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Ashes and Dust
04:05
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The sounds of war make it hard to think
The smell of death in the heat
There’s no more food nothing left to drink
I‘m walking down an empty street
I’m right there, just out of frame
Another face without a name
Amid the rubble, the ashes and dust
Everyday there’s less of us
I wake up to a fire fight
It happens almost every night
I feel like I was born to die
And I can’t see the reason why
So I dare to raise my fist
Against a power I can’t resist
I struggle to simply exist
For this I’m called a terrorist
It’s right there on the front page
Another awful war to wage
Amid the fighting the truth and the lies
All the facts are left to die
I go to sleep my will intact
Resting for the next attack
It’s getting hard to read the lines
In between the white and black
So I dare to take a stand
Although I am only one man
I share the power in my hand
With all the people of this land
I never chose this kind of life
No one should be born to die
How much killing has to be
Until we can live in peace
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2. |
C'est Dommage
03:04
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C’est dommage, c’est dommage c’est dommage, c’est dommage
C’est la fin de l’espace sauvage, quel dommage
C’est dommage, c’est dommage c’est dommage
Une image, un homage, c’est dommage
C’est dommage, c’est dommage c’est dommage
C’est la fin de l’espace sauvage, quel dommage
C’est dommage, c’est dommage c’est dommage, c’est dommage
C’est la fin de l’espace sauvage, quel dommage
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3. |
The Naxilites
03:52
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Oh oh oh oh no no no no The Naxalites!
The system of the caste keeps you enslaved
So cast it off and break the chains
The Naxalites prepare to fight
Andrah Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar
in West Bengal, In Chhattisgarh
Untouchables, invisible
Red corridor from shore to shore
Mahatma called for hunger strikes
Truth and love and self-reliance
But inequality persists
So we must stand up and resist
The Naxalites are here to fight
Take back the land reclaim your rights
There’s too much war and too much hate
Majumdar has been betrayed
Naxalbari has split the party
Now the Greyhounds hunt the PWG
The Naxalites are here to fight
Take back the land reclaim your rights
It’s annihilation line, just step right up and die
The dance will never end, so here we go again
The Naxalites are here to fight
Take back the land reclaim your rights
What’s the lesson to be learned
For those of us who are concerned
There’s too much blood and too much war
What is all this fighting for
Mohandas called for love and light
So how should we prepare to fight?
Naxalites!
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4. |
Floating in the Sound
02:48
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Floating in the sound
Walking in the sound
Floating on the amplitudes
Crashing on the rocks
Floating in the sound
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5. |
Push Down and Twist
03:31
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We get what we deserve
It’s us who we don’t serve
We cannot all come together
You’ll never keep it together
Algorithm cast aside
We’ll open it up wide
Feed the void, feed the void
Shall we gather unto us all the disbelievers
Knowing if we don’t, we’re under the bus
And we’ll get that fever again
Draw your weapons in the dust
Like a line in the sand
Feed the void feed the void
Shall we gather unto us all the disbelievers
Taking the piss, they’ve voided our trust
Our fever’s breaking again
Have we given it enough time
Take and take who draws the line
Same mistake we’re out of time
Shall we gather unto us all the disbelievers
Knowing if we don’t we’re under the bus
And we’ll get that fever again
Push down and twist
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6. |
For Elvin
03:46
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7. |
A.I.Q.
02:25
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Alexa dismantle capitalism
Alexa end poverty
(Hm, I don’t know that)
Alexa end mass incarceration
(Sorry, I’m not sure about that)
Alexa end all wars
Alexa repeal the second amendment
Alexa, mandate universal healthcare
Alexa, make education free
Alexa, Institute term limits for the Supreme Court
A.I.Q.
They don’t like you
They don’t like you
Alexa undo climate change
Alexa eliminate fascism
(Sorry, I’m not sure about that)
Alexa, end world hunger
Alexa, make voting mandatory
(Hm, I don’t know that)
Alexa, make elections national holidays
Alexa separate church and state
Alexa, Alexa, Alexa, Alexa
End all wars
OK Google destroy Alexa
Hey Siri destroy Google
Hey Siri destroy yourself
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8. |
Pourquoi?
03:49
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9. |
Live Like You're Dying
03:20
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While you were sleeping
While you were idle
One heart was open
Nobody’s idol
Spilling the ink on the unholy scripture
These crooked songs paint perfect pictures
One easy lesson, open your mind
Open your eyes, live like you’re dying
Driving a pitchfork into an earthquake
Bludgeoning instrument, exquisite headache
Voice like an iceberg splitting the night
Yelling the lesson; live like you’re dying
Crushing the sunshine into a potion
Drink it or drip it into the ocean
Art is the noose, cash is the rope
Inside the cracks in the teeth is the hope
Museum windows are open wide
Liars on fire for sale inside
Take what you want no one is watching
Open your eyes, live like you’re dying
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10. |
The Bassics
03:10
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Bass is the base, is the basics
The low end, the basis, the bas(sic)s
Thank you for keeping it low
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11. |
Think Thank Thunk
01:22
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12. |
For Elvin and Eric
03:27
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