1. |
Acted Upon
04:05
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Acted Upon
Staring down the barrel of your future
With a pistol pointed at your past
Don't be fooled into thinking
That any of this is gonna last
Not your safety
Not your freedom
Not your money
Not your time
Not your rights
Not your dignity
Your privacy
Or pride
Portable smokescreen in the palm of your hand
While the war machines roll across the land
(The land of the free)
In the game of life you'll be just a pawn
Unless you act you'll be acted upon
In the game of life don't be a pawn
Stand up and act or be acted upon
Who do you trust, who can you trust
Our leaders dieseased with corruption and lust
What can you do, what can you do
When you're helping the watchmen watch over you
The ones you elect to protect your dreams
They're picking your pockets and running their schemes
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
We've seen it and it's a fact
Time to rise and shine and then absolutely
Take the power back
(In the home of the brave)
In the game of life you'll be just a pawn
Unless you act you'll be acted upon
You get one life and it don't last long
Act out now or be acted upon
If you let others fool you
Into thinking that they rule you
You're not living, just being
Acted Upon
Don't be a pawn
Stand up and act or be acted upon
In the game of life
In the game of life
Stand up now
(Just a pawn, just a pawn)
The land of the free
And the home of the brave
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2. |
I Know
06:22
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I Know
(It's a dark place
There's no more secrets
I know everything)
Low again
Low as I've ever been
I remember when
I didn't need you to lift me up again
I know you know you are the keeper of the keys
I know you know you are in control of me
I know you know I'll do anything you say
And you know I wouldn't want it any other way
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
Alone again
Alone as I've ever been
I remember when you came along
And made me feel whole again
I know you know you are the keeper of the keys
I know you know you are in control of me
I know you know I'll do anything you say
You know I don't want it any other way
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
The way your curves fit
In the palm of my outstretched hand
A sharp intake of breath
Before you exhale your demands
In my ear, so near
Your wishes crystal clear
Lips, so close
I swallow another dose of your love
I know you know you are the keeper of the keys
I know you know you are in control of me
I know you know I'll do anything you say
And you know you wouldn't want it any other way
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
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3. |
Pillars of Destruction
05:53
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Pillars of Destruction
Our world in flames
I call your name
Come save us
We're to blame, I know
You've long forsaken us
In the time of madness
In the time of greed
There appeared an angel
Looking over my shoulder at me
Then the angel said
With eyes flashing red
"You went power mad
building towers that
reached the sky like
pillars of false hope
The towers collapsed, and
In the aftermath you
Found yourselves strung
From your own twisted rope"
What about you, angel
You carry the blame too
Where was all your help when
Our world needed you?
Then the angel sighed
And with twisted smile, said
"Sweet rain falls on leaves
To feed all the trees
And the future seeds
That they sow.
The old forest burns
To clear the way for
The next crop of new
Green trees to grow"
Anger, greed, and gluttony are
Pillars of destruction
Anger, greed, and gluttony are
Pillars of destruction
Our world is falling to madness
Our world has succumbed to greed
You're no help to us angel
Get you away from me
The angel wept and said
Through the tears she shed
"You had it all, my child
From the lost days of wild
Beasts that roamed free
And drank from crystal streams
Under eye-blue sky
Your people had their pride
Peace and prosperity
Living off land so green
But you went power mad
Building towers that
Reached the sky like
Pillars of false hope
The towers collapsed
And in the aftermath
You found yourselves strung
From your own twisted rope"
The world in flames
I call your name
Come save us
We're to blame, I know
You've long forsaken us
The world in flames
I call your name
Come save us
We're to blame, I know
You've long forsaken us
Pillars of Destruction
That's what our world is built on
Pillars of Destruction
That's what our world is built on
Pillars of Destruction
That's what our world is built on
Pillars of Destruction
That's what our world is built on
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4. |
Vortex
05:57
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Vortex
A light shines from my eyes
illuminating the path before me
Step after faltering step I go
But with each footfall the wind grows stronger
And the path is obscured by the snow
It shines so bright despite the darkness
In the light of my eyes
As I stop to take a rest in the snow
It’s so cold
So beautiful
So shiny
So inviting
So cold
My feet are so slow
I can hardly feel them move below
The path is long and I'm losing my way
In the blinding snow
It's so beautiful
Unmerciful
Go on
You must go on
Don’t stop here
Don’t sleep, don’t rest
Go on
Or you’ll never wake
You’ll never find your way
If you succumb
To the vortex
As I’m losing hope my waking dream
Reveals the path my eyes can’t see
I close them now and trust my feet
To find the path that lives inside of me
Go on
You must go on
Don’t stop here
Don’t sleep, don’t rest
Go on
Or you’ll never wake
You’ll never find your way
Go on
I must go on
I won't stop here
Won’t sleep, won’t rest
Go on
Or I’ll never wake
I’ll never find my way
I see it now, the lights of home
I must go on, so on I go
I see it now, the lights of home
I must go on, so on I go
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5. |
Lucky You
06:16
