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1. |
Victorious
13:50
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Space
Touching space
Reaching, feeling space
I can touch space
Ground
Touching ground
Plant my feet
Racing on the ground
Speed
I can attain speed
Running, off the ground
Take to the air
Hunt
I chase my prey
Sharp
I whittle my tools
Knives
Blades built for the kill
Stab!
Stab!
Stab!
Stab!
Stab!
My prey has fallen
Group
Together we are stronger
Team
We can live longer
Speak
We can communicate
Roles
Complement each others’ strengths
Fire
Capture light and warmth
Safe
It makes me feel safe
Start it on my own
Burning bright and light, it shines for me alone
Fire
Capture light and warmth
Safe
It makes me feel safe
Start it on my own
Burning bright and light, it shines for me alone
Victorious
I have conquered the elements
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2. |
Here To Stay
11:55
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Used to travel
Mobile and free
Taking resources
Enough for me
Settling down in this place
Permanent residence established
All of the challenges formerly faced
Survival skills erased
Stationary, living here
This land now belongs to me
The old ways now give me fear
See this here
This is mine!
Drink this water ‘til it’s gone
Harvest grains until they’re none
Hunt animals just for fun
Still I wake to light at dawn
Watch this land bleed
I keep taking
Beyond my need
It’s depleted
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3. |
Surplus
08:24
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They call me sir
Surplus
I am big
Bigger than needed
I’m a new thing,
So new I’m not ripe yet
You don’t know what to do with me, me, me
Never before have you had more than just what you needed, needed, needed, needed
They call me sir
Surplus
I am big
Bigger than needed
They call me sir
Surplus
I am big
Bigger than needed
All to yourself you keep me
Maybe there’s more to share, to give out
Wealth spreads around, you give me away
For goods and services formerly unreachable for you
They call me sir
Surplus
I am big
Bigger than needed
Build me up
Higher and higher
More and more
I want to grow
I’m more important than human lives
I’ll make you love me and noone else
Build me up
Higher and higher
More and more
I want to grow
I’m more important than human lives
I’ll make you love me and noone else
They call me sir
Surplus
I am big
Bigger than needed
Lost perspective
Found value
Caring no longer enough
Life used to matter
Survival struggle
Now here I am to corrupt your hearts
Lost perspective
Found value
Caring no longer enough
Life used to matter
Survival struggle
Now here I am to corrupt your hearts
They call me sir
Surplus
I am big
Bigger than needed
Survival test once gave meaning
Now towards wealth you are leaning
I’m all your thoughts in your mind
Now in your head fills a void
Survival test once gave meaning
Now towards wealth you are leaning
I’m all your thoughts in your mind
Now in your head fills a void
They call me sir
Surplus
I am big
Bigger than needed
They call me sir
Surplus
I am big
Bigger than needed
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4. |
Just A Thought
07:43
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The skies weep
Drops fall
Dark, light
Mysteries all
I live
Easily now
But for
My mind
What is
My purpose?
Why do
I live?
I fly
Through time
What is
The reason?
How has
This world
Come to
Be?
This life
Around me
Where is
It from?
I can
Touch it
What does
It feel?
Who or
What made
This wondrous
World?
There must
Be more
Than just
What’s seen
I close
My eyes
To see
Clearly
Creator or
Creators
Of your name
I speak
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5. |
We & They
07:02
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Surround ourselves with those
Who look just like us
We gravitate towards
Familiarity
Safety comes from my group
We’re all alike
Why would I choose to reach
Out to others?
We and they are
Not so alike
Maybe we have
The same desires
But now we must
Fight for our lives
Because we are
Different tribes
Feel the comfort of the
Same old faces
What’s the reason to fix
What’s not broken?
In our haste to live here
We create walls
To the detriment of
Greater progress
We and they are
Not so alike
Maybe we have
The same desires
But now we must
Fight for our lives
Because we are
Different tribes
Why do they come here?
This place is clearly ours
They’ve come to expand
They come to take land
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6. |
Let's Have A War
05:28
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Where once we roamed with ease
This space is now too small
Our desires never end
This rage that I feel
Greed is its only fuel
Hate filling my heart
Killing now is an art
Life broken down to
Can you pay me
Does your existence help profits?
Your rights are not important
Only valued if you contribute
Add to this system
Capitalist enterprise!
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7. |
Capital
06:58
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Made to help us cope with excess
Now it is the driving process
Changing hands like mother tongues
Cold and dried by father time
Value set by our demands
Possibilities are endless
Has no value for those whose
Sufficiency shows its mess
Originally made as a means to an end
Now it is the end goal
We lose our humanity
Originally made as a means to an end
Now it is the end goal
We lose our humanity
By its design it’s unequal
Letting those with more thrive
Endless cycles of privilege
Those without are forced to strive
When our people live in peace
And they’re making steady progress
Make money flow back to business
Let’s fire up the war machine
Originally made as a means to an end
Now it is the end goal
We lose our humanity
War and war and war some more
Vision clouded by dried blood
Once we see clear, we forget
And the cycle starts again
War and war and war some more
Vision clouded by dried blood
Once we see clear, we forget
And the cycle starts again
Originally made as a means to an end
Now it is the end goal
We lose our humanity
Originally made as a means to an end
Now it is the end goal
We lose our humanity
Originally made as a means to an end
Now it is the end goal
We lose our humanity
Originally made as a means to an end
Now it is the end goal
We lose our humanity
War and war and war some more
Vision clouded by dried blood
Once we see clear, we forget
And the cycle starts again
War and war and war some more
Vision clouded by dried blood
Once we see clear, we forget
And the cycle starts again
Originally made as a means to an end
Now it is the end goal
We lose our humanity
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8. |
Just Like You
12:05
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When talking heads fill your heart with hate
Making those with less than you seem like an enemy
Just remember that those others are only trying to live
Just like you
When you suit up to fight the bad guys
Drop hot death like God’s own wrath
Just remember those below only want to survive
Just like you
When you talk trash about those nearby
Whose worldviews contradict yours
Just remember that your neighbors are trying to thrive
Just like you
When you put down people far away
Whose beliefs differ from yours
Just remember that they’re doing their best
Just like you
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Nyentek Chicago, Illinois
An “adventurer in electronic sounds-poetry” whose music is “mind-bending, at times blissfully bizarre.”
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