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1. |
Optimize Performance
03:41
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We are the makers
We are the creators
We are the muckrakers
Never imitators
Content generation
Initialize production
Birth to realization
Enhancing our construction
Minimize Reluctance
Optimize Performance
Maximize Endurance
Optimize Performance
Minimize Reluctance
Optimize Performance
Maximize Endurance
Optimize Performance
Honing execution
Rehearsing for perfection
Endless evolution
Narrows our direction
Sharpening our steel
To the fiercest sword
We decide what's real
When we hit record
Minimize Reluctance
Optimize Performance
Maximize Endurance
Optimize Performance
Minimize Reluctance
Optimize Performance
Maximize Endurance
Optimize Performance
When performance is optimized
All our dreams are realized
We become brilliantly modified
And we are mentally deified
Minimize Reluctance
Optimize Performance
Maximize Endurance
Optimize Performance
Minimize Reluctance
Optimize Performance
Maximize Endurance
Optimize Performance
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2. |
Right About Now
03:37
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Now tell me don't you feel it
It's coursing through your veins
If you don't have it, you steal it
Get it straight to your brain
Feel the fire, burning inside ya
It ignites us all somehow
Never tire, connect the wire
Exploding once again
Right about now
You've got the fuel inside you
All it takes is a flame
To start a raging inferno
Illuminating what you became
Feel the fire, burning inside ya
It ignites us all somehow
Never tire, connect the wire
Exploding once again
Right about now
You'll be the phoenix rising
You'll rise up from the dirt
And you will be the creator
Dream into flesh a new earth
Be the hero or villain
It's up to you to decide
Just don't get left at the station
You've got a ticket to ride
Feel the fire, burning inside ya
It ignites us all somehow
Never tire, connect the wire
Exploding once again
Right about now
Feel the fire, burning inside ya
It ignites us all somehow
Never tire, connect the wire
Exploding once again
Right about now
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3. |
Genesis Generation
03:16
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We are the ones who make
There's not much left to take
We've got to push to renew
We dedicate our lives
Living among the knives
Exposing all that is true
And when they see our plans
They wanna tie our hands
Knowing we'll carry it through
We're hard as stone inside
Working to bury the lies
Eyes see in crystal clear view
Hey! This is the genesis generation
Hey! This is the genesis generation
We are the freaks who seek
To smack the other cheeks
Our names across the marquee
There is no time to die
Got to secure our supply
You're either fake or you're free
And once we chart our course
You will feel all of our force
That is our guarantee
Cause we've perfected the art
No stopping once we start
The creativity spree
Hey! This is the genesis generation
Hey! This is the genesis generation
Wipe off your sour face
Cause this is our new place
New generation begins
Once you were leading the rush
But now you're beneath our crush
Sure you can feel it within
Already on the way out
You still can't figure it out
While we are pulling the pin
Still you don't wanna believe
Nothing your mind can conceive
We built and we will win
Hey! This is the genesis generation
Hey! This is the genesis generation
Hey! This is the genesis generation
Hey! This is the genesis generation
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This is a worldwide exhibition
Not just art, this is a mission
And we've got to get it started for sure
We are the lords of our creation
Let's take it to the nations
They are hungry and they're starving for more
All it takes is a big idea
One in our hands is worth ten thousand in the bin
And once we've got it, we will never lose
Come from behind and now we're ready to win
It's us, we're the ones
We've got to stand together
With the art that makes the world go 'round
Enough with the hatin
We're lords of our creation
With the art that makes the world go 'round
It's us, we're the ones
We've got to stand together
With the art that makes the world go 'round
Enough with the hatin
We're lords of our creation
With the art that makes the world go 'round
More than just aesthetic
We're peaceful, empathetic
And we're changing our global priorities
True genius but we're centered
Still cunning like a leopard
And opposing the oppressive authorities
Might be weak when we're alone
But strong when we're together
Like a pantheon of gods from antiquity
If you get in our way
You better start to pray
We're steamrollin' straight to total ubiquity
It's us, we're the ones
We've got to stand together
With the art that makes the world go 'round
Enough with the hatin
We're lords of our creation
With the art that makes the world go 'round
It's us, we're the ones
We've got to stand together
With the art that makes the world go 'round
Enough with the hatin
We're lords of our creation
With the art that makes the world go 'round
This is the art that makes the world go round
Just step to the side when you hear the sound of
Makers, creators, performers, illustrators
Writers, uniters, real heavyweight fighters
The gods of today, and there's no time like the present
To jump to the fore and represent
Connected to this world wide imminent onset
Of creative ascent
Ride this wave and connect your brain
To the imagination train before you go insane
