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The Black Pacific

by The Black Pacific

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1.
The System 02:43
What's all this suction? Yeah we're the lucky ones We suck the corporate dime 'Cause you can take it Don't mean you're getting it Follow the thin white line So what's the use if you've got your freedom If you don't have shit in your life? It's our compulsion - more fun for everyone Just got to give it some time I'm just a product part of the machinery A pawn in God's electrical dream I thought I was using the system But the system was using me Yeah! Yeah! You can't escape it - just go along with it You're born you work and you die Just one more idiot - who's rendered meaningless And there's an endless supply So hang loose in your necktie noose man And fight for the scraps that you can get 'Til they erase you They're coming after you 'Til you give up and give in I'm just a product part of the machinery A pawn in God's electrical dream I thought I was using the system But the system was using me Yeah! Yeah! I'm just a product part of the machinery A pawn in God's electrical dream I thought I was using the system But the system was using - I'm just a product part of the machinery A pawn in God's electrical dream I thought I was using the system But the system was using me Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
2.
Pardon me if I'm not so discreet All these freaks on the street we all got the disease Gunshot - why not? When your back's on the wall Give it everything you got Don't mind me I just find history To be full of deceit that's disguised as belief That's ok it's the price that we pay To enjoy the abundant consumption and fame A god given dream - we pour fire on gasoline Are we so comatose? Are we living with ghosts? And do we really know? Give me a little bit Are we better than this? We don't know when to quit Man is that all there is? Give me a little bit Come with me 'cause I'd like you to see All the dust and debris of what once passed for dreams Cheap shot - so what? When you suck up abuse man, you never get enough Can't you see that it's all fantasy And the lies we believe are starting to breed That's ok, it's just life day to day As we drown out the sorrow of our own decay A god given dream - we pour fire on gasoline Are we so comatose? Are we living with ghosts? And do we really know? Give me a little bit Are we better than this? We don't know when to quit Man is that all there is? Give me a little bit Are we so comatose? Are we living with ghosts? And do we really know? Give me a little bit Are we better than this? We don't know when to quit Man is that all there is? Give me a little bit
3.
I'm going blind - but you know I can change my situation I won't try - and you know Won't fall back in your world Time is not the enemy - time is not the reason Don't need no second chance Now I got a reason to give up the enemy Won't change my circumstance And I won't follow Now my time has come, I control my destiny Now my time has come, I've got something to believe in Now my time has come, had enough I'm getting even I defy - control I don't need your aggravation It's my time - and you know Can't hold me back again Now I got an enemy I don't need a reason Don't hear a word you say Now I got a reason staring right in front of me Don't tell me what I'll get And I won't follow Now my time has come, I control my destiny Now my time has come, I've got something to believe in Now my time has come, had enough I'm getting even Now my time has come, I've got something to believe in Now my time has come, had enough I'm getting even Now my time has come, I've got something to believe in Now my time has come, had enough I'm getting even
4.
Now this feels broken - like I've got nothing left to lose I feel so sorry - that you've got no one left to use So take this token - I leave it up to you to choose Between what's right and the stupid shit you always do I've waited for the end of us And I won't give up 'til you're buried head first And I will laugh hard when you cry And I will dance the day you die Because you're dust and I'm still alive This is my parade 'cause I broke your curse Now I'm diving into the sea head first And I'm on my way 'cause I prayed for this day For the first time in my life - I'm finally alive Now that it's over - I guess I was too blind to see It all meant nothing Now you mean nothing more to me The word unspoken - you couldn't say them to my face As each day passes - more of our past will be erased Now we leave this all behind So let me give you one last goodbye And say I never really cared, and each moment that we shared I'll gladly watch at those memories die This is my parade 'cause I broke your curse Now I'm diving into the sea head first And I'm on my way 'cause I prayed for this day For the first time in my life - I'm finally alive This is my parade 'cause I broke your curse Now I'm diving into the sea head first And I'm on my way 'cause I prayed for this day For the first time in my life - I'm finally alive
5.