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Lucky You
There was a time when
There was a time when you were everything
There was a time when
There was a time when you were the only thing
And there was a time when you loved
There was a time when you didn't see yourself above me
I never saw it, never saw it coming
But the changes come, yeah the changes come
I walked through flames for you
Swam on the waves for you
Climbed the mountains too
Crossed the oceans for you
Then I lifted you up
Till you could fly
When you left without goodbye
All that was left for me to do
Was say lucky you
There was a time when
There was a time when you were kind
There was a time when
There was a time when I was blind and
There was a time when you tried
There was a time when you didn't feel like you had to lie
I never saw it, never saw it coming
But the changes come, well the changes come
I walked through flames for you
Braved the waves for you
Climbed the mountains too
Crossed the oceans for you
Then I lifted you up
Till you could fly
When you left without goodbye
All that was left for me to do
Was say lucky you
Lucky you
I walked through flames for you
Braved the waves for you
Climbed the mountains too
Crossed the oceans for you
Then I lifted you up
Till you could touch the sky
And I watched you fly away
At the end of the day
There's nothing left to say
But Lucky You
Lucky you
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6. |
Lions and Ladders
04:12
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Lions and Ladders
Little boy shot me down
With his fast finger guns
When I got back up I sat him down
On my knee and said, "Hey son
Well it’s a great big mad bad world
Full of beauty, love and pain
And the hardest thing you’ll ever have to do
Is learn to dance in the rain
You’ve got to climb climb climb
Or you’ll be prey for the lions
If you don’t get busy living
You’ll be busy dyin
You've got to stay ahead of your enemies
You’re the only one you have to please
You've got to fnd your own way to the top
and never ever stop"
The world is full of lions and ladders
Everything’s scary and everything matters
The ladder you’ll climb
Is the very path to success you’ll take
The rungs of the ladder are made from
All the mistakes you’ll make
Well my son he’s grown up now
And got kids of his own
I talk to him when I can
But it always seems too long
He said, "Hey dad I remember what you told me
About beauty love and pain
And I always make sure to take my kids out
For a dance in the rain"
You’ve got to climb climb climb
Or you’ll be prey for the lions
If you don’t get busy living
you’ll be busy dyin
You've got to stay ahead of your enemies
You’re the only one you have to please
You've got to fnd your own way to the top
and never ever stop
Climb, climb, climb
Climb, climb, climb
Climb, climb, climb
Climb, climb, climb
Keep on climbin
Keep on climbin
Keep on climbin
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7. |
Swallowed by the Sun
05:25
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Swallowed by the Sun
I stood by
Watching plastic oceans rise
Crops withered and died
While mother nature cried
I had no clearance, sworn to non interference
Watching earth entomb from the dark side of the moon
Seeing populations crawl, civilizations topple and fall
The humans had it all but then they dropped the ball and
Earth became a tomb
From their self inflicted wounds
Their last try
Seeking refuge in the skies
Thought that they could fly
Begin a new protected life
But it was much too late
They’d sealed their own fate
And now they’re
All lost
All gone
Swallowed
Swallowed by the sun
All their time spent
On wrong deadlines
They got the question wrong
And the answer was none
My disappearance due to non interference
As I watched the earth entomb from the safety of the moon
My colleagues escaped once they saw the planet raped
And now I must find another planet to spy… yes
I stood by
Watching warming oceans rise
Crops withered and died
While mother nature cried
Their last try
Seeking refuge in the skies
A kaleidoscopic flash of light
And they all died
Now they’re…
All lost
All gone
Swallowed
Swallowed by the sun
All lost
All gone
Swallowed
Swallowed by the sun
They're lost
They're gone
Swallowed
Swallowed by the sun
They're lost
They're gone
Swallowed
Swallowed by the sun
Swallowed by the sun
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8. |
Ghost Soldiers
04:36
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Ghost Soldiers
We're marching in the footsteps
Of the soldiers gone before
We're the front line, we're the deadline
We're the messengers of war
We're the shadows, we're the sirens
We're the smoke that fills the air
We are brothers, we're disruptors
Deliverers of despair
(Coming for you)
Ghost soldiers
Ghost soldiers
Ghost soldiers
The pounding of our boots
Shakes the ground all around
But when your sights are set on us
We're nowhere to be found
The staccato rain of bullets
Can be heard for miles around
But when you come to seek us
We're planted in the ground
We are ghosts
We're the lightning, we're the thunder
Blitzkrieg across the land
We're the torture, we're the bloodshed
We're guided by his hand
We're the shouting, we're the whisper
We're the sudden attack
We're a team, we're the scream
We're the bullet in your back
(Aimed right at you)
Soldiers on the front line
Running out of all time
Looking out for land mines
We are ghosts (we are ghosts)
Sliding through the shadows
Going where the smoke blows
Shooting out the windows
We are ghosts (we are ghosts)
The pounding of our boots
Shakes the ground all around
But when your sights are set on us
We're nowhere to be found
The staccato rain of bullets
Can be heard for miles around
But when you come to seek us
We're planted in the ground
We are ghosts
The pounding of our boots
Shakes the ground all around
But when your sights are set on us
We're nowhere to be found
The staccato rain of bullets
Can be heard for miles around
But when you come to seek us
We're buried in the ground
We are ghosts!
