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Hardly A Dream

by Flower

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X Wild Alaskan Salmonella X The punk scene needs more of this. There are obvious comparisons to be had with Nausea and Sacrilege, but Flower stands on their own (and alone, currently) with this caustic, crusty, meaningful punk. Buy the LP/shirt bundle - it's a good price and you're supporting a good scene. Favorite track: American Alms.
anthonyfinn
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anthonyfinn got the lp when it was released but had to get the download for travels on the bus etc. its just a really good album. ticks all the boxes. Great wee band..musically, lyrically and attitude(ally). more of the same please. Favorite track: Rapture.
Graeme smith
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Graeme smith Love this album,sounds of Appalachian Terror Unit in there, powerful production as well.... different paced tracks and melodies,and a social conscience to boot.... highly recommend this album ...
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1.
Lethargy 04:22
HOVERING OVER US, THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD. EXISTENTIAL DREAD OF THE END OF DAYS. MOTIVATION LOST LIKE A POISON OF THE MIND. BLEAK FUTURE PAINTED IN THE LANDSCAPE OF TIME. SUBCONSCIOUSLY SURRENDERING HOPE. WE LAY IN WAIT FOR THE IMPENDING TO CONSUME. NO LONGER SEEKING THE PATHWAYS TO FIGHT, TOMORROW HOLDS NOTHING BUT THE PROMISE OF NIGHT. HOW LONG DO WE BREATHE IN THEIR FALL OUT? WE FORGET IT’S AN OPIATE OF THEIR DESIGN. WE LOSE INTEREST IN NOURISHING OUR SPIRIT, AND WHY SHOULD WE CRY WITH NO ONE TO HEAR IT? PAST ARE THE YEARS TO DREAM, GONE ARE THE SANDS IN THE HOURGLASS. DECADES HAVE SEEN THE RISING AND THE FALL, AND WHAT CHANGES YET BUT MORE HATRED OF THE SMALL? A NIGHTMARE THAT WE DON’T QUESTION, SLEEPING WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT IS REST. WHEN WE’RE ACCUSTOMED TO A DISMAL EXISTENCE, HOW CAN WE RECOGNIZE THE TIME TO PROTEST? WHAT PRIZE, WHAT END? YES WE ARE IN THE DOWNTRODDEN AGE, THE LEAST PROMISING OF OUR KIND. WITH LIES TAKEN BY PROLIFIC GREED AND HEARTS HARDENED BY THINLY VEILED LIES. YES WE ARE LETHARGIC IN SELF INTEREST, WE ARE FAR TOO SWALLOWED TO REJECT. WHERE DOES THE NEXT LADENED STEP BRING US, WHEN WE ARE BARELY EVEN CARE FOR OURSELVES?
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WE BEG FOR DELIVERANCE FROM A BIGOTS BELIEF. WE BEG FOR LOVE NOT ENCRUSTED IN GRIEF. WE BEG FOR A LIFE NOT DICTATED BY HIS. WE BEG FOR A HEREAFTER NOT DAMNED BY SIN. WE ACCEPT A SETTLEMENT OF MERE SURVIVAL. WE ACCEPT A DELUSION OF A SINCERE STRUGGLE. WE ACCEPT A COMMAND TO GIVE THEM THANKS. WE ACCEPT AN HONOR TO BE AMONG THEIR RANKS. WE BEG FOR A LITTLE PIECE OF A WORLD THAT WE ABHOR. WE BEG FOR A PLACE WITHIN THEIR SOCIAL ORDER. WE BEG FOR ANYTHING TO MAKE US FEEL VALUED. WE BEG FOR A SHRED OF THEIR STOLEN POWER. WE ACCEPT A FUTURE OF ENDLESS RESTRAINTS. WE ACCEPT THE RULES OF THEIR SOCIAL STRATA. WE ACCEPT THEIR LAW, BECAUSE WE LIVE IN FEAR. WE ACCEPT THEIR WORLD BECAUSE IT’S ALREADY HERE. TRUDGING FORWARD, IN A FUTILE PROCESSION OF FATE. CONVICTED TO SERVE, WHILE FORGETTING WHO HOLDS THE REINS. WISHING FOR MORE SETTLING FOR LESS, WHAT CHOICE DO THEY GIVE US BUT TO ACCEPT ? THE DYING ASSIMILATE, THE DESPAIRING FEEL ONLY PRIMAL URGE, TO SLIDE INTO THE SYSTEM- COGS TURNING AS THEY SHOULD. FORCE-FED THEIR JUSTICE, A JUDGE IN OUR OWN MINDS. PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER, LACK OF REFLECTION LEAVES US BLIND. THIS IS HOW THEY MAINTAIN CONTROL.
