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Insipid
03:11
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nobody cares about insipid little songs
nobody living here will ever sing along
so write it down, dream, envision it and long
nobody cares about insipid little songs
nobody cares about your vision of the world
or wants to hear about the future to unfurl
so throw your poems and lectures into the whirl
nobody cares about your reasons for the world
cause the Earth is spinning
at one thousand miles per hour
through an endless universe
of frightening power
and the Earth is flying
around a giant ball of fire
at sixty seven thousand miles per hour
nobody cares about the lessons you once taught
nobody living now cares what the dead once thought
it’s just a game get down, get high and get off
nobody cares about your insipid little thoughts
the Milky Way’s rotating
and we’re flying around its center
at four hundred and ninety thousand miles per hour
standard deviation
and we’re sailing at
two hundred and forty two miles per second
toward the Leo constellation
there are one hundred billion galaxies residing
in the universe yet observed from here
and our Milky Way will
collide with Andromeda
in a mere five billion years
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2. |
Ghosts and Shadows
04:25
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why did you leave me here?
why did you fly this empty room?
where the city lights seep through my window
forming ghosts and shadows
of faded gray and blue
why did this city change?
why did the music die and leave a tomb?
and these barren walls, now sad reminders
just ghosts and shadows
of faded gray and blue
why did the fates step in?
why did your spirit fly and leave this gloom?
and these aching notes won’t help me find you
in the ghosts and shadows
of faded gray and blue
ghosts and shadows,
haunting visions
of you
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3. |
Incarceration Nation
03:21
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build your prison people
complete the walls
build your prison neighbors
we will protect you all
build your prison children
we have assumed control
build your prison comrades
we own your minds and your souls
respect your AI wardens
they’ll make it safe to live
and this surveillance web is
your protection grid
nestle in to the mega-city
no need for private land
your rented air and coffin home
are courtesies of life
within the master plan
give up your liberties
in the name of a greater nation
pay no attention to the
poppy-cocks above your station
we appreciate cooperation
in your servile subjugation
it’s a lifeless, lovely lie
incarceration nation
build your prison people
complete the walls
build your prison neighbors
we will protect you all
build your prison children
we have assumed control
build your prison comrades
we own your minds and your souls
incarceration nation
incarceration nation
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4. |
Ready to Fly
04:09
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it’s all passed me by
it’s all passed me by
in the blink of an eye
it’s all passed us by
it’s all passed us by
we gave it all away
it’s all passed us by
what if it’s too late to shine
while you still live you own the time
what if it’s too late to shine
while you’re still breathing find the rhyme
the future is the night the sun no longer shines
but today is yours, today is mine
and I’m ready to fly
ready to fly
what if it’s too late to shine
while you still live you own the time
what if it’s too late to shine
while you’re still breathing find the rhyme
the future is a dream that we all hope to find
but, today is yours, today is mine
what if it’s too late to shine
while you still live you own the time
what if it’s too late to shine
while you’re still breathing find the rhyme
the future is the night the sun no longer shines
but today is yours, today is mine
and I’m ready to fly
ready to fly
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5. |
Slow Motion Homicide
03:18
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slow motion homicide
slow motion homicide
you and me have x’s on our freedom loving hides
as we die from slow motion homicide
look up and breathe the metal from the skies
look down and eat the poison in your pie
take your injections and swallow all the lies
absorb the airwaves and prepare to die
slow motion homicide
slow motion homicide
you and me have x’s on our freedom loving hides
as we die from slow motion homicide
stand in line and don’t ya dare ask why
conspiracies aren’t true those people lie, lie, lie
everything around you is a product you must buy
take your pills and meekly say goodbye
reality is carefully contrived
for those too lost in simulation to survive
the test is finding wisdom when illumination lies
open up your third eye and let the truth arise
slow motion homicide
slow motion homicide
you and me have x’s on our freedom loving hides
as we die from slow motion homicide
as we die from slow motion homicide
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6. |
Beyond the Beyond
03:38
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beyond the beyond
beyond the beyond
on a tiny planet, mostly water
moving very close to Mars
life seeks its last chance for survival
with a journey to the stars
beyond the beyond
beyond the beyond
when all is lost for life in this world
all that remains are star ward dreams
a second chance at living forward
beyond this planetary stream
where forms of carbon needing water
and air provided by the trees
where daylight follows every nighttime
and life is present in the breeze
beyond the beyond
beyond the beyond
a tiny planet, mostly water
appears beyond a warming star
a second chance for survival
for future flyers from afar
beyond the beyond
beyond the beyond
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7. |
Remnants of Man
05:22
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naked stands the king
dressed in full delusion
presiding over everything
a masterful illusion
where every prol is happy
all the peons are fulfilled
the wars are talked of on tv
no blood is ever spilled
the people are connected
so together, they are fooled
news served to the collective
is but, the rise and fall of tools
and never do the people ask
what lies beyond our gates
of poisoned food and modified air
the dead stare into fate
and naked stands the puppet rube
the mirror loves him so
every word a promise betrayed
life is death and yes is no
games and gadgets control the children
fashioned and fitted to trace and track
every sense awash in distortion
every organ under attack
But alas, the ceaseless slow cull
is supplanted by the fast
the injections of the debt slaves
consumed health and wealth en masse
but the reptiles grew impatient
for the planet to be erased
of all the human animals
no longer needed by their race
now metallic machines
service the lords
so humans must die
by chemical sword
all resistance bred out
subservience well trained
the cattle line up
and take a bullet to the brain
and the narcissist clown adjusts his crown
and paints a sad-ish tear
from the corner of his eye, a dark heart cries
and seeps a trace of fear
for on this day, the triumphant play
is finally thus concluded
and the world has been freed of the livestock to feed
and their spirits diluted
I wonder, your Royal Highness
he queried to his reflection
as if the answer would appear
in his mirror of inspection
if vanquished are the followers
and there’s no more blood to bleed
who then remains to kneel,
for this marionette to lead?