Build new thoughts, new ideas, connections
It all builds to a point of reflection
Direction, until it forms an inception
And never worry about perfection
Never be afraid, don't ever be ashamed
At the end of the day our reward will be claimed
It's us, we're the ones
We've got to stand together
With the art that makes the world go 'round
Enough with the hatin
We're lords of our creation
With the art that makes the world go 'round
It's us, we're the ones
We've got to stand together
With the art that makes the world go 'round
Enough with the hatin
We're lords of our creation
With the art that makes the world go 'round
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5. |
Fail Harder
04:10
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A young fiend, so fresh and green
You think that you're ready for trouble
But you don't even know what it means
And when it finds you, it will be double
Hope to get it, but prepare for failure
Cause it will be your middle name
Don't be discouraged, don't be dissuaded
And try not to let it drive you insane
If at first you don't succeed
You know you gotta bleed
It's all part of the plan
So you better just exhale
You know you're gonna fail so
Fail harder
Don't wait, don't you hesitate
A new God isn't crowned in a day
A million battles are what will await you
So you better start your mission today
You will get kicked and punched in the mouth
What doesn't kill you will harden for war
And every failure has a silver lining
Can't reach the sky until you fall to the floor
If at first you don't succeed
You know you gotta bleed
It's all part of the plan
So you better just exhale
You know you're gonna fail so
Fail harder
Nobody said this would be easy
Prepare to fall, and fail completely
But this will never become your ruin
Don't be a victim of the illusion
If at first you don't succeed
You know you gotta bleed
It's all part of the plan
So you better just exhale
You know you're gonna fail so
Fail harder
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6. |
Assembly Mind
03:52
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Manufacturing mayhem
Directing destruction
From my assembly mind
Comes pyrolytic production
Compositing cacophony
And fabricating hype
Fortifying formulations
For these vapid prototypes
Smash up all the parts
Put them together again
Magnifying madness
To a glorious end
Supply without demand
Keeping my nowhere-house stocked
Piled to the ceiling
Locked and scarred-board boxed
This is a product
Of my assembly mind
Breaking the pieces
I form into the whole
This is a product
Of my assembly mind
Down my conveyor belt
To complete control
Ka-chunk, ka-chunk, ka-chunk
Sounds of extruding the steel
Clanging to the floor
Becoming something I can feel
In my furious foundry
Melting all meaning to sludge
Transforms to scarlet paint
That I smear and I smudge
Fires ever burning
Fuel insidious industry
Pernicious product line
The art that consumes my history
Envisioned for extinction
Massacre by this machine
Sedated by the sound
Of this acoustic halothane
This is a product
Of my assembly mind
Breaking the pieces
I form into the whole
This is a product
Of my assembly mind
Down my conveyor belt
To complete control
Ever glowing
This inferno keeps growing
I am the phoenix
Never ever slowing
Ever glowing
This inferno keeps growing
I am the phoenix
Never ever slowing
This is a product
Of my assembly mind
Breaking the pieces
I form into the whole
This is a product
Of my assembly mind
Down my conveyor belt
To complete control
This is my art, this is my life
Complete control
This is my art, this is my life
Complete control
This is my art, this is my life
Complete control
This is my art, this is my life
Complete control
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7. |
Add Chaos
04:01
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Throwing my monkey wrench into every plan
Eliciting disaster by my own hands
Whisking you all away to my dance
Throwing your minds straight for a darkened expanse
A wake up call for the dead of the night
Make the sounds louder and the lights flash bright
This is a jackhammer inside of your soul
Draining your base desire for control
Divide demons
Subtract saints
Multiply mischief
Add chaos
Divide demons
Subtract saints
Multiply mischief
Add chaos
Press on the nails, but this is not cosmetic
You're getting brain sugery with no anesthetic
Rhythmic brutality is my favorite asthetic
Screeching "nevermore", it's Edgar Alan Poe-etic
You scream, they scream, when they hear my scream
Main dream of my scheme is to keep it extreme
The devil down in Georgia finally smashed that damn fiddle
Every mind is scrambled by this hypersonic riddle
Divide demons
Subtract saints
Multiply mischief
Add chaos
Divide demons
Subtract saints
Multiply mischief
Add chaos
Try this, buy that, where's your Mittelfinger at
Try this, buy that, where's your Mittelfinger at
Try this, buy that, where's your Mittelfinger at
Try this, buy that, where's your Mittelfinger at
I want, I need, this is internal combat
Try this, buy that, where's your Mittelfinger at
I want, I need, this is internal combat
Try this, buy that, where's your Mittelfinger at
This can become, whatever you need to feel numb
This can begin, whenever you want it within
I think that this could really break your brain
And it just might turn you completely insane
There's no divide between the sacred and profane
And you are listening to aural cocaine
I think that this could really break your brain
And it just might turn you completely insane
There's no divide between the sacred and profane
