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Descend
01:42
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Confront
02:12
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To the leaders of media and industry We don't appreciate your subliminal imagery You project into people, trying to invoke The justification of slaughter
Xenophobia is their only weapon against us Prejudice, hatred and fear This is how they make us turn on each other
To the leaders of media and industry We don't appreciate your subliminal imagery You project into people, trying to invoke The justification of slaughter
They blame the powerless, they blame the voiceless So here today, we stand in solidarity It's time for change It's time to end this game It's time for things to change It's time for real change
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Erase (Ft Sean Reynolds)
03:28
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Today's the day We let our weakness be washed away Today's the day We let our fears be wiped away
So begins an era of growth In the age of decay No longer must we wallow in shame No longer must we drown in pain
It's time to set, set ourselves free Free our minds from self induced slavery (x2) Together we'll transcend the illusions That are holding us back
Stand up and be who you're meant to be We are our own eternal enemy The war within us tells us who we really are We are confusion, lost in our unending pride
Our struggle is one that never ends Our war is one we cannot win (x2) Despite the odds we face together We stand and fight for what is right
We fight for the freedom of the human race
Erase the toxic ideology dictating our lives Let's begin to make things right
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Identity
05:51
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This is a moment of clarity The world falling all around me Our lives exist within static contingencies
Aware of this betrayal and disparity I delineate the difference between The truth- and conditioning
I know the price paid I know the price paid for relentless escalation I know the price paid I know the price paid for the conquest of nations I know the price paid for relentless escalation The endless hunger and conquest of nations I know the price paid for relentless escalation It is the blood, the blood of our generation
This is our fate the obstacles in place Malice and hate, consuming the human race Until we stand- to erase To erase the system in place
I know life holds the possibility To be free, to be free of fear I know life holds the possibility To be free, of hate and inequality
I will not be a victim to lies told throughout history I will not let another man’s word, be the definition of me
I know the price paid for relentless escalation The endless hunger and conquest of nations This is our fate the obstacles in place Malice and hate, consuming the human race
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Cycles
05:38
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What has society come to, when the world we inhabit Is literally dying by our own hands?
Consumption is our destruction The monetary free market is forcing us all to serve as slaves To our oppressors We are the fools who allow this evil to exist
These are the forces, that drive our world today Like the lives of the many, held in the hands of the few Like sinners, in the hands of an angry god But there is light beyond this darkness, if we find our way Where’s your god now?
Consumption is our destruction The monetary free market is forcing us all to serve as slaves To our oppressors
Clearly, we must take matters into our own hands The time for change is now Or else we’ll be forced to serve as slaves
The time for change is now The time for change is now
This can only be achieved, once the world is aware Of the heartache and despair
Stand up and fight for what you believe Unless we change the course we are lost (x4)
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Nexus
03:45
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Liberate
07:14
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We all tend to gravitate towards Ideas that validate and Reinforce our perceptions of the world and of ourselves
You’ve become the warden in your Own self designed prison Are you too blind to see it’s you who holds the key If you refuse the facts because You perceive them as attacks then
You’ve become your own eternal enemy You’ve become the warden in your Own self designed prison
Are you too blind to see it’s you who holds the key?
Only you can unlock the floodgates and set your soul free How could you allow yourself to be dragged down by history (x2)
Don’t buy into the false idea that freedom isn’t free You can be what you choose to be, you just need to think objectively And learn to set, set your mind free
Do you feel the gravity Don’t be blind to history Let us show you what it means To be free of false identities Do you feel the gravity Don’t be blind to history
Don’t buy into the false idea that freedom isn’t free You can be what you choose to be, you just need to think objectively Do you feel the gravity Don’t be blind to history Let us show you what it means to be truly free
Free of ego Free of false identities Free of institutional indoctrination (x2)
Together, together we walk towards the path, the path of liberty
Free of ego Free of false identities Free of poison from nations
We all tend to gravitate towards Ideas that validate and Reinforce our perceptions of the world and of ourselves You’ve become the warden in your Own self designed prison
Are you too blind to see it’s you who holds the key? If you refuse the facts because You perceive them as attacks then You’ve become your own eternal enemy
You’ve become the warden in your Own self designed prison Are you too blind to see it’s you who holds the key? Free of ego, free of false identities, free of institutional indoctrination
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Upheaval
03:15
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Reclaim
06:38
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It’s a blessing, and a curse To realize history’s worth Nothing less than greedy hands Who never stop to learn- History can’t be swept of fact
These streets ran with the blood of the damned No remorse for the raised hand No ear for the pangs of grief Slaughtered and hanged in the streets
But the dreams escaped the prison walls And now it manifests itself within us all Reclaim, your mind cannot be bought or sold Reclaim, your life is worth far more than gold
Separation only exists in the eyes of the blinded Separation only exists in the fragile minded In the shallow minded tyrants Separation always exists in the eyes of the blind
Nothing less than backs breaking, beneath hammer and sword Nothing less than greedy hands, that have no remorse (no remorse) No remorse for the struggle No remorse for those in need No remorse for the working class, on which they feed
Nothing separates a slave from slave Neither class, nor creed, can unbind the chains (x2)
So united, we’ll fight the power- of the state Drag it by it’s wig and introduce it- to it’s fate Politicians scalped and maimed- set them all ablaze Politicians scalped and maimed- set those motherfuckers ablaze Erase their names
These streets ran with the blood of the damned No remorse for the raised hand No ear for the pangs of grief Slaughtered and hanged in the streets What was stolen is ours to take Nothing less than our lives we will reclaim
But the dreams escaped the prison walls And now it manifests itself- within us all Reclaim, your mind cannot be bought or sold Reclaim, your life is worth far more than gold (x2)
The castle dismantled, the king’s head on a pike We will stop at nothing to reclaim our rights (x2)
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Parasocial
02:11
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So it begins This is the end The end of everything
Don’t be fooled by deceptive demagogues, Always selling people giant fucking cons Don’t you know they’ve been lying all along? To them it’s just a game and they play you like a pawn
The champion of the corporatocracy Overthrew our people’s democracy And ushered in a new era of depravity A facist oligarchy
Don’t be fooled by deceptive demagogues, Always selling people giant fucking cons Don’t you know they’ve been lying all along? To them it’s just a game and they play you like a pawn (x2)
Now that it’s time, it’s time to face reality You need to understand your own mortality Now that it’s time, it’s time to face reality You need to understand the problems of humanity
Now that it’s time, it’s time to face reality You need to embrace your own mortality Now that it’s time, it’s time to face reality You need to embrace, embrace humanity
He’s used your fear to segregate you He’s used your race to alienate you (x2) What can we say? He played you all for fools Have fun living under Nazi rule (x2)
To the demagogue your life means nothing But he promised you’d amount to something You’ve chosen a liar and a crook, Because you’ve never even fucking looked at a book He’s misdirected your hate towards the powerless Took advantage of your ignorance Your fear, your pride and prejudice He manifests and redirects it
You worship him like a god We’re here to tell you- He’s fucking not Not a fucking god The demagogue…
He points the finger of blame At anyone who doesn’t look the same A revolution of intolerance and hate We must stand together and refuse to participate
They control our minds by controlling what we see They control it all through their elite oligarchy While we waste our lives chasing foolish fantasies The greatest one of all is the american dream
Through manipulation of the public education They turn our school systems into state indoctrination They sell us only lies and cheap entertainment While they wage war and conquer other nations
We’re all slaves to a system of oppression Caught in the rat race of capitalism While we waste our lives chasing foolish fantasies The greatest one of all is the american dream
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Ascend
01:02
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