Give a Monkey a Brain... And He’ll Swear He’s the Center of the Universe
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Swim
04 : 39
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Servitude
05 : 25
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Black Flowers
05 : 46
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Unyielding Conditioning
04 : 46
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Properties of Propaganda (Fuk This Shit on Up)
05 : 24
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The Warmth of Your Breath
04 : 57
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Lemon Meringue
06 : 12
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They All Have Abandoned Their Hopes
05 : 02
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End the Reign
05 : 24
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Drunk Skitzo
05 : 15
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No Fear
06 : 02
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Nutt Megalomaniac
05 : 46
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Track Lyrics
Servitude Lyrics
4 ContributorsServitude LyricsWho, who do you serve?
For whose empire and for whose whims?
Is your honor judged by men?
Will you lie?
Will you lie if they say it's their will?
Will you die or continue to kill?
Until the generals all have their fill
Craven cowards
Armchair warriors
You will serve them well
What, what will you write?
For whose pleasure, for whose delight?
Will your readers see your light?
Will you say that the singer can't blow you away
That we hate people just 'cause they're gay
Women and children all stay away
To whom, whom do you pray?
Do dollars wash your sins away
Does God love cold hard cash?
Do you say, if we all just continue to pay
All our ailments will go away
And our souls all will be saved
God's not with you
"Holy Roller"
Your heart dwells in hell
Why, why do you run?
Our awareness has spoiled your fun
Our eyes see you too clear
Will you hide from the joy of expressing our pride
For the leaders and people who've died
While combating your genocide
Chains are breaking
Minds are waking
Soon we'll serve no more
Unyielding Conditioning Lyrics
[x2]
But I have heard of ways
That say there's light beyond the darkness
And everyone can keep their children warm
And togetherness will guide us safely
Through all storms
Unyielding conditioning
Remove all trace of memory
No one needs justice anymore
No voices raised in anger
We've all been tamed by our worlds [x2]
But I have heard of ways
Where people topple all injustice
No one lives their lives on bended knees
And all bigotry is like a disease
Drowned in the sea
And all can hold their head up high!
Properties of Propaganda (Fuk This Shit on Up) Lyrics
1 ContributorProperties of Propaganda LyricsBest to bust the dust
Of a flour to powder the crust
A grain of sand and a gust of wind
To stir my stomach
And a ground swell to shake
The all that it must take
To break the headache
In my earthquake
Git together yo' shit
Move your ass to a proper toilet
We gonna fuck we gonna phuck
We gonna fuque this shit on up
Git it like it's posed to be gotten
Hear it like it's posed to be heard
Shake it loose
Shake it loose holy cow
Sittin silly like a morning roost
Time don't tell no swells
Cock-A-Doodle-Do duck or git goosed
Cock-A-Doodle-Do duck or git goosed
Sittin' it on down
Sit your ass on down
Git together your shit
Move your ass to a proper toilet
It's the properties of propaganda
When your feet don't move and you
Don't know where you standda
Lemon Meringue Lyrics
2 ContributorsLemon Meringue LyricsI see you setting up your shot
I'm gonna git out of your range
I'll never sing your sad sorry song
Lemon Meringue
Sour to the taste and sweet to the tooth
Death by saccharination
And the criminal charge is the same
A chance to tell the crimes of the cruel
A chance to wave the flag of the fool
But the cross on your road is twisted
And reflects an imageless tool
Gotta let the taste buds blossom
Sunny side never lost them
Easy over born to be clever
So I conclude you'll never lose
Creepin' like a cavity
Waiting for the time to be
Drilled up under the bridge
Who's looking for oil
Who's digging for diamonds
Who's digging for gold
Lemon Meringue pie
And I must say goodbye
Varmints and vermin writhe down the vine
Too wet to whistle, when the moon is rhine
Sound asleep when the sun does shine
Watching the clock instead of the time
You can take away the drum
But the beat will never change
Evercharge, everlarge
Lemon Meringue pie
And I must say goodbye
Gotta let the taste buds blossom
Sunny side never lost them
Easy over born to be clever
So I conclude you'll never lose
A windless sail and a waterless sea
A rusted ship and a disconnected journey
When will you be what you need to see
Because a mile in your shoes may cause swollen feet
Pipe dreams sound sweet
That's why the drilling is so deep
The pullout is pain
With a bang, yeh yeh!
Lemon Meringue pie
And I must say goodbye
Gotta let the taste buds blossom
Sunny side never lost them
Easy over born to be clever
So I conclude you'll never lose
They All Have Abandoned Their Hopes Lyrics
1 ContributorThey All Have Abandoned Their Hopes LyricsI had a dream that I was disgusted
It was a scene where gold had rusted
They took the homes of the people who trusted
The one up high be he only lusted
Things of material worth & gender
Destroy all things that are pure & tender
They took my homes and all of my gardens
To build a tall building people could work in
And now my family lives in the street
With lots of pride but nothing to eat
They took my dream and now you see what I mean
All just because he wanted all the green
They all have abandoned their hopes (x3)
They've discarded their dreams
Death to the corporate
The yuppie scum cloud up the earth
Shine people shine
And never abandon your turf
You must say "Oh no!"
When the depression hand licks
When the depression foot kicks
And you're locked in the dungeon
When the keys gotten ridden of
Sink in a tsunami of sadness
Grab onto the key of gladness
And don't abandon your hopes for no one
Even in the worst of situations
Because in this society
Which was not made for you or me so
They all have abandoned their homes (x3)
They've discarded their dreams
Limitations and almost marshal law
And robots with badges and quick draw
Just lights and glitter and garbage underneath
And the raging oppressed
With razor sharp teeth
They took him to the city jail
Hail the conformist, Hail the bureaucrats
Them Ah chase them homeless (x2)
Rat Race City (x3)
I pray the Lord my soul to take
And the ground began to shake
And the whirlybirds of death
To light atop the skyscrapers
To finish off all the rest
End the Reign Lyrics
1 ContributorEnd The Reign LyricsIn the darkness, I have found my vision
I've seen the Queen that thrives on desolation
A Queendom that preys on both young and old
Open your eyes...
A pain is growing that mocks all the true healers
The light of wisdom is making us all turn cold
Those who dare to dream can hold no quarter
Open your eyes...
Apathy in Babylon
Dreams have been deferred so long
Those who dwell in misery
Ne're receive my empathy
No one cares for anyone
The chorus to her fatal song
This woman spites everyone
This woman is man...
End the reign!
I have passion, I have faith and reason
Yet she decrees I am less than human
(The darkness hides within the light...)
But it's my soul that satisfies her hunger
(The evil's always in your sight...)
Open your eyes...
When the pretense starts to fall
The 'prefects' make their margin call
Will you join the ranks of sheep
They will have not a soul to keep
Their premise is intelligence
Profaned by human arrogance
If you stand against it all...
Make the bastards fall...
End the reign!
In the world that you perceive
Who are your true enemies?
Is it those you do not know
Or the ones you can't control?
Does joy excite every nerve
From the 'Mistress' that you serve
Do you have the strength at all
To heed the final call