And you are listening to aural cocaine
I think that this could really break your brain
And it just might turn you completely insane
There's no divide between the sacred and profane
And you are listening to aural cocaine
I think that this could really break your brain
And it just might turn you completely insane
There's no divide between the sacred and profane
And you are listening to aural cocaine
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8. |
Brand New Revelation
04:21
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No prophecy could have told
You'd draw a star and invent a nation
Might you never thought you could hold
Has become your burning revelation
Not in some book from the past
Or thin words of indoctrination
Within you, truth that will last
No limit to imagination
You are the God of your world
When you initiate creation
Smart as the devil with the power of Thor
This is your brand new revelation
When you put pen to the page
Or scream your words shining in the red light
That's when your power is engaged
And your fire will explode and ignite
Some people just won't understand
They will all become your Judas someday
Wield your torch and stick to your plan
You will triumph while they rot and decay
You are the God of your world
When you initiate creation
Smart as the devil with the power of Thor
This is your brand new revelation
Just keep pushing, you'll be a big success
Fuck what they say, it only raises stress
Build your kingdom, starts with a lonely brick
Clock keeps winding, don't waste a single tick
Just keep pushing, you'll be a big success
Fuck what they say, it only raises stress
Build your kingdom, starts with a lonely brick
Clock keeps winding, don't waste a single tick
You are the God of your world
When you initiate creation
Smart as the devil with the power of Thor
This is your brand new revelation
You are the God of your world
When you initiate creation
Smart as the devil with the power of Thor
This is your brand new revelation
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9. |
In The Dark Of Night
04:16
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I light my candles but I never pray
I'm just searching for the words to say
In the absence of the light of day
And it doesn't matter anyway
Exactly who are you to judge
Can't imagine anyone would begrudge
I stay awake with the slime and the sludge
The flamelight dances on these words so smudged
I write my songs in the dark of night
Don't know if this is good or right
Makin' music in the middle of the night
And it's alright, alright
I feel the rhythms that you hear in the dark
When you see your creativity spark
Brightens the air like an electric arc
With the magic that will leave its mark
So if you're nocturnal creatures too
And you tap into this mystical brew
When the sun is gone and day is through
You know precisely what you must do
I write my songs in the dark of night
Don't know if this is good or right
Makin' music in the middle of the night
And it's alright, alright
And when you're not blinded by the sunshine
At the at the hour of noon
You could be dressed in black, drinking blood red wine
By the light of the moon
And when you're not distracted by the colors
You can see every shade of grey
Cause when the whole world's tucked in sleeping
Won't hear the nonsense they say
I write my songs in the dark of night
Don't know if this is good or right
Makin' music in the middle of the night
And it's alright, alright
I write my songs in the dark of night
Don't know if this is good or right
Makin' music in the middle of the night
And it's alright, alright
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10. |
We Are The Creators
04:46
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We've got a plan that they just don't understand
And they never could
We're the creators and we're in command
Just like we said we would
We set the style, we start the trends
All across the planet
We compose the music and we draw the designs
What you love, we began it
We are the creators
Got no time for haters
57 different flavors
Because we're innovators
Sometimes instigators
Performers, illustrators
Writers, entertainers
We are the creators
Big or small, the architects of it all
We are the real life gods
Manufacturing our own worlds
Creativity explodes like bombs
We assemble and arrange the big picture
We put details in our devils
Doing lines that let us form all our shapes
We're revolutionaries and we are rebels
We are the creators
Got no time for haters
57 different flavors
Because we're innovators
Sometimes instigators
Performers, illustrators
Writers, entertainers
We are the creators
Creators rock and force the world to roll
Like a stone and it smokes like a bowl
We get you high when you're feeling so low
Moving fast while time is passing too slow
It will hit you like an art attack
We've got a gift you can never take back
When us creators put our brains to the grind
The sparks will ignite in these worlds we define
We are the creators
Got no time for haters
57 different flavors
Because we're innovators
Sometimes instigators
Performers, illustrators
Writers, entertainers
We are the creators
We are the creators
We are the creators
We are the creators
We are the creators
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11. |
Enjoy The Show
04:23
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Living my life on this battlefield
It's been this way for years and years
Got some wounds that never heal
I've let you count up all my tears
And some things they will never change
