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Letters to Jesus
03:38
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I send letters to Jesus
Telling him of the voices in my head
And I’m always playing in my darkest mind
And to tell you the truth, buddy
That has got to end.
And I’m the one
Who plays your Mercury
Because my conscience tells me
The wage of sin is death
Mexico is beautiful
I’m standing in a tent
With butterflies and flowers that sing
My disease creeps in and takes over
And now all them butterflies all look trapped
Now I’m not the one
To play Neptune
Because my conscience tells me
The wage of war is a sin
Today his reply came
From his holiness
That said he needs me right here
He says he’s not the one
To be my Jesus
And now my unconscious tells me
The riddles to all of sin
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2. |
Same (feat. DEROSNEC)
03:14
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Stand on the statues of this
Angst is the oppressive nation
Democracy is a lie
Designed to control you
Marching the gooseneck step
The fascists have the parade route
Sired by the CEO heads
The guilty confessions I heard
A trip
A truth
A trap
But the truth
It’s the same for you as the same for me
It’s the same for you as the same for me
It’s a dirty world we live
Where love is easily taken
The values we don’t all share
I swear you’ll wear a chip one day
We all know who carried the cross
But wasn’t Elvis our saviour?
A trip
A truth
A trap
But the truth
It’s the same for you as the same for me
It’s the same for you as the same for me
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3. |
I Know You're Out There
03:16
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I know you’re out there
Breaking hearts
Skin is knowing
What’s fever
Hey, hey
Baby one
I know you’re out there
Smiling Buddha
The self I’ve hidden
In a cold, dark place
Hey Hey
Baby one
I know you’re out there
It’s turned so cold
The price of knowing
This is all too long
Baby one
I know you’re out there
The tidal wave has come
To wash it all away
To bring it back to one
I know you’re out there
Breaking hearts
Sin is knowing
Something is wrong
Ah, tough, baby don’t go
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4. |
Shooting Star
02:47
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Well I don’t know where to start
I was lost in the dark
Outer space is cold
When you’re no one to know
You’ll do right
I’m still no one to know
‘Cuz it’s a street fight kids
For something you want
Like trying to catch them shooting stars
And so the dream marches on
To find a way back home
Somewhere in outer space
Which is not known
You’ll do right
But still you’re no one to know
Now boy, it’s a street fight
When there’s something you want
Go and chase your shooting star
(Going to be a shooting star
It’s all a fantasy unless you’re getting it
Motherfucking rock star
Deadbeat, motherfucker, dreamer, sucker)
The bullet was shot when you came out the womb
So go get it, just go get it
How you can live like this, just a statistic
Go get it, go get it
You’ll do right
But I’m still no one to know
‘Cuz it’s a street fight kid
For something you want
So go be a shooting star
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5. |
Real
03:46
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Picking up the pieces of the puzzle
Fragments of life gone and to go
Those whom I loved I heard along the way
The fuckin’ narcissist in my younger days
Used despotism to light the way
I had to move fast not to be a slave
That’s the price of a back hauling steel
For something you all call….
Real
Real
And I feel compelled to tell you
How good fortune has always been with me
Like you I live in a matrix
Don’t be blind to its slavery
Death will surely become me
So why be afraid to live
Without war, greed, and judgements
I know you’re guilty, but you won’t say that you are
Remember that this life’s a passing through
To something that’s…
Real
something that's real
something that's real
something that's real
Something that's…
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6. |
They've Got You
04:43
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There is a river flowing very fast
It so swift that there are those who will be afraid
And they will try to hold onto the shore
And they will feel like they are being torn apart
And will suffer greatly
Know this: the river has a destination
The river has a destination
The elders say we must let go of the shore
Push off into the middle of the river
And see who is in there with you and celebrate
The time of the lone wolf is over
We are one, we are one
You live in a wooden box with a copper wire
Connected to a video screen that you paid to see
To sell the products and their lies and to tell you
What is happiness and what is fear
And they got you
Yep, they got you.
They’ll keep you overworked and underpaid
And barely scraping by
From slavery to modern slavery calling it 8.75
While raising gasoline, cutbacks in education
The healthcare system that’s a joke
You wanna what? You wanna retire one day? Hah.
