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Regress.Retreat
03:56
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Bow your head and bend your knee
And stay in line you little sheep
A common loss of common sense
But fear thee not your soul be blessed
A fear of god to calm the nerves
As we stomp your morals to the curb
No uterus is left to bleed
Just arm yourself up to the teeth
A bloody rag a bloody mess
Prescription pills to clear your stress
A rack of guns to keep you free
United States of Me!
Fuck your neighbor fuck your friends
Whoever has the ammo wins
A cul-de-sac a one-way street
No white man ever concedes defeat
Regress retreat
Concede defeat
Take care to stock your bunker full
But don’t stray too far outside the rules
Let kids kill kids it’s all just fine
Human rights end at the state line
A bloody rag a bloody mess
Prescription pills to clear your stress
A rack of guns to keep you free
United States of Me!
Regress repeat
Concede defeat
Regress retreat
We’ve made our bed our soul be bled
Concede defeat
We control your body
Please control your nerves
These guns will make it bloody
Remember who you serve
We control the money
And rewrite all the rules
This land of rape and honey
Intent to split the herd
It’s worse worse and getting worse
So load your guns and storm the steps
And shoot progressive thought to death
Protect the backwoods for the right
Let insurrection rule the night
Fuck a woman’s right to choose
We own the court we own the womb
A fascist state so thinly veiled
A growing proof progress has failed
Just expose your sharpest vein
Hypocrisy will ease your pain
Some arsenic just to quench your thirst
Just like I said it’s getting worse
Regress repeat
Concede defeat
Regress retreat
As Rome once burned we never learned
Cry defeat
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2. |
Academy Boys
03:18
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Looking back on where we were
All these years it’s all a blur
Bunch of dumb kids trying to make their way
Living the moment not looking past today
The Swiss weren’t neutral, roommate with an ax
Appearance by the peaches, and a Marine attacks
Blackout drunk was always absolute
And for our own protection we had a Mook
Went beyond and back
We kept the core intact
Voltron when together
We made up what we lacked
Past beyond and back
We kept that core intact
Voltron when together
We made up what we lacked
Lifelong in the pack - Our pact
Went our own ways set to live our lives
Saw the world and did our things and met our wives
Past is past gone is gone but never was
Turns out the bond we made was in our blood
It’s times like those you can never forget
So many distant faces of who came and went
Opposites attract and misfits find their herd
Thick as thieves, family tree there are no words
Went beyond and back
We kept the core intact
Voltron when together
We made up what we lacked
Past beyond and back
We kept that core intact
Voltron when together
We made up what we lacked
Lifelong in the pack - Our pact
Down that street our Academy
An orphanage a wayward home a port at sea
A bunch of blind mice that could finally see - Latch key
Down that street our Academy
Got our education and we schemed our schemes
Disparate souls together went from me to we - Set free
A bunch of knuckleheads could barely tie their shoes
Thrust into a path that we didn’t choose
Somehow found a way, saw the light of day
Held on to our roots and helped us guide our way
That ramshackle shed gave us all a home
Once we found that place we were never alone
We left Academy but it never left us
A lifelong bond in our crew we trust
Went beyond and back
We kept the core intact
Voltron when together
We made up what we lacked
Lifelong in the pack - Our pact
Past beyond and back
We kept that core intact
Voltron when together
We made up what we lacked
Lifelong in the pack - Our pact
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3. |
Snake Oil
02:43
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The circus hits town and it’s a real shit show
A righteous mess to call our own
We’re all dressed us down and there’s nowhere to go
Our covers been blown it’s Wack-A-Mole
Hook line & sinker
The dog and pony’s begun a winless race to be run
How many tricks can you squeeze while you’re asleep?
