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Flames Against The Sky
02:45
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BURN
Oil fields are burning
Bullets fly at the break of day
Another bomb explodes in the street
Half a world away
This is the world we live in
That they urge us to deny
Blinded by our own consumption
While the rest are left to die
Our eyes are blind as the black smoke starts to rise
Our eyes are blind to the flames against the sky
You single out other cultures
Trying to place the blame
All the while behind your backs
Tyrants fan the flames
Safety is a thin veneer
Your life is up for sale
Our eyes are blind as the black smoke starts to rise
Our eyes are blind to the flames against the sky
Only until we face the mirror will we see the eyes of our own enemy
We have met the enemy, and he is us
MEANING: Apathy is a major plague in the United States. Living in a free society thinking we're eternally "safe" within our borders has made us blind to what's going on the rest world (much of which is caused by those who lead our own nation). While we're busy staring at screens and consuming good the flames of war are building around us hour by hour.
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Citizen Cattle
02:21
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Slaughter awaits the mindless
Pledge your allegiance
To the bars on your cage
Throat cut, bleeding
On the flag, in your name
Citizen cattle
Your freedom's on the chopping block
Citizen cattle
Swinging your own axe
Pass the collection plate
And fall down to your knees
Say a prayer to the techno-gods
While they prepare to feast
The more you spend the more you save
Just pledge obedience
Sign your name on the dotted line
Like a proper patriot
Citizen cattle
Your freedom's on the chopping block
Citizen cattle
Swinging your own axe
There is no safety
There is no guarantee
There is just an endless march
A slaughter of minds
Drop to your knees
Swing your own axe
Sign your life away
And set your mind ablaze
You have nothing to lose but your chains
MEANING: This song is about how consumerism has overtaken our society. The middle class is chained, one by one, to mountains of debt all just to possess the latest and greatest thing. We are kept in a systematic class system with chains stained dollar-bill green.
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The Quiet Bias
03:53
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A legacy of swaying nooses
Innocent people/stolen lives
You turn the other cheek to the past
While city blocks are gentrified
Migrants slave the fields
Unarmed kids die in the streets
Victims of failed solutions
That all of you refuse to see
No matter what they tell you
Or what you believe
From the depths of this nation
Hate still breathes
200 years / the wound still bleeds
200 years / hate still breathes
Equality and civil rights
Far gone words to another lie
That you know only adhere
To significant shades of white
No matter what they tell you
Or what you believe
From the depths of this nation
Hate still breathes
200 years the wound still bleeds
200 years hate still breathes
Cut open your veins and see
We all bleed the same red blood
Same red bood
MEAING: Racism. It is a disease that the US has still not cured. Now, more than ever, it seethes from the underbelly of American society and the reality we face is that this plague is gaining momentum once again. A fact that is equally embarrassing and terrifying.
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