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Retribution 02:27
GOD WAS THE ONE WHO DID THIS TO YOU. HE FUCKED YOU WITH HIS CROSSES AND HIS PEOPLE DID TOO. LOCKED IN SUBMISSION TO THE CAPITAL OF CHURCH. YOU PAY OUT YOUR WEEKLY WAGE, YOU BLEED OUT YOUR WORTH. CHILDREN MISTAKENLY DEFINING EVIL. YOUNG TRUSTING MINDS BEING HERDED IN HIS STEEPLE. ONE TRUTH THE ONLY TRUTH AND ALL ELSE IS SIN - UNSPOKEN DESIRE TURNED TO SHAME AND GUILTING. HATRED FOSTERED BY THE ONES WHO PREACH AGAINST IT MAY THEY ONE DAY BE STRUCK DOWN BY HIM THEY SERVE. GOD SAID TO BECOME THE FISHERS OF MEN, TO ENSNARE AND ENTRAP IN A PLACE YOU’VE NEVER BEEN. DEMOLISH A CULTURE WHILE FINDING A WAY TO DENY YOU’RE STILL ON THOSE VIOLENT CRUSADES. THE NATIONALIST ALWAYS BRANDISHING POWER, CONTROLLING THOSE MOST OFTEN SHOT FROM THEIR TOWERS. THEY WALK SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE LEADERS OF FAITH, PARTNERED IN CORRUPTION SERVING THE STATE. TRY TO KILL US AND CALL IT GOD’S DIVINE RETRIBUTION. TRY TO MAKE US TAKE OUR OWN LIVES THROUGH PERSECUTION. DEATH WON’T TAKE ME, EVEN THOUGH IT’S WHAT I WANT. TORTURED BY GOD, BUT I WON’T LOSE MYSELF IN WHAT HE WANTS. HATRED FOSTERED BY THE ONES WHO PREACH AGAINST IT MAY THEY ONE DAY BE STRUCK DOWN BY HIM THEY SERVE.
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BORN IN THE HANDS OF A TRAITOR, AN ASSIGNER, A COERCER. PRACTICING MEDICAL RITES, OF SCIENCE, OF ORDER. MADE TO FIT INTO ONE OF TWO, PIOUS SECTOR, ENFORCED BY WHO? CORRALLED INTO TWO WORLDS, UNAWARE OF THE ROLES TO LEARN. ABOMINATION, CONDEMNATION. ERODE ARCHAIC MORALS AND SET FEAR IN THE HEARTS OF THE PRUDE. LET DEPRAVITY REIGN AS EVEN OUR GRAVES REJECT US TOO. TEMPTATION, DAMNATION. SO LAY ON DESPOTIC CLAIMS OF SODOM, OF GOMORRAH. FORCE ON THE CHASTISED SHAME, OF PERVERSION, ABHORRENCE! DEEMED BY A CERTIFIED FEW, PENDING BODY DECIDED FOR YOU. CRIMES AGAINST NATURE IN THE FACE OF AN ALL-KNOWING GOD. DISFIGURE THE FACE OF MAN AND WOMAN. WELCOME THE AGE OF NOXIOUS SIN. REJECT THE ORDER OF CREATION, SANCTIFY NO MORE FLESH FOR PROCREATION. DEFY THE ILLUSION OF DIVINATION, OF A PREDETERMINED BODY, OF A DESTINED SEX. FOR STATE AND CHURCH POCKETS ARE BOTH FILLED BY THE PENANCE OF THE PERSECUTED. DO NOT BE DECEIVED.