It’s a banquet of blues and a lifetime to rue
Before you know it you’re stuffed and obsolete
Placebo for your faith
Snake oil for your pain
Common sense can wait
Anxious tapping veins
Wake me up when it’s safe outside
and the air is clean enough to breathe
Times the furthest thing from on our side
Until it’s gone it’s wants instead of needs
Hook line & sinker
The circus packs up it’s time to go
Another town another show
If you suffer no fools then you’re safe in the know
While the fools become more clowns in tow
Placebo for your faith
Snake oil for your pain
Common sense can wait
Anxious tapping veins
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4. |
Patriarch
04:19
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Gotta be strong, better be on time
Don’t disappoint have to toe the line
Never show you’re weak have to be the best
Standing up straighter than all the rest
Can’t show emotion, need to be a man
Never show no quit and sticking to your plan
Days end, collapse, lean back, reload
Pressure builds, fate sealed, pin drops, explode
Don’t know myself from me
Won’t let me be - Too tired to see
Don’t know myself from me
Retreat
Head of a table to feed
Won’t let me free - meant to concede
Don’t know myself from me
I’m punching in the dark
Reluctant patriarch
Myself from me
Set the example gotta be the boss
Years are gonna pass before you know the cost
Scratch and claw, rise and fall a big success
Climb the corporate ladder while your dreams regress
Cover all your wounds without need for console
Fix the car and mow the lawn fulfill your role
Take your pills to do it all, you cannot fail
Well bred, well fed the patriarchal male
Don’t know myself from me
Won’t let me be - Too tired to see
Don’t know myself from me
Retreat
Head of a table to feed
Won’t let me free - meant to concede
Don’t know myself from me
I’m punching in the dark
Reluctant patriarch
Myself from me
Working so hard always give so much
Get a chance to catch your breath, you’re out of touch
All those days gone you’ll never get them back
Stress wrecked body mind barely intact
Hardly know your kids and your wife’s adrift
Looking back on a life that you’ve just missed
Old and grey, bygone days, you've lost control
Who you are who you were a true asshole
Don’t know myself from me
Won’t let me be - Too tired to see
Don’t know myself from me
Retreat
Head of a table to feed
Won’t let me free - meant to concede
Don’t know myself from me
I’m punching in the dark
Reluctant patriarch
Myself from me
Myself from me
Reluctant patriarch
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Unwind
Past is past there’s no turning back
It’s time
Lift up your head come back from the dead
You and me we’ll part the Red Sea
We’ll clear a path so we can be free
Hallowed ground: Sandy on the mound
So safe so sound
No time
Forget the past it’s our turn at last
Divine
You and me we’ll part the Red Sea
We’ll clear a path so we can be free
Hallowed ground: Sandy on the mound
Lost and found
Daylight
Closer now than ever before
Hindsight
Clearer now and future restored
You and me we’ll part the Red Sea
We’ll clear a path so we can be free
Hallowed ground: Sandy on the mound
We’re both here and now
Collide
The future's past and coming on fast
You and me we’ll part the Red Sea
We’ll clear a path so we can be free
Hallowed ground: Sandy on the mound
Unchained, unbound
The sun is up as darkness fades
Broken dreams to brighter days
Out of our heads and into our hearts
Stronger now than when we’re apart
Days gone by when blind led the blind
Say goodbye to the daily grind
The grand Parade, the dance of all days
All fade
You and me we’ll part the Red Sea
We’ll clear a path so we can be free
Hallowed ground: Sandy on the mound
Just us allowed
Two at a time both one of kind
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6. |
Taunto
04:03
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Here to give a reason for you to scratch and claw
Come out of that shell and get over the wall
Sat on hands delayed your plans you’re bored to death
Comatose a bitter pose your makers met
Never gonna get away from this taunting from me
Never gonna get away from this taunting
Never gonna get let you be
Side by side both fit and tied from early years
Had a thousand laughs at least a million tears
Climbed our peaks then things went bleak and back again
Drag you through the muck then we made amends
Never gonna get away from this taunting from me
Never gonna get away from this taunting
Never gonna get let you be
Had enough and it’s been rough don’t know yourself
Had your cries your tears have dried and bruises welt
Locked inside where you could hide the coast had cleared
Never clear enough for you to save your years
Never gonna get away from this taunting from me
Never gonna get away from this taunting
Never gonna get let you be
Now you’ve got a reason to get to of bed
Shake those boring cobwebs from out of your head
Time has come forget about your yesterdays
Plant your feet, move your ass get in the game
Never gonna get away from this taunting from me
Never gonna let you be
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7. |
Pig in a China Shop
02:57
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Crash and burn stumble and fall
Watch the fool, come one come all
Catching every random stray
Can’t get out of your own way
You’re gonna make a mess
In spite of your intent
Head first into the muck
You’re always out of luck
Can’t help but make a mess
Hold on to every breath
All your good will is spent
Pray that your soul be blessed
Always on the razors edge