Kill your idols, it's so easy Stop at nothing to get what you want Search for answers 'til your lost completely Look for something 'til you find out all hope is gone Sing your sorrow, born to follow When you're somewhere down on your knees You take your chances, you beg and borrow 'Til you're nowhere and you do what you please Living underground - the way you are You cannot make a sound - the way you are One day you'll come around - you won't get far One day now you will find out you can get out You're waiting for it now What's the message, message you're sending? Now you notice you've got nothing to say You keep on looking for your happy ending Hope for something 'til you find out whose side you're on Sink or swallow, hope for tomorrow You keep on wondering when you're going to live And now the pressure, it just keeps on building You keep on waiting, wondering when your life begins Kill your idols, it's so easy Stop at nothing to get what you want Search for answers 'til your lost completely Look for something 'til you find out all hope is gone Sing your sorrow, born to follow When you're somewhere down on your knees You take your chances, you beg and borrow 'Til you're nowhere and you do what you please Living underground - the way you are You cannot make a sound - the way you are One day you'll come around - you won't get far One day now you will find out you can get out You're waiting for it now [x2] Living underground - the way you are You cannot make a sound - the way you are One day you'll come around - you won't get far One day now you will find out you can get out You're waiting for it now [x4]
6.
Defamer 03:25
Fame fetal fame - it'll rot your brain Ruin your good name Take money for your shame And we're all entertained - what can you do Greed, give me greed - more than I will need In contracts and schemes We're flooding the machine With cheap goods from the Philippines What can you do? Love for money - it leaves you in the end Fat cats and beggars - they all will toil in vain Give me nothing - but a tall glass and this refrain We are all to blame - what can you do? Lies tell me lies - cover up my eyes You wear a cheap disguise When profits are the style And we'll choke on our denial - what can you do? Love for money - it leaves you in the end Fat cats and beggars - they all will toil in vain Give me nothing - but a tall glass and this refrain We are all to blame - what can you do? So what can you do? [x2]
7.
Ruinator 02:51
Dis-Dis-Disinformation Clock stops it's isolation Another smile, a search for someone Another smile, a corporate come on It's your God given right, your God given right What gives you the right? Dis-Dis-Disinformation Mis-Mis Miscommunication This is ruination - so what do I get? Dis-Dis-Disinformation Mis-Mis-Miscommunication This is ruination - so what do I get? This is all distraction Another product buy reaction A quick shot to numb the senses Big profits, big defenses It's your God given right, your God given right What gives you the right? Dis-Dis-Disinformation Mis-Mis Miscommunication This is ruination - so what do I get? Dis-Dis-Disinformation Mis-Mis-Miscommunication This is ruination - so what do I get?
8.
Your fake smile strikes right through my heart Mine's so bruised up I'm seeing stars Your guns are cleaned your arrows drawn I take cover when you lead me on Take one shot in your mirror Or kill me before the bleeding starts The words you said they shot me straight to the heart Put down your weapons before they tear us apart I should have known it, known it right from the state Put down your weapons before they tear us apart I see you sharpen up your knives I'm bloodied but but still alive With one eye closed you just can't see Your arrows bounce right off of me Take one shot in your mirror Or kill me before the bleeding starts The words you said they shot me straight to the heart Put down your weapons before they tear us apart I should have known it, known it right from the state Put down your weapons before they tear us apart
9.
No Purpose 03:56
I don't feel so good I don't think that anyone should What were you thinking? What were you drinking? Jump into the fire? Or just keep on trying? Got you wrapped around your finger What were you thinking? It really doesn't mean a thing - purpose to it all No reason to believe I don't feel so good I don't know how anyone could What are you fighting? Where's your defiance? Do you join the delusion? What's your solution? Got you wrapped around your finger What were you thinking? It really doesn't mean a thing - purpose to it all No reason to believe It really doesn't mean a thing - purpose to it all No reason to believe It really doesn't mean a thing - purpose to it all No reason to believe It really doesn't mean a thing - purpose to it all No reason to believe
10.
Confessions on the tip of your tongue Keep wrapping it up 'til the pain is gone Nothing promised - nothing gained Keep losing it all until you've won When it's over - nothing matters When there's nothing left to feel - that's when it happens When it's over - nothing matters When it's over Depression's all you got to give Keeping counting scars 'til you resist You are so sick, so sick again Keep fighting them all until you've won When it's over - nothing matters When there's nothing left to feel - that's when it happens When it's over - nothing matters When it's over

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released September 14, 2010

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