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Parasite 02:35
MAN IS CONSCIOUSLY GREEDY, MAN KNOWS HIS OWN STRENGTH. TO SLAUGHTER AND MODIFY AND LAUGH TO THE BANK, HE ENDANGERS, HE CLEAR-CUTS, HE FILLS LAND WITH WASTE. FOR MAN’S FLEETING TRIUMPHS, FOR TOTAL DESTRUCTIVE CONTROL, HE WRINGS DRY AND SMOTHERS, USE UP BUT NOT REPLACE. HE DRINKS ALL, HE THINKS NOT, HE HUNTS WITHOUT RESTRAINT. LAST CHANCE FOR LIFE. FACING A FATAL DECISION, TO RESTORE OR TO DESPAIR. WE DENY OUR MISERY, WE’RE ADVERSE TO CHANGE. ALL LIFE IS DYING, WITHOUT NO ONE ELSE TO BLAME. MAN DESTROYS ORGANIC DEITY, MAN IS THE SORROW OF EARTH. HE PENS UP, DRUGS UP, SENDS TO THEIR FATE. THEY’RE HERDED IN FILTH TO BE PUT ON A PLATE. WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF THE LANDS YOU ATTACK? LOST ARE THE LIVES TO NEVER COME BACK. BURNED BY THE FUMES OF THE FALSE ELITE, MISTREAT OF EARTH IS ALL SPECIES DEFEAT. ARE ONLY HUMAN VOICES HEARD? WHAT DEEMS A CREATURE LOWLY? WHAT MAKES MAN ABOVE ALL ELSE? WHO JUDGES THE VALUE OF LIFE? WHAT IS LEFT BUT TO ACCEPT CHANGE?
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HARDLY A DREAM, LIE PENNED BY POWERS THAT BE. THE EVILS OF LAW AND ORDER, ENFORCED BY ARISTOCRACY. WHO HAVE A PLACE TO LIE THEIR HEADS, THEIR HEALTH. EYES AVERTED FROM OTHERS, “THE STENCH!” FOR EVERY WRETCH WHO CRIES, SOMEWHERE THERE ARE EARS. THE ANSWER OF INDIFFERENCE COMES BACK CLEAR. HERE AMONGST FREEDOM, PAINFUL BEGGING. HERE AMONGST OPPORTUNITY, THERE’S SILENT DEATH! SURVIVAL IN A STATE THAT FORCES ONE TO LIE. IN ORDER TO FULFILL NEEDS TO HELP US GET BY. A HUMAN RIGHT GIVEN BY THOSE WHO WITHHOLD. FORCED TO TAKE THE MEAGER SHREDS AND DO WHAT YOU’RE TOLD. A REAL NATIONAL SECRET, STARVATION IN THE HOME OF THE BRAVE. BARREN CUPBOARDS FOR MILLIONS. UNSPOKEN TO AVOID THE SHAME. A REAL NATIONAL SECRET, THERE’S RAMPANT UNNECESSARY DEATH! HOSPITALS PILED UP WITH BODIES, WESTERN PRACTICES WRINGING THEIR NECKS. FEIGNING SOME ILLNESS TO GET ANOTHER KIND OF CARE, A RUSE TO LEARN HOW TO COPE TURNS TO LIFELONG DESPAIR OF DENIAL, DISPLACEMENT, UPROOTED AND TURNED AWAY. HOW DARE THE DESTITUTE EXPECT SUCH CIVIL DECENCY? A REAL NATIONAL SECRET, FOUR EMPTY HOMES