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The Direction We Face
04:24
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Where are you going?
Where did you come from?
What is your wish for the future of
The human race?
Is it for liberty
For all but to harm?
If not I’d kindly ask you to reconsider
The direction you face
Billions of people
Selling the dream, make-believing they believe
Sell us on you
Billions of people saying yes to you
Before you gain power over us
We have to ask what you’ll make of us
Before we give you power over us
We have to ask what you’ll make of us!
Oooh and we’re primed to trust
If you find any single way to help us
And we give too much
In the name of deference
You have a right to be a god among men if you are a good one
And I think you all can be good if you stop and listen
And I have the right to be the king of all things if I share the good ones
And still have the right to say no if the price is too much
With infinite edges as textures, connections are added
Another dimension where minds are enthreaded
I know you’re invested in my pleasure —
You trust its return in exponents
And I am the future dragging the past behind me
From other directions where lives were diverted
Meet me out back: if you’ve got what I want
You’ll read my mind next century
You’ll read my mind next century
Oh you won’t wait to touch me next time!
But it’s not too late!
Oooh and we’re primed to trust
If you find any single way to help us
And sacrifice too much
In the name of deference
You have a right to be a god among men if you are a good one
And I think you all can be good if you stop and listen
And I have the right to be the king of my things if I share the good ones
And still have the right to say no if the price is too much
What if every child deserves the world?
Make it a good one: the best you can.
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Ooh unsurprisingly I have
Stumbled into the sound
Of the loneliest place in your head
Are you even around?
Am I alone in this:
Do you always feel held now?
[forgetting the dark of your history]
Oh give me a reason to stay on earth
What will take to make it worth
The suffering I experience
The suffering I cause
Why does it have so much more power than bliss does?
So I, so I, so I beg pull me out and give me more
Many have died of lack of pleasure before
Have you known desperation
To find your heart a home?
And always try to be compassionate to those who were here before:
“We humbly submit we would love to enrich the lives you have here”
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3. |
Everything Ends
04:46
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You’re running out of love
I’m running, out of fear
You say “as long as someone’s moving”
If we act up we’ll disappear
You’ll say “the neighborhood’s improving”
Well everything ends, everyone dies in the end
And each day life gets a little bit worse until then
Everyone ends, everything dies in the end
And each day life gets a little bit worse until then
It’s easy enough to say it’s all bullshit
When you’re staring down someone else’s gun
When rules you didn’t choose write your life
Hey at least the boss is getting some but
Everything ends, everyone dies in the end
And each day life gets a little bit worse until then
Everyone ends, everything dies in the end
And each day life gets a little bit worse until then
Have you seen Nostalgia lately?
I must be having such a great time
I forgot about the good times!
But someone planted succulents here
By the bridge to Daly City
Sometime in the last two years
Just because they’re pretty
(I could have missed this! I could have missed the flowers!)
[chorus]
[And what do I take with me?
No you can’t make a copy!]
Lift your face to brugmansia in the night
We’re not on the path you planned
But we’re alright…
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Civilization
01:11
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They say it’s normal to feel despair
When pondering our “civilization”
But then I remember healed broken bones are
Civilization’s definition
To want to be there for
The people you care for
Whether or not they can return the favor
And hell no it’s not normal!
If we were civil, truly
All of our value
Would be measured by: how can I help my fellow beings?
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5. |
Opened the Door
05:55
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You heard this was the place to find your baddest self
A dark and sensual world to taste heaven or hell
You want a commanding touch — do you need to be taught?
The answers to your prayers may be deep in these vaults
(And I opened that door so you don’t have to…)
I walk the halls alive where good girls never dare
The path of liberation is one I’d like to share
Do you need to be led, do you long to be free?
