SUPERNATIONAL
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Memory Machines
05:47
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MEMORY MACHINES
You can rise or fall
That's the meaning of it all
You must read the signs
It's the reason you align
You can save yourself
If you follow what we tell
THE DAYS UNKNOWN
EVERYTHING WE THINK YOU SHOULD LET GO
RELEASE THE PAST
WE’LL DECIDE WHAT INFORMATION LASTS
We provide the know
The reality we show
You must hear the sound
Of the voices all around
You will see the truth
If there’s everything to lose
Everything to lose
Everything to lose
WE HOPE TO GUIDE YOU
THE DAYS UNKNOWN
EVERYTHING WE THINK YOU SHOULD LET GO
WE BURN THE PAST
NOTHING IN YOUR MEMORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO LAST
WE ARE BEHIND YOU
WE HOPE TO GUIDE YOU
WE WILL DEFINE YOU
WE WILL ALIGN YOU
THIS IS THE REAL
RUNNING FROM THE HISTORY WE STEAL
WE ARE BEHIND YOU
WE HOPE TO GUIDE YOU
WE WILL DEFINE YOU
WE WILL ALIGN YOU
WE HAVE CONTROL
OF EVERY SINGLE STORY EVER TOLD
EVERY SINGLE STORY EVER TOLD
All the days are gleaned
By the memory machine
memory machine
memory machine
FARRELL
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2. |
The Thought Police
05:28
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THE THOUGHT POLICE
Consider the consequence
of stating that you don’t believe
A symbol of providence
is the reason that you all concede
The theory of everything
relies upon the truth you see
Believe in the evidence
we’ll provide the current history
The state of our union
relies upon your strong belief
The logic we feed you
provides the relief
The crime is in thinking
that the dark is really the light
AND IF YOU DEFY IT
YOU WILL FIND YOUR ENEMY
YOU MIGHT THINK ITS DOUBLETHINK
YOU FEAR THE THOUGHT POLICE
AND IF YOU DENY IT
YOU WILL REAP THE PENALTY
YOU MIGHT FEEL IT'S SO UNREAL
SO FEAR THE THOUGHT POLICEW
True freedom is slavery
and truth is a lie
Strength is naivete
that’s how you’ll survive
We watch all the mind crimes
and determine what’s right
And if we hear the hope the fear
we take we give the will to live
the right the time to face the crime
to think the right to see the light
we run we hide we rise inside
we rise we fall we see it all
We have the right to see the light
We have to rise to see it all
AND IF YOU DEFY IT
YOU WILL FIND YOUR ENEMY
YOU MIGHT THINK ITS DOUBLETHINK
YOU FEAR THE THOUGHT POLICE
AND IF YOU DENY IT
YOU WILL REAP THE PENALTY
YOU MIGHT FEEL ITS SO UNREAL
SO FEAR THE THOUGHT POLICE
We rise We fall
We see it all
FARRELL/BENJAMIN
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Argot
07:42
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ARGOT
We will control the words you say
The words inside your head
<WE WILL CONTROL THE WORDS YOU SAY>
It's for the masses to believe
The message you receive
<CONTROL THE WORDS INSIDE YOUR HEAD>
The eyes are watching no escape
The eyes Invading on your space
<IT'S FOR THE MASSES TO BELIEVE>
Communication to the lost
It will provide the cost
<THIS IS THE MESSAGE YOU RECEIVE>
We will provide the words to say
The words inside your head
<WE WILL PROVIDE THE WORDS TO SAY>
The saturation of belief
It will provide relief
<PROVIDE THE WORDS INSIDE YOUR HEAD>
We will eliminate your choice
We will eradicate your voice
<THE SATURATION IS BELIEF>
Disinformation turns to fear
The lies will disappear
<IT WILL PROVIDE THE TRUE RELIEF>
THERE IS A LIMIT TO THE MEANING
WE ABBREVIATE DECEIVING
ALL THE TRUTHS ARE INTERWEAVING
STREAMING LANGUAGE TO THE GLEAMING
AS THE MASSES ARE RECEIVING
THE PROVIDER ALWAYS FEEDING
ITS THE END OF THE BELIEVING
AND THE START OF THE BELIEF
PROVIDE THE ANSWERS THAT YOU SEEK
DIVIDE THE STRONGEST FROM THE WEAK
WE ALL WILL FOLLOW THE NEW SPEAK
