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Spare A Thought
03:21
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SPARE A THOUGHT
Tell it how it should be told
Sell it how it should be sold
All wrapped up in a fancy name
Lambs to the slaughter, you play their game
You pay a wad for a designer label
But where's the food on your fuckin' table?
So what if it looks like a pile of shite
You paid the earth it must be all right
What it really costs you'll never know
To sew a name tag just for show
To be the first in all the trends
To see the envy of all your friends
In sweat shops kids work till they drop
But they need to eat they cannot stop
So next time you laugh at what isn't named
Spare a thought and be very ashamed
No Great Claim To Fame
Hidden Behind Every Name
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Without Consent
03:07
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Without Consent
What do you see when you close your eyes?
What do you hear when you sleep at night?
What horrors intrude into your dreams?
What carnage breeds a thousand screams?
For all the trophies that you've often kept
Families grieved and mothers wept
In tiny graves the truth was sealed
In a sterile lab your conscience healed
In the name of science, for medical good
You greased your palms in infants' blood
Slice by slice your scalpel rolls
Rest in pieces little souls
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3. |
The Nightmare Seconds
03:38
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The Nightmare Seconds of an Endless Time
A crawling filth of desolation
Sweeps across a zombie nation
An evil omen in every cloud
Enveloped in a tattered shroud
No gods will walk on hallowed earth
No saints predict the coming dirth
Apocalyptic signs bring fear
Total oblivion is drawing near
No fault of plague or flood or flame
Nature's cleansers aren't to blame
Day by day the blood rains down
In mans own greed we slowly drown
Just feed the fire and watch it burn
'Cos one day soon the tide will turn
All wrapped up in blinkered eyes
Stand and watch the death toll rise
The Nightmare Seconds of an Endless Time
No Forgiveness
No Salvation
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Religious Dogma
03:07
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Religious Dogma
Open your mouth to shit not speak
I hate your morality for you are weak
Condemning others for being their way
I can't condone these games you play
You take the words of an ancient book as law
As you declare yet another fucking war
Well answer me this is you can or will
Why does your bible say thou shall not kill?
You're in too deep so watch what you say
Because the stronger minded will have their day
Cower in fear and pray to the higher
You'll be nailed to the cross just like your messiah
The eternal paradise I doubt you'll ever see
As you're more the hypocrite than me
And if I'm wrong then so be it
I refuse to be part of this bullshit
Preacher you can go to hell
I'll never do what you tell
Try so hard to enforce your rules
Pushing that crap on ignorant fools
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Apathy and Fear
03:49
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APATHY AND FEAR
I wake up to face yet another day
Where people walk by with empty stares
No thought for each other
Only ignorance and greed
Afraid to speak for fear of reprisals
No love can be expressed just shadows fade away
From near or distant the reality obscene
All I hear are desperate cries for freedom or release
Absorbing into my soul and suffocating my mind
Fear to communicate segregates man from man
Even a kind word can fuel a rage beyond reason
The old and the frail may fall to their knees
No one wants to know as they cry and plead
Too busy with their own self-centred numb existence
If only we took time out to communicate together
There would be no need to distinguish good from bad
Don't be complacent 'cos life's to short to have hate
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6. |
Arise (AMEBIX Cover)
04:02
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Arise (AMEBIX)
Well we've all heard the sermon seen
The preachers or worshipped the stage
Heard the new manifesto? It's all questions no solutions at all
Well, you're out on your own now, always have been
Just look at your friends
Break the surface to daylight
Strength will flow through our unity.
There is a traitor in our midst
And when we rise we will be betrayed
They are the wolves in sheep's clothing
Take the place at the back of the fold
All this talk about freedom
Will be tainted with blood (it's your life)
Put this cross on your back child
Tread the long weary trail to the top of the hill
ARISE! GET OFF YOUR KNEES!
There's some hard times coming down
There's the smell of revolution on the wind
Well, we're grinding down our axes
Telling tales round the bonfire at night
We will set out with a fire in our hearts
When this darkness gives way to the dawn
In the light we're united as one
For the kingdom of heaven must be taken by storm!
ARISE! GET OFF YOUR KNEES!
STAND UP!
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7. |
Existence Declines
05:01
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Existence Declines
Flying in the face of death
Just waiting for your final breath
No faith left no god to behold
Too late now your souls are sold
On poisoned ground we wait our turn
Avarice thrives and cities burn
No safe haven no retreat
Chaos reigns on every street
Damnation on the lips of sinners
In the end they'll be no winners
Evil breeds and rears its head
Corrupt and vile the word is dead
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Shallow Be Thy Grave
Planet Be Thy Jailer
What's Left To Fuckin Save
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Gung-Ho Heroes
04:05
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Gung Ho Heroes
Can you imagine what's being done?
The intricate web of deceit's been spun
The winds of change are being blown
The seeds of greed are slowly sown
When the powers that be give the order to kill
Consequences could be the bitterest pill
So now who's really got the upper hand
It takes more than one monster to destroy a land
They walk in the valley of the shadow of death
The path is now paved so don't hold your breath
Will our stiff upper lips send us back in again?
Yes, to refuse would need half a brain
Gung Ho Heroes, Look What You've Done
Played Like A Fiddle for One Twat on the Run
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9. |
Two Faces of Evil
04:04
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TWO FACES OF EVIL
Beware the bogeyman
Watch out for the beasts
They'll steal your child
On his trust they will feast
They'll tell him all's fine
With a promise to play
While all alone
On his fear they will prey
Can you always remember?
Where they are every day
Does anyone watch them?
The kids out to play
Some parents get to remember
'Cos the day they came
Their lives fell apart
And were never the same
How long will it take?
For their urges to rise
How soon will it be?
Till another child dies
How many more infants
Will die in great pain
You let them go free
Are you fucking insane?
No Child Is Safe When Deviance Is Free
To Go Once More On A Killing Spree
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10. |
Desperate Measures
03:15
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DESPERATE MEASURES
Frightened by your sanity
Crippled by your fear
Staring down an endless road
It's madness that you hear
Hearing phantom voices
Raging in your head
Telling you to end it
You might as well be dead
Are people staring at you?
Or is it in your mind
It's just the medication
It leaves your system blind
Their ignorance of anguish
Their failure to protect
Leaves you broke and dangling
With a noose around your neck
Desperate Measures
Desperate Minds
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11. |
Empty Gestures
03:16
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EMPTY GESTURES
You speak but your not heard
A curtain of don't give a shit
A constantly sucking void
Ripping at your wasted words
You see but feel so blind
A narrow vision like a blinkered horse
An agonising empty suction
Taking your eyes back to oblivion
You hear but can't make sense
Convenient deafness is all too much
Silent screaming takes your ears
Like listening to a silent gaping mouth
No Sense or Sensibility
No Point in Even Trying
You Find It Hard to Face Reality
When All This Shit
Is Just Normality
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Unheard Cries
03:15
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UNHEARD CRIES
How can this happen it's hard to believe
No one to turn to, no sign of reprieve
His home is a prison; there is no escape
How can he stop the fists and the rape?
Who does he turn to? who does he tell
He lives everyday in his own private hell
Why does it happen, what has he done
A living punchbag for his parents sick fun
He's told to keep quiet and be a good lad
He thinks it's his fault, he must be so bad
He suffers the beast who comes in the night
To scared to protest or put up a fight
He can't take the onslaught; he gives up and dies
The truth gets discovered and everyone cries
Abused and battered since he was in the womb
Born to be beaten inscribed on his tomb
Total Lack of Vigilance
An Epitaph of Ignorance
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