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Not Enough Tigers
02:58
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tiger pits and land mines
t-bones filled with strychnine
parasites and tooth decay
extinction is underway
lumber mills and shopping malls
jungles filled with urban sprawl
they cut down your favorite tree
the new one's filled with DDT
there are too many people
there are not enough tigers
your defects are congenital
they wanna smoke your genitals
you'd like to leave that shitty zoo
but they found someone to mate with you
how's it feel to be endangered?
almost exterminated
it doesn't matter if you're stripey orange or white
there were more of you this morning than there's gonna be tonight
there are too many people
there are not enough tigers
there are too many people
there are not enough tigers
there are too many people
there are not enough tigers
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Dragon Spacesuit
03:21
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this capsule around my neck. it’s like an ice cube on a chain
one quick swipe of forked tongue and this ill-fated E.V.A.’s done
a billion miles away, there’s oxygen to burn
but floating out here, wings spread wide
i can’t breath fire, can’t even fly
there is no sky
but i will not just float here sighing
i won’t rest until you’re frying
if you’re waiting for me, i’ll be waiting for you
in an atmosphere
i’ll be waiting where the skies are clear
looking out your porthole window
see me floating out in space alone
but every moment spent in vacuum
fate draws you into the zone
the danger zone
there’s no escaping your demise
i’ll feast upon your melted eyes
if you’re waiting for me, i’ll be waiting for you
in an atmosphere
i’ll be waiting where the skies are clear
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Asphyxiation
03:19
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I once dreamed that I’d grow up and move far away
the stars seemed to get closer every day
there was a time when we’d explore the furthest reaches of our skies
but now it’s all come to an end
you were a city on a hill, but now it’s getting dark
you’re just a shape against the sky
i hope we learn to live with ourselves
‘cause we’re not going anywhere else
and I can’t forgive ruining this world and telling me I can never leave
if we muddle through it, maybe we’ll beat the odds
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4. |
Rainy Day in Arizona
01:34
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My Robots
03:34
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no one around you will remember
anything special you said
can’t compute my philosophy
we’ll be better off dead
and when the spotted sun is rising
power systems are charged
thanks to circuit technology
making sure our hearts are large
my robots are not broken
they are just as fine as yours
my robots are not broken
they are just as fine as yours
now think of something clever
where did you download it?
my brain is in a package
but i think i lost the assembly kit
my digits are not liquid
i can count to one hundred on my own
my circuit breaker’s busted
i’m shutting down in the dark, i’m scared, i’m all alone
my robots are not broken
they are just as fine as yours
my robots are not broken
they are just as fine as yours
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Lunar Colony Revolt
03:58
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I can’t get off the moon no matter how hard I try
I’ve got a hundred space ships
but no fuel to fly
government regulations wreaking havoc on our kind
they’re trying to destroy our powers
they’re trying to destroy our minds
throughout the asteroids and atmospheres
there’s a way that’s clear
they’re gonna kill everyone
and when the robots are out of the shop
no time to stop
they’re gonna kill everyone
they’re cutting off supply lines
backed up against the wall
who will be the leader who is the last to fall?
they know our solar secret
to stage a coup d’tat
they know the lunar milage
is our fatal flaw
lunar colony revolt
lunar colony revolt
I can’t get off the moon no matter how hard I try
I’ve got a hundred space ships
but no fuel to fly
throughout the asteroids and atmospheres
there’s a way that’s clear
they’re gonna kill everyone
and when the robots are out of the shop
no time to stop
they’re gonna kill everyone
lunar colony revolt
lunar colony revolt
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7. |
Originality Award
02:28
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send the governor up, we’re gonna send him to war
tie a chain round his neck and nail him down to the floor
peel the carpeting up and look him dead in the eye
what a mannequin, what a bloody disguise
learn my place, join the military
learn my place, join the military
SEW
make em sew, oh oh oh oh
make em sew our uniforms
make em sew, oh oh oh oh
make em sew our uniforms
make em sew, oh oh oh oh
make em sew our uniforms
going away is just a glory parade, we’re saying
thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks
you’re patriot song, it costs the blood of the young, we’re shooting
blanks blanks blanks blanks blanks blanks blanks blanks blanks
going away is just a glory parade, we’re saying
thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks
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