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The Noble Lie
05:20
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The lids are down
There are contacts in the sewers
The eye begins to dilate and a floater blots the day
In a war-torn polyclinic, with a fish hook down the drain pipe
And another on the way
Take a moment to focus the noble lie
Cordon off all the new dilated eyes
Take a moment to focus the noble lie
Find miosis before the time is nigh
We’re directionally impaired
By a pointy, wriggling snare
I don’t care who you are, that’s funny right there
The pins are fried
The phoropters are submerged
And in a flash, we are blistered with remorse
Sharpening under the skyline
Another wall of oculi
Will saddle this blind horse
Take a moment to focus the noble lie
Cordon off all the new dilated eyes
Take a moment to focus the noble lie
Find miosis before the time is nigh
We’re directionally impaired
By a pointy, wriggling snare
I don’t care who you are, that’s funny right there, ha!
The blue, the brown, the pins are down
The pins are fried, the time is nigh
That noble I
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2. |
Incubator
04:22
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Reframe another eon, oh you’ve seen it all before
Crack open the canister, and you've a zillion more.
Now, down in the lower echelons, the excess multiplies
Archons are reevaluated under the all-seizing eye
It incubates then permeates an inorganic sheen
Half-alive, its soul arrives by automatic means
It incubates then permeates an inorganic sheen
A power grab inside the lab by autocratic means
Organs assimilated in a biweekly influx
Swimming in isolation through damaged aqueducts
Incisors, eviscerating all the torsos manifold,
Are laid to rest, at last for all, to observe, revere and behold
It incubates then permeates an inorganic sheen
Half-alive, its soul arrives by automatic means
It incubates then permeates an inorganic sheen
A power grab inside the lab by autocratic means
Pure androgenesis, breaking through that dimorphic carbide
Who, who will hold the phial?
Who will watch the sexes all divide?
Will you?
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3. |
Treat Me Like a Queen
01:11
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4. |
Break Off
05:40
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From nineteen to twenty-three
Noughty-five and now she’s through with me
Apathetic, glassy eyed
Perpetually dissatisfied
Break off, tell me I’m dreaming
Break off, ears are still ringing
Oh no
I should have known it’s never good
When my baby, barely out the womb,
is demanding motherhood
Oh no
I hear a voice beyond the door
And I do not know why I answer it
When it wants to go to war
When I ask her why, I hear,
“I am just having a rotten year”
I bought it until a pal
told me that’s a flimsy rationale
(She’s right)
Break off
Oh no
I should have known it’s never good
When my baby, barely out the womb,
is demanding motherhood
Oh no
I hear a voice beyond the door
And I do not know why I answer it
When it wants to go to war
Break off
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5. |
Beyond Recognition
05:55
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The sun begins to rise
You cannot shield your eyes
You can't evade this truth
It will be fed to you
Your shame and dishonor
Will not go unaddressed
We've fortified our walls
Now partisan at last
Laugh with me now, my friends
Witness the end of your ignorance
Raise all your heads again,
and say the words, those words
The evidence displayed
Our case is firmly made
And now the time has come
For you to face the day
Your shame and dishonor
Has made clear our mission
And now we finally are
Beyond recognition
Laugh with me now, my friends
It's way too late to make amends
Raise all your heads again,
and say the words, those words:
I DECLARE
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