PER PERSON WHO NEEDS. PUT ON A BUS TO NO-WHERE, AS THEIR TENTS CUT DOWN BY POLICE. A REAL NATIONAL SECRET, THERE’S FILTHY WATER THAT NO ONE CAN DRINK! TOXIC FOR ALMOST A DECADE. NEGLECTED BY THE WORLD AS SLUDGE FILLS THEIR SINK. A FALSE SYSTEM OF HEALTH, OF STATE-SANCTIONED BENEFIT FEEDS. LIKE A BONE TOSSED TO A DOG, GRATEFUL FOR GRADE-D MEAT. LINE UP FOR THE WELFARE, THE CRITERIA BEING JUST SO. THEY’RE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS TO TELL YOUR CHILDREN ‘NO’. FAILED BY EVERY RESOURCE, JUST A NUMBER ON A BOARD. PICKED OFF LIKE A SCAB, YOUR VALUE IS WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD. SHELTER GIVEN TO THE WORTHY, MEDICINE GOES TO THE RESPECTABLE MAN. HUNGER KEEPS THE POOR IN WANTING, A GREEDY DISEASE OF A SPLINTERED LAND. BUT STILL GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US OUR SINS AGAINST THE STATE. ALL WE WANTED WERE BASIC NEEDS AND SOMEWHERE TO FEEL SAFE.
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Divided 01:57
SOME HOLD AUTHORITY IN REVERENCE AND FEAR IT HOLY AS A GOD. WHILE OTHERS BLEED FOR ITS SIN WITH NO ONE TO ABSOLVE. STILL IT PUSHES ON, STILL IT REMAINS UNCHECKED. IT CHANGES HANDS FROM MAN TO MAN YET THE SAME VICTIM MEETS THEIR END. TOTAL CONTROL IS THE WAY WE ALL DIE. TOTAL POWER IS A DOOMSDAY DEVICE. SOME FORESEE THE RIGHTEOUS FAIL AND TRY TO SHAKE THE THOUGHT. TOO HARD TOO LOOK TO ONESELF AND RECONSIDER WHAT WE’RE TAUGHT. TO FEEL THE WINDS OF CHANGE FLOW THROUGH AND DISMISS IT WITH A WAVE. TOO SCARED TO STEP OUT OF LINE WHEN YOU’RE ALREADY SAFE. SOME QUESTION NOTHING AND ACCEPT THEY HAVE NO VOICE. DEEP DOWN THEY KNOW IT’S WRONG BUT CONVINCED THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SAY YES TO THE NEW ORDER, AND DOOM ALL EARTHLY LIFE. HOW SUITED THAT THE SILENCED HAVE NEVER LEARNED TO FIGHT. NO SENSE IN BEGGING FOR POWER, NO POWER IN PLEADING, TOO LATE. NO MATTER HOW THEY SELL IT, NO MATTER WHO BLAMES WHO. WITH EVERY STEP FORWARD, WE FALL. CAST ASIDE, DIVIDED WE STAND ALONE TO DIE. FREEDOM IS NOT GIVEN BY THOSE WHO ENSLAVE. FREEDOM CANNOT EXIST WHILE THERE ARE STILL CHAINS. NO REFORM, NO MORE REVISIONS. NO TO THE CATTLE PROD. NO TO THE POLITICIAN.
