I N D U S T R Y G I A N T S
slow to anger (davis) slow to speak.slow to anger. slow to speak. slow to anger. slow to speak. slow to anger. slow to speak. slow to anger. slow to speak. slow to anger. slow to speak. slow to anger. slow to speak. slow to anger. slow to speak. slow to anger. the opposite of how i feel. the opposite of how i live. there’s no justice in this deal. but something infinitely greater. doubt starts rocking me in waves. brought on by The Great Degrader. unstabilized in all my ways. but I keep pushing down that fader. slow to speak. slow to anger. slow to speak. slow to anger. slow to speak in anger. who I really am looks like a stranger. slow to speak. slow to anger. slow to speak. slow to anger. slow to speak in anger. til my violent heart’s in greatest danger. yeah. my soul’s a cage of unclean birds. it’s a den of loathsome creatures. the stench of death my empty words. and wickedness my every feature. so if i’ve had it up to here. upon this path of least resistance. forsake this mission to defend. the very means of my existence. if i turn away from here towards the place of a skull where it went down once for all. slow to speak. slow to anger. slow to speak. slow to anger. slow to speak in anger. who i really am looks like a stranger. slow to speak. slow to anger. slow to speak. slow to anger. slow to speak.
live and breathe (davis) i don’t know the first thing about you. whenever i act like i do. so what does my whole lifetime amount to? if every beat of my heart is untrue. this is all i came here to ask you. whose voice is the sound of the sea. with whom there’s no shadow from changing. whose very breath is electricity. if i live and breathe. if i still believe. if i can eat and drink speak and think i thank you. then my heart explodes. my senses overload. every sound i hear i came in here to thank you. in the one true palace of wisdom. the place where the captives are freed. in their midst a conquering lion. whose voice is the sound of the sea. in my supernatural sickness. what physician can heal my disease? here and now a conquering lion. whose very breath is electricity. if i live and breathe. if i still believe. if i can eat and drink speak and think i thank you. then my heart explodes. my senses overload. every sound i hear i came in here to thank you.
i only want a place i can stay (davis) i’m sick and tired of everything. it once was loud now it’s deafening and i didn’t wanna go that way. i only want a place i can stay. it took too long to dig this out. my head thrown back. my skull blown out and i didn’t wanna go that way. i only want a place i can stay. so i’ll go and waste my time with you. though i know we’ll break up even if i do. but i don’t care. ‘cause i believe in. the act of loving a thing. and knowing it’s leaving. and if you’re human at all your heart is deceiving. even now. it’s a deadly art to take yourself apart. yeah. yeah. i’m sick and tired of trying to score. or claim some prize i can’t be sure but i only wanna go back by. i think i’ll cut myself in two. immolate myself with you but i didn’t wanna go that way. i only want a place i can stay. so i’ll go and waste my time with you. though i know we’ll break up even if i do. but i don’t care. ‘cause i believe in. the act of loving a thing. and knowing it’s leaving. and if you’re human at all your heart is deceiving. even now. it’s a deadly art to take yourself apart. yeah. yeah.
everything’ll be made right (davis) woes. devils incognito. psychological mosquito. disinterred the question. raised by the power of suggestion. i just wanna be your man. reach in there and take you by the hand. if i could i’d take the pain. take on the impossible for you. i hear you calling out. who could blame you for wigging out? but when you run i follow. it may be hard to swallow for a time. but everything’ll be made right. if you run i’ll chase you. the past cannot debase you every night. everything’ll be made right. broke. broke in two. a breakthrough. what you don’t know can remake you. you exhume the answer. parasite in necromancer. i just wanna testify. paint the truth impasto over the lie. if i could i’d take the weight. take on the impossible for you. i hear you calling out. who could blame you for wigging out? but when you run i follow. it may be hard to swallow for a time. but everything’ll be made right. if you run i’ll chase you. the past cannot debase you every night. everything’ll be made right. when you run i follow. it may be hard to swallow for a time. but everything’ll be made right. if you run i’ll chase you. the past cannot debase you every night. everything’ll be made right. every night. everything’ll be made right. yeah.
cheap poltergeists (pappas) take everything you ever wanted. leave all the crap that you started. hold life in the palm of your hand. keep every grain of the hourglass sand. every moment of your life is as perfect as can be. plus and minus come together in total reality. got a real live blowtorch. cold. got a haunting vision. i sold all my fear for a mission. cheap poltergeists are always on sale. burn every bill you get in the mail. every moment of your life is as perfect as can be. plus and minus come together in total reality. got a real live blowtorch. every moment of your life is as perfect as can be. plus and minus come together in total reality. got a real live blowtorch. got real live blowtorch. blowtorch. blowtorch.
try (davis) we can wait for a long time. to wait for the wrong time. out on a fault line. out of the way. i felt so right. i wanted to say. to worry is wasted. took life and replaced it. out of a white-lit room. into the gray. i felt so right. i wanted to stay. yeah. i try and try and cast my gaze again unto the holy mountain where my help comes from. we can make up our own minds. mistaken for blown minds. out on a sine wave. out of the air. i felt so brave for leaving it there. yeah. . i try and try and cast my gaze again unto the holy mountain where my help comes from. i try and try and cast my gaze again unto the holy mountain where my help comes from. and where i still belong. i try and try and cast my gaze again unto the holy mountain where my help comes from. i try and try and cast my gaze again unto the holy mountain where my help comes from. and where i still belong.
