## All That Ails Us Take. Take. Take. Take You're a part of the problem, of this I'm sure And it's almost certain, that you've been misinformed You're a part of the problem, of this I'm sure And it's almost certain, that you've been misinformed This is not the solution, to all that ails us This is not the solution, to all that ails us More wolves among the sheep, and false prophets to fail us This is not the solution, to all that ails us Take. Take. Take This new world order, beg for peace and sow disorder Swallow pills to kill the pain, aim bullets at who we’re told to hate Sending soldiers to the grave, fight our battles out of the way Out of sight, out of mind, we trust the liars, on either side Here we'll worship false saviors and raise monuments to madness All while wrestling with the sadness Still the mirror hangs high Casting no judgment, only truth of what's inside If we ever choose to see it But just look away Pretend all that ails us will fade away And can be cured by anything but ourselves This is not the solution, to all that ails us This is not the solution, to all that ails us More wolves among the sheep, and false prophets to fail us This is not the solution, to all that ails us ## Safer This Way Rise up you heathens, get on your feet And thank us, thank us We fixed all your paranoia Took out the garbage for ya And it wasn't easy, I tell you that Let’s not let it end I implore you here Let us stay a few more years Or forever, and we’ll keep this in tact It's safer this way, much safer this way Much, much safer this way Of course, there’ll be some changes Rules to control younger ages And stop any one who resists or asks Questions are not welcome For we know what is best; all from Our years of telling you that Trust us It’s safer this way, safer this way We’re giving you these rules here in pages Though I know you will never read all the words A pill to stop the things here that plague us Swallow before you realize we’re worse Know that anything said against us are lies As we control all with your fears in play For we’re the beacon of truth and of light And it's safer this way, you know It’s so much safer this way It's safer this way, much safer this way It's safer this way, much safer this way And the crowd says We are safe, we are sound In you we trust, hands are bound Take our hands, take our will We are quiet, we are still We don’t need, we don’t cry We don’t see, we don’t try We are safe, we will obey We are safe, safer this way We don’t need, we don’t cry We don’t see, we don’t try We are safe, we will obey We are safe, safer this way We are safe, safer this way ## The Alien Suppose radiant beings flooded the skyline And all screaming ceases, when all their vessels decline Destructive path Reassured at last And out of the stronghold, appears a tired beast Small and stiffened from all the sight seeing Hey, now, I'm had We're sold to...breakout, breakout Let's go home, I'm home sick And as he speaks his words come so beautiful They strike chords towards the masses But justify, I cannot for crooked men Soldiers that shot him from a distance Oh lay down, pretend, stay down, they're coming Oh so slowly, so slowly Oh so slowly, so slowly Now in silence, the smoke it slowly clears And I can just faintly see outlines Shapely movings losing their sharp contrast Returned to superstition gold mines Breathe out, a friend, breathe in, your end So slowly, I'm growing So truly, homesick, man Break out from here You'll break down again And as he speaks his words come so beautiful They strike chords towards the masses But justify, I cannot for crooked men Soldiers that shot him from a distance Oh lay down, pretend, stay down, they're coming Oh so slowly, so slowly Oh so slowly, so slowly Oh so slowly, so slowly Oh so slowly, so slowly Now in silence, the smoke it slowly clears And I can just faintly see outlines Shapely movings losing their sharp contrast Returned to superstition gold mines Breathe out, a friend, breathe in, your end So slowly, I'm growing So truly, homesick, man Break out from here You'll break down again ## The Headlines I was convinced That this was the right thing to do Draw you in, with words Purposely for you It was addictive To get eyes, pointed all, a tool I would lie, my words Focused on the fools When a story is too good to tell it And a happy ending never sells it Oh, the headlines, Oh Lord, the headlines The headlines and lies, and lies Oh Lord, the headlines Oh Lord, the headlines Sadly I studied it all in the deepest depth Wanting nothing but at least to be the best Investigate, interrogate the facts All while keeping my composure I was a light in the dark, to shine On all that was needing exposure But in practice this all has proved To be nothing more than a ruse The easiest path was just to scare the masses Writing and speaking all just to light a fuse Twist all the words to see who can create a fire the fastest Oh, the headlines, Oh Lord, the headlines The headlines and lies, and lies Oh Lord, the headlines Oh Lord, the headlines A simple flash or a soundbite A teaser and a quick-take next A snapshot, troubled angle and a quote Absolutely out of context Soundbite A simple flash or a soundbite A teaser and a quick-take next A snapshot, troubled angle And a quote out of context A simple flash or a soundbite A teaser and a quick-take next A snapshot, troubled angle And a quote out of context ## The Pill We've made the perfect thing for you It's small and red, take at two a day It cures your fears and calms your anger Fills in color where you all see gray Don't hesitate to ask your doctor Prescribe for you and for your spouse Then take it all without a question It should satisfy your rampant doubt There's a pill for that There's a pill for that A powerful monster, a menacing beast A handful of plastic, with a slow release A tall drink of water, is all that she wrote Cap full of powder, in a candy coat Oh, oh We've made the greatest thing for you It's white and round, take day and night It's special and it dulls the senses Some may say it pacifies There's a pill for that There's a pill for that The edges soften, and you're docile now We'll take power, of your voice and mouth And your wallet thins, your life on loan But thanks for trusting in us alone There's a pill for that We made a pill for that Swallow our pill for that ## The Soldier He stood his ground there on the frontlines The shadow of wars ahead would all unfold He shared scars from the battles all around us And here in the trenches, he's so cold. So cold He thinks The strangers come from