1. |
Face Value
03:24
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Everyone living on the edge of illusion
Just beyond the reach of something imagined
Waiting for the moment that never comes, never comes along
Chorus:
Don’t believe everything you hear
Fortunes made from selling fear
In the end the choice is yours
To read between the lines or take it at face value
The shepherds herd the flock and help them find their way
To superstitions feeding the masses
The wolves in sheepskin always closing in, without repent again
Chorus:
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2. |
Systematic Paralysis
04:40
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Wait around in a haze
Dumbing down is the safest play
You were taught to believe what was fed to you
Carving out your own version of the truth
Egotistical selfish maniac, it’s a luxury never give it back
Chorus:
Down down all the way, it’s nothing new (systematic paralysis)
Who’s right to say, it’s just a point of view (systematic paralysis)
Trained to doubt what is real
Live without knowing how to feel
You were taught to believe without questioning
Wear the crown, another fool who thinks he’s king
Buried still alive dead before you live, watch it disappear from the outside in
Chorus:
The system sells to you
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3. |
A Victory Lost
04:22
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Planes are flying, overhead I see
The endless merchants gain allegiance through the TV
Tongues are lying, out of reach they’ll be
The sounds of violence
Frequencies that run through me
½ Chorus:
Eyes are spying
All they see, what’s left of me
Who’s supplying what’s controlled, what’s free?
The endless surgeons cutting up the bones of history
Drones are flying, sense of privacy breached
The sounds of violence
Frequencies sill run through me
Chorus:
Eyes are spying
All they see, what’s left of me
I won’t fight
A victory lost decisively
Bridge/Guitar Solo:
Planes are flying, overhead I see
The endless patrons pledge allegiance without memory
Chorus:
Chorus:
Eyes are spying
All they see, what’s left of me
I won’t mind
Thought control subconsciously
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4. |
Another Handout
05:01
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There’s a past kept nightmare made of paper in a closet
There’s a dream made of money across a river and I can’t see beyond it
There’s a million little nothings I attend to every day
But the one big something got lost along the way
Chorus:
He carries his boxes from town to town
There’s no cutting losses when up is down
It’s just another hand, it’s just another hand, it’s just another handout
There’s a well kept secret growing deeper in my pocket
And the walls grow steeper but there’s a window, in time I may unlock it
There’s a million little nothings I attend to every day
But the one big something got lost along the way
Chorus:
Bridge:
Here now, it keeps coming back again
Saving it all for the fear that a scar might go missing
Here now, open it up again
A purpose for none but the self infliction of a handout
Handout
Somehow, it seeps through the cracks again
Hiding it all from the witness of those who go fishing
Somehow, keeps coming back again
Check the receipts, see the habits repeat for a handout
Handout
Chorus:
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5. |
Hands of the Conqueror
04:45
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We found the water in the mountainside
They lined the distant windows just to watch us die
The ancient sun once rose as gold
Light years away from a story told
We broke the lesser, we worked the mines
What happened in thereafter wouldn’t testify
A bird’s eye view from a summit’s edge
Wings of blood from a servant’s pledge
The ancient sun once rose as gold
Light years away from a story
Chorus:
Told from the hands of the conqueror
Divine is the praise sought from above
Ride through the skies on a woven lie
Made by beliefs of the men below
The Conqueror
They killed the martyr, we drank the wine
And lined the distant windows just to watch him die
A bird’s eye view from a summit’s edge
Wings of blood from a servant’s pledge
The ancient sun once rose as gold
Light years away from a story
Chorus:
Chorus:
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6. |
S.I.Y.F.
04:53
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Fell asleep on a stepping stone, keeping look with one eye closed
OCD on a telephone, ha ha you’re not alone
Cutting teeth on a hollow bone, things that sound good on their own
Finger picking a miracle, ha ha ha trouble
Chorus:
Stop It You Fuck
It’s already done
Complicating a simple line, perfect rhythm out of time
GPS in an afterlife, ha ha guiding light
Hanging heads on a foreign goal, lining up the ends to fold
Easy drinking material, ha ha ha trouble
Chorus:
Chorus:
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7. |
Without Words
00:55
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8. |
Clones for Death
07:28
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We live in times losing touch
The sound of a human voice, don’t seem to miss it much
And it turns your head from side to side
Then rips your soul right out as it, as it rapes your mind
Chorus:
And we’re all the same, just clones for death
You should pray tonight, for one last breath
We’ve past the point of no return
As history repeats itself we never seem to learn
And it turns your head from side to side
Then rips your soul right out as it, as it takes your life
Chorus:
It’s no surprise, it’s not a secret
Just shut your eyes, you won’t believe it
Rise clones for death, All rise clones for death
It has arrived, who could conceive it
Open your eyes, and you’ll receive it
Rise clones for death, All rise clones for death
Rise clones for death, All rise clones for death
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9. |
All There Ever Is
04:01
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If you want a friend, if you want a fight
If you want a lie I can tell you one tonight
If you want to live, if you want to die
If you want to love I can be your fun tonight
If your want is whole then you're mesmerized
And your beating heart becomes your guide
If the clouds are bones without atmosphere
And it's all unknown, but to me it all seems clear
Chorus:
Right now, right now
Is all there ever is
Right now, right now
Is all there ever
Chorus:
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A Good Rogering Austin, Texas
A GOOD ROGERING fuses the heavy-hitting rock of bands like Megadeth, Black Label Society, and Mastodon with the dynamic prowess and eclecticism of those such as Faith No More, Type O Negative, and Clutch. The Austin-based quintet has recorded two albums, an EP, and several singles to date. Their new studio album Systematic Paralysis was released on April 22, 2022. ... more
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