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Kerosene
Everywhere I look I see
Exclusive huddled
Uninviting shelter
Is privilege
Of the same and competent
Kerosene keeps me warm
I'm alone to watch it burn
Kerosene
Exposure is a pitiful
And pointless way of dying
Before it gets me
I'll build a funeral pyre
Kerosene keeps me warm
I'm alone to watch it burn
Kerosene
I'm a man and
My dignity won't wave
Tonight buildings rage
Kerosene keeps me warm
It feels so good
To watch it burn kerosene
Kerosene keeps me warm
Feels so good
To watch it burn kerosene

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American Jesus
I don't need to be a global citizen
Because I'm blessed by nationality
I'm member of a growing populace
We enforce our popularity
There are things that
Seem to pull us under
And there are things
That drag us down
But there's a power
And a vital presence
That's lurking all around
We've got the American Jesus
See him on the interstate
We've got the American Jesus
He helped build the
President's estate
I feel sorry
For the earth's population
'Cuz so few live in the USA
At least the foreigners
Can copy our morality
They can visit but they cannot stay
Only precious few
Can garner the prosperity
It makes us walk
With renewed confidence
We've got a place to go when we die
And the architect resides right here
We've got the American Jesus
Overwhelming millions every day
He's the farmers barren fields
The force the army wields
The expression in the faces
Of the starving children
The power of the man
He's the fuel that drives the clan
He's the motive and conscience
Of the murderer
He's the preacher on TV
The false sincerity
The form letter that's written
By the big computers
He's the nuclear bombs
And the kids with no moms
And i'm fearful that
He's inside me

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Portrait Of Authority
Nothing more nothing less
An icon on the wall decoration and duress
That which many strive to be
Its the marble statue standing over me
And nobody has the will to tear it down
It determines wrong and right
But to me its just a stereotype
And it makes us lose our sight
The portrait of authority
You tell me that's what I'm supposed to be
Another time another man
And oppressive intrusion
And a plague across his land
And it haunts him every day
It tells him he has no chance
His hopes just fade away
And he lives his life prepared to tear it down
But he can't muster the support
And to him it's just a stereotype
Of his life-long fight
The portrait of authority
It embodies what he cannot be

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Man With A Mission
Rescue me when I get too deep
Talk to me there's nothing to tell
Everyone is a hypocrite
Look to me
I'll save your soul
Now somebody out there must be reading my mail
Cuz' everybody knows
Follow me, when you give up
Work for me, it'll serve you well
Everyone is a hypocrite
Come to me
I'll save your soul
Now somebody out there must be tapping my phone
Cuz everybody knows
I'm a man with a mission
I'm gonna fly you away
High above the noise and competition
I'm a man with a mission
Passing through your town today
I condemn you
To fiery perdition
I'm a man with a mission
Now somebody out there must be reading my mail
Cuz' everybody knows
I'm a man with a mission
Passing through your town today
I condemn you
To fiery perdition
I'm a man with a mission

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All Good Soldiers
All good soldiers crack like boulders
The sun climbs up to a razor violins, new boots, and numbers on a chain
All good soldiers
All good soldiers fall in line
When they march and shout
Are a spectacle marching and singing
Will go anywhere the president says
Because the president believes in god
Like all good soldiers should
All good soldiers wait like warheads
When the fighting starts who will be accountable, a cannibal, a cannonball
It's six A.M. I can see my breath
And the clay dirt is laughing at the weakling boy
Today is the day that I'll write my friends
Its something I've been trying to remember
I had a dream of a wall that was twenty-one stories tall
All good soldiers fall in line when they march and shout
Are a spectacle marching and signing
Will go anywhere the president says
Because the president believes in god
Like all good soldiers should

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Watch It Die
I was born on planet earth
The rotating ball where man comes first
It's been around for a long time
But now its time to watch it die
I saw a man on my big blue screen
He ruled the world economy
He said the rich would never concede
But some day soon he'll be put to sleep
I've seen the life of the forest green
And adaptations of the deep blue sea
And who knows who is the fittest
They will all soon be put to rest
On a plunging flight and we're sitting
In the pilots seat in the midst of life
People on a dark horizon praying
Somebody will save their lives
I was born on the planet earth
At a drastic time full of plastic mirth
And every day I've seen increasing signs
And you would too if you'd opened your eyes
You had a chance you did not try
So now it's time to watch it die

