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Hello, Baghdad
04:57
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I am the prince of the burning shores
Selling the promise of virgins and whores
Of war, filth and disease
Bringing humanity to its knees
Keep manipulating
Still anticipating
Stop for a moment
Miles more to go
Beg, steal or borrow
Kill like there's no tomorrow
Hello, Baghdad
Welcome to the show
I am the chairman of the board
Selling my soul as a corporate whore
My world is power and greed
Blood and oil my commodities.
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2. |
Democracy
05:07
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The time has come to scorch the earth
And to start again clean
Bend the people to our will
With propaganda machines
Reconstruct the hierarchy
Revolution starts right here
Nihilistic anarchy
Obedience achieved through fear
This is our democracy
It's one for you and two for me
Trust in us, we know what's best
Violence and civil unrest
Infiltrate the battle zone
Lost soldiers coming home
Be a king or be a slave
Honor lies in an unmarked grave
Every man must choose his path
Will you fight or will you run?
It's us or them, just do the math
Stand up and be someone!
Just something you should understand
Before you come to invade my home
Justice stings like the back of my hand
So you better not come alone.
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3. |
Killing Fields
05:36
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This war is a lie
Judge the righteous from their place on high
But I wonder who they'd blame
If their ivory towers were set aflame
And how did it seem
To watch 9/11 on a tv screen?
While we lived through it
City's burning in a fiery pit
We march across the killing fields
We set the laws with swords and shield
Our funeral pyres light up the sky
We send our children off to die
Treacherous paths we walk alone
Our hands and hearts have turned to stone
These are the chances that we take
The sacrifices we must make
Now a shaky hand
Brings the news from a far off land
This man, they cut him down
Spilled his blood on foreign ground
His loss should be a sign
Of valor to those left behind
The end, the letter read
"I'm sorry, ma'am, but your son is dead".
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4. |
Resolution 6
02:53
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5. |
Ich bin ein Ausländer
03:53
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6. |
Vengeance
05:11
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Swirling all around you
Are the rumors people spread
Vicious lies that terrorize
And fill their swollen heads
They hide behind computer screens
Planning their attack
Smiling eyes disguise their lies
To stab you in the back
Don't back down
This is everything you've waited for
Stand your ground
And take what you deserve from life
Don't back down
This could be your last chance
Stand your ground
You gotta get up and fight
They'll tear you down to elevate
Themselves at any cost
Criticize, jeopardize
And celebrate your loss
When someone disrespects you
You don't have to turn away
A loaded fist, a rusty blade
Can help you dull the pain
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7. |
Momentum
05:15
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The world sags beneath our weight
Parasites, we suck it dry
Like rats lost in a maze
Stupid creatures born to die
There is no destiny
No higher hand of fate
No place in history
Just eternity to waste
We collide
Then break away
Our lives
Are just momentum
We attract
Because we can't
Turn back
It's all for nothing
Search for meaning from above
Assemble random events
To support the myth of life
It's just cause and effect
We turn our backs on reason
Deny our inevitable ends
Narcissistic hypocrites
It's our last defense
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8. |
Resolution 7
03:58
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9. |
Emotion
05:13
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Sun, throw shadows cross the floor
That leak into my soul
Blackness tossed against the wall
The room feels so cold
The alibis you gave
Were promises in vain
Echoes of impermanence
Voices from the grave
Tell me what it's for
All this emotion
When you walk out the door
Why should I follow?
You've been playing games
With my emotions
Turn and walk away
You leave me hollow
Warmth, cascading over me
A puppet for your strings
A mound of flesh on which you feed
Satiated
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10. |
Forsaken
06:00
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I heard your name the other day
And it cut me like a blade
I guess that time cannot heal every wound
Some memories never fade
I wish that we could just get back in line
And pick up where we left off
But once you lose your grip on time
You blink, and then it's gone
I thought these tears were gone
Now look what you have done
A moment out of time
When you left me behind
I feel like I could drown
Get lost and never found
I'm drifting out to sea
Why have you forsaken me?
I don't recall all the roads I took
Or the streets that I have roamed
But I'd trade them all for just another look
At the faces I once called home
All the years it took to build these walls
Stone by stone and brick by brick
Could not prepare me for the fall
Or the pain that I'd inflict
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11. |
Not The World I Remember
05:26
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There is a feeling I can't hide
It leaves me bored and black inside
There was a story I once knew
It started with me and ended with you
Somebody tell me
Where did we go wrong
This is not the world that I remember
I once believed
That we had a future
Now I'm afraid that I am not so sure
So this allegory for life
Predicts that passion turn to strife
You say what you get is what you see
I'm sorry if I disagree
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12. |
Resolution 8
02:03
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13. |
Dream for Tomorrow
04:52
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Lost in the depths of your hapless façade
Your pious contempt brings you closer to God
Judgement and sentence the company you keep
Bitter resentment that rocks you to sleep
Life is a game that you know you can't win
Envy and hate feed the demons within
Try to deny what you don't want to hear
The truth isn't easy when you live in fear
I am the guilt living deep in your soul
I am the voice that you hear in your head
I am the weakness you cannot control
I am the reason you wish you were dead
Is it so simple to deny yourself these things?
How does it feel to be slipping away?
Warm in the comfort that darkness will bring
Where you dream for tomorrow what you lost today
Intense isolation is all that you know
Sorrow and sickness, you reap what you sow
Alone with your demons you pray for the end
Dreams of tomorrow as darkness descends
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14. |
The Heart of America
06:08
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We take our orders from the evening news
Paper dolls with political views
Find religion on the radio
The more you listen, the more you know
Sell the lie in a new pop song
No one questions as they sing along
Keep the pigs happy in the shit
Pick a side and bend the truth to fit
The grass is green and the skies are blue
And they're saying grace in the heart of America
Your mind's wiped clean when they come for you
And they lie to your face when you live in America
We are the tools of the government
Tiny pawns, we are all for rent
Here to hail the dictator in chief
Freedom fighters and world police
Put the blame on the generals
When politicians act like criminals
Arm the troops, then tie their hands
Plausible denial to retain command
The grass is green and the skies are blue
And they're saying grace in the heart of America
Your mind's wiped clean when they come for you
And they lie to your face when you live in America
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