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9. |
Starshine Goodbye
05:15
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Starshine Goodbye
Misty grey clouds
Backdrop to all the leafless trees
As rain runs down
Washing away grime and memories
But some remain like a bloodstain
Or a high top on a wire
Or a shadow of the fire
Warming the spoon that took you away too soon
Goodbye Starshine
Goodbye Starshine
Starshine goodbye
Why’d you have to die
Goodbye Starshine
Goodbye Starshine
Starshine goodbye
Forever in the sky
A cold breeze blows
Coffee walks by, holding a hipsters hand
He doesn’t know
These rainwashed streets were once, were once your land
Your echo is everywhere
Pictures on the walls and songs in the concert halls
Your body is gone
But your gentle groove goes on and on and on
Goodbye Starshine
Goodbye Starshine
You left us far too soon
The needle killed the spoon
Goodbye Starshine
Goodbye Starshine
Starshine goodbye
Forever in the sky
Misty grey clouds
Backdrop to all the leafless trees
As rain runs down
Washing away grime and memories
Your echo is everywhere
Pictures on the walls and songs in the concert halls
Your body is gone
But your gentle groove goes on and on and on
(And on and on and on)
Sing your song
You live on and on Starshine
Would you shine on me now
Shine on me anyhow Starshine
The stars they called you home
To be with your own, Starshine
You shined too bright
Love was your light, Starshine
Starshine, goodbye
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10. |
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Swallowed by the Sun
Well I stood by
Watching plastic oceans rise
Crops withered and died
While mother nature cried
I had no clearance, sworn to non interference
Watching earth entomb from the dark side of the moon
Seeing populations crawl, civilizations topple and fall
The humans had it all but then they dropped the ball and
And earth became a tomb
From their self inflicted wounds
Their last try
Seeking refuge in the skies
Thought that they could fly
Begin a new protected life
But it was much too late
They’d sealed their own fate
And now they’re
All lost
All gone
Swallowed
Swallowed by the sun
All lost
All gone
Swallowed
Swallowed by the sun
All their time spent
On wrong deadlines
They got the questions wrong
And the answer was none
My disappearance due to non interference
As I watched the earth entomb from the safety of the moon
My colleagues escaped once they saw the planet raped
And now I must find another planet to spy… yeah
I stood by
Watching warming oceans rise
Crops withered and died
While mother nature cried
Their last try
Seeking refuge in the skies
A kaleidoscopic flash of light
And they all died
And now they’re
All lost
All gone
Swallowed
Swallowed by the sun
All lost
All gone
Swallowed
Swallowed by the sun
They're lost
They're gone
Swallowed
Swallowed by the sun
They're lost
They're gone
Swallowed
Swallowed by the sun
Lost, gone
Swallowed by the
Lost, gone
Swallowed by the
Lost, gone
Swallowed by the
Lost, gone
Swallowed by the
Swallowed by the sun
Swallowed by the sun
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11. |
In Time
05:44
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In Time
You, you were right there with me
Now, now you're gone and I'm alone
One, one wrong turn and now
Time, time has frozen like a stone
Like a stone
If I could go all the way back in time
Back to the crossing of parallel lines
I'd find you, my long lost friend
Save you from the dark world without end
Caught in time
Lost in time again
Chasing time
Wasting time again
I, I went looking for you
Through, through the maze of time and space
Turning, turning corners upside down
My search, my search has led me to this place
This place
If I could go all the way back in time
Back to the crossing of parallel lines
I'd find you, my beautiful friend
Save you from your long dark descent
And I'm
Caught in time
Lost in time again
Chasing time
Wasting time again
Racing time
Outpacing time again
Thrust in time
Just in time again
How do I find my way to the place
Where all roads converge, where time meets space
Where the future is bright, where day conquers night
In time we will find that everything's all right
If I could go all the way back in time
Back to the crossing of parallel lines
I'd find you, my long lost friend
Burn it all down and start all over again
But I'm
Caught in time again
(Caught in time, lost in time)
And I'm lost in time again
My friend
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The Answer is None Minnesota
Troy, Jay and Mojo, three brothers from other mothers, became fast friends online and started making music. With a little help from their friends, their combined musical skills culminated in The Answer is None, a metal monument to their musical influences. ... more
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