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Edge of the World
05:31
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You can run
Run to the edge of the world
You can hide
Crawl away from the light
Holding on
You can run
Where nobody knows who you are
You can lie
Making up somebody’s life
Holding on
It always comes back to you
It always comes looking for you
Until you turn
You can hide
Hide where there’s no one in sight
You can run
Run away from the light
It always comes back to you
Holding on
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Starling
04:58
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Starling what will you inherit
Spinning in the wind
Between these shellshocked stalks of man
No new forest growing here
Is this what it seems?
Starling what will you inherit
Nesting in the stones,
Animated afterimages
Wreckage that is set like bones
Starling, do you see?
There is nowhere left but down
Tomorrow crashing like a tree’s falling leaves
Have we really thought it through
Is this the best that we can do?
Starling what will you inherit
The next act on the stage,
High-rise headstones decorate the set,
The skyline is not broken yet,
Starling, you are free.
There is nowhere left but down
Tomorrow crashing like a tree’s falling leaves
Have we really thought it through
Is this the best that we can do?
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Bloodworker
04:58
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Reviewing your nightmares
You turn on the news
Sifting though garbage
For grains of the truth
And the blood on your hands won’t wash away
Nature is frightened
But what can it do
There’s no fear of dying
But I worry for you
And the blood on your hands won’t wash away
The lies of convenience you sell today
Oceans of plasma
Beaches of rust
The ghosts of your future write your name in the dust
Inherit a planet
Take on a debt
There’s ash in the coffee
From the last cigarette
And the blood on your hands won’t wash away
The lies of convenience you sell today
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The Standing Field
11:07
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It’s nice to meet you
Drop the gun and stay a while
To be fair, I haven’t been this scared
In quite a while
The book is open like an iris
Time has stopped in the standing field
The textbooks talk about the splitting of the atom
And repeats of ancient history
Memory is falling
Harmony is calling
Back the memories
Of a war we labelled peace
We live in a world of monsters and gods
We are helpless we are tossed
On seas of uncontrollable loss
We live in a world where nightmares are real
We are fractured we are lost
Bought and traded at permanent cost
In the gift shop at the circus of death
Children hang forgotten souvenirs
In the coal dust, the showrooms of America
Bringing darkness to a future hid by fog
Sell yourself for a suitcase full of money
Walk away with a briefcase full of blood
You sell yourself
Tell me if it’s it worth it
We live in a world of monsters and gods
We are helpless we are tossed
On seas of uncontrollable loss
We live in a world where nightmares are real
We are fractured we are lost
Bought and traded at a permanent cost
Look around
Check your feelings as you’re coming down
Look around
Check your feelings
You’re coming down
(Why should I care?)
The news is on fire
Bridges are burning
Innocence is broken
Treaties are smashed
We live in a world
Of monsters and gods
We helplessly watch
In the Standing Field
The nightmares are real
It’s human to feel
It’s none or it’s all
Divided we fall
We live in a world
Of monsters and gods
We helplessly watch
In the Standing Field
The moment passes
The children are caged
But we’re numb and the structure remains
In the company of our own fears
A broken world seen through tired tears
Forget to breathe
Click and drag
Dusting off the robes
And dressing up in rags
Crave and want
Instead of need
Pacifiers made of plastic greed
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