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The Choice Is Yours
05:08
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A1. THE CHOICE IS YOURS (a.k.a. AUTONOMY 2)
words and vox by Robert Inhuman, Evolve, Jim Swill
music by Robert Inhuman in Cincinnati and Saint Louis 2009,
remixed from the Evolve beat on the "Resisting The Viral Self" LP
your privilege, quit fronting like it's not, what you gonna do?
(outcide my self...)
the privilege of one will always risk the torture of many
be it paraded on media headlines or far from blind eyes
celebrity does not make a pain's significance
your crusade isn't mine, your jihad isn't mine
xenophobic on each side, your hate is defined by pride
your crusade isn't mine, your jihad isn't mine
I'm not pacified just cos I'm not the one who's next to die
NO WAR CAN BE WON
unless you accept a nation's children as fodder for a gun
that backfires and bloodstains our decisions
it's foreign, it's domestic, the same either way, victims
but am I among these "victims"
when I got a brain in my skull and warm blood in my body
can I really claim I ain't a cell in the system?
can I really claim I ain't a cell in the system?!
when I had the reach to the resources that could stop that gun from firing?
when I had the reach to the resources that could keep my conscience from dying??
when I have access to a solution I call compassion combined with REALLY TRYING???
compassion, sacrifice, that anti-narcissistic style
coca cola advertisement wasting the mind away
a slave labor recognize they sanitize design
this is the real war, restricted information
so control forces can control some more
war for the foreign plunder and greed
defeat the biologic need
corporate famine spread like seed
but it's not over yet
redesign inside of the mind
and thrive outside of that deep regret
and earth humanity push eject
buttons on machines is all that's left
and american hearts they are full of jest
but they do not see how the mirror twists
a lack of action will never ensure your innocence
will you contribute to the U.S. indulgence in a Kitty Genovese scenario multiplied by thousands
will you aid in humanity's imperial legacy
humanity's cannibal lust for any resource classified as exclusive
or satisfying of gluttony no matter how temporary
look at the Earth and every legitimate problem for life on it
what cannot be traced to human decision
why would our decisions to solve these problems be without the very same flaws?
can we afford not to care?
OUTCIDE MY SELF OUTCIDE MY SELF
your crusade isn't mine, your jihad isn't mine
xenophobic on each side, your hate is defined by pride
your crusade isn't mine, your jihad isn't mine
using god as your alibi, you don't speak for me when you lie
your crusade isn't mine, your jihad isn't mine
xenophobic on each side, your hate is defined by pride
your crusade isn't mine, your jihad isn't mine
I'm not pacified just cos I'm not the one who's next to die NO!
"in full force"
...when winning is based on ethnocentric death
in our fucking civilization, based on who is left
after a game called genocide and another familiar one called wealth
burning to death in oil, so a few sociopaths can keep their good health
what could I have access to and would I grab it even if I did?
I have the reach to the resources that could stop that gun from firing
and I have the reach to the resources that could keep my conscience from dying
and I have access to a solution (RIGHT!) I call compassion combined with really
I have the reach to the resources that could stop that gun from firing
and I have the reach to the resources to keep my conscience from dying
and I have access to a solution I call compassion combined with really trying
access to a solution I call compassion combined with really trying...
compassion; self-sacrifice; anti-narcissism
real cide; real death; real change...
your privilege, quit fronting like it's otherwise, how will you use it?
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The Passive Observer
03:58
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A2. THE PASSIVE OBSERVER (a.k.a. THE AUDIENCE SUX 2)
words and vox by Robert Inhuman and Jim Swill
music by Vankmen in Oakland 2009,
as a sequel to the track on the split 7" with Capital Hemorrhage
when did you trade your name in for a ticket? COM'ON!
I didn't see you at the show
no shit I knew you wouldn't go
you'd rather worship something on a stage
don't you ever feel like you need a change
and share in something instead of just pay
how old are you and still ain't got no name
I mean what the fuck
I gotta kick you off your fucking crutch (watch out)
yeah the audience sucks
did you ever have a name to call your own
WHY NOT?
com'on com'on why not?!
reaching through the dark for familiarity, something to distract
an entertainment model, something that doesn't interact
what're you afraid of, afraid of human touch
outside of shit you seen in a movie
illusion is a virus out your mouth or on that screen
what do you boil down to, not fucking much, huh?
unless it directly associates with the worship of a vice
parties, sex, and alcohol, avoid a conversation and start up a fight
who are you there I can't see you in the dark
afraid of what a world of cowards thinks of you
when they see you say "fuck this" and decide to take charge
you'll expose them for the fiction they always were (I know!)