WE ALL WILL FOLLOW
WHO CONTROLS THE PAST CONTROLS THE FUTURE
WHO CONTROLS THE NOW CONTROLS THE PAST
FARRELL/BISSETT
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4. |
Proletariat
06:05
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PROLETARIAT
Day after day we submit to the keepers
nothing to say we become the believers
The heart of a servant is nothing at all
we push through the doldrum
we brace for the fall
and we fade into gray
<WE FADE INTO GRAY>
The mission is clear
to align with the masses
Persistence of fear
is divine everlasting
The heart of a servant means nothing at all
as we fight the insipid
in the wake of the fall
and we fade into gray
<WE FADE INTO GRAY>
WE WON’T OVERCOME
<THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE>
WE WON’T OVERCOME
<THE FREEDOM IS NOW GONE>
WE WON'T OVERCOME
<THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE>
WE WON’T OVERCOME
AND WE FADE INTO GRAY
FARRELL/BISSETT
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SUPERNATIONAL
Sightless in submission
From the left and to the right
Fearless disposition
You are blind and you will fight
Everything is what we say
Everything is here to stay
Freedom is like slavery
Violates the strategy
<SUPERNATIONAL OBSESSION>
<SUPERNATIONAL OPPRESSION>
MINDLESS OPPOSITION
FROM THE MORNING TO THE NIGHT
FACELESS AMMUNITION
TO THE BREAKING INNER LIGHT
NOTHING MORE CAN SHOW THE WAY
NOTHING MORE FOR YOU TO SAY
THINKING IS THE TRAGEDY
SINKING IN TO AMNESTY
Endless propaganda from the dark into the light
Follow the agenda, it's your basic human right
Everyone is in control, everyone has thoughts patrolled
National security overrides humanity
<SUPERNATIONAL OBSESSION>
<SUPERNATIONAL DEPRESSION>
MINDLESS OPPOSITION
<SUPERNATIONAL OBSESSION>
FACELESS AMMUNITION
<SUPERNATIONAL ASCENSION>
NOTHING MORE CAN SHOW THE WAY
<SUPERNATIONAL DEPRESSION>
NOTHING MORE FOR YOU TO SAY
<SUPERNATIONAL OBSESSION>
FARRELL/BISSETT
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6. |
Diaspora
06:11
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DIASPORA
There are moments where you see the other side
There are moments when you hide
Separated from the ones we used to hold
Separated from the fold
Disconnection the beginning of the fall
Disconnection from it all
THE MOVEMENT OF MANY
JUST TRYING TO LIVE THEIR LIVES
THE SCATTERING PLENTY
WHO TRY TO SURVIVE
Isolation breeds a sadness in our heart
Isolation breaks apart
Confrontation brings the end to everything
Confrontation is the start
THE GREAT DIASPORA
CONTROLLING THE HEARTS OF MAN
THE END OF THE STORY
THEY HAVE MASTERED THE PLAN - 3X
YOU CAN FEEL THE FEAR CAN YOU FEEL IT
SHIFT THE LINE HEARTS DEFINE
COUNTERSIGN AND REALIGN
BREAK IT DOWN HERE AND NOW
COMMON GROUND WE’RE LOST AND FOUND
YOU CAN FEEL THE FEAR CAN YOU FEEL IT
SHIFT THE LINE HEARTS DEFINE
COUNTERSIGN AND REALIGN
THE GREAT DIASPORA
CONTROLLING THE HEARTS OF MAN
THE END OF THE STORY
THEY HAVE MASTERED THE PLAN
THE GREAT DIASPORA
YOU CAN FEEL THE FEAR CAN YOU FEEL IT
THE GREAT DIASPORA
YOU CAN FEEL THE FEAR CAN YOU FEEL IT
SHIFT THE LINE HEARTS DEFINE
COUNTERSIGN AND REALIGN
BREAK IT DOWN HERE AND NOW
COMMON GROUND WE’RE LOST AND FOUND
FARRELL/BISSETT/BENJAMIN
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7. |
Zeit
06:04
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ZEIT
Lies are the truth
And the truth is lies
We do what we do
In the camera eye
We’re living in peace
As the war lives on
The rockets released
As the lines are drawn
Plenty for all
As the rations fade
Freedom will fall
Beneath a grand parade
If love is the end
of the human race
Fear will transcend
To a state of grace
WE ALL DO WHAT WE’RE TOLD
WE ALL DO WHAT WE’RE TOLD
WE ALL DO WHAT WE’RE TOLD
