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