Inside The Mind (Part II):

Step further
Into the darkness
Into the shadows
Of fear
And anger
An abyss of unknown
That we will walk down
Together now

How do you know you're alive?
There's more senses than five
So think deeper now
Be still and go in your mind
And the things you will find
Will awaken you

I've had several alternate dreams of armageddon
It can go down so many ways
Everyone is feeling the burn of living in a world
Where rich men are armed to the teeth against
Their starving neighbors
What if we say we don't want to play this game anymore?
When there's this many billion lives at stake
Is anyone else alarmed?
Our food, water and air is borderline toxic
And we're all okay with that?
Is this the future you imagined when you were a child?
Is this the world you've always wished for?
Why aren't we stopping this?
It's about time we get mad as hell
Look them right in the eye
And say,

You'll never take me alive
I have value and right
So give it all back
We're sick of living this life
Gets harder all of the time
All because of you

When it comes in 3
It parades as 2
Makin' you believe
That it's all you knew
It ain't black or white
There's shades of gray
Just like it doesn't go
Right to night from day
When they say it's true
It is up to you
To find what they left out
Of the news
Everything we know
Is mostly lies
Hiding in a
Patriotic disguise

Stand up now
Eyes forward
Clear headed
Remember...

When it comes in 3
It parades as 2
Makin' you believe
That it's all you knew
It ain't black or white
There's shades of gray
Just like it doesn't go
Right to night from day
When they say it's true
It is up to you
To find what they left out
Of the news
Everything we know
Is mostly lies
Hiding in a
Patriotic disguise

Now that you know you're alive
You better try to survive
Before they get to you
Keep stepping into your mind
And you will finally find
All the solutions
Now that you know you're alive
You better try to survive
Before they kill you
Keep stepping into your mind
And you will finally find
All the solutions

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Chromagnumman:

I had a vision
Of what the world should be
Not just a wasteland
Of hatred and entropy

No, I cannot
Just stand by and
Let this happen
How can I say that I will?
No, I do not
Just walk by
How can I find a way?

There was a time
When we had it right
Long before nations and war
When gold was never a reason to fight

I had a nightmare
And then I woke up to this
On certain days
It's harder to tell the difference

Will it end, and
Will we know when
The time has finally come for
Us to fight back
Take it right back
Make it alright today

CHROMAGNUMMAN
CHROMAGNUMMAN
CHROMAGNUMMAN

Cro-Magnon man
Never abused the right to choose
Living off the land
Having only his life to lose

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Nectar:

LET'S GO!
Time to fight!
It's time to battle!
Come and get me
Before I take you down
I'm just another pugnacious punk
Out ready for a fight

If it's not conflict
Then it's not worth it
I mean, really now
Who needs friends that you can't knock out?

Why do people always say
There's something wrong with me?
"Just take one look at his face,
He's always angry!"
If they knew what it was
To be me
They'd blow their f**kin' brains out
In a pool of misery!

I, um, forgot to take my medication, uh...

Now I'm feelin' great!
Really couldn't be any better!
Like sittin' at the top of Olympus
Eatin' ambrosia and sippin' Nectar
All I need is that little pill
To make it all just go away
Pile up all of my troubles
To fall on me on another day

Me again...
I just spaced out there for a second
But don't worry,
I'm still looking for my next victim!

Someone to torture
Someone to hurt
'Cause I ain't the man to be messin' with
When I'm off my meds

Or am I on them? Uh...

Anyway I'm feelin' great!
Really couldn't be any better!
Like sittin' at the top of Olympus
Eatin' ambrosia and sippin' Nectar
All I need is that little pill
To make it all just go away
Pile up all of my troubles
To fall on me on another day

[Diggin' and doin' the finger pickin' part in there,
Diggin' and doin' the finger pickin' part in there,
John's diggin' and doin' the finger pickin' part in there,
Diggin' and doin' the finger pickin' part in there]

Maybe you should find
An alternate method
To release aggression
And to come to terms with life

Relieving symptoms
It never cures an illness
You will heal from within
Only if you choose to

Everyone you know endures
Some level of suffering
The trick is to balance and moderate everything
That you think and do

And you'll never need any medication

That's how to feel great!
Everything will start to be better
Who needs to be pickin' a fight
When your life is as sweet as nectar?
All you need to do is relax!
And everything will be okay
Learn to live a life of peace
And take it day by day

[Go!]

[Gotta get a gotta get a gotta get a get another pill!]

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Murky Waters:

They've poisoned our children
With cheap food and innoculations
Brains are fed lies in both text
And media

The last exercise
Of free will
Is this failed society

These are times that should
Not be gray
Living life in fear
Every day
In the end it's us
Who will pay
Problems do not just
Go away

Still I cannot give up
On humanity
For I am a member
Of the minor majority

I bleed like any of you
And for this I forever will
Walk with you through these
Murky waters

These are times that should
Not be gray
Living life in fear
Every day
In the end it's us
Who will pay
Until the day we find
A new way

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The Pit:
Written by John Ardolina

Thrown into a game
That I don't know how to play
It's my turn to shout
But I don't know what to say

The path I'm on is poorly lit
But just up ahead it seems to split
Am I headed straight into a dream?
Or into The Pit

I've seen so many of my dreams
Slowly decay
I guess the price of fame relies
On what you'll pay

The world is changing all around
I've been lost so long
That I can't be found
Am I headed straight into a dream?
Or into The Pit

My eyes open slowly
To greet another day
Will it be warm from the sun
Or will it be cold and gray?

