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Neck In A Noose
05:30
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“Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal”
Lyrics:
Born into this world
Without a choice
Without warning, hurled
Into the void
I opened my eyes, looked from left to right
And saw nothing; nothing worth discussing
Whatever I do, I find my neck in a noose
Oh, it makes no difference which choice I choose
Damned if you don’t and equally damned if you do
Well, that’s life for you
I am not a pessimist
I just believe
Happiness exists
Only in dreams
Beware of beauty... it is usually
A disguise; fangs dressed up as smiles
(Chorus)
The weight of the world lies upon my shoulders
And it’s starting to hurt
(Chorus) x 2
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2. |
Citizen Not Subject
04:16
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“Governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class”
Lyrics:
The British Army still pillaging and raping
The British public still bowing and scraping
They are but one family, the masses are millions
Tell me, what century do these people live in?
There are things worse than bloodshed
And servitude is one of them
Citizen, not subject; sovereign, not slave
Captain of my soul, master of my fate
Better to die on your feet than live on your knees
Defiance is dignity, wo-oh
Archaic serfdom, iron fist gloved in velvet
The slaves themselves its staunchest defenders
Speech is 'free' provided truth never spoken
How can you see with your eyes never open?
So cast your vote, and let's pretend
That it makes any difference
(Chorus)
The 'democratic' puppet-show - deception, distraction
Electorate - the audience; we all know the puppet-master (x 2)
(Chorus x 2)
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3. |
Vestiges Of Love
04:09
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“The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence”
Lyrics:
Loneliness
Stalks every waking and sleeping moment
Seems to prefer me to anybody else
There is no escaping her ice-cold caress
Darkness can descend as quick as a flash
Hearts once aflame now just ash
Wherever I turn
A reminder
There is no release
I want to die
I’m haunted by
Memories - the vestiges of love
Out onto the shining city streets I rushed
Desperately sought out a distraction, but
There is no diversion diverting enough
Happiness hangs suspended by a thread
One moment alive, the next... dead
(Chorus)
"You live this life once, don’t think twice; you’ll soon lie deep beneath the Earth”
Why can’t I forget that night that she can’t remember?
(Chorus) x 3
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4. |
Billy No Mates
03:38
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“People are only friends in so far as they are of use to you”
Lyrics:
Always the odd one out, you could say I am the black sheep
Not just of the family, but of the entire species
When I was barely a few seconds old
I answered to ‘Billy No Mates’
I feel like a round peg in a square hole
I have always felt this way
Listening is not enough, give me helpful advice
Surely it is obvious I am desperation personified
(Chorus) x 2
I want to experience, not just exist
Not on the inside, nor looking in
How can you claim that your life has been lived;
When you make no attempt to understand what life is?
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5. |
Counterpoint
04:40
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“The revolution must not mean that the new regime rules and governs through the old state machinery, but that this regime smashes that machinery, and rules and governs through new machinery”
Lyrics:
So many opinions, all saying the same thing
Strength in numbers hides cowardice within
Eyes fixed on their hand-held mind-control machines
Obey - consume - conform - stay asleep
Counterpoint
There is another side of the coin
There is nobody more hopelessly enslaved
Than those who falsely believe they've escaped
Bread and circuses - distraction on demand
But the police still have guns in their hands
Counterpoint
This is the other side of the coin
"Hug me 'til you drug me, honey
Kiss me 'til I'm in a coma
Hug me, honey, snuggly bunny
Love's as good as soma"
Counterpoint
There is another side of the coin
Counterpoint
This is the other side of the coin
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6. |
Prelude To Extinction
05:30
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“Deer-stalking would be a very fine sport if only the deer had guns”
Lyrics:
It is self-evident
It can't be called progress
If it leads innocents
Trusting and blameless... to death
Saying "might isn't right"
Then turning a blind eye
This is not a fair fight
Blood-lust is what's behind... their appetites
Cutting up creatures in their kitchens
Choosing to kill; it's a decision
I choose life
Destiny's calling
The curtain is falling
The ship of fools is sinking
This brief spell on Earth
Is more than we deserve
A prelude to extinction
Carnivorous weaklings