I make a good example — come along with me
Come out, come out…
And I opened that door
So you don’t have to
Oh opened the door
Come find me
Anytime — day or night
I promise I’ll always want you
She said no but she didn’t say never
From now on, forever there’ll be a light in my eyes
That she’ll come and find me
Hope is one thing, faith is another
Keep putting one foot in front of the other till I’m
Somewhere good: I believe that she could love me
Seven delicious weeks since first you came to call
We’ve danced in every room down these tawdry halls
And yet I feel there’s something that you’ve never shown
Come to my arms my sweet, let yourself be known
And I opened that door
So you don’t have to
Oh opened the door
Come find me
Anytime — day or night
I promise I’ll always want you
She said no but she didn’t say never
From now on, forever there’ll be a light in my eyes
That she’ll come and find me
Hope is one thing faith is another
Keep putting one foot in front of the other
Till I’m somewhere good
I believe that she could trust me
Let my spirit see yours in all its beauty
I’m ready!
And I opened that door…
(We could be anything we’ve always wanted)
And we all can be gods here
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6. |
The Body
05:27
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You’re going to get me
Sooner or later
You’re going to get me sooner or later
And you’ll love me
And you’ll lap up everything that I say or do
But I won’t lead
Because I can’t respect those who’d follow a fool
Through the longest nights
We all want someone
Who will see and know and understand
But most mistake dominance for love
Helplessness for true surrender
And I do my best to recognize that overgrown seductive power
Yes you love me
And you lap up everything that I say or do
But I won’t lead
Because I need to see where your impulse takes you
And you love me you love me you want to dive in deep
Just don’t forget the body
Don’t forget to feed me
Dont forget the body
A delicate and elegant deserving lady
Just don’t forget the body
Give it everything this little princess needs
Just don’t deny the body
Give her anything she turns it out in threes
And you love me, you love me, you want three more of me
It will take some work
And a lot of time
It will take some demolition
But you best believe
You deserve That Life
And pleasure makes smooth medicine
And you’ll love it
And you’ll learn to love even the harshest truths
If you accept
There’s turning the ship until all of us do
(And you’ll love me)
And that’s what we owe each other
And you’ll love me down to my bones once I reflect the divine within every person
Don’t forget the body etc
And you’ll love me
And that’s what we owe each other
And I’ll reflect the divine
I prayed to people outro…
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7. |
I Prayed To People
05:40
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Prayed To People
I take on faith that you want what’s best
Yes come test my faith in people
I take it on faith that you want what’s best
For me and all people
I prayed…. I prayed…. I prayed to people
I prayed to people!
And I fear that things will never be as they were
What if you never get better?
I took that bitter pill and it became part of me
To see every possibility
Does this find you deep in your hallucinations
Or dreaming state
And are you seeing anything like I see
While I am awake?
Like the god in me (like the god in me)
Sees the god in you (sees the god in you)
Picture us, all us mothers deep in pleasure
Not a care in the world
Remember that the past is never gone
You will live on!
And although it took somes decade for me to
Learn to see we’re all divine
It was always your example that led me
As if by larger design
I prayed…. I prayed…. I prayed to people
I prayed to people!
My review is neutral.
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8. |
What to Do
04:01
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I’m back in my body
and I am almost happy
Will you please stop telling me what to do?
I have survived this
No thanks to you
Would you please stop telling me what not to do too?
And coming out of that spell
Meat-puppeted by
Someone who should not have been trusted
And I say “wiggle your big toe”
It’s still the mastermind show
I thought I got him out of my head
No inhibitions
Fake till I make it
I must persist to
Disturb the complacent
I’m back in my body
and I am almost happy
Will you please stop telling me what to do?
I have survived some bullshit
Thanks to you
Would you please stop telling me what not to do?
But I find my grasp already
Weakening on anything that
I have to initiate myself
So it seems that free will is just
Another muscle you must
Exercise just like anything else
Dancing to music
Only in my head
I must persist
To comfort the afflicted
And you wonder who can you trust
They disappoint all of us
Still they won’t stop telling us what to do!
You are not immune to propaganda!
I am not immune to propaganda!
You are not immune
We are not immune
I am not immune to propaganda!
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Unwoman San Francisco
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Unwoman is a self-produced cellist-singer-songwriter. Layered with skillful cello, rich vocals, and electronically arranged beats, her solo music is a futuristic homage to her classical training. Unwoman has been featured at steampunk, goth, and sci-fi-related events all over North America and has collaborated with many notable acts. ... more
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