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Rapture 02:53
WATCH NOW! AS LIFE FALLS FROM GRACE. THE RIVERS RUN EMPTY AND THE FOREST FADE. I CRY FOR THE ANIMALS CONSUMED BY OUR FIRE. THE INNOCENT FORGOTTEN, CHOKING ON BLACK AIR. NOW, WE GREET OUR DEMISE. MARCH STEADILY ONWARD INTO THE GREAT DIVIDE. OUR IGNORANCE PREVAILS, AS HISTORY HAS FORESEEN. NOW THE END OF ALL WE KNOW, WIPED CLEAN. SALVATION WON’T BE FOUND ON THIS PATH. TEMPEST BREWS TO CLAIMS THE EARTH’S WRATH. NO RESURRECTION FOR THOSE WHO PRAY. NOT GOD, NOT SAVED. PROPHESY HEARD THROUGH THE LAND, A MESSAGE FROM THE MOTHER BURNED IN THE SAND. AS ABOVE, SO BELOW. TIDES CONTINUE AS THE MOON NOW SHOWS. ITS DARK SIDE, ITS BITTER COLD. WHAT IS THIS DESTINY WE MUST UPHOLD? WHAT IS THE PENANCE WE OWE? EARTH DEMANDS HER ANSWER. CONFESSIONS WASTED, FOR NOW WE MUST ACT. SPECTACLE IS OVER, TIME TO PAY HER TAX. TURN AROUND, FORCED TO LIE, WHO CAN TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME? WHEN WILL WE LEARN FROM WHAT THE PAST HAS SHOWN? RECURRING IN A HAZE, REAPING WHAT WE HAVE SOWN. I HATE THE PAIN IN THE EYES OF THE EARTH, SHE WEEPS WITHOUT TEARS, DRYING OUT THE DIRT. IT’S A BURNING BUSH, A LAKE OF FIRE. WHY IS THIS ORACLE CALLED A LIAR? WHERE IS THE MIRACLE FOR HIRE? MAN’S RICHES MEAN NOTHING TO HER. THANKLESS CHILDREN OF THE SOIL, DISAPPEAR FROM THIS EARTH. HER DIVINE PURGE OF MAN’S MACHINES, GOVERNMENTS, WEALTH, AND NARROW SIGHTED RACE FOR DOMINATION.
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ABOVE ALL, GUILT PREVAILS. WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, THERE IS STILL FEAR. WHAT A FORTUITOUS TOOL TO BUILD UP THE WALLS OF OUR OWN PENS. KEPT IN KENNELS, COWERING AWAY FROM THE THREAT OF EXILE. DISINTEGRATE! THE ACTION OF OUR LIFE FORCE. DENY THE INTERNAL, INDULGE THE LEARNED ACTION OF SELF DOUBT. UNWITTINGLY, WE HAVE ABSORBED THE SUPERIOR MENTALITY OF AMERICA. AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE REGARDED AS CONSCIOUS, HERE IS WHERE GUILT STILL PREVAILS. THEY SUBVERT THEIR OWN OPINIONS, TO GRASP AT ABSOLVEMENT. REVEALING- THEORY IS PERFORMANCE. DIVULGING- FEAR AS A SELF CONCERN! FOR THERE IS MUCH TO FEAR, WHEN UNITY’S FOCUS IS ON OUR CONTRASTS. WHEN APOLOGY IS THE MOTIVE FOR ALL GESTURE. A CHANCE SELF SABOTAGE IS A SINISTER LEAD FOR OUR CAPTORS. HALTING PROGRESS, USING REFUSAL AS A FOOTHOLD TO BOLSTER A PERSONAL STEP AT THE EXPENSE OF AN ALREADY NEBULOUS CAUSE. NOT ONE CORRUPTION CHANGES, FOR NO ACTION IS MADE. AN AGREEMENT REMAINS UNDONE, THE IDEA PRIMARILY SEEKING PRAISE. ASHAMED FOR THAT IMPULSE, AND LOATHE TO REFLECT; POINT A FINGER, BLAME! AND HERE IT REMAINS, STILL YET, NO CHANGE IS MADE. NO CONSENSUS, NOT EVEN A TRUE-HEARTED MISTAKE. GUILT. MARRIED TO THE STRUGGLE, AS IF A VICTORY IS A LOSS OF ONE’S OWN NAME. LIKE THE HESITATION TO SOLVE A PUZZLE AND FACE THE LIGHT BURDEN OF BOREDOM. ABHORRENCE OF CHANGE. PRIVILEGE, FEAR. FIND THE PURPOSE NOT IN THE PURITY OF THE EFFORT ITSELF, OR THE FATEDLY IMPERFECT STEPS THERE. BUT RATHER, IN THE PRODUCT, THE MOVEMENT, THE WHEELS THAT TURN IN THE DIRECTION OF PROGRESS. THE GRACIOUS ACCEPTANCE OF FLAW, IN THE NAME OF A NEW POSSIBILITY. SHEDDING THE NOTIONS OF FALSE SCARCITY, AS THE NARROWING IS NOT IN THE ABUNDANCE OF IDEAS BUT IN ITS CREATORS IMPOTENCE. FEAR. GUILT. INACTION. DISINTEGRATE, REGRESS. REGAIN INNOCENT CONSCIOUSNESS AS HUMILITY PREVAILS.