Except the light from this fading star
Staying somewhat disengaged
They say "We still don't know what you are
Now, you can see my rage
Every time I take the stage
I'm the one in this cage
And you can feel my
Pain, an emotional drain
Feeling like a man deranged
But I just want you know
Hope you enjoy the show
Did my time on the human wheel
Up and down and round and round
Sometimes it just gets too surreal
A propensity to confound
There's authenticity in agony
All these bruises are bona fide
Marking up all my anatomy
The art of living like I've died
Now, you can see my rage
Every time I take the stage
I'm the one in this cage
And you can feel my
Pain, an emotional drain
Feeling like a man deranged
But I just want you know
Hope you enjoy the show
Been tossed around
Feel like I've nearly drowned
Classic tragedy clown
No king, no crown
Now, you can see my rage
Every time I take the stage
I'm the one in this cage
And you can feel my
Pain, an emotional drain
Feeling like a man deranged
But I just want you know
Hope you enjoy the show
Now, you can see my rage
Every time I take the stage
I'm the one in this cage
And you can feel my
Pain, an emotional drain
Feeling like a man deranged
But I just want you know
Hope you enjoy the show
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12. |
Burn It Down
03:03
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Sometimes you gotta destroy your creation
With devastation, a celebration
Consisting of fire and mayhem
Repay them, I'd rather disobey them
Or display them as they really are
Welcome to my world of the bizarre
Load up the blowtorch, light em up
System explode, disrupt
Burn it down
Burn it down
Burn it down
With a blowtorch
Burn it down
Burn it down
Burn it down
With a blowtorch
Destruction is a form of construction
Addition by subtraction, engage the suction
Bring your enemies down to their knees
It's a squeeze and there's no guarantees
That I won't light it on fire
Along with hope, promise, all desire
Engulf it all in kerosene
Strike the match, erase the dream
Burn it down
Burn it down
Burn it down
With a blowtorch
Burn it down
Burn it down
Burn it down
With a blowtorch
The gasoline is the oil
And the spark is the pigment
The world is our canvas
We'll paint it black with fire
The gasoline is the oil
And the spark is the pigment
The world is our canvas
We'll paint it black with fire
Burn it down
Burn it down
Burn it down
With a blowtorch
Burn it down
Burn it down
Burn it down
With a blowtorch
Burn it down
Burn it down
Burn it down
With a blowtorch
Burn it down
Burn it down
Burn it down
With a blowtorch
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13. |
Trials And Errors
04:54
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You're lost and you've been searching
For something you can't define
And deep within you're yearning
For inspiration from the divine
You know it will never find you
If you're too afraid to try
This is what can blind you
If you walk, you'll never fly
These trials
And errors
Might test and
May scare or
Discover
A strange road
Mind open
This new mode
If you're stuck in a rut
Don't wanna leave your mind shut
Unlock the damn door
There's so much you can explore
The chances you haven't taken
Are closing up your eyes
The bread that you're not baking
You'll never see it rise
Take your mind where is hasn't traveled
Open up a fresh new view
Tap into another channel of thought
You'll be surprised what might come through
These trials
And errors
Might test and
May scare or
Discover
A strange road
Mind open
This new mode
If you're too paralyzed to go
What could be, you'll never know
Don't think it, just do it
Open a new eye and look through it
Why are you so afraid
To experience something new
When it's so easy to upgrade
From all that you outgrew
Change the wiring in your brain
And unlock your brand new eye
Stop toiling in vain
Begin to do instead of try
When you're looking through that eye
You will understand why
Once your brain gets wired right
It will end your longest night
These trials
And errors
Might test and
May scare or
Discover
A strange road
Mind open
This new mode
These trials
And errors
These trials
And errors
These trials
And errors
These trials
And errors
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14. |
Flaw In My Design
04:22
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I cannot function anymore
I've hit a snag, I've lost the plot
And I really think I might be fine
It's just disaster in my mind
Again, but no one knows for sure
The prognosis is the sickness
When it all comes out in the wash
This flaw that drew on unforeseen
And it's alright
And it's okay
It's just the flaw in my design
And it's alright
And it's okay
It's just the flaw in my design
Beaten, at least I know the score
Everything worked out on paper
We all know dimension does its worst
And composition keeps no secrets
Sculpt myself into this tragic form
And I'm weathered on the surface
Fragile I might erode to dust
This bust with no face to discern
And it's alright
And it's okay
It's just the flaw in my design
And it's alright
And it's okay
It's just the flaw in my design
I could have been something special
But there's an error in creation
What did you think that I would become
How did think that I would grow
There's something wrong about this picture
It is flawed in its design
What did you think that I would become
How did think that I would grow
There's something wrong about this picture
It is flawed in its design
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15. |
Cyanide Blue
04:22
