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If I Were a Drone
04:29
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if I were a drone who would I be hovering now
the dissenter is the future mark, scores going up and down
if I were in charge of the secret police
I'd put everybody on a list sorted alphabetically
if I were a badge kicking in your door
I'd get in and then I'd get out again cos I'd have to go find more
if I were the One deciding who should live or die
I'd calculate all the benefit to my grand design
when you get their phone call
don't give the wrong answer
when you see them coming
just turn your head and look away
it feels like a dream burning the back of my eyes
standing in the line for rations upon which we all rely
playing out the fantasy of the puppeteer hidden from view
I don't need no damn strings pulling me and you don't need them pulling on you
when you get their phone call
don't give the wrong answer
when you see them coming
just turn your head and look away
when you get their phone call
don't give the wrong answer
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2. |
When I Was a Young Boy
03:55
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when I was a young boy, things were bad
then as I got older, things got really bad
the leader was appointed on a hanging chad
now the drones are everywhere, it's so f-ing sad
when they passed the legislation
labor automation act
humans were displaced with robots
it's too late now to react
incessant paranoia to be taken away
now the drone gestapo is here to stay
my friends are disappearing, no trace or sign
I know they're gonna come for me, it's just a matter of time
if I was a free man, I'd light it up on fire
is there something I can do to quell this deep desire
to do away with the G.U.A. is all that I conspire
even just the thought of this, subject me to the wire
I can hear the buzzing of the panic drones
it's beyond help now to be left alone
going through the strike list, just one hit at a time
when they put the walls up, well you'll just have to climb
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3. |
U Won't Feel a Thing
05:14
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It's hard to grow up in the shadow of the drones
the streets are littered with rusty trombones
our life's predetermined but the future is unknown
it's hard to grow up in the shadow of the drones
you won't feel a thing
the needle penetrates everything
your blood starts to boil
with sodium pentathol
I stand at my station with my soldering iron
four hundred parts an hour to keep up with the line
tethered to my biosupply with no place to hide
assembling new aircraft for Global Unified
u won't feel, u won't feel a thing
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4. |
The Joke is on Me
04:18
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I spent so long wondering how I could get it so wrong
why I couldn't trust, why my love had turned to dust
now we're here for a single reason
at the moment of truth, there was none
the different places we would be
if you could have been real with me
and now I'm questioning my sanity
somewhere that I wouldn't be
they say the truth will set you free
but the joke is on me
the twilight fades in the bed you made
played like a piece on a chessboard
and I've been a mess, lord
knows I've tried so hard to hold on to illusions for so long
truth I could feel in my heart
through every stone faced denial
and I wonder where I'd be if you could have been real with me
but the joke is on me
and now I'm questioning my sanity
somewhere that I wouldn't be
maybe the truth has set you free
but the joke is on me
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5. |
Desert Soliloquy
02:19
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the desert sky is where I call my home
the endless road is mine to run alone
the freezing night ten million stars above
shine down on me to see the ones I love
the feverish day in waves of heat comes on
rolls over me the life I used to live
rolls over me the love I have to give
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6. |
Enemies List
03:40
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Thirty thousand drones are buzzing like mosquitos in the sky
Four hundred fifty million shells to make sure you can die
Everything you say and do is captured to be used against you
They aren't waiting anymore, initiating civil war
Enemies list
Detention camps that will provide protection from the world outside
Reeducate you while you wait you'll learn the glory of the state
Down the barrel of a gun they'll be securing everyone
Explosions rattling the walls as one by one, insurgents fall
Enemies list
The database computes your score
No matter what you're fighting for
Your given right just to exist
Ends when you're on the list
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7. |
Disposition Matrix
04:06
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it took a long time to build it
won't take a long time to fill it
in the mind's eye of the builders
the world's a prison that's been gilded
in the disposition matrix, there's a non-zero chance
of being targeted for murder by a drone
and the count of the names rises exponentially
as every one that's cut down creates three
and they're scoring all your phone calls
for the key word that makes you fall
you could stop this once it's started
if the builders could be thwarted
"it really is like swatting a fly
you can do it forever and you feel nothing
how often do you think about killing a fly"
what if they had a war and nobody came
they'll be raining down the missiles just the same
from the comfort of an easy chair 10,000 miles away
they'll be dragging you before your judgment day
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8. |
Hypercyclic
00:44
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9. |
Globalist Death Camp
04:15
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line up here against the wall
the tetra scanner reveals all
and if you don't cooperate
you'll be disappeared no hesitation
I don't want to die in a globalist deathcamp
I don't want to die in a civil war
They're coming in the night like a thief through the window
They're coming in the morning beating down the door
checkpoint madness never ends
the written or the spoken word instead
compliance with the mandate is required
you wouldn't want to say so otherwise
all the way down
where memories can never be found
all the way there
so far away from the open air
I don't want to die in a globalist deathcamp
I don't want to die in a civil war
They're coming in the night like a thief through the window