and the naked actor shrivels
the adulation fully bled
the world belongs to the lizards
who feast upon the dead
and the puerile peacock who sold the scams
the poseur for the plan
is nothing more than lizard food
the remnants of a man
the remnants of a man
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8. |
Mind Blown
04:16
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my mind’s been blown
but I’m not crazy
no I’m not crazy
a seed is sown
an answer lies
and deeper whys
reveal unknown
an eagle flies
with hidden plans
but never lands
a metallic bird
flying clear
won’t disappear
no matter what you’ve heard
there is a darkness in this world
that leads us spinning in the night
deceit is deadly, paralyzed by our own plight
but you know darkness fears the light
my mind’s been blown
my mind’s been blown away
there is a light left in this world
a brave companion in the fight
a life is lived and passed, a candle in the night
and the darkness fears the light
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9. |
Between the Sunsets
05:25
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at first there was a vision
and everything was me
nothing happened anywhere
that I couldn’t see
life began when I did
the world around me was the world
every action, my reaction
every day a play, mine to unfurl
and then came realization
life didn’t exist to serve me
and life persisted onward
with or without me, with or without me
rough then was discovering
I wasn’t in the inner ring
there was an order to the universe,
I was the jester, not the king
but alas, the days and nights
of hurried tasks and ceaseless chores
led to a love and magic
in the rush of more and more
and the new life I had fathered
would be sheltered from the storm
as I watched my own dad shine
and then fade in human form
and the dreams were dashed and cashed away
in hopes for days ahead
while most days the sun rose as I slumbered
I was fatigued and lost in fate
or just too late to watch it set
every day and every week
every year of find and seek
the sunsets were forgotten
in the maelstrom of it all
in the finding and the keeping
and the losing and the weeping
in the cheering and the hoping
in the praying and the coping
life slips away
as we hope for better days
there is capturing
the sunsets along the way
we fill our hearts with the hope
that we have lived, we have achieved
and some shred of us remains
when our spirit simply leaves
at first there was a vision
of everything to be
what’s left are just decisions
between the sunsets and the sea
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10. |
One Life
05:36
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no second chances
there are no second chances
for you here
you chose your poison
so let’s be clear
there is no salvation
just quiet summation
determination
there are no second chances
for you here
the truth must be fought for
it isn’t offered up
for free
you must earn it
you must want to see
there is no redemption
there is no exception
no exemption
for it is now
or never will it be
one life
one life
the ride is finite
there are no new lives
yet to relive
we choose our own paths
we take and we give
there is no salvation
just quiet summation
then termination
there are no second chances
for us here
one life
one life
and no second chances
one life
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11. |
Come Along
03:28
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we’re gonna heal the day
we’re gonna change the way
we’re gonna write this play
instead of fading away
stop fading away
we’re not fading away
come along if you feel alright
come along you can free yourself
come along do not fear the night
come along and change the world
the future days are ours
the numbers and the power
we face the zero hour
the guard tower will fall
together we are tall
they can’t get us all
come along if you feel alright
come along you can free yourself
come along do not fear the night
come along and change the world
we are relevant
their time came and went
we must not relent
we are meant to stay
stop fading away
we’re not fading away
come along if you feel alright
come along you can free yourself
come along do not fear the night
come along and change the world
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12. |
Empire of the Mind
06:40
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scintillating scenery
a vision for the blind
where real is warped and wonderful
ordinary and sublime
follow disconnections
disregard all signs
and enter through the exit
to the empire of the mind
the empire of the mind
whispers turn to moans
in the whipping of the wind
and the sun must be extinguished
before the moon lighting begins
nothing lasts forever
sans the eternity of time
so travel with alacrity
to the empire of the mind
the empire of the mind
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Matt Kjeldsen Austin, Texas
With well over 1000 songs to his name and about one hundred independently produced and released albums over the past decades, Matt Kjeldsen is a veteran of the music industry and the eclectic Austin, Texas scene. His sound ranges in tone from irreverent to sublime, from angry to resigned, from simple tracks to grand soundscapes, from singer-songwriter to avant-garde groove designer. ... more
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