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1.
Puritans 04:43
Seeing themselves, like all do gooders do Crusaders for good, sorting vice from virtue From a thousand church pews The Puritan ghosts haunt us still From cabinet posts up on capital hill—it flows down No dancing tonight, no incandescent lights No gambling allowed, no raw milk from a cow—you might die Gonna keep you safe (gonna keep you well) Gonna stop the stuff (we don't like ourselves) We can legislate (morality) And incarcerate (for any old thing) Bully the sheep with laws and virtuous schemes The end justifies the harshest of means The guardian class, it seeks to control What we can do and what we should know—they push down Protecting us all even from ourselves Cause only Mother knows how to keep us well—we bow down Gonna save this place (no wood burning fires) We'll clean up this town (no sex that’s for hire) You get no right to die (you must live in pain) No matter how you try (we will run the game) Curfews at night, we got drug wars to fight Food laws galore, until you can't feed the poor Practice what you preach Don't you live in the dark age Churchly arrogance As your building the next cage If love is all it takes Why you filled with so much rage Is is turn the other cheek Or branding the next "A"
2.
School Daze 04:38
In schools and children's TV shows They tell you what to think You start to be too different They send you to a shrink Inventing syndromes and disorders To label those outside the norm Feed us drugs and we'll be quiet In drunken stupors we conform Teach them to memorize and swallow all the lies Keep them between the lines and paralyze their minds Teacher teach them now What they should believe Teacher teach them how To behave like sheep Teach them to submit Teach them to obey Make 'em feel like shit When they get in the way There's no students left behind No skills taught anymore Always teaching to the test As we drown in a common core A textbook is such a beautiful thing Make it all so simple and so clear Teaching mythology as fact And even making facts disappear Teacher teacher us now What we should believe Teacher teach us how To behave like sheep Teach us what to think Teach us what to say Teach us to submit Teach us to obey
3.
Obey 05:16
Doctors told me how to behave (told me what to do) Shock them even if it there in pain (to follow through) We're here to learn about memories (or authority) Cause things aren't really what they seem (as you press the key) Just doing my duty all along Following orders can't be wrong All of the ways that we obey Or simply choose to look away Herding Jews onto the trains (for the Führer) Inside the camps, into the flames (keeps us purer) Always doing just what I'm told (blindly comply) Doing my job, filling the holes (never question why) Just doing my duty all along Following orders can't be wrong All of the ways that we obey Or simply choose to look away Shoot to kill protect yourself (it’s our policy) Your life's worth more than anyone else (better they that bleed) I'm here to take your child away (for there own good) In custody, keeping ‘em safe (it’s understood) Just doing my duty all along Following orders can't be wrong All of the ways that we obey Or simply choose to look away
4.
The Program 05:18
The program to assimilate Counts on ignorance and fear Bow down, new recruits into the faith Go on, never take a stand Let go of who you think you are Welcome, come and join in with the bland Stone by stone it begins From a very early age The programs of thought control Turn your life into a cage Stand back, it's useless to resist They will keep you on your knees Helping hands can turn into a fist It's easy, so nice to be led Just lay down, watch some more TV Watch out you can die before your dead Stone by stone it begins From a very early age The programs of thought control Turn your life into a cage
5.
Step right up, the greatest show on earth With cash in hand, democracy's up for sale Free to choose so long as it's heads or tails Of the people By the people For the people—just not any people you know Money to buy marketing and money to fly the jets Money to both sides to hedge your bets Heads they win and tails we lose Always some one turning the screws It's what they do not what they say As they treat us like we're fools Of the people By the people For the people—just not any people you know Heads they win and tails we lose It's the chickens and the fox It's what they do not what they say Keeps us all in the box It's always the same—only the names change It's always a game—pieces rearranged Of the people By the people For the people—just not any people you know Choose Tweedle-Dee or Tweedle-Dum Or Tweedle-Pass-The-Buck Why not flip a coin, we might have better luck Heads they win and tails we lose Always some one calling the shots It's what they do not what they say Keeps us all in chains and locks It's always the same—only the names change It's always a game—pieces rearranged Doesn't matter—doesn’t matter which one wins Cause nothing—ever changes in the end
6.
