1. |
Counterpoint
05:57
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Rat, rat, rat
Bourgeois interest dressed vultures
Who suck like leeches
Scratching and teething
Egos check cheques in transit
Rank oppositions headline collisions
Rat eat rat, snap their backs, raise to play, counterpoint
Rat eat rat, rat bite back, raise the stakes, counterpoint
Ambitious cronies
Lay grass on Judas
“Et tu Brutus”
Disease, wade in the slurry
If cash won’t clench it
Then take it dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty
Rat eat rat – spit and scratch – face to face – counterpoint
Rat eat rat – snitch and snatch – braced to face – counterpoint
Rat eat rat – snap their backs – raise to play – counterpoint
Rat eat rat – rat bite back – raise the stakes – counterpoint
La la la la
La la la la
Modus operandi
Contrary motives, modus vivendi
Hands tied, estranged allegiance
Trained in psychosis
Drowned in plutocracy
Come see, comme ça, come…
Rat eat rat – rack their stacks – switch their tracks – counterpoint
Rat eat rat – stitch and hatch – tricks and traps – counterpoint
Rat eat rat – spit and scratch – face to face – counterpoint
Rat eat rat – snitch and snatch – braced to face – counterpoint
Rat eat rat – snap their backs – raise to play – counterpoint
Rat eat rat – rat bite back – raise the stakes – counterpoint
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2. |
Art & Illusion
03:51
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Magic man said
“You know my dear
You are living inside a dream
Believing the things I do
Are what they seem
Life is a trick that runs too quick
For a volunteer from the crowd
The volunteers only see
What’s been allowed”
The players practice to deceive
With paper flowers none perceive
Disappearing down the top hat corridors
Art and illusion
The magic show won’t let you go
Magicians rehearse
Their sleights of hand
They slip money bags up their sleeves
They saw you in half
And then they turn to leave
Tricks of the trade
The ball games played
By the jugglers centre stage
Carefully handed down from age to age
Conclusions made conclusions leapt
Impressions lost and overstepped
Shadows hide the truth
With nobody the wiser
Art and illusion
The magic show won’t let you go
They’re only trying to tell your lies
Trying to make you compromise
To leave reality completely up to them
Art and illusion
The magic show won’t let you go
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3. |
C.R.A.B
04:34
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Instrumental
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4. |
Kings & Queens
05:43
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So the stage is set
Dumb pierrots and marionettes
Swing from strings on high, time goes by
To under-guided laws
Cacophonous troubadors
Sing their lullabies, harmonise
Kings and queens set the scenes
Strike the bell, carousel
Suffer the socialites
Secure within complacent heights
Rehearse tainted lines, and rhymes
Kings and Queens set the scenes
Strike the bell, carousel
Kings and queens, wise and green
And the world turns
Years are worn
It goes on, on
Kings and queens, wise and green
And the world turns, turn!
So review the play
Decide which role you play
The final curtain calls
As it falls
So the kings and queens set the scenes
Strike the bell, carousel
Kings and queens, wise and green
And the world turns
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5. |
First New Day
05:53
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how can we fight the diseases of the poor
when colour of a nation is reasoning for war
men force your surrender, then ask you to believe
with the lives of many millions embroidered of their sleeves
is this reason – a price to pay?
give us reason – a first new day
acid emotion – child of suicide
bewilderment and hunger are hurting you inside
while hopes find protection in the sanctuary of life
another voice is silenced in the quiet of the night
is this reason – a price to pay?
give us reason – a first new day
all breathe together, suffocate the fear
let each of us in comfort share the pain, the tears, the years
don’t let their hate be the dowry of a youth
too humble for importance
too honest for the truth
is this reason – a price to pay?
give us reason – a first new day
give us reason – a first new day
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6. |
Blue Powder Monkey
07:22
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Frightened child, give me your hand,
Together our dreams will be realised
Hope that flickers, within tired eyes
A thousand angry hearts will raise the battle cry, to die!
A thousand angry hearts will raise the battle cry.