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WHAT IS THIS SELF THAT ONE MUST REJECT? FEAR THE RESURGENCE, FORCED TO FORGET. A PRIMORDIAL DRIVE, A SIN TO RECALL. SO LONG SUPPRESSED WITH MEMORY IN THRALL. STOLEN IPSEITY, DENIED, DENIED. NO NAME TO KNOW, NO ROOM FOR PRIDE. GROOMED TO BE NO ONE EXCEPT BANK SUCCESS, CRUSHED TO OBLIVION IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS. INDIVIDUAL LOST, BE NO ONE THEN DIE. AN EMPTY VESSEL OF PROFIT, IN THE FILTH OF THEIR CONFINES. BOW TO THE CLASS, TWISTED VERSION OF SELF. NOT TO FORGET, FOR IT’S BRANDED ON FLESH. TURN TO THE COALESCENCE THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO ROB ALL EXPRESSION FOR A STATE MASTERMIND. THE ANGUISHED ARE FACELESS, JUST A CROWD OF DAMP GREY. BUT WHERE WOULD ONE GO IF DECIDED TO STRAY? TO STAND OUT IS DEATH, TO THINK IS CONCEIT. BETTER TO FIT IN WITHOUT ADMITTING DEFEAT. WHO WANTS TO FEEL SUCH VICIOUS SPURN, WHEN THE VANITY OF SELF CANNOT BE EARNED. IRONY, BE NO ONE THEN DIE. AN EMPTY VESSEL OF PROFIT IN THE FILTH OF THEIR CONFINES. BOW TO THE MAN-GIVEN LABEL OF VALUE. IRONY, WHEN IDENTITY GIVEN NOT BY SELF.
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WHY MUST WE CHOOSE BETWEEN LIFE AND LIVING? WHY ARE THERE TWO SIDES, ONE TAKING, ONE GIVING? WHERE IS THE MIND FORCED WHEN THOUGHT IS SAPPED? AND WHAT COULD ITS USE BE WHEN FREE FROM THE TRAP? WHAT WOULD THE HEART WANT IF IT WAS TO BE LISTENED? WHAT GRIEVANCES AIRED, FORGIVENESS GIVEN? WHAT LONGINGS AWAKENED AND SHAME CAST OFF, IF OFFERED THE OPTION TO CHOOSE OUR OWN LOT? WHAT FREEDOMS OF MIND NOT YET IMAGINED WITHOUT VOLUNTARY SHACKLES CLAMPED ON FOR PAY? THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS IS BURNING A LIGHT FOR WHICH WE CHOOSE THE WAY. HOW SOON CAN THE FEAR CYCLE BE BROKEN? WHO HOLDS THE RUSTED WEAK CHAIN? WE MUST SEE CLEARLY WHAT WE’RE MISSING, TO BREAK FREE OF THE BINDS OF OUR FATE. WHAT WILL WE REJECT SO WE CAN RECEIVE? HOW FAR WILL WE GO FOR US TO ACHIEVE? A MIRAGE TAKES PLACE AS WE ALLOW IT TO APPEAR, A TANGIBLE WORLD NOT GOVERNED IN FEAR. A KEY TO THOUGHTS YET UNTHOUGHT. UNLOCKED WHEN SELF TAUGHT TO BE FREE. A GIFT FROM INSIDE TO ONESELF, IT OPENS THE DOOR TO THEIR HELL. WITHIN YOU, THE ANSWER TO FEAR. WHISPERED, WHEN WILLING TO HEAR. LISTEN INTERNAL TO HOPE. TRUST THE VIEW YOU SEE ABOVE. NOW, GRASP THE LADDER. YOU, ON YOUR OWN IS ENOUGH. YOU, IN SILENCE CAN SPEAK. YOU, REMOVE YOUR CONSTRAINTS. YOU, BELONG TO YOURSELF.