They say the pen is mightier than the sword And a picture's worth even more So a video clip must be the ultimate Weapon to spread all the bullshit And the talking heads only confuse As they spin their tails, sell their point of view So the way to rule is with a TV show Cause who needs votes when you supply what people—think they know With the grease paint on, let the hunt begin Stay on attack, means justify ends Play on emotions, feed our fear, beware the unseen beast None's the wiser when you define truth as lying the least Moralize and criticize, all reason disappears Information crimes delivered by Narcissus and the mirror Well dressed ladies and gentlemen spin stories with no proof Opinion has become the news, no way to know the truth We're drowning now in twenty-four hour news The more we get the less we know, it's the shaming of the true Say what it takes to bring them down, who cares if it's true Predators in business suits stir the witches brew Wag the dog—upload the blog—put lipstick on the pig Herd the sheep—and tweet the tweet—everything is rigged Well dressed ladies and gentlemen spin stories with no proof Opinion has become the news, no way to know the truth Watch the trick of tail, monkey see, monkey do Focus groups find perfect words to change our point of view Propaganda dressed up as news and no one has a clue Shock jocks are dressed in business suits, they target me and you We treat them like their were clergyman, believe in all they're saying They're just TV personalities trying to boost the ratings The fourth estate has surrendered to the razzle-dazzle of show biz Cronkite's field is fallow now, and that's the way it is
7.
I. Ecstasy Calling, calling to me, as if from some recurring dream I cannot ignore, this desperate need, my destiny All, all of my life, I worked so hard to perfect my skill And now—now is the time If it can be done then I will—yes I will Don't tell me what I cannot do I know it can be done and I am as I will—as I will Finally I'm now in motion Years of planning this devotion All I need is time In my mind I have a plan All is now and here I stand I step onto the line I must hold back any fear and not turn away It will never be again if not here and today Here I am, come and catch me if you dare You can’t stop me now suspended high in midair Powerless they beseech me Useless threats cannot stop me Never before and never, ever again Stepping out I feel the wire start to bend I smell the day begin Voices lift on the wind Most who stared and wondered why and how Answers should be obvious by now Wouldn't you if you could Stand where I have stood The towers called to me and I have Given them my answer Towers were meant for a high wire dancer II. Agony Falling, falling down—from above down to the ground Once again, mankind descends—to the real, original sin Crime, crime of crimes—darkness from the darkest of times Drawing, drawing the lines—the blind, leading the blind Staring at my television screen Holding back a deep and silent scream Now it seems that everything has changed They're out to get us anyway they can We cannot let this ever happen again Once again it's back to us or them There's a chill now on the wind Will we ever feel safe again? The end of innocence came out of the sky Lock the doors, I don't want to die A security state might be better than a mistake But then again isn't freedom what we defend? Once it's gone will it ever come back again? What price will we pay to guarantee we are safe? An act of terror hurts bad enough, still it only lasts for a day Far worse to live with a fear that will never go away We've made our choice now, we're all under surveillance Now we're guilty until we prove that we're not Freedom under attack by the Patriot Act A hobbit’s life was so much better Than this fear of Mordor Underneath the eye—underneath the eye There's a shadow now on the land That we don't even understand Underneath the eye—underneath the eye Can you show me the way How much more must we pay I've got to find the way Back to yesterday
8.
