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The darkened fractured sky is falling in
Punish me and stick the needles in
Penance for my excesses and sin
Pleasure and pain are one and the same
Sleeping with my eyes wide open
Drowned in self-pity and misery
The monkey on my back is broken
Reveling in the disarray
Burn me black so I can feel something
Bluntly flay me of my deadened skin
The endless sea keeps on beckoning me
Fill me up and let the games begin
Instantly the senses are inflamed
Gratifying impulses in vain
Disconnecting into emptiness
And feeding constant insanity
Sinking in the raging sea so high
Rob me of your heart and steal my mind
Scratching at the face with dirty nails
Destitute and pleading to be kind
This weathered highway is paved in shit
If this is my path then so be it
I cant stop picking at the wound
Incessant thoughts laden with doom
I just want to lose control
Let the chaos take its toll
See the madness in my eyes
I am the one that I despise
In this moment, I am free
The stillness washes over me
Peace at last when I can't see
Whatever will be will be
Let the voices speak their mind
Judging one and all the filth of humankind
Fixing to become unclean
For worlds to be unseen
Rolling dice on dirty streets
Laying bets beneath the sheets
Worthless in the eyes of God
Let the devil's grip take hold
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WAR OF ATTRITION
03:32
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Alone here in the darkness
It’s where I find relief
At the mercy of the shadow
Afraid of my beliefs
Truth seekers are now homeless
Evicted and maligned
Self appointed sanctimonious
Blind leading the blind
Helplessly broken hearted
Feeling disregarded
Hard-wired for destruction
Now and ever more
Too many questions
With a million different answers
Let the world fall
And embrace the madness
What we know is but a drop
What we don't is an ocean
Fractions of an infinite whole
Living a ludicrous notion
Attracted to the dark
Like moths to a flame
We flirt with free will
But are victims to the game
Standing on the precipice
Of the infinite abyss
Father, son and holy ghost
A false hope of bliss
Helplessly broken hearted
Feeling disregarded
Hard-wired for destruction
Now and ever more
The maddening crowds
Are too much for me to bear
Con men and clowns
A thousand yard stare
What we know is but a drop
What we don't is an ocean
Fractions of an infinite whole
Living a ludicrous notion
Nothing but regret
For stupid things I’ve done and said
No relief and no escape
I can only make amends
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3. |
CONFIDENCE MAN
04:14
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Pour the gasoline and watch the flames rise
I’ll give you nothing for something while you’re mesmerised
Dog-whistle obscenity
Playing with identity
I’ll stand before the world and bring it to its knees
I AM THE CONFIDENCE MAN
AND I’LL GET JUST WHAT I CAN
A RECKLESS FIREBRAND
I AM THE CONFIDENCE MAN
AND I’LL DO ANYTHING I CAN
TO TAKE FROM YOU THE PROMISED LAND
I am the light, I am the way
Idolise me
You are the mark, You are the prey
Bow before me
Predatory vanity
Vulnerable insanity
I’ll take the world and leave you nothing but disease
I AM THE CONFIDENCE MAN
AND I’LL GET JUST WHAT I CAN
A RECKLESS FIREBRAND
I AM THE CONFIDENCE MAN
AND I’LL DO EVERYTHING I CAN
TO ENACT THE MASTERPLAN
AND TAKE THE HIGHEST OFFICEIN THE LAND
Empowered with your fervent trust in me
And now you're under my spell
A blind faith devotee
I am the light, I am the way
Bow before me
I am the light, I am the way
You are the mark, You are the prey
I’ll bleed you dry and lead the world into decay
I AM THE CONFIDENCE MAN
AND I’LL GET JUST WHAT I CAN
A RECKLESS FIREBRAND
I AM THE CONFIDENCE MAN
AND I’LL DO ANYTHING I CAN
TO TAKE FROM YOU THE PROMISED LAND
A pig in lipstick with my snake in the grass
I’ll deliver nothing but hell
A long game that’s truly first class
You are the mark, You are the prey
Idolise me
Empowered with your fervent trust in me
And now you're under my spell
A blind faith devotee
I am the light, I am the way
Bow before me
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4. |
OUR LAST BREATH
03:33
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Runaway technology
Breeding sociopathy
Manufacturing consent
and discontent
Vacuous celebrity
Diminishing integrity
Political Extremity
Disparity
Pressure building
Escalating
Collapsing house of cards
Planet earth a grave yard
Say good night one and all
This is our final curtain call
No more hope no more fears
And no more holding back the tears
No final solution
No stay of execution
Laid to rest taste the death
Creeping in our last breath
An addiction epidemic
Dollar signs in carcinogenics
Cheap pills and black mirrors they deliver
Desperate begging on our knees
Depression spreads like disease
Drowning in the side effects
Last respects
Suffocate autonomy and celebrate stupidity
Advocating treachery and gluttony
Staggering incompetence
Nothing makes any sense
Panic and delirium
Into oblivion
What have we done
What have we become
A lesson in futility
A sad inevitability
Say good night one and all
This is our final curtain call
No more hope no more fears
And no more holding back the tears
No final solution
No stay of execution
Laid to rest taste the death
Creeping in our last breath
Anarchy and civil wars
Private gangs for corporate whores
Hellscapes of violence and pestilence
Heinous social credit systems
Robot hordes our competition
Life undignified
Omnicide
No future - hit the wall
This is the end and our downfall
No going the distance
No point to our existence
No final solution
No stay of execution
A failed test put to death
creeping in our last breath
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TOO MANY TRIPS
03:33
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Ephemeral high
No concept of time
Bleed everything dry
Never satisfied
Deeper and deeper
So out of your mind
At the point of no return
Nowhere to hide
You withdraw deep inside
Drifting ever further from the baseline
Climbing the walls and there's no end in sight
Down the rabbit hole you cascade in vain
Descending into the madness again