ready to go (fisher) hey hey ready to go. hey hey ready to go. we’re sitting on the edge of our seat. we can feel it from our heads to our feet. hey hey ready to go. hey hey ready to go. like a picture where time stands still. it’s like we’re moving yet spinning our wheels. we’ve been waiting for so long. waiting for this day to come. we’ve been waiting. it feels like half our life. for this day to finally come. hey hey ready to go. hey hey ready to go. we’re moving just as fast as we can. we feel the wind slipping right through our hands. hey hey ready to go. hey hey ready to go. like when the clouds run away from the sky. and the sun’s playing tricks on my eyes. . we’ve been waiting for so long. waiting for this day to come. we’ve been waiting. it feels like half our life. for this day to finally come. for this day to finally come.
filthy & afraid (davis) so what if we was undeniably wasted? and everything was meaningless to me? i remember when you said you knew what it was like to be dead. now i do. and that’s no thanks to you. everybody thinks they know what the deal is. and nothing’s irreversible ‘cause we are free. but everywhere it smells like death. don’t you know that God gave you breath? man i do. and i’m not lying to you when i say i’m filthy & afraid. filthy & afraid. but is it easier to live with one foot in the grave? i don’t know if i know. but i don’t think it’s so. and i don’t think it’s right. what if we was laid out cold on the table? what if we was honest for once and then you’d see? i remember crying out. malfunctioning and then dying out. man i’m through. and i’m grateful to you. when i say. i’m filthy & afraid. filthy & afraid. filthy & afraid. filthy & afraid. filthy & afraid. filthy & afraid. filthy & afraid. filthy & afraid. filthy & afraid. filthy & afraid. filthy & afraid. filthy & afraid.
you’re alive (pappas) calm as the blood dries in your veins. armed with all that you have in your brain. overlord of the disengaged. coming back from the dead. lock your burden in a cage and come alive again. you’re alive. peace is always in your grasp. leave all that you have in your past. overlord of the disengaged. coming back from the dead. lock your burden in a cage and come alive again. you’re alive. oh. i got a broken cast. memories won’t last. picture seems to fade. and then you’ve got it made. everyone was told. never growing old. calm as the blood dries in your veins. armed with all that you have in your brain. overlord of the disengaged. coming back from the dead. lock your burden in a cage and come alive again. won’t you come alive again? won’t you come alive again? you’re alive.
5 minutes ahead of the chaos (davis) are we five minutes ahead of the chaos? five minutes ahead of the chaos. five minutes ahead of the chaos. five minutes ahead or five seconds away. i always knew this day would come. citizens of babylon get ready to run. this is why we fight to live. we’ve still got the right to live. we come from a nation that eats it young. nothing you’ve been told was true. is this the sound of our subjugation? “what do you expect me to do?” “I don’t wanna hear it.” yeah yeah yeah. “i won’t go near it.” “all i wanna know is are we five minutes ahead of the chaos?” five minutes ahead of the chaos. five minutes ahead of the chaos. five minutes ahead or five seconds away. it’s not just the president. it’s their satanic cabal that set the precedent. causing national catastrophes. filthy rich and drunk on blasphemy. we come from a nation that eats it young. nothing you’ve been told was true. is this the sound of our subjugation? “what do you expect me to do?” “I don’t wanna hear it.” yeah yeah yeah. “i won’t go near it.” “all i wanna know is are we five minutes ahead of the chaos?” five minutes ahead of the chaos. five minutes ahead of the chaos. five minutes ahead of the chaos.
aspartame (davis) some of the clouds are not clouds. some of those jets pose death threats. it’s coming around. coming around. some of your rights stolen outright. sometimes lights are not lights. the consuming fires of hell burn this place to the ground. burn it right to the ground. i just write songs. i don’t carry a gun. i want peace and safety for my innocent sons and wife. i just love God i don’t trust in man. armed with the truth against the wickedness at hand. yeah. if you wanna usurp the power. i’ll be ready in a half an hour. i’ll give my life for that. are the devils ever nervous? do they deserve the death they serve us? i’m still not certain of that. sometimes brains are mundane. entertained and restrained and sealed up tight. all the aspartame and the video games and the drugs in the food keeping you subdued so you’ll never recognize who put out the lights. put out the lights. i just play guitar. i can’t stop the war. i want peace and safety for the kids in kandahar. if you love peace and you love mercy you’re bound to cause a little controversy. yeah. if you wanna usurp the power. i’ll be ready in a half an hour. i’ll give my life for that. are the devils ever nervous? do they deserve the death they serve us? i’m still not certain of that. we’ve gotta usurp the power. the devil seeks who he may devour. keep your life intact. the liars in his service conspire to make me nervous. i am certain of that.
deathblow to your pride (davis) it’s easier to live alone than it is to try to love you. it’s easier just to get things done than it is to pray you’ll be delivered. and i freely admit that i’ve been wrong. yeah. i already know. it’s hard enough just to stay alive. we’re megalomaniacal. strike the deathblow to your pride. and deal with this cycle that breeds failure. and i freely admit i’ve been too slow. yeah. i already know. ever since the night i burned up alive i carry on beyond the grave. one emancipated slave. i’ve just begun to fight. it’s easier to take two steps back than it is to march on. constantly under attack by one unanswered question. too scared to admit it’s been too long. yeah. you’re already gone. ever since the night i burned up alive i carry on beyond the grave. one emancipated slave. i’ve just begun to fight. ever since the night i burned up alive i carry on beyond the grave. one emancipated slave. i’ve just begun to fight.
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