They're coming in the morning beating down the door
They're coming for me in a helicopter
They're coming for you in an armored car
I don't want to die in a globalist death camp
I don't want to be a prisoner of war
I don't want to live in the FEMA trailer
I don't want to be on the train car
I don't want to die in a globalist death camp
I don't want to be a prisoner of war
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10. |
Go Anywhere
04:49
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if I could go anywhere I'd be far away
out of sight and out of mind somewhere they won't stay
if I could go anywhere I'd be there with you
no matter the surroundings it'd be all that's true
if I could go anywhere I'd be far away
if I could go anywhere I'd be in the sun
radiating everything with a soul in one
if I could go anywhere I'd be free at last
open up to everyone and release the past
if I could go anywhere through this time and space
I'd find everyone who ever left the world displaced
if I could go anywhere I would see you smile
and leave behind my sadness for a little while
if I could go anywhere I'd be there with you
no matter the surroundings it'd be all that's true
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in the dead of the night when the feeling grows
and you're awakened by the sound of the hummingdrones
in the heat of the day when the sun bears down
do you imagine that they're holding you facedown
secret listening machines
in every wall
secret listening machines
to hear you call
they're filling the sky and they block out the sun
this is how we ensure the safety of everyone
do you remember a time before the world went down
we were too proud to kneel at the foot of the golden crown
secret listening machines
report position
secret listening machines
triangulation
analyze the stream for the code words
visualize the dream of total control
send the instructions to the nearest drone
it won't be far away, it won't be far away
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12. |
Unlucky Strike
00:50
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13. |
In My Sleep
04:29
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in my sleep I'm begging you to come back
in my sleep I'm begging you to relax
here's to all our bitter endings
and all the wasted time pretending
I know that nothing's as it seems
when the world just kills what's not meant to be
I'd like to get my money back now
don't leave me here flat on my back now
with a thousand miles laid out before us
gods of love and grace ignore us
I know that nothing's as it seems
when the world just kills what's not meant to be
I know that it's all for the best
when the sun burns out on your happiness
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14. |
Stellar Wind
00:36
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15. |
Keep the Fires Lit
04:51
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Under the choking sky, we walk in a single file line
Towards the power plant door, the same as the day before
The elevator drops through the shaft
We fall through the toxic updraft
As my eyes adjust to the black
I don't know if I'll come back
We give our lives to keep the fires lit
We don't know how we'll see the end of it
We give our lives to keep the fires lit
Hacking at the walls in the dark, I set off a shower of sparks
Ignite a reaction chain, fills the tunnel with screaming flame
We give our lives to keep the fires lit
We don't know how we'll see the end of it
And in the panic and the chaos
I think I might just see a way out
When the Guardians have turned their backs
And the tethering machine has collapsed
I dive below the wall of smoke
My servitude has been revoked
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17. |
Achilles
03:54
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I've been on the run so long
I don't know asleep from awake
but when I close my eyes I think I see what road to take
the cloud of birds, the buzzing sound
you can hear as they're swarming you all around
no one has managed to escape them yet
but there's some kind of weakness I bet
yeah there's some kind of weakness I bet
I built a rebel band
from the families of the disappeared
we had to sign so that they wouldn't hear
all of us were united
by a dream to put an end to their rule
no one has managed to escape them yet
but there's some kind of weakness I bet
in hiding, something kept from long ago
a secret device, press and pull on the wires
sound escapes, vibrates, escalates
weeping its tears of joy
weeping its tears of joy
we had to find a flaw in their armor somewhere
when I pull the wires it is vibrating the air
amplify the sound and you can feel it shaking
the drones will hit the ground and it's there for the taking
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18. |
Shockwave
04:12
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the plans are put in place, the time to strike is now
I've readied the device and sworn my solemn vow
I've set up all the decoys, willing to die today
a single drop of justice in an ocean of decay
the drones are flying towards me, the strap weighs on my arm
I activate the system, they're sounding the alarm
my fingers rip the wires, a piercing howl tears forth
the drones start shattering and wildly spin off course
I'm sending out a shockwave, through this endless night
I may not see tomorrow, but at least we'll give a fight
even as the first wave splinters, the second storms in place
needles and exploding fragments pass across my face
it's all enough to stand my ground, tear off another chord
as the drones explode around me, is liberty restored?
I'm sending out a shockwave, through this endless night
I may not see tomorrow, but at least we'll give a fight
I'm sending out a shockwave for those I've loved and lost
I will not leave the high ground, no matter what the cost
and in the moment of victory, my pride becomes too strong
I lost my concentration -- I did something wrong
the third wave closes on me, the needle hits the vein
I'm laying motionless in the mechanical rain
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19. |
I Could Have Been
02:37
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Global Unified Seattle, Washington
Global Unified smashes together progressive arena rock, ambient dance/synth, and Americana to create a hybrid animal on their first self-titled concept record. The story of the album combines modern-day political observations on the nature of drone warfare and the surveillance state with a semi-futuristic spin that takes these current trends to their disturbing conclusions. ... more
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