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Judgement Day
03:42
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JUDGEMENT DAY
(words and music by Todd Parker)
Through a rift in the fabric of space and time
Two machines are sent back to the past
Sent to find a future leader in our present day
One to kill, and the other protect
It's liquid metal versus obsolete machinery
Conflicting programs in mechanical worlds
(There is no such thing as destiny
Nothing in this world is meant to be)
No fate but what we make for ourselves
Fighting hard to prevent us from judgement day
Stop the future by preventing it now
It won't be long until sky net is self-aware
Humans beings race to figure it out
The future's bleak when you're facing an apocalypse
Even bleaker if you've done it before
(There is no such thing as destiny
Nothing in this world is meant to be)
No fate but what we make for ourselves
Hasta la vista, baby
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ANTHEMS OF THE WORKING POOR
(words by Todd Parker, music by Adam Gaines)
A gross abuse of power
Paid pennies by the hour
A living wage is only fair
The status quo is in desrepair
So don't feed your bullshit to me
The growing gap between rich and poor
Brings things into focus
We work harder while they make more
Like we didn't notice
This is a way of life we're fighting for
This isn't just a strike
(This is war)
Not gonna take it from you anymore
We're barely getting by
(This is war)
This is an anthem for the working poor
This is our battlecry
(This is war)
Our minds are weary and our bodies sore
But this is our fight
(This is war)
We are the working poor
When classes disappear
A revolution's near
You'll only do what's right
When it helps your bottom line
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The Killing Joke
02:21
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THE KILLING JOKE
(words and music by Sam Evans)
You lose your grip and I've lost my mind
Now everything is fine
And as I sit here, I think
Well maybe I've found mine
There's something out there calling me and I,
I can hear it cry
If I don't go out looking for it, I
think that I might die
So now I sit here bleeding out
Everything to see
I'm sorry I can't let you in
But you're not here for me
And every time I get too close there's
Laughter in my head
A sorry little chuckle
Reminding me I'm dead
Food is scarce and dreams are dumb when
You can't pay your rent
I've seen the system of complete control and
I can't help but resent
The problem lies in everyone
Completely buying in
All of you should give up on it and
Try to start again
All it takes is just one bad day to
Send me on my way
That's how far I am from you
Just one lonely bad day
And I'm just gonna keep laughing
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Ancient Lies
02:16
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ANCIENT LIES
(words by Todd Parker, music by Adam Gaines)
Fuck your faith in god
It will screw us all
And you'll watch it fall
He won't intervene
He won't answer prayer
Cause he isn't there
I know you believe
But we can't survive
A modern world with ancient lies
There is no free will
If there's grand design
What a waste of time
How can you find hope
When your patron saint
Decides your fate
This is no praradise
But if there is no afterlife
Then I'm afraid this world is all we have
I know you believe
But we can't survive
A modern world with ancient lies
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No Right to Rule
04:47
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NO RIGHT TO RULE
(words by Todd Parker, music by Adam Gaines)
They blazed into our land with swords already drawn
Before we knew it, they had claimed it for their own
Tonight's the night we launch a calculated strike
We'll take back all that once was ours and reinstate our pride
'Cause you
You have no right
No right to rule
'Cause you have no right
No right to rule
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Resignation
02:19
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RESIGNATION
(words and music by Todd Parker)
I feel so pathetic
I'm wasting all my time pursuing daydreams
And life's to short to waste it
But we all know I'll never be anything
But a failure
I've giving thought to quitting
Frustration's got me backed against a wall
But who would I be kidding?
I don't know when to quit at all
I'm a failure
That's it
I quit
Never doing anything again
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A Crack in the Stairs
07:19
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A CRACK IN THE STAIRS
(words and music by Todd Parker)
Winter was cold and dragged on too long
But I wish the summer had come and gone
Swampy mosquitoes and musty air
There's a crack in the staircase I can't repair
I grow more and more bitter each day
But I guess I shouldn't complain
I'm a man of my word
But nobody hears what I say
Summer brings disturbing dreams
Summer feels so cold
I just want a dreamless sleep
Guess I'm getting old
Something from the other side
Is staring back at me
Bleak reflections in its eyes
Gleaming yellow teeth
I have been dreaming of running in place
From a man in a suit with a skeleton's face
Nightmares and panic, I wake up in sweat
He's showing me thing I would rather forget
He who bites the hand that feeds
Must be locked a way
But someday, when the wall concedes
He will have his day
Sadness looms as flowers bloom
Permeates the air
Seeping into vacant rooms
Summer brought despair
I have been dreaming of running in place
From a man in a suit with a skeleton's face
Nightmares and panic, I wake up in sweat
He's showing me thing I would rather forget
Madness escaping the crack in the stairs
Infecting my world as it drifts through the air
I am not one for succumbing to fear
But I just can't tell what is happening here
I am a prisoner in my own home
Crippled, defenseless and all along
Gas fumes and cigarettes and an ancient curse
The crack in the stairway is getting worse
Well I never was good with words
Now I'm plotting the end of the Earth
'Cause if I get the chance, I've gotta get out of this place
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THE TRAGEDY OF WHITE FLIGHT
(words and music by Todd Parker)
Drive through a broken city
Watching it struggle every weak
A city in need of something
Momentum is getting hard to beat
The tension is always building
Simmering there with no release
But there's an anger burning
When times are tough on every street
Urban sprawl has made us weak
Urban sprawl will bring defeat
There is a sharp division
There is mistrust and bigotry
There is a strong resentment
There is a bitter history
They never fixed the problems
They just got up and moved away
Now cities are boiling over
And suburbs are starting to decay
Urban sprawl has made us weak
Urban sprawl will bring defeat
Running from the headlines
Running from the petty crimes
Clean it up another time
The tragedy of white flight
We can stop this pending crisis
Plans are all set
To raise the rent
Change the tenant's
Demographics
Ten empty houses in a row
Families with nowhere else to go
Eviction notice on the door
Punished again for being poor
If there's an answer, I don't know
There's people buying city blocks with the intent to watch them fall
What kind of men are in control?
And how disconnected can they get
Before we put a stop to it?
Hey! White flight!
Discrepancies are much clearer
When they're not down dead end streets
There would be much less fear
If we questioned our beliefs
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