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WORLD LIES IN ASHES, ALL PEOPLE IN DESPAIR. FALSE BORDERS DEFINED THROUGH ENDLESS WARFARE. ARBITRARY LINES, DRAWN IN SAND. IN ROTTING MINDS, THEY’RE DRAWN AGAIN. IN THE ABSENCE OF HOPE, WE SCORN THE FUTURE. EVERY PURITANICAL SOLUTION ENDING IN FAILURE. TO LIBERATE US ALL WE MUST BELIEVE IN OURSELVES. POSSIBILITIES ARISE WHEN WE’RE BREAKING THE SPELL. IF NO ONE WILL QUESTION THE RULES WE UPHOLD, HOW CAN WE BUILD A WORLD ANY DIFFERENT FROM THE OLD? EVERY AUTHORITARIAN IS SURE THEY KNOW BEST. WILL WE DESTROY THEIR FUTURE OR JUST CHANGE ITS PATH? CONTROL, SUBMISSION, FEAR, SUPPRESSION. NEW ORTHODOX PURE OF THOUGHT AND ACTION. CHURCHES OF OLD, CHURCHES OF NEW. WHICH UNQUESTIONABLE LIES WILL WE PRAY TO? THE MARTYR CRUCIFIED UPON THEIR CROSS, LOOKING DOWN FROM HEIGHTS ON ALL THAT’S BEEN LOST. WORSHIP WILL NOT SLOW THE TURNING WHEEL. ONLY YOU AND I AND BREAKING THE SPELL. IN THE VOID OF POWER YOU CREATE, WHO DO WE HAND THE KEYS? IN OUR NEW UTOPIA, WHO WILL YOU BURY? ARE WE PLANTING THE SEEDS OF A NEW POWER? FLOWERS STILL GROW IN THE GRAVEYARDS OF TOMORROW. IN THE ABSENCE OF HOPE WE SCORN THE FUTURE. LIVING ON BORROWED TIME WITH NO REAL SOLUTION. TO FIND A NEW TOMORROW WE MUST TRUST OURSELVES. POSSIBILITIES ARISE WHEN WE’RE BREAKING THE SPELL. THE DEATH SQUAD AND WARFARE STATE STILL MARCHES ON. THE BORDERS STILL DIVIDE US, THE EARTH STILL BURNS. YOU DON’T HAVE TO LOOK FOR THE COMPONENTS OF HELL. THEY’RE CREATED ABOVE AND BROUGHT DOWN ON US ALL. SQUABBLING AND FLAILING WITHIN THEIR GRASP. THEIR STRUCTURES ALREADY PILED HIGH, ALL WE NEED IS A MATCH. “TRUTH” IS FALSE OBLIVION, ONLY YOU CAN FREE YOUR MIND. YOU CAN’T CLOSE THE DOOR ON THE TURNING OF TIME. THERE IS NO TOMORROW, IT’S BEEN TAKEN AWAY. THERE IS ONLY NOW, YOU AND I, AND TODAY. TO END THIS ROTTEN WORLD, BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. ONLY ALL TOGETHER CAN WE BREAK THE SPELL.

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recorded september 11 2020 by sasha straud at artifact audio
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