Without thinking, eating
Others do the beating
Others wade knee-deep in... the guts they spill
Enemies of nature
Viscera on tables
Morally equating
To slaughterhouse sadists... it's the same guilt
Calling themselves 'animal lovers'
While carving a carcass from the oven
I'm not laughing
[Chorus]
Carnivorous weaklings
Without thinking, eating
Others do the beating
Others wade knee-deep in... the guts they spill
Saying "might isn't right"
Then turning a blind eye
This is not a fair fight
Blood-lust is what's behind... their appetites
[Chorus]
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“The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated”
Lyrics:
Finitude
A mortal wound
Like slowly seeping ichor
It's pointless
To protest
Time's melting candle flickers
Nothingness
That's all there is
The meaning of existence
You'll get a
Stupid answer
If you ask a stupid question
Yes - life is unfair
And no - God doesn't care
There's no such thing as too young to die
Just take a look around
The reaper swings his scythe from side to side
And we all come tumbling down
The sandman sees the hourglass run dry
And you know your time's run out
New-born or old - you're here to fill a hole
We've all got them
Got problems
But your problems are bigger
Don't feel shame
It really takes
Courage to pull that trigger
That's just how it is
'Kill' means more than 'kiss'
[Chorus]
Yes - life is unfair
And no - God doesn't care
[Chorus]
Just take a look around
We all come tumbling down
And you know your time's run out
New-born or old - you're here to fill a hole
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8. |
Seize Control
03:21
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“If one sets a car on fire, that is a criminal offence. If one sets hundreds of cars on fire, that is political action”
Lyrics:
Undignified
And so defeatist
To let fate decide
When we cease to exist
Like James Byron Dean in his pulverised Porsche
Die young - deify your corpse
Seize control
With both hands hold
Onto your soul
And don't ever let go
Your self-respect
Derived from a name-tag
Around your neck
You might as well wave a white flag
Lawmen are enemy; profit is greed
Salary is slavery
(Chorus)
The truth about this world is that it has none
Meaninglessness is freedom
(Chorus) x 2
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“It is only in the darkness of the tomb that man can find the calm which the wickedness of his fellow man, the disorder of his passions, and above all the decrees of his fate will always refuse to him on this Earth”
Lyrics:
Is there anyone out there who can honestly proclaim
That, if he had the power, there is nothing he would change?
If there are things you have not yet done
Do them while you have breath in your lungs
We do not know which breath will be the final gasp
There’s been a terrible accident
You’d better come at once
The love of your life was involved in it
Isn’t that just your luck?
Upon the stroke of midnight, into your room I crept
And watched the dancing moonlight on your face as you slept
Just to make sure you were all right
Safe from things that go bump in the night
Savour every second for the next might be your last
There’s been a terrible accident
You’d better come at once
The girl whom you love is among the dead
Isn’t that just your luck?
It’s one of those things that makes life absurd
How easy it is to ruin someone’s world
A doorbell or telephone rings, followed by those fateful words:
(Chorus) x 2
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10. |
Skull Behind The Smile
04:28
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“Misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world. This is because it is practical experience of life, and certainly not philosophy, that makes people hate their fellows”
Lyrics:
Search for something that will
Make meaning where there's none
Turn the tide in this battle
Which can never be won
Got to create a system
Or be enslaved by other men's
To find a truth that is
True for me and no-one else
The skull behind the smile
The rot within the leaf
Once you've seen inside
That sight cannot be un-seen
He gave his heart to her
But it slipped from her hands
Visions of the future
Are structures built on sand
Got to believe in something
If we don't then we pretend
And then we're left with nothing
If we make it to the end
The skull behind the smile
The flicker on the screen
Once you've seen inside
That sight cannot be un-seen
Another high-school shooting
Another private war
Probably plenty rooting
For the perpetrator
Got to create a system
Or be enslaved by other men's
To find a truth that is
True for me and no-one else
The skull behind the smile
The dirt beneath the clean
Once you've seen inside
That sight cannot be un-seen
The bones behind beauty
Once you've seen inside...
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Tyburn Blossom
"hints of David Bowie… reminded me of the vocal style of Type O Negative" – METAL ROSE MEDIA "… awesome… post-punk... retro-
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