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Struck A Nerve
There's an old man on a city bus
Holding a candy cane
And it isn't even Christmas
He sees a note in the obituary
That his last friend has died
There's an infant clinging
To his overweight mother in the cold
As they go to shop for cigarettes
As the spends her last dollar
On a bottle of vodka for tonight
And I guess it struck a nerve
Like I had to squint my eyes
You can never get out
Of the line of sight
Like a barren winter day
Or a patch of unburned green
Like a tragic real dream
I guess it struck a nerve
Every day I wander in negative disposition
As I'm bombarded by superlatives
Realizing very well that I am not alone
Introverted I look to tomorrow for salvation
But I'm thinking altruistically
And a wave of overwhelming doubt
Turns me to stone
And I guess it struck a nerve
Sent a murmur through my heart
We just haven't got time
To crack the maze
Like a magic speeding clock
Or a cancer in our cells
A collision in the dark
I guess it struck a nerve
I try to close my eyes
But I cannot ignore the stimuli
If there's a purpose for us all
It remains a secret to me
Don't ask me to justify my life

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My Poor Friend Me
I know a man who doesn't have many friends
I know a place he lives where trouble never ends
I know its hard for him to read 'tween the lines
And his days are getting so much shorter
He simply turns away instead of bearing down
His ship is crumbling his crew is one of clowns
He doesn't care as long as he can wear the crown
I know this man all too well
Its my poor friend me
A portrayal of the great dichotomy
Its my poor friend me
And I'm running out of steam
I know there are people who are cynical and vane
They point their finger 'cuz they can't accept the blame
They live their lives under a blanket of shame And their progeny crawl from underneath it
Lately I've come to see the solution
And it begins with me
But I'm so fallibly human
I've picked the lock but will not turn the key
Our people running scared we live, breathe and die
All too aware that time is slipping on by
We have solutions but don't even try
And I feel I know just who to blame
Its my poor friend me
A reminder of a tragic history
Its my poor friend me
And I'm running out of steam

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Lookin' In
Suddenly, it came to me
A potent dosage of reality
I saw myself in the broad daylight
And it made me think about life
I'm not the kinda guy
Who nods his head with closed eyes
I scoff at labels
I defy censuses
And despise group mentality
All along I thought that this was only human
But I know now that i'm in the minority
I'm lookin' in
Now I think in relation to
My fellow man and what strives to do
We fail to see
There's no compromise
Our evolution is our demise
One day you may find that you are also one of me
A microcosm of the human race
Observing those around us
Desiring to belong
Behind the guise of salvation we suffer along the way
We're lookin' in

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Don't Pray On Me
A grizzly scene on my electron beam
Told a story about human rights
So all of Kings horses and all of Kings men
Had a riot for two days and nights
Well the city exploded but the gates wouldn't open
So the company asked him to quit
Now everybody's equal
Just don't measure it
Well Hanson did it Hester
And Mark David did it to John
And maybe Jack did it to Marilyn
But he did it to South Vietnam
For beauty and glory
For money, love and country
Everybody's doing it
Don't do that to me
A bitter debate and effeminate fate
Lying tandem like two precious babes
As the former gets warmer it's the latter that matters
Accept on the nation's airwaves
And custodians of public opinions stay fed up
They're mainly discussing their rights
The hands of her body
It's not your fucking life
I don't know what stopped Jesus Christ
From turning every hungry stone into bread
And I don't remember hearing how Moses reacted
When the innocent first born sons lay dead
Well I guess God was a lot more demonstrative
Back when he flamboyantly parted the sea
Now everybody's praying
Don't prey on me

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Modern Day Catastrophists
Take those potatoes out of your ears
Listen to the warnings verify all your fears
There's a world outside that's ready to blow
And we're all to blame when it finally explodes
You gotta listen up
Gotta listen to what they're saying to you
Gotta listen up and think about what they're telling you
They're the modern day catastrophists
They've got practical solutions
They're the self-appointed righteous pragmatists
And they know 50 ways to save the world
What makes you think you can cure our disease?
Maybe its just our biology
Maybe its time to make room for another species
This is the 21st Century
Gotta listen up gotta think about what they're saying to you
Gotta listen up and think about what they're telling you
They're the modern day catastrophists
They know all the right equations
They're the self-appointed righteous pragmatists
And you too can be one of the few to save the world
But you gotta listen up and think about what they're telling you
Gotta listen up and do exactly what they tell you to
They're the modern day catastrophists

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Skyscraper
Come let us make bricks
And burn them hard
We'll build a city
With a tower for the world
And climb so we can reach
Anything we may propose
Anything at all
Build me up, tear me down
Like a skyscraper
Build me up, then tear down
These joining Walls
So they can't climb at all
I know why you tore it down that day
You thought, if you got caught
We'd all go away
Like a spoiled little baby
Who can't come out to play
You had your revenge
Build me up, tears me down
Like a skyscraper
Build me up, then tear down
These joining walls
So they can't climb at all
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