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Onto You
03:15
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You took your time in preparation
Got your ducks all in a row
Dotted your i’s and crossed out everything that’d
Ever let them know
You want it right, right,
Say baby, are the ropes too tight?
You concealed all your intentions
And her tears inside a sack and as you
Drove out to the desert you knew the
Wind would hide your tracks
She didn’t fight, fight,
No baby, you wouldn’t put up with that
But I’ll be there to greet you when you come back
Back you in a corner cuz your pound of flesh is due
The lies you have forsaken will awake anew
Say that you feel nothing well we’ll see if that is true
It’s gonna come back tenfold onto you
You headed westward in direction killed the lights and had a smoke
Turned down the radio to hear the words that dared escape her throat
It’d be alright, right,
Oh baby, I don’t know about that
But you don’t have to worry about walking back
Back you in a corner cuz your pound of flesh is due
The lies you have forsaken will awake anew
Say that you feel nothing well we’ll see if that is true
It’s gonna come back tenfold onto you
Lifted her gently from the backseat (when the lights go out, it’s turn-and-turn-about)
And you kissed her tear-stained cheek (when the lights go out, it’s turn-and-turn-about)
And as she begged for her life for the last time
You put her to sleep
Within the film across her eyes you saw the light die in your own
And as you laid down in the sand a sense of finally coming home
You’re gonna burn, the tables turned, and that’s that
Cuz what you took from her you must give back
Back you in a corner cuz your pound of flesh is due
The lies you have forsaken will awake anew
Say that you feel nothing well we’ll see if that is true
It’s gonna come back, it’s gonna come back...
Back you in a corner cuz your pound of flesh is due (when the lights go out)
Back you in a corner cuz your pound of flesh is due (it’s turn-and-turn-about)
Say that you feel nothing well we’ll see if that is true
It’s gonna come back tenfold onto you
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2. |
UCD
02:44
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Tuition cuts and protests at Berkeley
Occupy Wall Street to the East
Late afternoon on a typical Friday
The setting of a brewing disease
Tents erected throughout the East quad
Students together supporting a cause
Legally challenging the fall of a nation but
All she saw was vermin on the lawn
(And then she) placed a call and baby
You came running
Shine your badge, clean your gun
You are what this country’s built upon
Noble, pure, and brave
If they don’t know their place
Then they’re gonna get it in the face
Thank god you keep us safe
Full riot gear cuz this shit could get messy
Some kid on the ground could pose a serious threat
Ease down on the trigger it can’t hurt to be ready
These liberal brats will show some respect!
The line marches in but you do not impress them
They smile and they sing, they hold hands and link arms
The feeling of impotence quickly ignites you
An errant shout sets off the alarm
(And then you) pulled out a can cuz baby
You had a solution
Shine your badge, clean your gun
You are what this country’s built upon
Noble, pure, and brave
If they try to resist
Then they’re gonna take one to the chest
Thank god you keep us safe
What does it take to draw the line?
Stand face to face with a 20-year old?
Watch her gasp and beg for air at your hand
Do you think if roles were reversed that she’d understand?
What does it take to push forth blind?
To spray on as the last few fold?
You took an oath to protect and serve, so tell me
Is the badge on your chest worth the death of your soul?
Shine your badge, clean your gun
You are what this country’s built upon
Noble, pure, and brave
If they don’t know their place
Then they’re gonna get it in the face
Thank god you keep us safe
Shine your badge, clean your gun
You are what this country’s built upon
Noble, pure, and brave
If they try to resist
Then they’re gonna take one to the chest
Thank god you keep us safe
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3. |
Final Straw
02:18
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Twelve hours a day and you’re coming home with nothing
Kids wanna know why it’s not like what’s on television
He lies he lies
You try you try to provide
Your home’s a hell-hole and you’ve got no other option
You board a boat / back of a truck to flee corruption
He lies he lies
You try you try to survive
Final straw and we’ll rise up to prove
We’ve nothing to lose cuz
I’ll resist till there’s nothing left
I’ll resist with my final breath
He can say that the wall will go up and you’ll pay, but
I’ll resist to my fingertips, even after death
He sits in his tower counting coins and signing death warrants
Surrounded by his cronies and his sycophants
He lies he lies
We’ll rise we’ll rise and organize!
