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The Power Of Dreams
05:33
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all the worst experiences of my life / resurface at night when i close my eyes / all the things that no longer hurt in the day / plague me when i dream
i'm aware of the power of dreams / / But not as a force to shape my future / they're the nightly proof that i don't belong / that i shouldn't have been born here
in my dream i'm fleeing for my life / chased for hours round the urban jungle / pursued, beaten, stabbed and shot / i'm violent in self defence
in my dream i'm sweating at my desk / the boss is due and he hates me / i try to achieve something but can't / i'm consumed by anxiety
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2. |
Western Satisfaction
04:28
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i live in such a pleasant neighbourhood / we don't really get crime round here / and there is no poverty in this area / the best of all possible worlds for me
i'm a model of western satisfaction / the rest of the world doesn't exist for me / i don't see the point of your hostile reaction / to eveything that makes life enjoyable for me
i go to the beauticians regularly / and my wardrobe is full of great clothes / we have two new cars and a massive TV / and my home's as attractive as the magazines
why should i care about human existence? / why should i know that suffering exists? / in the west we can force the world / to work in poverty for our pleasure
ok, our town has some pretty rough areas / but what happens there can't affect us here / it's true that some of them have a bad life / but that can't dent our prosperity
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3. |
Love To Argue
04:46
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so much unprofessed love / so much insecurity / so much frustrated affection / so much inward detestation
with love i wished to demonstrate / how my affection could elevate me / with love i wished to intoxicate / not inundate, not remonstrate, not alienate.
so desperate to love, but not accepted / if they had, i'd have made them regret it / i wanted to support and cherish / but instead i could only tear down
i thought i had so much to give / i thought i'd love with my whole soul / i thought i could be so selfless / and not cut them all down to size
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Inconvenient Truth
03:48
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there are things i want that i shouldn't have / but if i lie i can get them / there are things i've done that i shouldn't have / but if i lie i can escape them
it's an inconvenient truth / that the truth's so inconvenient / and lies are rooted in hypocrisy
i lie to defend myself, to protect myself / to conceal myself, to enrich myself / lies are what the world is founded upon / the honest are disadvantaged
the government lies because they know deep down / they can't deliver what they promise / but they want to keep hold of their power / because it feels better than the vacuum
maybe white lies are the dirtiest of all / you lie to yourself and your victim / everyone claims to need lies for protection / but everyone hates to be lied to
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Celebrity Culture
04:03
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the guys all sleep with any girl they can get / so where is the culture? / the girls all show everything that they've got / so where is the culture?
why do we call it celebrity culture / when that is the last thing it is? / why call it culture where it barely exists / just cheap self interest and sleaze, i insist
their relationships are shorter than anything except their careers / so where is the culture? / they want their picture taken, then they punch the paparazzi / so where is the culture?
they invite intrusion into their lives but then they don't like it / so where is the culture? / if the public's love for you is more important than your wife's / where is the culture?
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6. |
Power Abused
04:58
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everyone in power wants to keep it / anyone who's lost it wants it back / our tiny egos want some healing / ruling over others works
humans always abuse their power / we can't seem to control it / humans always abuse their power / we're just not suited to it
everyone in power hides every mistake / just to retain power / in opposition they uncover every mistake / just to regain power
power as a motive governs every party / their power or the lack of it / always governs their reaction / to every situation
truth, compassion, justice and the party line / are always secondary / to the exercise and enjoyment / and retention of power
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7. |
One Thousand Miles
03:38
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have you ever felt at work / that you had to get out now / have you ever hit the limit / of what a human can endure
life moves at a thousand miles an hour / relaxation extinction / but if you put your family before your career / they don't like that around here
then why accept this life as is / stress and anxiety every day / why go off daily so meekly / to be viewed as a commodity
1,000 miles of refrigeration / 1,000 miles of air travel / just to bring food to your table / and your garden is covered in gravel
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Money Motive
04:55
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there is no reason to do anything / except money / there is no measure of success / except money
i don't have the money motive / money as a reason for anything stinks / i don't have the money motive / what money touches it always defiles
all your abilities are useless / unless they make money / all your talents won't benefit you / if they don't bring you money
it's true that art is quite useless / if it earns no money / all your creative satisfaction / can't compare with money
there's no worse motive to do anything / than money / if you won't do it without wages / it's not worth your time
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Harddisco Rugby, UK
harddisco - not hard disco style music. i have been calling myself harddisco since 1998. harddisco is simply a pun on 'hard
disk', which was my new recording medium back then.
available on www.harddisco.co.uk, with lyrics in full.
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