1. |
Mountainshine
01:19
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NEWSREADER: Scientists are declaring a state of emergency
SCIENTIST: There is no time to think; we will not stand passive. The situation is more dangerous than you can comprehend. This world has never had things worse!
NEWSREADER: In what appears to be yet another natural disaster, a huge hole has appeared on the *static* border.
NEWSREADER: NORAD leaders say the situation is getting worse every day.
POLITICIAN: With a million people standing in the streets it's hard to see what's right. These people are looking for home, and they will not be consoled.
NEWSREADER: We've managed to secure a rare interview with *static*, a founding member of *static*. *Static*, what is your view of the situation?
REBEL LEADER: You have all been sedated by NORAD's lies, but do not admit defeat: come and join the fight! The time has come to-
NEWSREADER: Thank you, *static*
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2. |
Clarion
04:51
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And it’s sad to think of all those people living a lie,
Who could live a hundred years and never see the sky,
And you can feel their bliss, in ignorance immersed:
This world has never had things worse. (Destroyed by your curse.)
Don’t let them sedate you or circumvent your mind:
You let them drown your doubts; sweet words and sweeter wine.
Denying all the shadows won’t make a brighter day;
When the world is dying there’s not much you can say. (We’re dying anyway.)
Mountainshine and river crumble,
Reach straight for your holster, fumble
For the trigger,
Never be the bigger man.
Mountainshine and river crumble,
Try to find the right path, stumble
Over your greed,
So oppress us if you can.
Force us together and you drive us apart,
The key to coexistence: shut up and make a start!
You saturate your sorrow with all your currency
While your soul fades away into transparency. (It won’t be me.)
And you can’t just stand passive amidst this dereliction,
You’ve got to make an effort to break your addiction;
In a state of confusion it's hard to see what’s right,
So try to find some clarity: come and join the fight. (The end is in sight.)
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3. |
Abyss
03:06
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This pit is deeper than you or I,
deeper than we can comprehend.
If you try to quantify
you'll find its depth without an end
and if you fall, you'll die.
I know you'll try to relate to it,
try to build a metaphor
and as you slide towards the deep abyss,
you'll slip and then you'll fall
and when you fall, you'll die.
As you slide into the deep
I see you lose your frown,
resign yourself to eternal sleep;
in the darkness you will drown.
You want to fall.
You're wonderful.
You want to fall and die.
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4. |
Alpha
03:51
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Everyone’s looking forwards, but I’m looking around,
Looking for some meaning which no-one’s ever found,
Trying to find light in an endless wall of sound,
Trying to see the sky when I’m staring at the ground.
It’s getting worse every day,
Everything I cared about has started to decay,
I can’t spend time with you, alone,
Everything I cared about I’m looking
For home.
If I’m so happy then why can’t I sleep?
All those eyes are staring up, thinking they’re so deep,
I’m looking for the ocean in an endless scrap heap
Of everything I loved before, I can’t admit defeat.
And I’ll hope that all of these realisations
Have given me some kind of appreciation for time…
Everyone’s steeped in mists and rain, but I have clarity,
All those eyes are staring up, longing to be free,
And all these broken consoles can’t tell me now,
I’ll worry about the when when I’ve figured out the how.
I’m feeling better every day,
Everything I cared about you tell me to betray,
I can spend hours thinking, alone,
Everything I cared about I’m coming home.
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5. |
1.8288m Under
01:46
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6. |
Binary State
02:38
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You're ' living ' in
A ' digit- ' al
' wo- ' rld
It's a ' bina- ' ry state
You are ' wrong or ' right, mo-
rality's ' black or ' white
You are ' with ' us
or a- ' gainst ' us
Time has ' come ' now
to make de- ' ci- ' sions
you wouldn't ' wanna ' be
' an ene- ' my ?
Time has ' come ' now
to ' join ' us
join and ' fight ' now
' ' -live with it.
Oh, I suppose you think you're clever,
with your fancy airs and neutrality.
Open your eyes to the world now,
it's in a state of emergency!
There is ' no ' room,
no ' mar- ' gin
for ' err- ' or
' ' no mistakes.
There is no ' middle ' ground,
no re- ' demp- ' tion.
They're going ' down ' now,
useless ' foolish ' criminals.
Join a ' data- ' base,
sit in a ' box ' now.
This is the ' real ' world,
there's no way ' out of ' here.
Now that you're ' living ' in a
digital ' wo- ' rld
how will you ' live with ' it?
Will you ' die in ' it?
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7. |
Notability
04:28
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We can't afford to think
there is no time to think
the enemy is at the gates
so legislate, legislate
one more
one more
one more
one more foot in the door
And when they're out of the way
there's nothing left to say
they don't exist
they don't exist
And when a million people are standing in the streets
and that's safe to dismiss
is that the rising population (no I didn't think so)
just an escalating madness
one more boot in the face for freedom
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8. |
Averted?
02:41
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