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sand storms
04:10
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SAND STORMS
an anchor on the concrete
a fucking empty box of matches
CCTV in a cornfield
choirboys singing with their throats slit
screaming underwater
white noise blaring on a speaker
we are all grains of sand
WE ARE ALL GRAINS OF SAND
YOU & I, GRAINS OF SAND
WE ARE NOTHING BUT GRAINS OF SAND
WE ARE ALL GRAINS OF SAND
a number on a blank page
a punk rocker buying a Billy bookcase
the fine print on a billboard
drug dealers with “or your money back” cardboards
life vests in a plane crash
a teacher dictating the weather forecast
we are all grains of sand
WE ARE ALL GRAINS OF SAND
YOU & I, GRAINS OF SAND
WE ARE NOTHING BUT GRAINS OF SAND
WE ARE NOTHING BUT GRAINS OF SAND
but storms are nothing but grains of sand
and mountains they are made of grains of sand
we are storms
we are mountains
we are the key to break the chains
WE ARE SAND STORMS AND MOUNTAINS
WE ARE SAND STORMS AND MOUNTAINS
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A MONSTER CONFRONTED IS A MONSTER DEFEATED
we are the deaf and blind
we are the silent mass
just free men in disguise
slaves to the nickels and dimes
we sustain their system
we sustain their system
can’t you see the black wave on our shore?
can’t you see the black cloud in our sky?
disposable plastic soldiers
commodified people, cannon fodder
but I’m not a nothing man
I’ll shout ‘till I shatter their system
(and) fuck their capital appetite
yeah we won’t bow, we don’t know how
I can see the black wave on our shore
I can see the black cloud in our sky
We can feel the black hole in our hearts
We can feel the blackout in our minds
a monster confronted is a monster defeated
a monster confronted is a monster defeated
we can see
the black wave
the black cloud
the black hole
the blackout
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3. |
no icons
01:46
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THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS
love has no shape or color
love can’t be framed
framed by your lack of candor
framed by your fear
love is above religion
love is above
your institutions
your limitations
your fucking preconceptions
we are gay and we are proud
we are straight and we are proud
we are free and we are proud
proud to love someone, love someone
love is no social disease
love ain’t no plague
this machine kills fascists
this machine kills fanatics, bigots & haters yeah yeah yeah
love knows no bias
love is no compromise
so I cannot understand you marching out there
waving fascist signs behind barricades of hate
we are straight and we are proud
we are gay and we are proud
we are free and we are proud
proud to love someone, love someone
we are free
we are proud
proud to love someone
love is above
love is above religion
love is above
love is above religion
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5. |
here be dragons
04:38
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HERE BE DRAGONS
there’s a city growing up in my head
and I see it every night in my dreams
first was a street, now it’s a whole republic
with busy bees and CCTV
there’s a city growing up in my head
fires burning, sirens wailing
people lonely, streetgirls comforting
silly drinking, fireworks raining
there’s a city growing up in my head
zombies commuting, children laughing
bagmen waiting, methheads salivating
school bells ringing, jail cells closing
cement cracking, grass and weeds growing
buildings rising, people are falling
there’s a city growing up in my head
night stars are fading, the streetlights are winning
cars speeding and then stopping, the street ballet’s playing
there’s a hobo in the park
with a sign that says
“keep your coins, I want change”
there’s this guy playing a Dylan song
on his guitar on the corner
50 year old words that still ring true today
“come mothers and fathers throughout the land and don't criticize what you can't understand, your sons and your daughters are beyond your command”
there are friends street dancing at the station
like there’s no tomorrow
so I guess there’s some hope for the future, you know
there’s this vandal genius
taking the walls of the city back
one brick at a time, one fucking brick at a time
where’s the city growing up my head?
can’t find the city growing up in my head
I drive for hours, in search of the city in my head
can’t find the city growing up in my head
and here be dragons
the ones you know
and here be dragons
that will swallow you whole
and here be dragons
the ones you love/loathe
and here be dragons
that will swallow you whole
Here. Be. Dragons.