WE ALL DO WHAT WE’RE TOLD
Darkness is light
And the light is dark
We see what we see
At the very start
Prepare for fight
As the war begins
The rockets arrive
To the light within
Nothing is left but the battle-scars
There’s only the light coming out of the stars
If love is the way to redeem ourselves
Fear is the way that the heart compels
WE ALL DO WHAT WE’RE TOLD
WE ALL DO WHAT WE’RE TOLD
WE ALL FOLLOW THE SUN
WE ALL FOLLOW THE LIGHT
WE ALL FOLLOW THE ONE
WE ALL FOLLOW THE ONE
WE ALL FOLLOW THE SIGN
WE ALL FOLLOW THE TRUTH
WE ALL FOLLOW THE LINE
WE ALL FOLLOW THE LINE
FARRELL/BISSETT
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8. |
The Collective
05:18
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THE COLLECTIVE
Fear and loneliness
can keep us down
in hopelessness
To feel
the mutual
collectiveness
that we possess
It’s time
we cooperate
we collaborate
we accumulate
The wait
is over now
we’re free again
we know somehow
<The pain will go down>
Feeling alive
looking around
the pain is my ground
WE STAND TOGETHER
AND WE WON’T FADE AWAY
cooperate
collaborate
accumulate
Will the light be forever beholden
Will the light we’re uniting embolden
Will the light be forever effective
Will the light be forever collective
ILLUMINATE
FARRELL/BISSETT
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9. |
Heretic
05:21
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HERETIC
Along the way the blame is only mine
A hold of me the heretic inside
To live a life and never know a time
There is no way to give in to the lie
<HOLDING MY OWN>
<BREAK THE UNKNOWN>
Taking the burn-facing my turn
Standing alone-there is no atone
I’M RUNNING ON THE EDGE OF THE LINE
I’M TAKING ON THE DUTIES OF TIME
THE SECRETS IN THE BACK OF MY MIND
PRETENDING THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE
Heretic-you’re running out of time
Through hope and tears the ridicule is fine
The more you hide, the more you truly feel
Believe the words, alone and unreal
Taking the burn-facing my turn
Standing alone-there is no atone
I’M RUNNING ON THE EDGE OF THE LINE
I’M TAKING ON THE DUTIES OF TIME
THE SECRETS IN THE BACK OF MY MIND
PRETENDING THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE
Nothing to hide
<everything's alright>
Nothing to hide
<everything is fine>
Nothing to hide
<every single time>
I'M RUNNING ON THE EDGE OF THE LINE
WE ARE THE ONLY ONES
THERE IS NO AFTERLIFE
WE HAVE TO TAKE IT ON
THERE’S ONLY DO OR DIE OR DIE
FARRELL/BISSETT
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10. |
101
10:03
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101
You can see the sun go down
You can see the darkened clouds
Can you see the fading lights?
There are four but you'll see five
Can you see the burning lights?
There are four but you see five
You may hear the siren will
You may feel the overkill
Can you see the fading lights?
There are four but you'll see five
Can you see the burning lights?
There are four but you see five
There are four but you see five
Take me out of here
And get me home
And give me back my life
Do I need to tell you
That I don’t belong
Inside these walls
IT’S BRINGING ME DOWN
I’M FALLING APART
I’VE GOT TO BREATHE
I’VE GOT TO LEAVE
COME TAKE ME HOME
GIVE ME MY LIFE
LEAVE ME ALONE
COME TAKE ME HOME
TAKE ME OUT OF HERE AND GET ME HOME
AND GIVE ME BACK MY LIFE
I DON’T BELONG INSIDE THESE WALLS
FARRELL/BISSETT
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Built for the Future San Antonio, Texas
B4tF are a crossover prog band hailing from Texas.
Kenny Bissett:
Lead
Vocals
Guitar
Keyboards
Patric Farrell:
Guitar/Bass/Keys
Programming
Backing Vox
David Peña:
Guitars(BNW)
Lalo:
Drums
Pete Fithian:
Keyboards
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