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Disguise/Paradise
03:08
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They say there's safety in numbers
But you know safety is a lie
Re-encountering the obstacles
Did you never wonder why
They taught us young to fear ourselves
To affect a good disguise
So you'd better learn how to fight, boy
Or how to hide
Still, I wonder where we'd be today
If we hadn't learned how to hate
Would we get along any better
If we didn't have to fear the state
Maybe buy a drink together
Learn what's on each other's mind
Or would we still be only out for ourselves
Behavioral experiments
They can really mess with your mind
I know you think that I'm the enemy
That isn't going to make you mine
Some people use their feelings
Like Caligula would choose a wine
Now you're out of tune & I'm out of breath
I guess we're out of time
Show me a way to get to a place I could belong
I never thought this would be paradise
Some people find it hard to admit when they were wrong
Maybe someday we'll all realize that we are one
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King of Shit
01:28
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You've been walking around like you're the king of shit
Spouting proclomations through your dead lips
We don't even notice, we've got better things
Demanding our attention
Need I really remind you what you used to say?
It doesn't matter, you're not listening to me anyway
Hubris is your companion, keeps you company
I'm gonna wish you well, now fucking go away
You must really think you're something
I must really think I'm something
You must really think you're something
And I must really think I'm something
I've been walking around like I'm the king of shit
Behind a smile so grim you'd barely notice it
So far ahead & above...I'm really all of that
You'd better get back! You'd better get back!
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Things We Need
03:28
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I've never felt so much like this before
It's not like I still don't stumble
It's not like I know much more now
But if you could see these things through my eyes
You wouldn't ever have to wonder
They say with people like us, sometimes...we just collide
Nobody ever thinks they've got it easy
Still, they never learned to look out for the quiet ones who smile
They'd probably have us put away
There are things that we don't need
But these are things that we need
A quiet place where we can be ourselves
And keep each other company
I never knew what real strength was
Sure, I've still got these scars
& These bones that barely hold me
But we could lift each other up & move along
If we want to see a future
There are things that we don't need
But these are things that we need
Everyone deserves a chance just to live their lives
& Be treated with some dignity
There are things that we don't need
& I don't need you to tell me
But these are things that we need
& I can tell you right now
Ain't no one gonna keep them from me
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Rotten Weather
03:26
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Here are your textbooks
Here is your juice
& These are the rules you must live by
Here, you can have anything you like except the truth
Do you think they really could have known what they were building
The windows all are boarded up
The sewers are on fire
& Every time you step into the world
Start to perspire
Your best friend is a loaded gun
These people out on the street
Enemies are everywhere
& Even friends trample on your feet
There's something happening
You can feel it down to your toes
The difference between us, it seems
Is that somehow you think you know
The heights to which we sometimes aspire
Must come crumbling down
You're still without a clue
You play tricks with precious gifts you have found
This city could go up
Just like a powder keg
The businessmen & all the racist pigs
Have left us drinking down to the dregs
But you found me through this smear
This empire on the wane
Held on to me
As we watched the rest of the world slide down the drain
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Target Range
01:54
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We go down, but we don't stay there
Since you learned me how to hold your hand
We're all well-informed, we know that they don't play fair
What the hell else is there left for us to understand
Glah you're here with me, got you here by my side
Everyone deserves some peace of mind
I know we think too much but still let's just agree that
After all the junk & lies, this is our time
We were born into a target range
& All the gods said that it was good
We were told conflicting stories about right & wrong
Then told we'd better act just as we should
We go down, but we don't stay there
We can refuse to be a part of this game
We're well-informed...they don't play fair
But did you really think that that was enough to make it change?
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Evaporate
02:56
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Well some folks have to live their lives according to some plan
While others try to be content with how well went their latest scam
I only know that time is passing at a rapid clip
I only know that time is passing
They tought you to live out of pocket, watched you fade to grey
I felt the life within begin to stir, respond to words you would say
I only know I had no choice but feel or not feel this
I only know I couldn't choose
There never was a choice, I'd forgotten how to lead with my voice
But did it matter anyway? Turned into vapor & misted away
It's not like I don't understand, I never pretended to be a good man
My power is my pain and I don't think that you'll be back here again
It takes a villiage, so take a number, impatiently we wait
While sweat is dripping from the foreheads of the guardians at the gate
And I still kinda feel like something special might just make me great
And I still kind of feel...
That's the best I can do, beholden to no one...I see through you
Is that the best you can do? You hold the title on what's true and untrue
& then evaporate
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7. |
Inner Child
03:46
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Inner Child
She never tried to tell me what to do
& Couldn't care that much about you
It doesn't matter that I'm not her kind
She's out of sight & I'm out of my mind
But you know everything's fine when we go...
She said we smelled like sweat and fuck
Lately I'm willing to push my dumb luck
She doesn't worry that I'm not one of the gang
& smiles politely when I dip into old slang
She knows whenever we hang that we'll go...
& I can tell
By the way she grips my hair
She doesn't notice how I'm fighting for air
Sometimes it costs too much to care
Now we're out of here
I've got a million little ways
Evading every question
She threw me into a daze
But did I forget to mention
The unequivical silence
Perhaps our best invention
With unlimited milage
& All the best intentions
I used to be so self-controlled but now I've got to break through
She said my inner child was crippled & I guess that's true
I don't talk about my feelings much anymore
If I don't like it, I know how to find the door
We ended up on the floor, where we'd go bang bang bang
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Invisible Engine Cincinnati, Ohio
Invisible Engine is action-packed, anti-establishment, and really into hyphens.
We have a lot of influences, but we try
to forge ahead along the path begun by the likes of Phil Ochs, Stiff Little Fingers, New Model Army, the Dischord Records crew, and so many others.
Actually, if you give a good listen to Chickenshit Conformist by Dead Kennedys you'll have a fairly decent grasp of our "philosophy"
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