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cyclone fence
03:25
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the city outside has gone quiet. it somehow seems quieter than it usually is at this time of day, in this part of the city.
But I don't know what I'm doing here, just walking though the endless mazes.
Pressed up against a cyclone fence in an artistic pose. Wrapping my fingers through that cyclone fence, as I look, hard through.
Looking out at the other side, I don't care what I see. Looking hard at the other side, I don't get what they see.
This industrial wasteland, is it that busy during the day. There's a food truck and I'm wasted away. Everything is undoing, unraveling, its all coming up...again.
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(glammy riff fade out forever)
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Arrogance of idiocy
03:42
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the arrogance of idiocy
the arrogance of idiocy
Ingratiated so hideously, into everything
that I do and a bunch of what I say
empathy and curiosity
turned out to be harmful
to my health
They say you cant argue with crazy
but I always forget
the arrogance of idiocy
Ingratiated so hideously
empathy and curiosity
turned out to be harmful
to my health
we long for a time that was simpler
but all we got was people that were simpler
empathy and curiosity
turned out to be harmful
to my health / it killed more then the cat
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3. |
Cut it back
03:23
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Couldn't cut it back
train has left the station
these tracks will run out
this is the situation
you wonder how this piece of shit got made
till it dawns on you that this its always been this way
Couldn't cut it back
train has left the station
these tracks will run out
this is the situation
and it dawned on you,
you're holding that piece of shit in your hand
driving around to a job you cant stand
to buy variations of that same shit
Couldn't cut it back
train has left the station
these tracks will run out
this is the situation
you wonder how this piece of shit got made
till it dawns on you that this its always been this way
you're holding that piece of shit in your hand
driving around to a job you cant stand
to buy variations of that same shit
Couldn't cut it back
train has left the station
these tracks will run out
this is the same situation
you wonder how this piece of shit keeps getting made
till it dawns on you that this its always been this way
you're holding that same piece of shit in your hand
driving around to a job you can barley stand
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Something small
03:48
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when you say the end of the world
you don't mean the end of the world
you just mean the end of what you recognise
what you're familiar with
lets take something small
really just an insignificant thing
I really got nothing else going on
lets blow it all out of proportion
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5. |
Birds
04:56
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Every 'bird' is a government surveillance drone. the real ones have all gone
Biological birds have all been killed off, replaced with realistic replicas
I'm not crazy, I know it sounds crazy. I know it might sound crazy but I'm not crazy about being a surveyed servant of the state every time I leave the house. so I just post my truths online, let everyone know what's happening, you can work it out for yourself. Cause knowledge is power, keep the truth to yourself.
and I'm not crazy, I got my truth, on line
I'm not going to get these thoughts out of my head
we wont bargain with the worms when we're dead
the original Luke was a little bit shorter in the original trilogy, now that everything is digital and streaming directly into our homes they can change everything and just say 'that's the way its always been'
It time to face time to remind we're out of time
do your own research and find out. Knowledge is power
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tell it
04:37
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Tell it to those who cant stand the sight of another one of your excuses
Tell it to friends all wrapped up in interesting fantasy that plays out better in their head.
Tell me I'm wrong in eleven different ways
chronicles that stick to the same themes
Tell it to those who cant stand the sight of another one of your excuses
Tell it to friends all wrapped up in interesting fantasy that plays out better then the real world.
Its in hear somewhere...
Tell it to those living in the consequences of our actions, knee deep in shitty metaphors and ultra violent disinterest
Tell me I'm wrong in eleven different ways
chronicles that stick to the same themes
Tell it to those living in the consequences of our actions, knee deep in shitty metaphors and ultra violent disinterest
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Debate/relate
03:31
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Relate...debate
I don't know what you're getting so worked up for
its clearly jokes and a cutting personal attacks
Its like you can't say anything anymore
and debased disgusting antisocial tendencies aren't given the same slack as they used to
first the sound and then it hits ya
this agreed upon farce
inconvenience rebellion masked as freedom for all
Happiness is locked behind a pay wall
If you ask me (which you did'nt...no one did) Ill tell you where I think its goin
You made the mistake of going full bogan
taking all the toxic traits and follow shitty tropes
In the end benefits no one and you're just punching down
Questions that don't really keep me up late at night
that there's probably a case to be made that the stupid ones are right
and my happiness is locked behind a pay wall
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testtest
04:12
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test test
same results
laying
bleeding through the mattress
same test
same results
same test same results
come this way
if you want to survive
follow this way
if you want to get by
jump though hoops
yeah the hoop is on fire
what about it
I can hose it down
but that'll cost ya
this hoop is the only one
that meets all the standards
passed all the safety tests
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9. |
Tip of the spear
03:35
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we used to work on thrill seeking behaviour
now the fear seeps in to our homes
we know what we need to know what we needed to do
but the fear has sort of hamstrung us
You're not really the tip of the spear
Really just a jabbing index finger
we know what we need to know what we needed to do
but the fear has sort of hamstrung us
we used to work on thrill seeking behaviour
now the fear seeps in to our homes
we know what we need to know what we needed to do
but the fear has sort of hamstrung us
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10. |
2nd best
04:15
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Lets settle for 2nd best
shared unrelated sea of distress
lets settle for 2nd best
in this world of unrest
Everything carried to its logical conclusion, tends to wind up real fucking depressing. If not totally carcinogenic. Extrapolating this out, is gonna yield results and consequences
lets settle for 2nd best
in the world of all this unrest
lets settle for second best
shared unrelated sea of distress
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*idea inspired/stolen from intro to "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K Le Guin
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Ze Wisenheimer Melbourne, Australia
Started by Zac as a bedroom psych krautrock project. In 2022 the project drew in Michelle and Nate and the trio inadvertently morphed Zac’s songs into an entirely new and formidable beast. Today, Ze Wisenheimer is a post punk band bringing conflicted noise with infectious beats, paranoiac repetition with hooks and melody, and stream-of-conscious rants with tongue-in-cheek puns. ... more
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