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by Les Gavels

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    Recorded in the frigid months of 2009-2010 with Andy Mathison. Cover art and layout: Front Prospect Design. Don't forget to read along with the lyrics. Contact: lesgavels@gmail.com

    Members: Aimeric, Tyler, Daniel, Zack, Erick

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1.
Buy In 03:07
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I’d like to say I’m living the dream, Funny thing is that the joke’s on me. Taking orders from crooks, and I'm dependent on warlords I’m running again on empty “I can’t fucking take it”, she says Masking discontent with receipts and a smile I’m not living off of these wages And if I started to break free I’d be eaten alive So, I lie awake in the shade Letting the breeze cool the burn and ease the pain No more political compromise, at a loss for words Thank god the weather changes everyday And finally we’re starting to see some progress The economy teetering on collapse Seems like no one wants to buy this shit anymore It’s time to pull out the shiv and redistribute the fat We've become worthless, just mechanisms Replaceable by default, while the execs get the bonus So I put the bread on my credit line, and stave off the notion That every day of getting older, my skin becomes that much more tender for the director to...CUT CUT CUT, can't bear the weight! Spent a lifetime giving myself to the world... Now is not the time for a public announcement, now is not the time Now is the time to silently aggrandize, mobilize with all you have left To wait for an opening, and move in accordance, in protest of the surveilling sun …a way out is what I need now
2.
Forge 02:44
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We exhaust ourselves, panic imbued Hanging in twilight, stuck on repeat No time for rest, to capture a breath Must endure, submit to consequence of how far we've come There’s no turning back, we've given everything We're challenging the bend, we’ve called upon the ranks To pull this one together, to push against the break I keep telling myself to just keep kicking (just keep kicking...) Bring in the guns, bring in the gas Black masks feign sustainability, Preaching policies of fear Now can you hear the people start to sing? Exhausted, completely drained Into the morning, stuck on repeat No time to rest, no time for a breath Must prevent the collapse hanging over our heads So your fist is in the air, what’s next? In the wake of our grandmothers In the wake of our grandfathers We will tear these fences down
3.
Expanding Identity 02:45
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Every now and then I think about how far I’ve gone Was it wise inspiration or was I just completely dumb? I did not think / ‘bout / how / hard it could be to be far Feelings of lost / times / sad / hearts, these can tear you apart So why don’t I feel like I am away from home? One day I woke up and that feeling was gone How can it feel right to be so far from home? I had to move on and I made this place my own. Feelings were mixed over there, some people could not get it Did I not like my country, my people, or maybe it wasn’t the right fit. How could I give / up / all / this without looking back? I still keep in / touch / make / up what I sometimes lack So why don’t I feel like I am away from home? One day I woke up and that feeling was gone How can it feel right to be so far from home? I had to move on and I made this place my own. Expanding identity I didn’t lose anything, I just added a couple of things I’ve become some kind f hybrid, having two different ways Please don’t ask me to pick on, both can work together I can stay So far away
4.
Mannequin Graveyards 01:49
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What is art, what is ugly enough? What is love, how much can you leave exposed. To be exploited by the operating hands Nerves shot and wallets hungry Once unique, now attuned in drones Trained to follow the model, perpetuated from the top down God damn it! All we want to do is live, self sufficiently Without depending on an unjust infrastructure Built to herd, and condition our existence How sick, can we get Before we seek out a cure And purge this mess from our veins And create something... Something we don’t have to lie about in history books Something beautiful as the thought of justice …being more than a romantic ideal, patched to our backs, in unspoken camaraderie
5.
No Sentience, Life Sentence 02:00
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Don’t be afraid tonight, because the bottom couldn’t be any closer than here, than now We paid the price, floated to the surface too soon, unwillingly We’re dancing with tragedy (X3) Swimming upstream. we took the bait and swallowed Give them hell! Break the line! Hook by hook, we will leave them empty handed Meter by meter, their lungs will soon know… Depth! Because what poets we are, tame as the dammed water, institutionalized, anxiously waiting to flood we just need to find the cracks in this oppressive architecture To exploit and barrage, swim through to bluer waters… Now I’m filled up with holes, I need some painkillers, or something to subside the connection to my mind Throw it back, This fish isn’t big enough to fry No sentience, unwilling to materialize Throw it back, this fish is toxic to tongues Let it dance while it drains this imposed...life sentence
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Open Your Eyes 03:11
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Hey, how would it feel To get a peek at all the truth, To get a taste of things to come, You think you can just take it all? Why would it matter? Just getting more control. There would be no turning back, No safety net, no one there to show you out. All these years trying to find Some kind of meaning, Tryin’ to avoid remaining so blind You were getting there and here I am Self-righteous, so innocent Telling you To back out ‘cause you’re still far. But it’s right here Don’t believe the things they’ve said You just can’t hear Gotta learn to filter out Take a pick There’s so much out there So take on this mountainous challenge And start the climb Wait, what do you mean? It’s getting too hard? Too much that you cannot clean, you cannot change Too complex, or just too smart. Strange feeling that it’s not right, Stuff too hot to handle, Too complex, No black and white There a lot out there to see There’s a lot to uncover But can one person alone handle all the pressure And not get down? Do it! Get in line Take your time But the truth Won’t just pop up and shine Go! Y’already wasting your time Tryin’ too hard Trying to sort out What is true from what is right. Truth is ugly but you can Take it in and still walk back Because I know That everything they’ll let you hear Is what they want you to fear Take control! It’s hard to figure out By yourself That if you open your eyes They will not burn.

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released July 6, 2010

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