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Irrelevant
03:43
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Clocked in
Already checked out
The minimum is given as is due
Forgotten what was wanted
It's pretty easy when there isn't all that much to lose
What trust fund?
Can barely pay the rent
We're so fucked
It's irrelevant
And it's painful to say that this life is a waste
At the end of the day
We will work until we die
Up in an ivory abode
King of the schism lying through his teeth
Partisan theatrics faux show
But it's all green where they say
Reds and blues supposed to be
What greatness
Yeah, what a precedent
We're so fucked
It's irrelevant
And it's painful to say that this life is a waste
If nothing's going to change
We'll resist until we die
Even if we survive
We'll work until we die
Even if we get out alive
We'll work until we die
No matter how they try to fight
We'll resist until we die
Even if we spend our lives
We'll resist until we die
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Tr.End
04:17
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Blindsided by a force of nature
Misguided by the ones in charge
Anyone can see how it's been going so far
Can we just please be done?
The stage has been this attic
Refresh the data on our plastic pod companions
There's a familiar narrative that's trending again
Where's the step by step navigation that leads to the end?
Fast forward to the new religion
Vast world but nobody is safe
And there's a dark explanation for it all, they say
(Hoax! Lies! Yeah, right)
Could be bad could be worse
It was fine for a while (for a little while)
Dread is the idle thirst for our essential smiles
The beginning is the trend is the beginning
(Now)
How are we still not done?
Down here out from the attic
Refresh the data on our plastic pod companions
There's a familiar narrative that's trending again
In the end
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3. |
What It Is
04:05
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The morning's latest horror story
On repeat and read as breaking news
A television always on
And echoing into the living room
There's a routine reckoning
Of social fabric saturated red
Appetites for death and drama
Making sure their pockets stay well fed
And it is what it is
So it is
This excess of information
Choose your own allegiance truth and fiction
Endless follow me requests
That capture scrolling eyes but don't exist and
Outstretched hands on every corner
But make sure to comment and to share
End one war to start another
Just as long as it stays over there
Ooh let the punditry explain it all away
Why talk about tomorrow
When we're stuck in yesterday?
More and more it seems division's here to stay
Be it attention spans or cable bills
It's all too much to pay
The sanctity of life is paramount
Until it leaves the womb
Apologies for bringing up
What somehow seems perpetually too soon
But it is what is
So it is
Ooh let the punditry explain it all away
You agreed to all the terms
As soon as you chose to press play
Well it looks as though division's here to stay
Is there something left to salvage here
Or is it much too late?
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Your Concern
02:49
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They believe
Identify
Fall in love
And you ask, "Why?"
Oh, it turns out that it's...
None of your business
Well, thank you for your concern
Really
What do you believe?
How do you identify?
Have you ever been in love?
If anyone asked, "Why?"
Yeah, chances are you'd tell them that it's...
None of your business
An overdue lesson to learn
But thank you for all your concern
Better late than never right?
One more time for the people in the back!
It's none of your business
An overdue lesson to learn
But thanks for your concern
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5. |
Apex
05:11
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How long has it been on this trajectory?
This diminishing slope
Of course it's going to even out eventually
But what extent of plateau?
All that goes up comes back
Descended down by gravity
Why would we not follow
The same simple geometry?
Might this be the apex of longevity?
Bare knuckled and strapped into the seat
The flux of crypto and the street
A setting sun as the day recedes
A pattern seems to repeat
(And repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and repe//
Is this the apex of longevity?
Might this be it?
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Thoughts And Prayers
04:03
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Gunned down at seventeen
Seems like it was plain to see
Atypical end to a typical class
Different locale
Same aftermath
Generation always ready to go
Generation never coming home
They're never going to come home
(Rat-tat-tat rat-tat-tat!)
Is there value after birth?
How many seconds are you worth?
A familiar refrain with nothing to say
To no one's surprise
We'll offer our thoughts and prayers again
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7. |
Change
04:40
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Anyway
Was there something you were saying?
It's too much
Not sure how anyone keeps up
With all this change
After all
Isn't it inevitable
Before too long
All of the things we've known are gone?
But all this change is
The only thing that yet remains
Fossils and the brightest stars
May have already burned away
Former lovers and broken hearts
That were never meant to stay
Moments here and now
Bound to occur then dissipate
The impartiality of fate
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8. |
Inside (Still)
03:56
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It's hazy and harder to make out
The passing traffic
In the driveway
Under cover of these dysfunctional memories
And it's still inside
After dark routine starts
Watch and wait
Surveying
Burn again
What a waste
And it's still inside after all this time
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9. |
Hard Reset
02:55
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Thinking and feeling
A first person perspective kind of existing
But what of empathy and
All that can't be felt or thought
That cannot be perceived?
Without a hard reset
No matter whether it's inconsequential
Infinitesimal
A single coordinate
This is all we get
It's sobering
Seeing and dreaming
A parallel subjective kind of persisting
To slumber or to wake
This time is not a new game plus
It only goes one way
There is no back to the way that it used to be
To the way that it was
So sobering
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10. |
Together
05:07
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If there is some way through
It has to be alongside of you
Regardless of what when or why
You should never have to worry
About the coming of the light
Even when it gets dark and
It seems like it's too hard to move on
Together, we will
Make it past every obstacle
Just as long as you believe
Time goes on
Even after all our best friends have all gone
Though memories can hurt
And some will fade
We will find our new beginnings
That lay in wait with every day
But when everything is dark and
It seems like it's too hard to move on
Together, we will
If tears are clouding up your sight
All you have to do is wipe them away
And all is clear
We'll overcome our falls and our fears
So that when it gets dark and
We need to have the strength to move on
Together, we will
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Conversion Delay Columbus, Ohio
Sebastian // Nick // Nathan // JD
Independent Rock // 614
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