1. |
Unbroken
06:43
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We must believe in something
Enough to make it real
Masking all indifference
Embracing your fears
One day you realize
This cannot be ignored
Time to make hard decisions
Can't play it like a game
Perfect disaster, unbroken dream
You think the light
Shows you the path
Cower in your corner
Remain unseen
Time is not the weapon
Fear grows on its own
Break falls with your noose
As we all accept the truth
Coming 'round to full circle
Not knowing what you'd find
Try not to run away
As it all unwinds
Step forth, face the music
Your time has finally come
Don't waste your chances
Don't let it drive you down
Life's full of empty people
Play along and you'll see why
They take you in, use you up
Then you're alone
My faith is in tomorrow
It comes in spite of all
They'll say you must follow
You must play along
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2. |
I Am The Memory
17:10
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Riding high on your latest victory
Waiting for the sideshow to return
To the place it matters least
Pulls you in for its guilty feast
So many punished who never knew
It was all the same to you
They don't remember and never will
Blissful ignorance lasting still
You remember, you alone
And this is how they came to know
All is done, all because of you
All is done, got to see it through
Standing on the edge above
With the one you're thinking of
Reliving all the things you had
How can you stand another day
Of pushing keys and counting change
No, you'll never make the grade
All your life, have you forgotten them
Helped you up when you fell down
But these lies, poisoned memories
It was always easy
Using what you need close at hand
Play the part of friend in need
Maybe that will quell your greed
What lives on is not their face
How they're used takes up that space
Giving back was not your way
Now they haunt you every day
Yearning, turning dead/alive
Memories they churn inside
Thoughts of friends and family
Will this be all that's left of me?
It's too late to thank them now
A warning shot across the bow
When you think that this is through
Understand they live in you
Take the blame, all on you.
I remember walks along the road
All the stories of our future untold
Little time together, no fault of our own
Never had time to say goodbye
I guess that's just the way it goes
There's a light up on the hill
Not far away, the trees start to listen
I used to think the memories lived here
Locked away until I returned
But they don't dwell in this place
They are my shadow staying out of sight
No more walks along the road
You haven't changed despite all this
The comfort of your ignorant bliss
The secret no one cares to learn
Breaks your reverie in the end
What lives on is not their face
How they're used takes up that space
Giving back was not your way
Now they haunt you every day
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3. |
Trennen
06:36
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4. |
Relevance
10:10
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It's a simple observation
Even the cynical soul can't ignore
A young boy's dreams shattered by truth and cast aside
{Seemingly shaken by this he falls in line, keeping his anger inside
Hopes for the day when the shackles will fall
Knowing full well he may not recall
The feelings he had from the start
It's a hell of a way to lose your heart}
It seems on most days I try to remain
Distant yet relevant
The hardest part is making them think
That what they say matters at all
Pretend my way through all of my days
It's just enough to keep them at bay
I no longer make that kind of wake
An outsider's choice
Here we don't speak of the future, now is enough for us all
Here is your link to the people if you can take their noise
I cannot give you solace, forsaking all that is true
You must appease the ones making decisions for you
All this time you've wandered
Punishments you've endured
When will the laughing end?
How can you settle the score?
Is it vengeance you need?
Is that your victory?
I can remember each of you, this won't fade away
I'm sure you've forgotten, wish I could say the same
The poison you gave me, it lingers - and I've passed it along
I don't think I should let go, none of this feels wrong
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5. |
The Pedestrian Hobbyist
05:05
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6. |
Planned Obsolescence
13:00
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Every day he wants a change
But it stays the same
Rebuking words profane
So it's all in vain
Keep fighting city hall
Waiting for the next fall
Without any doubt
Any chance to throw him out
And find a new pawn
To shovel shit from the lawn
That's what they like best
It pays for trinkets in her chest
Another day gone
Where you don’t belong
Repeating tired verses
Of the same old song
Three years gone
Still declining
You knew all along
Your dream was dying
In battle he's just born to lose
With a prize of sudden death
In his head he hears the Muse
Cursing under his breath
For taking away
The right to succeed
They never care
How much his pockets bleed
Like a hole in the dam
Stuffed up with tape
Just another lamb
Who must learn to scrape
Just can't get over this
Always a pessimist
Just a rusty shell of emptiness
She wants a house – a picket fence
A sense of comfort and confidence
But it’s feared that’s eluded them here
Slogging through another day
Praying just to get away
Anger seeping out his pores
Yet he still returns for more
He knows why he soldiers on
Half his mind already gone
Staring at those empty shelves
"You know these bills don’t pay themselves"
But through the fog he sees a light
Illuminates his will to fight
It’s only at the apogee
He musters an apology:
“It's time I started pulling weight
And letting go of all this hate
Sorry that it took so long
I'll try to right all that’s wrong”
Don’t let them kill your dreams
Be careful what you give
The grass is not as green
But you’ve got to learn to live
Don’t let them squash your pride
While learningto forgive
Your soul is open wide
And leaking like a sieve
You’re halfway there and still nowhere
You’ve been cheated and deceived
What will they say when you’ve gone away?
Will you have something to leave?
What's left of you and all you do?
They hope you’ll never find your peace
You're never safe once in your grave
We're only here on lease
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7. |
Reprieve
09:53
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Crawl to your destination
Though it might lead to ruin
It seems like true salvation
Reprieve from your transgressions
What if it all falls through?
What will you have them do?
Is reward worth the risk?
They all depend on you
It's selfless desperation
Drives you to be clear
Patterns of confrontation
Manifesting in your fears
It's no comfort see this
While dreams are in chains
There's no reason behind it
And no one to blame
Taking the road as it comes
Has a way of breaking you down
You piece together ways
To hold the emptiness at bay
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Disconnect New Jersey
erich o'dell // guitars, bass, keyboards, voices
brian eschrich // drums, percussion, keyboards
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