beyond the horizon Bringing fear and always that same why; oh why And he's haunted by the ghosts of his past friends fallen Remember before when we could see the skies Now we're fighting for our lives Like he's been dying this whole time Oh, he feels he's seen the flames And felt that searing pain And in his eyes there are no tears And now he'll fight to keep it all the same And he'll lose himself one day He'll say it was worth it, but it appears He'll be another soldier's name In a soldier's grave And through the crowds and through all the broken lines He was ordered here to hold this landing place Seeing a face shocked with all this madness Faces blur as he runs moves past them All this fueled by hate He sinks And seeing monsters alive and ahead of him His ears ring, he does not hear a single thing And in his side a sharp pain In his mind the repeating voice of a liar He'll soldier on, take aim and open fire He'll take aim, he'll take aim, and open fire Oh, he feels he's seen the flames And felt that searing pain And in his eyes there are no tears And now he'll fight to keep it all the same And he'll lose himself one day, he'll say it was worth it But it appears he'll be another soldier's name In a soldier's grave ## Enemy Number One You've become enemy number one You've become enemy number one You've become enemy number one You've become enemy number one You've become enemy number one I hope that feeling that's come over you Is an obvious insistence that maybe the fault is yours Now the angry mob has brought their violence And this isn't where we all belong, but in this rain, oh How it pours Oh Lord, help us Collision course and we'll suffer And I’m on my precautions Here, now and quite often But you never hit pause and It’s never an option So now I’ve begotten While living all rotten The gains are ill gotten I know it’s a problem The danger is wanton With one thing in common You've become enemy number one You've become enemy number one Trespasser you’re all done Don’t act like it's forgotten The heathens are calling here and you’re caught in The lies made of caution Your words are just more crumbs From the riches you’re bore from Yet you play on that forefront and act like common poor son But you gotta be sure, from The drinks we just poured one Out for your fortunes Now we’ve got this in common You've become enemy number one You've become enemy number one You've become enemy number one You've become enemy number one You've become enemy number one You've become enemy number one ## The Thief. The Liar. The 'Friend'. You pattern yourself from them After all it’s all allowed Apothecary of grace involved when they all wear the crown The blood is soon to boil In pain that all would pass Relieved by new king or queen Or plans to salvage the past We’ll pass on a portion, of misery arranged Or find us a fortune; in the gallows of change Tell tales of yesterday. Or years gone away Safe from a testament, of our truth on parade Please release the hostage And please, avoid the bends When you rise too quick, a prisoner to this The thief, the liar, the friend In the shadow these elite their whispers weave their spell A kingdom built on promises That they were never to fulfill But the dawn will break the night With a light to guide the way A tapestry of destiny No matter what they say And with every step we take There'll be another try But strengthen your resolve And we'll overcome the lies Please release the hostage And please, avoid the bends When you rise too quick, a prisoner to this The thief, the liar, the friend And when the curtain falls On secrets they defend Remember the truth when you hear from the thief the thief, the liar, the friend Please release the hostage And please, avoid the bends When you rise too quick, a prisoner to this The thief, the liar, the friend ## Stencil (A Politician's Lament to His Country) I walked below her boards Roaming for the wake Stiff to be, depends All the lawyer aches Hair it all would coil Knots and braids all lay Upon her blushing cheek She keeps me in the waiting I am for you here My darling's soul alive I've got time again All this is a crime You were almost whole again And I took that away Please forgive me now That I may sleep a day, before I pass She greets me, smiles agreeably She just greets me now An outline of herself, no shading of gray Her laughter hollow again, and I forgot her name But she greets me, and smiles agreeably She just greets me now, a stencil of herself I sit beneath her waves She makes without a sound I'm bound to meet her maker If I am ever allowed Her skin it simply quakes Neath any hands that pass But a touch will always spoil As all her feelings pass But I am for you here My darling's soul alive I've got some time again Even if this is a crime You were nearly whole again And I took that away Please forgive me now That I may sleep a day, before I pass She greets me, smiles agreeably She just greets me now An outline of herself, no shading of gray Her laughter hollow again, and I forgot her name But she greets me, and smiles agreeably She just greets me now, a stencil of herself ## The New World Order Welcome to the new world order It's a powerful force, powerful vice Welcome to the new world order Don't look once, let alone look twice When this innocent kiss is murder This innocent lie is mine An experienced man not wanted The holiness, an easy high When violent love is treasured And violent men lead blind Get a thousand witnesses Find forgotten tears in wine Remember all roads lead forward Destination somewhere vile when you criticize the shoes that you've never worn a mile It's a mind that never changes that preaches partial lies isolated need for rigor when you argue, every time Welcome to the new world order It's a powerful force, powerful vice Welcome to the new world order Don't look once, let alone look twice The faithful turn to sinners And the sinner wears a crown And the quiet men go missing While the loudest tare them down When the guilty walk as heroes And the blame gets redefined A thousand mouths bear witness Still the truth is hard to find Remember every road taken Leads away from what you’ve lost And then you speak of revolution But can’t reckon with the cost It’s the weak who crave the power And the powerful who lie It's a shallow need for safety When you're clearly living blind But welcome to the new world order It's a powerful force, powerful vice Welcome to the new world order Don't look once, let alone look twice Welcome to the new world order Welcome to the new world order Welcome to the new world order