Fire burning, young hearts will bury the flag
Faces glowing in the light
Of words that have no strength to bite
Their country sleeps soundly unaware
Careful not to tilt the game
Both sides must remain the same
Dreams of solutions
Too many years of frustrations
Time after time after time
Fat preachers bury their bones in secretive holes
Invisible to naked eyes enclosed in metal uniforms
Ulterior motives, lies and excuses
Time after time after ………
Time to light the fuse
Hey you with that innocent face,
Stand proud of the crowd,
Sugar sweet surprise
Time to shatter your illusions and open your eyes
Malignant deceivers puncture our veins
If we fall down the chances are
We'll never raise our voice again
Sing to the future
Here ever after
Time after time after time
Time to light the fuse
Hey you with that innocent face,
Stand proud of the crowd
Sugar sweet surprise
Time to shatter your illusions and open your eyes
Blue powder monkey,
Time to light the fuse
Blue powder monkey,
Time to light the fuse
And raise the battle cry.
Time after time after
Time to light the fuse
Hey you with that innocent face,
Stand proud of the crowd
Sugar sweet surprise
Time to shatter your illusions and open your eyes
Blue powder monkey,
Time to light the fuse
Blue powder monkey,
Time to light the fuse.
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7. |
Blondon Fair
05:34
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Heil!
Mothers love to wash you clean
To bleed you dry
Lie beneath filial grief
For genocide
Blondon Fair justifies Masterdom
Hooked and feint – Heaven sent
Exodus
Heil!
In the hut
In there
In the hut
Fascist cross the borderline
Exit crime
Invade the peace, disturb the beast
Terrify –
Clicking black, shiny box
Crack the shell!
Blondon Fair separate
Gold from pearl
Heil!
In the hut
In there
In the hut
Heil!
Heil!
In the hut
In there
In the hut
Hooked and feint – Heaven sent
Martyrdom
Blondon Fair, without a care
Exodus
Heil!
In the hut
In there
In the hut
Room for one more!
Don’t cry little girl, don’t cry
Arbeit macht frei
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8. |
Take A Look
11:59
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Synthesised, programmed and synchronised
Detailed, computerised – no room for error
Specified, labelled and classified
Free mind has paralysed imagination
Educate, break down and formulate
Dictate don’t speculate – don’t be a failure
Parasite – know, sense, think, read and write
Translating black and white, hungry for logic
Stand fast
Take a look at yourself
In a moment, realise
We are thinking today
Take control
Clinical, useful and practical
Always fanatical – controlled existence
Generate, design and integrate
But never simulate human reaction
Stand fast
Take a look at yourself
In a moment, realise
We are thinking today
Take control
Take control
Control
Control
Doters on the silicon
Enslaved by self-design
Dependant on the life-blood
And body of their Son
Each cry for understanding
Begins and ends at the grave
From cradle to grave
Null and void emotion
Break free of the system
Opening eyes finding release
Each breath of inspiration
Begins and ends at the grave
From cradle to grave
Synthesised, programmed and synchronised
Detailed, computerised no room for error
Specified, labelled and classified
Free mind has paralysed imagination
Stand fast
Take a look at yourself
In a moment, realise
We are thinking today
Take a look, take a look
Take control of yourself
For a moment, realise
We are thinking today, today, today
Take a look at yourself
For a moment, realise
We are thinking today
Take a look, take a look
Take control of yourself
In a moment, in a moment
Realise, we are thinking today, today, today, today
Take a look at yourself, for a moment
Realise, we are thinking today
Take control
We are thinking, thinking
Today, today, today
Take a look
Take a look
Take a look
Take a look, at yourself
At yourself
You’ve got to take, take, take
Take control of yourself.
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9. |
Counterpoint - demo
05:59
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10. |
C.R.A.B - demo
03:56
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11. |
Kings & Queens - demo
05:52
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12. |
Take A Look - demo
04:31
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13. |
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14. |
Kings & Queens - live
05:38
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15. |
We Are Sane - live
11:01
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16. |
Blondon Fair - live
05:23
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17. |
Creepshow - live
11:35
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18. |
Fact And Fiction - live
03:44
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19. |
First New Day - live
05:47
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20. |
Take A Look - live
12:14
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21. |
Art & Illusion - live
03:42
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22. |
East Of Eden - live
03:03
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23. |
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24. |
Love Song - live
05:37
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