From paper cuts your soul is bled
A bull within a China shop
A pig knee deep in your own slop
You’re gonna make a mess
In spite of your intent
Head first into the muck
You stupid, silly fuck
Can’t help but make a mess
Hold on every breath
All your good will is spent
Pray that your soul be blessed
You’re gonna make a mess
You’ve really made a mess
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8. |
Steel Sharpens Steel
04:22
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Stupid young with kid nowhere to go
Living in the street, no hope, and no home
Shitty life made him leave this place,
Hard work, sweat and grit he can’t disgrace
They beat him like a dog but he stayed in the game
Though blood and sweat, his demons are slain
Rag tag bunch, merged from different paths
They rose like a phoenix, from fire and ash
Forged from iron, steel sharpens steel
Adapt overcome, a cog in the wheel
He gave his flesh and he given his blood
Pushed the pace and still a race to be run
Forged from iron, steel sharpens steel
Adapt overcome, a cog in the wheel
He gave his flesh and he given his blood
Pushed the pace and still a race to be run
Grew into a man and found his love
Built a humble nest with his three little doves
Her support so strong, an unstoppable force
Only together could they map this course
Still can’t believe how far he’s come
Overcome everything to be number one
He didn’t forget what made him strong
His life is now full, he can do no wrong
Forged from iron, steel sharpens steel
Adapt overcome, cog in the wheel
So far from the top he’ll never be done
Keep on climbing to the next rung
Forged from iron, steel sharpens steel
Adapt overcome, cog in the wheel
So far from the top he’ll never be done
Keep on climbing to the next rung
Forged from iron, steel sharpens steel
Adapt overcome, cog in the wheel
Stuck in the middle but he’s far from done
Keep on climbing to the next rung
Forged from iron, steel sharpens steel
Adapt overcome, cog in the wheel
Stuck in the middle but he’s far from done
Keep on climbing to the next rung
Now he looks from on top of that hill
Forged rusty iron into hardened steel
Mindful of everyone who pushed and pulled
He never forgot, who built the mold
Ready to pass the torch and to fade
Knowing he made a difference and survived the fray
Can’t trace the steps of how he got here
just stayed the course until his path was clear
Forged from iron, steel sharpens steel
Adapt overcome, cog in the wheel
Can’t believe how far he’s come
Knows where he’s at and where he’s from
Forged from iron, steel sharpens steel
Adapt overcome, cog in the wheel
Can’t believe how far he’s come
Knows where he’s at and where he’s from
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9. |
Common Wall
05:24
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Arbitrary subdivision
Borders drawn in black and white in the sand
Costly indecision
Battle lines set divide us as sects per the plan
A common wall has been built up so tall in between us
A common wall divides us all from the truth
A common wall defines all the differences between us
With common walls our empathy falls with our trust
Comatose observation
Dead asleep no new ideas creep in our head
Contradicts intuition
In too deep and under the sheets made our beds
A common wall has been built up so tall in between us
A common wall divides us all from the truth
A common wall defines all the differences between us
A common wall convinces us all that we’re cruel
Petrified of any difference
Stereotypes normalized set, tool and die
Snowflake disposition
We’re not unique just all the same freaks getting by
A common wall has been built up so tall in between us
A common wall divides us all from the truth
A common wall defines all the differences between us
A common wall reminds us all that we’re fools
All the same - afraid of the difference
Hateful retribution
Think you’ve been wronged just sing the same song rinse repeat
Backwards evolution
No wonder why it’s all gone awry ends won’t meet
A common wall has been built up so tall in between us
A common wall divides us all from the truth
A common wall defines all the differences between us
With common walls an empire crumbles to dust
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10. |
Irish Goodbye
02:46
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It’s a quarter to ten when we're already six rounds in
I’m barely still upright and that ZZ Top song “Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers” is on the jukebox because of course it is
My head is screaming in anticipation of tomorrow morning, I’m ready to leave but as always, obliged to concede
Time for an Irish goodbye
I’d better get out before I go blind
Time for an Irish goodbye
Just one more drink and I'm gonna die
Glenn’s already puked twice and he’s not slowing down
Mook’s got that look in his eyes, shits definitely about to go down
This is where the night always turns for the worse so I scope out the door
I gotta get out of this place before I hit the floor
Time for an Irish goodbye
Fuck all of these guys, they’re clearly out of their minds
Time for an Irish goodbye
They won’t let me leave but I’ve got to try
So now they’ve 86’d half the crew and you’d think that would wind down the night
We’ve only drank half the bar and started at least two fights
Jesus Christ, someone just called for shots and someone called the cops
Time for an Irish goodbye
Gotta just save myself and fuck all my pride
Time for an Irish goodbye
Get the hell out of here without saying why
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