Final straw and we’ll rise up to prove that
We won’t be used cuz
I’ll resist till there’s nothing left
I’ll resist with my final breath
Normalization will abound if we set our weapons down, but
I’ll resist to my fingertips, even after death
Final straw and we’ll rise up to prove
We’ve nothing to lose cuz
I’ll resist till there’s nothing left
I’ll resist with my final breath
When the laws he creates fail to make this country great-
I’ll resist to my fingertips, even after death
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4. |
Hotel Hell
04:41
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Metal walls hold in your calls
As noxious gas pours in
The debonair from the fair
Seemed like such a gentleman
And as you make your last mark
On this life you realize
That the devil is not very well disguised
At hotel hell
His eyes were blue
His manners perfect
So charismatic
Like sent from heaven above
His offer kind
And so convenient
It took mere moments
To be giddy in love
He said he built this place for girls just like you
The fair was grand
Just so exciting
And your companion
Seemed like the man of your dreams
No warming bells
No subtle signals
No inner voices
Till it was too late to leave
You were living the life you’d only read about
But in your books the guests always checked out
Metals wall hold in your calls
As noxious gas pours in
The debonair from the fair
Seemed like such a gentleman
And as you make your last mark
On this life you realize
That the devil is not very well disguised
At hotel hell
He said “My Dear,
My I please show you
Throughout my building
Do forgive the mess.”
Though you were smart,
Normally cautious,
He was so earnest,
And so easy to trust
He said “Wait here, I must go and set the stage.”
Your heart stopped when you heart the lock engage
Metal walls hold in your calls
As noxious gas pours in
The debonair from the fair
Seemed like such a gentleman
And as you make your last mark
On this life you realize
That the devil is not very well disguised
At hotel hell
A dozen murders later
They’ll realize what he was and when they
String him up and hang him
You’ll get some justice, love
He’ll be buried under layers
Of cement at his decree
Cuz more than death he feared the
Molestation of his body
But his rest will be disturbed
In the year 2016
When his exhumation’s ordered
To check his identity
Of all the horrors he’s rendered
I pray his would be the worst
When they open up his coffin
And defile his corpse
Metal walls hold in your calls
As noxious gas pours in
The debonair from the fair
Seemed like such a gentleman
And as you make your last mark
On this life you realize
That the devil is not very well disguised
At hotel hell
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5. |
Ruby's Ditch
03:25
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South Dakota, 1992
Icy roads and the ditch he drove you into
Sober up, my girl
Door is stuck, somehow you slide out
Does he grab you, do you shout “Let go”--
Will we ever know?
You must have been so cold
Only 19 years old
Three months would pass till you’d be found at last
75 feet from the crash
Where did you go when the flames died out?
Did the cold Earth set you free?
They’ll send patrols, but they’ll never know
How in the ditch your body came to be, Ruby
Time had not been good to you
Their only clue was in your tattoo
And his body down the ditch from you
You must have felt so alone
Did you beg to go home?
The cops said foul play--you couldn’t have been missed that day
Well then, love, who took you away?
Where did you go when the flames died out?
Did the cold Earth set you free?
They’ll send patrols, but they’ll never know
How in the ditch your body came to be, Ruby
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6. |
Down With The Ship
05:44
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The wind was blowin gales
Sheets of water streamin down
30 days upon her decks and
Land could not be found
Off her starboard came a light and
Hope soon turned to fear
The flagship of her nemesis was
Drawing near
The first shot breached her hull, causing
Water to pour in
The second shot took his first mate
Along with half his men
But the captain he was strong
He would welcome the night
“I am not going down
Without a fight!”
We were alive when the sun came up
But the night will set us free
Servants of none down beneath the sun
Seventh hell of the seven seas
We were bound but now we’ve drowned we’ll
Take vengeance on our enemies
We will wait at the door to your crypt
Down with the ship
They tied him to the mast and
Filled the hull with lead
As water rose above his chest
His heart was filled with dread
They say the soul of a killer
Cannot be saved
And so he’ll sink down, down
To his watery grave
We were alive when the sun came up
But the night will set us free
Servants of none down beneath the sun
Seventh hell of the seven seas
We were bound but now we’ve drowned we’ll
Take vengeance on our enemies
We will wait at the door to your crypt
Down with the ship
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