Big Brother 05:46
The road to Hell is paved with good intent But should we really trust the government To keep their sights on terrorists but not me In the presence of fear comes the absence of thought The need to do something no matter the cost Like passing bills lawmakers don't even read Few were aware until it snowed How far this had gone and how deep it goes Big brother's always watching us—in the name of keeping us safe Nothing to fear if we've done nothing wrong—at least not for today It's a trade off they say, nothing comes for free To be certain safety can be guaranteed We'll have to give up some of our liberty All of these things to keep us from harm’s way Watch out as your feeling sound and safe Protection often turns into tyranny Operation PRISM and satellites Metal detectors and camera eyes Big brother's always watching us—in the name of keeping us safe Nothing to fear if we've done nothing wrong—at least not for today We're now going back to the oldest of deeds Warrantless search and secret police The cure can be more deadly than the disease It's not through the loss of human life That terror's triumphant and wins the fight It's when in fear we change what makes us free Contractors feast at the public trough Once money flows like this, it'll never stop Big brother's always watching us—in the name of keeping us safe Nothing to fear if we've done nothing wrong—at least not for today Big brother's always watching us—in the name of keeping us safe Nothing to fear if we've done nothing wrong—at least not for today The inconvenient bill of rights keeps getting in the way The road to perfect safety, leads to a security state
9.
Freedom 04:14
Freedom’s never truly free It slips away gradually Soon as the revolution ends A new king will rise again Sheppard’s gotta have sheep to tend Always for some righteous cause Curfews and security laws All they need to take control Is to let them run the show Sheppard’s gotta have sheep to tend Fear is where it will begin Subjugation where it will end Law by law they build the cages One by one they dominate us Satellites watch from the sky Cell phones a hand held spy All we give up is our soul When Uncle Sam needs to know Sheppard’s gotta have sheep to tend Sheppard’s gotta have sheep to tend FISA just a rubber stamp A shadow under liberty's lamp Recording every data stream Welcome to J. Edgar's wet dream Sheppard’s gotta have sheep to tend Sheppard’s gotta have sheep to tend
10.
Laws get created by the social elite To control other people, enforce their beliefs Politicians argue who is tougher on crime They want ever longer sentences, more people doing time Beware true believers, they'll grind you to dirt With laws against behaviors, where no one gets hurt They say what's immoral, they say what's good Push their agenda ‘till we're trampled under foot They say what's immoral, they say what's good Push their agenda ‘till we're trampled under foot Once they breached the castle it was never the same Right and wrong seemed to mutate when the Black Robes changed What starts with the camels nose under the tent Becomes the destruction of the fourth amendment They say what's immoral, they say what's good Push their agenda ‘till we're trampled under foot They say what's immoral, they say what's good Push their agenda ‘till we're trampled under foot So many laws turn everyone into a crook Selective enforcement, choosing who and not to book Protect us dear god from the tyranny From the fears and deeds of the majority They say what's immoral, they say what's good Push their agenda ‘till we're trampled under foot Behaviors and certain relations between consenting adults Declared to be illegal by the Puritan ghosts Knocking and announcement slowly goes away Presumptions of innocence become a charade Solutions in search of a problem, weapons in search of a war Police as moral crusaders soldiers of the state Early in the morning, hope they've got the right address You know home invasions can be such a deadly mess The drug war business funds the local police Get the cash from Uncle Sam and property seized Stock up the armory, rockets, and drones A show of force to seize the drugs or dinosaur bones The lower your income, the more likely you'll do time For deeds and behaviors that simply should not be a crime I wanna walk the thin line baby separate good from bad Body armor and jackboots crash, time to kick some ass Stop and frisk probable cause warrants mean delay With a few flash bomb grenades the remedy's on the way Every stupid law adds fuel to the fire A wedge between the public and police that they hire From the gates of Hell our protectors became A predatory threat that haunts us every day Every stupid law adds fuel to the fire A wedge between the public and police that they hire From the gates of Hell our protectors became A predatory threat that haunts us every day Every stupid law adds fuel to the fire A wedge between the public and police that they hire What starts so small to protect and to serve Grows out of control, a wildfire scorching the earth

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released November 20, 2017

Steven Rogers, Savannah Rogers, Kurt Barabas

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