough it can't be ignored
There's no heartache if you let 'em
Convince you to leave your heart on the cutting-room floor
There's no mental health debate, there's human beings with brains
Trying to navigate a world designed to confuse and obfuscate
That's how I wound up thinking I had to aspire to normalcy
And broke myself to fit a box that was never meant for me
Because there's no problem big enough it can't be ignored
There's no heartache if you let 'em
Convince you to leave your heart on the cutting-room floor.
So what are you waiting for?
Go back and get it!
They'll never get us down so far we can't even the score
So what's a little heartache
If it keeps us fighting for more?
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7. |
Disassembly Line
01:20
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Yeah we've got enough homes for the homeless
And more than enough food to feed everyone
But that's hardly fair to the billions
Capital has already trampled into the dirt
Just remember there's dignity in a hard day's work
As the machine wrings the last drops of blood from your corpse
It's the best we could hope for
We've got the knowledge, we've got the means
If we wanted to cure the disease
You'd better believe we would have done it already
So try to remember the important things
As the professionals extract shareholder value from your broken brain
And don't ask for anything more
Your reward for years of service is maybe we don't let you die in a ditch
If you're lucky you might get a pension paid in company scrip
We'll repackage and resell resistance to you as many times as you like
If it'll get your ass back to work on the disassembly line.
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8. |
Slapdick Grifters
01:05
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Slapdick grifters
Slapdick grifters
Slapdick grifters run the fucking world
Slapdick grifters
Slapdick grifters
Slapdick grifters run the fucking world
Could you imagine how much worse it'd be
If these slapdick grifters were smart
And not just fortunate and devoid of empathy?
Slapdick grifters
Slapdick grifters
Slapdick grifters run the fucking world
Slapdick grifters
Slapdick grifters
Slapdick grifters run the fucking world
Could you imagine how truly fucked we'd be
If these evil motherfuckers
Actually knew what the hell they were doing?
Slapdick grifters
Slapdick grifters
Slapdick grifters run the fucking world
Slapdick grifters
Slapdick grifters
Slapdick grifters run the fucking world
Slapdick grifters
Slapdick grifters
Slapdick grifters run the fucking world
Slapdick grifters
Slapdick grifters
Slapdick grifters run the fucking world
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9. |
Serfs Up
01:48
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(Serfs up) I'm sure the gears will keep on turning
(Serfs up) Without nobody left to turn em
(Serfs up) It's a brave old world
(Serfs up) Serfs up!
The stock market's gonna hit an all time high
The day before we're swallowed by the sea
Without the lot of us to fuck it up
The free market will finally be free
(Serfs up) I'm sure the gears will keep on turning
(Serfs up) Without nobody left to turn 'em
(Serfs up) It's a brave old world
(Serfs up) Serfs up!
Just wait until you see our GDP
When we stop playing games
And get back to wholesaling bodies
Isn't it funny how equilibrium
Looks just like endless human suffering?
Serfs up!
(Serfs up) I'm sure the gears will keep on turning
(Serfs up) Without nobody left to turn 'em
(Serfs up) It's a brave old world
(Serfs up) Serfs up!
Serfs up!
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Rampant. Fucking. Capitalist. Deregulation.
It's already started, it might be too late to stop
Privatizing every last piece of the commons whether we like it or not
I hope you enjoyed education
I hope you enjoyed clean air
I'd say you could read about it in the history books
But giving you hope seems unfair
In truth it's all been downhill since our forefathers decided
Money gets a say in who survives and who's genocided
Rampant. Fucking. Capitalist. Deregulation.
You'd better believe if it was possible to save the world and turn a profit
The rich wouldn't be competing to be the first to get up off it
It's tough to make a buck taking care of the rivers
But it's easy to sell plastic bottles
And sell off what's left of the natural world
To whoever's got deep enough pockets
In truth it's all been downhill since our forefathers decided
Money gets a say in who survives and who's genocided
Rampant. Fucking. Capitalist. Deregulation.
Rampant. Fucking. Capitalist. Deregulation.
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11. |
Song For Bodhi
01:28
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Success has never been about smarts
I'm pretty sure half the senate can't read
Success is utter shamelessness
Success is psychopathy
Success is stealing someone's shit and then declaring property rights holy
Success says the forest's worth less than the timber
Because they were just worthless trees
And money doesn't need to breathe
Success has always been about burying our humanity
Success is measured in being the very best oppressor you can be
So I'm not too surprised success never meant that much to me
We've got enough success in this world to end it
Probably more than we need.
Way more than we fucking need
Success. Sucks. Ass.
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12. |
Cocaine Mitch
01:18
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Don't act surprised
Don't act disgusted
The 100th time the world's biggest hypocrite shows you just who he is
Don't kid yourself he's gonna realize the error of his ways
Or that his heart's gonna grow 3 sizes like the grinch on Christmas Day
Evil doesn't just go away, it must be defeated
The old guard's never gonna change, it must be defeated
It must be defeated
It must be defeated
Don't compromise before you start to bargain
Don't act like half a genocide is any kind of win
What good is policy without the power to get it done?
Our values won't mean nothing when we're swallowed by the ocean
Cocaine Mitch has no shame, he must be defeated
The old guard's never gonna change, it must be defeated
It must be defeated
It must be defeated
This nightmare won't just go away, it must be defeated
Cocaine Mitch has no shame, he must be defeated
Cocaine Mitch
He must be defeated
Cocaine Mitch
He must be defeated
Cocaine Mitch
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We work our fingers to the fucking bone
In the hopes we might afford a home
Fall in love and build a life worth living
And just once not feel like disaster's looming
On the horizon if we make one wrong move
They get you coming and they get you going
And they get you when you stand still too
We work ourselves to fucking death
Because we're taught it's all we should expect
We pay our taxes to maintain a structure
That doesn't care how much we suffer
We work so hard for just a little more money
When what we need is a lot more community
What we need is a lot more community
What we need is some fucking community
Community
What we need
Is some real community
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