Welcome to the new world order
And they got you
And they’ve got you
So in 8,000 years what have we really changed?
From the tower of Babylon to the
towers of the world trade centre
(There is no reason why)
There’s no reason why
(That’s because they got you)
We are one, We are one
(we’ll pay the price)
and yet, and yet
(Yet still to this day there’s still massive genocide
rampant around the earth from Africa to East Timor
to Haiti to Bosnia and our so called great leaders)
They downplay the concept
(We’ll pay the cheque)
The oceans we poison
(We’ll pay the cheque)
The air that we breathe
(We’ll pay the cheque)
The toxic warnings
(We’ll pay the cheque)
Cutting down the trees
(We’ll pay the cheque)
But they got you. Don’t you see they got you?
And they got you, playin’ along they’ve got you
So I go on to YouTube to search for some truth
I spend countless hours in search of hope and understanding
From the gurus to Buddha to Jesus and Mohammed
And find countless other profiteers
Searching for some kind of weakness
(There is a storm coming, it will come as a thief in the night
You will not be warned upon approach
It will be vicious and rapid)
There is a river flowing very fast
It is so swift that there are those that will be afraid
And that will try to hold onto the shore
And they will feel like they are being torn apart
And they will suffer greatly
You must know this: The river has a destination
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7. |
America
03:54
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We suck, we fuck
We live just like good Americans
We dance, we sing
We buy them purty things, just so American
(Gotta fuck)
Would you please explain
Why you send the boys off to fight war again
Lady liberty, what could you do
When your own little bastards turn their backs on you
Ich bin ein American
The Chinese have come, don’t be afraid
They will buy all of the American slaves
No we can’t stop, what makes you think
That your bullets can do anything?
(Well holy fuck)
Are you all insane?
Katrina was a storm, and then came the wave
And I don’t care what your crazy presidents say
Edward R. Murrows is left to say
Ich bin ein American
Hiroshima, Nagasaki
in the Middle East you are the beast
In South America a coup propaganda
And what you did to the Native American
Is no worse that Hitler did to the Jews
(Born in the USSA)
Ich bin ein American
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8. |
Over
03:56
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You better crawl on your knees
The next time you say that you love me
Fall on your knees
Cuz this time I won’t be so kind
Can’t you see that this is life and life
Is killing me
Is it yours, Is it mine
Our skies fell down tonight
To wash away the pain
Tell me over and over again
(It never was)
It never was the time for us
It never was the time to let me in
(It never was)
Now show me over and over again
(It never was)
It never was the time for us
It never was the time to let me in
(It never was)
You’d better see
How evil you can be
And I see your evil smile
It’s the one that you remember
When I am not so kind
Can’t you see that this is death and death
Is saving me
I say burn
All of your bridges
While you still have control of your flame
I know it’s hard but you’ll tell me
Over and over again
(It never was)
It never was the time for us
It never was the time to let me in
(It never was)
Show me over and over again
(It never was)
It never was the time for us
It never was the time to let me in
(My soul has left me)
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9. |
The River
04:48
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I walked the river of life’s edge
Until the day we met
The river is said to lead to the sea
And on to Nirvana
The warm water compels my soul
As the spirit takes to flow
So willingly I follow
I wanted to be there, I felt complete
The water, the river, the ocean, the bottom
The water, the river, the ocean, the bottom
(Down where I can’t breathe and I can’t swim away)
And in the end I couldn’t have
Meant that much to you
For the one I burned so deeply for
Is just a shipwreck washed up on the shore
I had so much hope
In your womb I wanted to stay
But your current pulls me further down
Deeper into you into you to the place
No heart is safe
The water, the river, the ocean, the bottom
The water, the river, the ocean, the bottom
(Where I can’t breathe and I can’t just swim away)
The water, the river, the ocean, the bottom
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10. |
Diamonds and Rust
04:19
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Model M Los Angeles, California
Terrance Dick was born and raised in Vancouver, and started singing when he was 3. Terrance has played and collaborated with many friends and musicians, and has worked in studios such as Little Mountain Sound and Vancouver Studios in the early 90s. He has many unusual and interesting stories to tell about his life, which is where much of the content of his original music is rooted in. ... more
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