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The eyes have it
03:22
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Keeper of secrets, door of the soul
Seeing no evil is taking its toll
You see how they act, they speak to deceive
And you agree to their lies after what you have seen
The eyes have it, The eyes have it
The eyes have it
Count the hands, and tally the vote
Wait for the outcome if any oppose
Decision is made, your conscience condemns you
When all’s said and done, sell your soul to the devil
The eyes have it, the eyes have it
The eyes have it. Count the hands
Were you there when they passed the law
That killed the freedom that you once saw
The eyes have it, the eyes have it
The eyes have it. Count the hands
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Stupid 3D pictures
03:43
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So you tell me
There’s something there
But I can’t see it
No matter how I stare
It’s invisible to me
Impossible to see
Like I’m some kind of moron
Why is this
So difficult for me?
Unicorns and faeries
Statues and towers
Rainbows and dragons
Tigers and flowers
Make an appearance in glorious 3D
Shimmering existence
But not for me
Stupid 3D pictures
Stupid 3D pictures
Stupid 3D pictures
Stupid 3D pictures
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What they don’t tell you
What they won’t tell you
What they don’t tell you
What they don’t tell you when you're flying blind
What they don’t tell you after all this time
What they don’t tell you when you’re out of line
What they don’t tell you
Maybe it would be
A whole new destiny, if only I
Knew what I should have known, if only I
Did what I could have done
What they don’t tell you
What you should have known
To see you through the great unknown The
helpful words that carry you along
What they don’t tell you
Maybe it would be
A whole new destiny, if only you
Knew what you should have known, if only you
Did what you could have done
What they don’t tell you is
Put your coffee down
Before they land the plane
When you hit the ground
Or don’t buy a suede lounge
Then have some kids
Or don’t drive a truck
‘cross a one lane bridge, yet they’ll say
Don’t plant your tomatoes before Royal Hobart Show Day
And other stupid things that mess up your way
What they don’t tell you when you're flying blind
What they don’t tell you after all this time
What they don’t tell you when you have the time
What they don’t tell you
What they don’t tell you
What they don’t tell you
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Cognitive dissonance
04:11
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You spend all your time playing your game
Selling your soul for fortune and fame
Truth and lies are now just the same
It’s nothing to you, you feel no shame
When black becomes white and white becomes black
Hard to discern your fiction from fact
It’s easy to see your logic attack
Changing the truth with a knife in the back
(You can’t deny) Cognitive dissonance
(The Truth for a lie) Cognitive dissonance
(You wonder why) Cognitive dissonance
This is Cognitive dissonance
Cognitive dissonance
With reasonable doubt I listen again
Alternative facts are always the same
Persuade me to think that you’re not insane
Your eloquent words, I’ll rinse down the drain
(long pause)
(You can’t deny) Cognitive dissonance
(The Truth for a lie) Cognitive dissonance
(You wonder why) Cognitive dissonance
This is Cognitive dissonance
(You can’t deny) Cognitive dissonance
(The Truth for a lie) Cognitive dissonance
(Don’t even try) Cognitive dissonance
This is Cognitive dissonance
This is Cognitive dissonance
This is Cognitive dissonance
Cognitive dissonance
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If there isnt a God
03:37
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If there isn’t a God, then what does that mean?
Do I get to do what I want, with no one watching over me?
If there isn’t a God, then who will I be
Will I get to live my life totally free?
I can do what I want, without some fear of consequence
I could take from you, what I want, with no regrets
But what will it mean, when I am dead and gone away
Does it mean in the end, I’ll never exist?
Oh who will I find to blame it on
When things don’t go my way
When the world gets cruel and good people die
Will getting even save the day?
Well what would it matter if I told a lie
To make things better for me
If evolution’s just doing its job
To get me from A to B
If there isn’t a God, then why should I care
When the world is dead and gone, in just a few more million years
And should I care about you - if I never see you ever again
But will that mean I’ll be missed
It’s just business - farewell to you
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Blind spot
04:14
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There it is right there
I see you have one
Just read the chart
And tell me what you see
I have to inform you
You have a defect
Don’t be concerned now
It’s just a blind spot
It has the symptom
Where you see wrong and right
It knows the truth
Knows when you hear a lie
It’s just a blind spot
You may have one or two
Please have a seat now
We’ll see what we can do
We have a treatment
Some apparatus
So we can help you
See things OUR way
Then you’ll feel much better
Have an easy life
When you see it OUR way
Citizen number 745
Out in the courtyard
Drones line up in queues
We have a system
Electrodes help them too
Behaviour programs
Correct your mind
Better do things OUR way
Citizen number 745
There’s a way of thought
That seems to you is right
We’ll make corrections
And turn it all about
If your mind gets thinking
We’ll help control your life
The only way is OUR way
Citizen number 745
If you see a friend
Think in a different way
Quickly report them
It’s the only way
Our surgeons are waiting
To fix their troubled mind
Obey and you’ll be OK
Citizen number 745
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Mongrel dog
03:38
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There’s that mongrel dog again
Sits there barking at my best friend
Chasing away all her dreams
Filling her restless heart with screams
All my friends seem to know its name
No one knows from where it came
Hangs around their back door
Growls and scratches and digs up the lawn
There’s that mongrel dog again
Sits there barking at my best friend
Chasing away all her dreams
Filling her restless heart with screams
Mongrel dog don’t care at all
Bites and barks and scratch the door
Haunts and taunts you till your blue
That dog knows how to get to you
Gonna take a stick and smack its head
I’ll chase that dog out past the shed
Tell my friends that they’re OK
My stick and I will keep it away
There’s that mongrel dog again
Sits there barking at my best friend
Chasing away all her dreams
Filling her restless heart with screams
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Alternative facts
03:18
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One look sideways and its now
Changed from where it started from
I was sure you said that it
Meant the opposite of what I thought
This will have to be discussed
Between different interest groups
Checking to see if what you
Did say was really the truth Or lies
This is what they call
Freedom of speech
Where everybody hates each other
When we overreach
Do we protect
The thing that takes away our freedom
Look now he’s getting very
Angry when you challenge him
We are now his enemy
Because we asked if he was racist
They will now twist my words to
Make it look like I am a
Purveyor of all fake news
They now have the alternative facts
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10. |
The Afterlife
01:36
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