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They've Got You

from Letters to Jesus by Model M

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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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from Letters to Jesus, released January 1, 2009

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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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