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World of You
03:04
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“Best time to be alive,”
They’ll say as your neighbors die
“You’re here, it’s now, it’s what was promised,
and you have nothing to hide.
There are no closed doors, there are no world wars.
Everything’s new
Everything’s free
And all you have to do is trust in me.”
Life of ease
All that you please
In the World of You.
It’s all a breeze
Always appeased
In the World of You.
Do you empathize with people you’ll never meet?
Do you care for lands that won’t ever touch your feet?
Do you leave enough for the mouths that you don’t feed?
Would you still do it if no eyes were there to see?
Not much of use, not much to do
in the World of You.
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Split
01:54
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I split myself
and nothing did I find
I gave it all my effort
But was still betrayed by time
I can change the earth.
Cooperate, as everyone defects
No concern for your actions
You’re immune to their effects
Cooperate, as everyone defects in time.
Put down my shells
But felt I had gone blind
I gave it up, surrendered
But still peace wasn’t mine.
Can I change the earth?
I chased the earth
To its boundary line
I chased the earth
To learn that it’s just me and mine.
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Grift
02:37
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Bought into the lie
that you cannot die
Forever alive:
there are no wastes of time
The thought that you could be next
Triggers consumption reflex
The hurt you try to prevent
Supports their power complex
They get their kickbacks
off the backs of you and me
You say it’s human nature
I say you hate your neighbor
We are more than atoms
We are more than machine
We are more than the means to the ends you decree
When supply and demand is your only creed
You take what you want; we take what we need.
The tears of our children are theirs to weep
The future we build is ours to keep.
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For Who?
02:28
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I look up at a skyline
Littered with monuments
Dedicated trophies to the champions of the west
“Tailored to your preference,
opportunity to invest”
I know they’re casting shadows
But they say it’s for the best
What’s left to satisfy when nothing’s been denied?
You want to join their side, I want to say I tried.
“The future’s here, this is how it goes, and it’s only moving faster
anything that’s in our way is out to greener pastures.
Those people, we don’t like them, they don’t share our view
They’re always getting violent, that’s how they end up on the news”
I dream of skies so blue
Unobstructed views
Freedom to choose
A future for me & you.
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