Obsession/compulsion - the ultimate bliss
Off the rails you've taken too many trips
Feeding the dragon
Until you go blind
Full paranoia
You're losing your mind
Stand before the bridges you have burned
No going back now and no compromise
Consumed by the hunt for the phantom ultimate prize
Climbing the walls and there's no end in sight
Down the rabbit hole you cascade in vain
Descending into the madness again
Obsession/compulsion - the total eclipse
Off the rails you've taken too many trips
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6. |
THE USER
03:43
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Limbic hijackers marauding
Mind hackers corrupting
Exploiting weakness and vulnerability
Banking in the pain of the user
The synaptic abusers
Deceptively monetise dependency
Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse
Injecting from the screen
Jacking up on dopamine
Coming down begging for more
Psychological shock and awe
Needle tracks to damnation
Intravenous validation
Trapped in a gilded cage
A victim of the modern age
Afflicted with all mankind
Addicted minds a dollar mine
Connected to the source
Dissected by cold dead hands
Infected with anxiety
Breeding animosity
They know you even better than you know yourself
Injecting from the screen
Jacking up on dopamine
Masterminds steal from the blind
Harvesting the data mine
Intravenous validation
Reclaim your lost sovereignty
Get back your dignity
Extricate your mind
Reverse the soul decline
Eternal liberation
Through the flames of abnegation
Hook 'em up
Get 'em high
Load their brains into the sky
Captivate and hypnotise
Reclaim your lost sovereignty
Fighting back for dignity
Extricate your poisoned mind
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7. |
HEART WITH FIRE
02:57
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Whatever gets you through the day
Whatever makes you feel okay
If it makes you see the light
And gets you up to the fight
If it keeps you strong and in the game
And stops you going insane
Whatever strengthens your resolve
Gives resilience to evolve
You can question me
And I can question you
Believe in me as I believe in you
If it fills your heart with fire
Burns inside you with desire
If it gets you out of your head
And gives you hope for the dead
What's yours is yours
And mine is mine
But stray from our own kind
Question me and I will question you
Believe in me as I believe in you
A fatal urgency for solidarity
Will be the saving grace for us
Imposition of the will
Desire to denigrate or kill
Ideological enemies
Stratification of the lives we're forced to live
When will we ever learn to forgive and forget
Connect to the beauty anyway you can
Learn from each other
Perennial principles tried and true
The last dance before the jack boots come for you
its just a matter of time
Embrace our commonalities
Distinctness and divergencies
One race living under the sun
If it fills your heart with fire
Burns inside you with desire
If it gets you out of your head
And gives you hope for the dead
What's yours is yours
And mine is mine
But stray from our own kind
question me And I will question you
Believe in me as I believe in you
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8. |
THE POWER PROCESS
03:41
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With futility
You hunted me
For a quarter of a century
Fifty million and change
Screaming in isolation
I waged a war of rage
And through my words and actions
Engaged in my rampage
You will know my name
Legacy of pain
Decades pass in woods pristine
Confined In social quarantine
Refining my technique
Meticulous ability to
Obliterate the enemy
My master works home made
You will know my name
As I bathe you in pain
Enslavement by rampant technology
Disaster for the human race
Subjects of callous indignities
The world will rot for its avarice
Depriving all autonomy
Progress is nothing but cancerous
Armed with my capability
For maximum brutality
The penance for their crimes
Penalties for the greed
Destruction of serenity
Their deaths are justified
You will know my name
You will call me insane
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LADY NICOTINE
03:46
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Feel her coursing through your veins
Feel her driving you insane
Infernal price you will pay
Internal decay
Give her up or die for lady nicotine
She's a sure-fire heart attack
Sucking the life out of all she sees
I cannot deny my lady nicotine
Give her up or die for lady nicotine
She'll steal your last breath away
Intoxicating seduction queen
I cannot deny my lady nicotine
Constantly craving her gaze
Consumed by her venomous ways
Eternal price you will pay
She’ll drive you insane
Give her up or die for lady nicotine
She'll burn you up, no doubt about it
Sucking the life out of all she sees
I cannot deny my lady nicotine
Can't survive without my lady nicotine
She'll steal your last breath away
Intoxicating seduction queen
I cannot deny my lady nicotine
Id give it all up just for one last taste
Extinguish my life for her dark embrace
Nothing left of me a cancerous shell
You promised me heaven and delivered hell
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10. |
BLACK IRON PRISON
04:15
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Guest vocals by Jason Richmond
A word of advice
We’re only just numbers
Don't ever think twice
About what you want
They’ve all got a price
Already in their mind
Carry your stride
It could be the last purchase that you will make
Wash away your soul
Scrape it away like a hole
Ready to explode
Expose the control
Divided by lanes
Occupy my mind
Visible stains
Devices will tell you
Devices will sell you
Remove and replace
Write it down don't let you forget it
Carry your stride
It could be the last purchase that you will make
Wash away your soul
Scrape it away like a hole
Ready to explode
Expose the control
You're making the call
Standing up straight
No Sitting, no lying
No Bending this fate
Devices with tell you
Devices will sell you
Seduction and fear
The final frontier
The black iron prison is locking its gates
This will be the final stand that we all take
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