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DISCUSSING CAPITALISM WITH SANTA CLAUS
the devil exchanged his fork and his tail
for Nikes and French fries and sodas and lattes
Azazel he swapped his claws and his horns
for dumb phones and oil wars and sweatshops all around the world
what would Jesus buy ?
we’re killing the planet one purchase at a time
what would Jesus buy ?
we’re slaving our own selves one item at a time
religion exchanged damnation and hell
for junk thoughts and mcjobs and targets and markets
the almighty exchanged all torments and flames
for logos and networks and targets and markets
what would Jesus buy ?
what would Satan buy ?
we’re killing the planet one purchase at a time
what would Satan buy ?
we’re slaving our own selves one item at a time
you’re not what you buy
after shopping, there is a life
what would Jesus buy ?
what would Satan buy ?
what would Santa buy ?
what would Santa buy ?
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7. |
bystander superstar
03:59
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BYSTANDER SUPERSTAR
you’ve never saved anyone’s life
never defended anyone’s rights
yet they treat you like a hero now, bystander superstar
you never take no risks
never put your privileges on the line
never act if there’s nothing to gain, 21st century hero ah ah
and you’ve never helped anyone
but yourself, and you know that doesn’t count
no SuperMan, Super-FICIAL-Man, bystander super-zero ah ah
and you don’t put yourself on the line for others
and you don’t put yourself on the line
we need heroes, no idols, no icons
and we won’t be part of this masquerade
we need heroes, no idols, no icons
and we won’t be part of this masquerade
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8. |
no idols
01:10
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Phil Zimbardo:
”We hope to claim a world filled with heroes, ordinary heroes, everyday heroes, and doing that means we’re going to transform the egocentric me into the sociocentric we, to promote the heroic imagination and empower ordinary people of all ages and all nations to engage in extraordinary acts of heroism. We believe that heroism is the antidote, not only to public indifference, but to systemic evil, transforming compassion into heroic action. Anybody can be a hero, you don’t have to be a really special person. Most heroes are ordinary everyday people, we just don’t know about them unless they make the media. It’s ordinary people, it’s extraordinary acts. We want to diffuse away from the notion of solitary heroes, solo heroes because heroes are most effective in teams, ensembles and networks. Heroes must act, flying around all day just won’t cut it. Sooner or later, you’re going to have to fight some evil. Maybe you take a voluntary action that could have a personal cause in defense of other people or a moral cause and you do it without expectation of reward. So I’m going to end by saying that what the world needs now is more heroes, you, me, all of us.”
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THE ANTI-PRENEUR MANIFESTO
never gonna be a brander
or a profit-maximizer
and I don’t wanna be a bestseller
never an online retailer
never gonna be a marketer
or a sponsored blogger
not for me, a re-poster
I’m nobody’s notable user
so I don’t follow the so-called founders
I never believe the newspapers
I don’t trust the pundits, the editors
I never listen to the prime minister sinister
I don’t want to be an entrepreneur of myself, you see
I don’t want to be an architect of misery
‘cause I am, I am, I am a lover,
I am, I am, I am a teacher,
I am, I am, I am a wanderer
‘cause I am, I am, an agitator,
I am, I am, a creator,
I am, I am, a disrupter
‘cause I am, I am, an ice-cream licker,
I am, I am, an anti-preneur,
I am, I am, a choose-your-own-adventurer
I AM MYSELF
based on the anti-preneur manifesto by Danielle Leduc
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10. |
fear & loathing
03:44
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FEAR & LOATHING
so many hotels that you can’t see the sea
so much palm oil blood (you) can’t see the chimpanzees
so much photoshop that you can’t see the scars
so many streetlights, we cannot see the stars
fear & loathing
fear & loathing
they know the price of everything
but the value of nothing
fear & loathing
they put a price on everyone
but their own word ain’t worth a dime/damn
so many stitches, that you can’t see the skin
so many cures yeah, you cannot see the disease
so many smokescreens, that you can’t see the sky
there’s so much waste here, we cannot see the ground
ink & rage yeah
fear & loathing
they know the price of everything
but the value of nothing
fear & loathing
they put a price on everyone
but their own word ain’t worth a dime/damn
my voice is made of ink
my voice is made of rage
“I want to make a promise to you, the reader. And I don’t know if I can fulfill it tomorrow or even the day after that. But I put the bastards of this world on notice: that I do not have their best interests at heart. I will try and speak for my reader. That is my promise. And it will be a voice made of ink and rage” (from the movie The Rum Diary)
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11. |
dragon town
03:11
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here be dragons
the ones you know
here be dragons
that will swallow you whole
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SLIVER Metz, France
SLIVER were a rocking hardcore band from Belgium/France/Luxembourg.
They've played more than 200 shows in
12 countries (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, the United Kingdom).
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