AUDIENCE SUX = PASSIVE OBSERVER
to adhere out of fear, out of fear of fellow man
one on one we turn against another
with brown bottles and aluminum cans
the audience sucks if that's all they want to be
the passive observer, your attitude is our enemy
exercise your right to action and your energy to choose
prove you have a voice! convince me you've got a point of view!
the audience sucks, but I've got the energy to give a fuck
your name, so say it, or I'll just assume you are no one
do you ever feel like you just wanna explode
then why the fuck is it so hard to show
when you're given an opportunity to communicate
you'd rather live vicariously through a flesh you'll never be
with their pepsi-sucking-mother-fucking fake reality
the audience is part of my community
an outlet from commercial world, for human unity
the audience sucks, if that's all they want to be
you fucking suck, when you leave every word and action up to me
the audience sucks, if that's all they want to be
the passive observer, your attitude is our enemy
why did you come here, what did you want
what will you offer, yeah what the fuck have you got
so why did you come here, what did you want
and what will you offer, yeah what the fuck have you got
the audience sucks when it turns upon itself
no sense of understanding what it's like to be anyone else...
the audience sucks, if that's all they want to be
the passive observer, when you leave every word and action up to me
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No War Can Be Won
04:50
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B1. NO WAR CAN BE WON
remix by Robert Inhuman in Los Angeles 2008 from several tracks
originally appearing on the "Resisting The Viral Self" LP such as
Autonomy, Neutralizing Opiate, and No Xenophobic HxC
"...and he began to suffocate ...and his possessions multiplied...
if you begin to feel overload you will begin to feel what we are saying
if you begin to feel overload, consider your Earth, what it feels..."
NO WAR CAN BE WON
after a game called genocide and another familiar one called wealth
...I'd rather try to make my mark on this society...
my entire life is not a vacation NO
I'm not alive to be pacified, I'm not alive to wish I had died
right now! right now! NO WAR = HARDCORE
will you be on my cide of this gun RIGHT NOW
with a trigger that can break the silence RIGHT NOW
my entire life is not a vacation NO
I'm not alive to be pacified, I'm not alive to wish I had died
"to breathe is not enough" (sampled from Crass "Yes Sir, I Will")
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Open Eyes 2
05:59
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B2. OPEN EYES 2
words and vox by Robert Inhuman and Jim Swill
music by Mavis Concave in Cincinnati 2008, a later version of the song produced in 2007,
this is somewhat more accurate to how the song has been played live on tours
(tho its 3rd version is most accurate)
...I don't want to be anywhere with anybody
and I can't live with myself
nowhere to go when I want to get lost
from this world, this city, this room, this body, my self...
same age-old inability, inescapable alien scapegoat
no home, nobody, no body
can't connect to anyone I know, no (I know, I know)
waste of breath and flesh and thoughts
when the night is over what've I got?
I'm up all night every night
just to be alone I gotta get my head together (right!)
lookin' like shit outta fuckin "I, ZOMBIE"
and I'm wondering "will it be this way forever?"
knowing damn well that I need a change (yeah!)
no more waiting (no no no NO)
what do I got in me, to offer myself?
nah fuck it, one time, this time
what can I offer to someone besides my self
my life, I thought if I concentrated
my life, but where is that taking me
I'm cold, to everyone close to me
I try, but was I lying when I said I'd look at my self
waste of breath and flesh and thoughts
when the night is over what've I got?
what did I say before? I'll reach out to you?
what did I mean by that? (ha) I'll lift you up?
what do I got in me, to offer my self
fuck it, this time, one time
what can I offer someone besides my self!
my life, I thought if I concentrated
my life, but where is that taking me
I'm cold, to everybody close to me
I try, but was I lying when I said I'd look at my self
CHANGE
without first thinking about what will come back to directly benefit me
what is it to comprehend another man's existence as significant as my own
afraid of realizing that I am equal in every way
though our cultures may be separated it's only a dividing line
to keep a sense of distance from the fact that we're the same
it's an isolated island of a world we're being born into
as information overloads the violence keeps on pouring through
and what's a better way than staying safe within myself
remaining callous to a fellow citizen when we're all dealt
the same hand of cards, and the same pain is felt
the same mental scars, the same neon hell
with open eyes I'll see my flesh come pouring off my bones
we only got eachother, cos in death we're all alone
my life, I thought if I'd isolate it
my life, to break my ego free
but that becomes self indulgence and I'm too absorbed to see...
what did I want, I always know
what I want, when I can't have
what I want, the easy way, yeah
but watch this when I find out what I need NOW
my life, I thought if I concentrated
my life, but where is that taking me
I'm cold, to everybody close to me
I try, but was I lying when I said I'd look at my self
can I find out what I need
when I look at my self, with open eyes, one time, this time...
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