Such things in life
Can't be controlled
I'm feeling young
But I'm growing old
And I'm drawing ever near
To the edge of The Pit

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Monkey:
Based on original lyrics & vocals by Scott Sunkimat

I am only human
Real as I can be
All my natural instincts
Want control of me

Try to face the monkey
When it has control of me
Try to chase the monkey
Take him down in front of me

Yet my outer human
Has no faith in me
Knowing how I'm living
Detached unnaturally

Try to fight the monkey
When it has control of me
Try to find the monkey
Clinging to the core of me

I can't live a life where
Buried is my soul
My instinct is alive
And watch it overthrow my mind

Empty is a life where
Nature is a void concept
Can't see
Can't free
The animal in me

I can see I'm losing control
I used to walk tall, and now I crawl
Finally my instincts control
Body and soul

[I can see it now]
[I can taste it now]
[I can feel it]

On my knees
Is not the lifestyle for me
On my feet
If I'm killed that's where I'll be

Try to face the monkey
I can feel it now
Try to catch the monkey
I can lose you now
Try to shake the monkey
From out of me now
Try to kill the monkey
You can see it now
You can lose it now
I can see it now
I can take you down

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Route 88:

I was born
In a small town
The only place I've known
To call my home

Nothing's the same now
No way and how
Everything's changing
And not for the best
Where has my town gone?
Everything's wrong
The east I remember is
Suddenly west

Why is Playdrome now
A Quick Chek?
Little Caesar's how
Come you're not left?

What happened to this little town?
How'd it become what it is now?
When did we lose our stomping ground?
When did it go so wrong and how?

China Pavilion
Was taken from me
Then was replaced by
Another Wendy's
A Wal-Mart instead
Of a drive-in
Tore down the hospital
I was born in

Route 88 is
The same bumpy ride
Dozens of gas stations
And convenience stores
Now with the trees gone
Keep building more
Who needs plants when
You can have another bank?

Where has this town gone?
The natives have bailed!
Here come the unknowns
Turning their backs on us as if we've failed
Hiding in the comfort of their homes
Not talking face-to-face
Just like we used to

Where has this town gone?
The natives have fled!
They're on the front lawn
Walking around like the living dead
Hiding in the comfort of their homes
No one standing talking face-to-face
Just like I remember we all used to
Way back in the good ol' days

What happened to this little town?
How'd it become what it is now?
When did we lose our stomping ground?
When did it go so wrong and how?
Oh, Boro...

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Blasphemy:
Written by John Ardolina

Don't think I wanna believe in your Kings anymore
Waiting around for them to bring me the cure.
Too many days and nights we've wasted on our knees.
I think the time has finally come,
We've got to stand up now, break away from the disease.

Don't think I've ever seen anything like this before,
A million Gods to pray to only one can be the Lord.
Take a look at how we live and die by our beliefs.
Another day created by the "One", bow down embrace hypocracy.

Watch it spread, from head to head
See it breed, from bed to bed
Big deals made, in little rooms
They confess today, sins of yesterday
They bring tonight; Impending Doom...

Don't think I really give a fuckin' shit what you believe,
Kill for your God so you can live eternally.
Forgiving all the dead to keep your mind at peace.
All those years are stained in blood, you wash your hands in blind divinity!

Feel the love from heart to heart, see the buildings, blown apart.
A love so great, theres no more room, except for the hate;
Prepare your soul for the end is coming soon.

Don't believe I can follow in your foot steps anymore.
Too many roads to choose how is anyone really sure?
No cross to hide behind, no empty prophecies.
Just let me open up my mind so I can choose whats right for me!

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Transcendence:
Final two lines quoted from Mahatma Ghandi

So many paths for
One to walk down
Choose your destiny
Or stay here now

Why run blind up
Unfamiliar roads?
You may wind up
Too far from home

Rising leads to falling
Paralyzed when sinking
Use the third dimension
And go forward

Ascend the evidence
Descend the promises
Amend the balance
Through transcendence

The universe is yours
Control your every course
Submit to ebb and flow
Turn on your mind and go

Rising leads to falling
Paralyzed when sinking
Use the third dimension
And go forward

One or the other!
That's all you'll ever be offered!
Up or down
East or west
Axis X or Y

It's never too late
To adopt the idea
Of diagonals
And laterals

There's more than it seems
In-between the lines
Move forth, spiral out
Boundaries redefined

Break through all you know
Let your dreams unfurl
Be the change that
You want to see in the world

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