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Liberation
01:03
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Flags on their uniforms, guns in their hands
Liberation again
Spreading our democracy across foreign lands
Liberation again
US military shower the skies
While western media propagate their lies
“We’ll free you from oppression”; a callous disguise
Then laugh in your face as you slowly die
They’ll disregard the war crimes that they commit
They’ll bomb you to oblivion until you submit
Prepare yourselves, all women and men,
For liberation again
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2. |
Divide and Conquer
01:31
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What do you do when they step out of the pack?
When the proletariats start to push back?
A man on the inside, subvert and diffuse
Controlled opposition; a powerful tool
‘Divide and conquer’ is the name of the game
Divide and conquer, lie and defame
Divide and conquer, spending every hour
Subverting the masses in their quest for power
Brother against brother, man against man
A house divided cannot stand
Throwing red herrings to divert them away;
To keep the working classes at bay
Two go in, one comes out
Inciting the hate with the rhetoric they spout
"To protect our race we must weed out the weak
Wipe the degenerates off of our streets"
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3. |
Abuse of Power
01:24
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Disturbing the peace
Another youth deceased
Shot by the police
The tensions increase
Anyone in your way
Is nothing more than dead meat
And then you wonder why
There's rioting in the streets
Red, blue, white, abuse of power
Where's our rights? Abuse of power
Ignore our plight, abuse of power
Got to fight the abuse of power
They think we don't belong
They don't care what's right or wrong
Abuse has gone on far too long
Here's what I gotta say
We're millions fuckin strong
And we all sing the same song
Their judgement day will come along
Their game, we will not play
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4. |
Vice Grip
00:28
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Self-destruction is the aim
Drink and snort to numb the pain
Locked in a vice grip
Down it, drown it, high all day
But it never goes away
Lost in your daze, you fall to the floor
And then you knock back some
A witless, helpless substance slave
Sniffing your way to an early grave
Scumbag dealers profit off your bad trips
You'll forever remain locked in a vice grip
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5. |
Annihilate
02:21
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Intolerance, fanaticism; we seek to annihilate
All forms of discriminatory violence, bigotry and hate
Bias and oppression, all authoritarian states
Prejudice and chauvinism; we seek to annihilate
We all need freedom, fairness and equality
We all need abolishment of unjust hierarchy
Fuck your nationality
And your bullshit mentality
We need to be free
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Normality
02:02
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Is this reality?
Normality?
Grip on the populus is far too strong
Mindless acceptance of what is wrong
Persistent feeling of futility
“It’s just the modern world; normality”
Despondent faces on neglected streets
They’re starving, they’re hungry, there’s nothing to eat
This system has brought them down to their knees
Is this the way you want things to be?
Waking up again with a massive sigh
The rent is due today and it’s sickeningly high
Slumlord leeches sucking them dry
The only two choices: Work or die
The capitalist facade is starting to rot
This doesn’t have to be the best we’ve got
The gravy train has reached the end of the track
Consolidate our power - it’s time to attack
Let’s get together and take to the street
Enough with the starving; it’s time to eat
It’s time to bring this system down to its knees
No more normality
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7. |
Blackout
01:57
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The painful, stabbing beat of a heart
Everything around is falling apart
Shiver and shake, drop to the floor
Hopeless to gain self-control anymore
Drop down, hoarse shout
Break down, black out
Pressure peaking,
Kicking, screaming
it goes on and on and on
Over and over and over again
Death is the only friend
May not be tomorrow, may not be today
Remember it’s never going away
Pure desperation, clinging for breath
Tremble and tremor, begging for death
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Malfunction
01:31
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Always so anxious, always so stressed
Always put down when trying my best
Don't need this burden weighing me down
Need to escape, I'm leaving this town
Malfunction, malfunction in my brain
Malfunction malfunction, you drove me insane
Lies and deception come by the score
Laugh in my face and I can't stand anymore
Enough of the bullshit, can't take this heat
Throwing caution to the wind, running out on the street
Malfunction, malfunction in my brain
Malfunction malfunction, you drove me insane
Malfunction malfunction, I’m filled with disdain
You can beg, you can cry, you’re a hypocrite
You can say you’ll change, I don’t give a shit
You’ve lied and misled me for far too long
You may think that you’re right but you’ll always be wrong
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Disappear
01:18
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Always there when I need you
Always here when you need me
Always there for me until you disappear
You’re a friend, to the end, never let me down
Yet sing a different tune when I’m not around
Who to trust and who to not is never really clear
When everybody that you know disappears
Years of cruel deceit have took me on the track
To always have my eyes placed firmly on my back
Why present yourself as so honest and sincere
When all you ever do is disappear
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10. |
Bootstraps
01:27
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No hope of a nine-to-five
Steal your meals to stay alive
Holes in the walls, holes in your life
Endless pain and endless strife
But just pull yourself up by your bootstraps
Out of the gutter and into the clear
Pull yourself up by your bootstraps
Out of the gutter
Systematic death assured
It's a disease they don't want to cure
See you on the street, your cries unheard
And in response, you hear these words
What bullshit
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11. |
Body Count
01:09
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War is coming back again
No more tears and no more pain
Grasp victory in your hands
Fall in line and be a man
Send in the army
Send in the navy
Send the marines
They'll think you're barmy
They'll say you're crazy
When you want no part of their conquestual scheme
Not in your dreams
Lead is flying, soldiers dying, soil is painted red
Gas and bomb and shoot til every patriot is dead
I won't fight in your wildest fucking dreams
I won't fight. Will you fight?
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12. |
Final Word
01:20
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Exercising the tactics that you learnt at school
Playing the game and using your peers as mere tools
Sometime around the bend, you turn on your friends; manipulate, use and abuse
And when it’s all over, you move on to someone new
Bullshit freshly stirred
You won’t get the final word
I won’t let the wolf blend in the herd
Lying and cheating, slivering your way to the top
Climbing so high, at risk of a mighty drop
The smallest mistake blows back in your face; stumble and fall to the ground
And don’t you forget once you fall back to earth that what goes up must come down
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13. |
Wise Up
01:35
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Angered at the world, you see it on the news;
Rape and genocide, intolerant views
But in line with the values on which you were raised
Pause yourself, stop yourself, keep yourself restrained
A damaging facade, it’s time you gave it up
It’s time you took your stand, it’s time that you wised up
Sick of always seeing red?
Wise up, wise up
Time to use your fucking head
Wise up, wise up
Don’t let the hatred spread
Wise up, wise up
Time to use your fucking head
Silence is consent, it’s time that you gave it up
Voice your opinion, it’s time that you wised up
Everything has gone to hell
It’s every man for himself
What a state
Sick to death of this world of hate
And endless war
It picks away at you more and more
Don’t pass the buck
It’s time that you wised up
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The Annihilated London, UK
Photo by Meline Gharibyan
Bobby - Vocals
Jon - Guitar
Ryan - Bass
Nicky - Drums
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