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With a palette of twisted colors
On the winds of unsettling sounds
Is how our minds are watered
And the greatest beauty is found
We will mold this ash black clay
Into the shape of brand new lands
We will sing our somber anthems
That are played by our broken bands
I'll paint the sky cyanide blue
Color the grass a seasick green
And I'll sketch a space for you
Will you design a place for me
Cause this is our own world
And we imagined it in our minds
Developed this perfect pearl
Where the light forever shines
What you see is our creation
We grew it up from seed to flower
And these black and tender roses
Are the fruits of our strongest power
Just maybe there is room here
For love like we never knew
To embrace even the grotesque stranger
Our former fears we bid adieu
I'll paint the sky cyanide blue
Color the grass a seasick green
And I'll sketch a space for you
Will you design a place for me
Cause this is our own world
And we imagined it in our minds
Developed this perfect pearl
Where the light forever shines
Yeah, where the light forever shines
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16. |
The Feeling Dies
04:34
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Churning out the mediocre
Like a heart that pumps grey blood
This art left fake and lifeless
A light drizzle won't cause a flood
What's left devoid of purpose
Like a snake without a head
This alligator's toothless
Can't bite you when it's dead
Taboo blots out all meaning
And art can never thrive
Hard truth can't pass the screening
That's when the feeling dies
Prohibition feeds the junk fish
That muddy up the tank
Encouraging wrong ideas
And then it's us who sank
Our art can raise the tide if
We keep it free and seen
Don't water down or hide it
Or wash and strip it clean
Taboo blots out all meaning
And art can never thrive
Hard truth can't pass the screening
That's when the feeling dies
What are you doing? You can't pretend this doesn't exist
What are you doing? You're swimming in denial
You keep running, no one's chasing
What are you afraid of facing
You keep running, no one's chasing
What are you afraid of facing
Taboo blots out all meaning
And art can never thrive
Hard truth can't pass the screening
That's when the feeling dies
Taboo blots out all meaning
And art can never thrive
Hard truth can't pass the screening
That's when the feeling dies
Our truth will last forever
Your kingdom's built on lies
Our truth will last forever
Your kingdom's built on lies
Our truth will last forever
Your kingdom's built on lies
Our truth will last forever
Your kingdom's built on lies
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17. |
Procrastinator
05:55
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So much time wasted, a half a lifetime gone
Always saving for tomorrow what I could do today
It never changes, my clock is rotted black
The meter is running still, and I'm the one who'll pay
Procrastinator - my life flies idly by
The promise of tomorrow, clouds the failure of now
Procrastinator - the one who sits and stares
An empty shell, hiatus hell, my interrupted vow
All that could have been gained, has turned to total loss
And the simple act of doing is the bridge I can not cross
And I will live with this shame
I deserve all of the blame
My life is grade incomplete
Sleeping I sweat through the sheets
Thinking of what could have been
Snatching defeat from a win
Maybe someone can relate
Always the one far too late
Procrastinator - I'm guilty of this sin
I've missed every shot I've ever had that I just didn't take
Procrastinator - always running from myself
I became the villain who doesn't let me come awake
I guess this is my fate, the ticket I have drawn
To procrastinate, obliterate, and never see the dawn
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18. |
Mercurochrome
04:11
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Deep cuts, bleeding on the floor again
Hands stained with ink from the point of my pen
Reach for the deadly mercurochrome
Take a walk with me in my displeasuredome
Disinfect, take all this pain away
Where did I go wrong, where did I go astray
Just burning fuel on this nowhere road
The more I've had to pay the more that I owe
I dyed everything red
The sting of lies I was fed
I dyed everything red
And the dream now is dead
"This time is different" is the biggest lie I know
The more I try to hide my scars, the more they show
All the things that I created have been destroyed
And there's not much left that I can still avoid
Wearing my soul on my sleeve anymore
If they can't see you die, then you're just a bore
It's all this shit that I've been forced to bear
Sooner or later see no one fucking cares
I dyed everything red
The sting of lies I was fed
I dyed everything red
And the dream now is dead
I dyed everything red
The sting of lies I was fed
I dyed everything red
And the dream now is dead
I dyed everything red
The sting of lies I was fed
I dyed everything red
And the dream now is dead
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Thomas Christ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hailing from Pittsburgh PA, Thomas Christ is an industrial rock/electro rock solo project that began in 1999. With 18 albums (and counting), Thomas Christ continues to deliver emotionally and politically charged rock and electronic music that draws inspiration from a wide variety of genres an aggressive, industrial edge that must be heard to be appreciated. ... more
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