The Standing Field

from Earth (EP) by Machines Dream

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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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from Earth (EP), released December 25, 2021

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