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Twentyearzero

by Steven Tallendale

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Life, angry and amazing Always looking forward to the past We bow our heads to the ground like cattle grazing Fighting over the final piece of grass It's a personal soap opera and I'm waiting for the break The feeling is authentic but the spirit could be fake They say believe in karma, that it's just give and take But maybe evolution was the only big mistake And you can break down and tell me I have to care And you can fly around and tell me do not go there And you can jump about but you cannot take up my time And you can scream and shout but I will not join you in line because enough is enough because enough is enough because enough is enough because enough is enough The punchline hits as they smash into the bumper We nervously laugh out loud with death implied Do the things you read make you afraid of children Can you see a feral beast behind their eyes Well it's been going on so long I should be used to it by now A for gone conclusion as we try to guess the when and how You can place your bets when it fades to black, will you be here to still collect In a pre-written conversation that I have to interject And you can break down and tell me I have to care And you can fly around and tell me do not go there And you can jump about but you cannot take up my time And you can scream and shout but I will not join you in line because enough is enough because enough is enough because enough is enough because enough is enough Life' looking to the future Search the super highway for old friends With all these we see we say "no worries" Conversation comfort in the end And you can break down and tell me I have to care And you can fly around and tell me do not go there And you can jump about but you cannot take up my time And you can scream and shout but I will not join you in line because enough is enough because enough is enough because enough is enough because enough is enough
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Cities built like circuits with people counting numbers spilling from one train into another Trying to be perfect without having to wonder why their house looks like it's from Big Brother and re-run entertainment keeps us feeling complete The engine of our lives keeps on revolving approval and agreement with talking heads on TV the Masters pulling at our heart strings When did we become spare parts Afraid we might get left behind Nuts and bolts instead of thoughts Fill our sleepless mind When did we become spare parts New generations learning what had happened living out their lives in action replay They memorize the pattern before sprinting into battle the Human race is always run in relays They overthrow the leaders of a land that is not theirs they face the new frontier with de ja vu When did we become spare parts little boxes that bleep and hiss An engine that stops and starts are there pieces that we missed When did we become spare parts Auto pilot empires move like strange devices ragged wheels and cogs all painted green There's no hesitation the talking box entices everyone to stay in their routine
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Power shoulders, fake smiles behind bullet proof glass Teenage summers on a thousand channels to soothe the threadbare winters Famous people , TV, the crowds all creed and class smile together so they can sell something to towns that live in splinters But everybody's young and happy if you drink you are rich Everybody's free the wars are over there is no sales pitch cos Everybody's young and happy Words and music, reduced to slogans and soundbites Filling the screen full up to the seems with words that have no meaning Evil intent pinstriped or hooded in the street hiding behind a familiar disguise a mind that's full of scheaming But everybody's thoughts are posted online if your alone you are bad Everybody's free to do as they're told Don't think and you'll do just fine cos Everybody's young and happy Sons and daughters march to a strangers command in a place where teardrops fall like cracks in the dam Where the songs we sing are made like computer read outs We are free to kill each other on demand Weather report, war zone, a pop stars latest perfume Living the dream, eyes open yet asleep, in castles built on bullshit cos Everybody's young and happy
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You were not born to say sorry to the rest of the world Drifting like a torn piece of paper faded and curled The rules of engagement, the playing of the game, where everyone is losing and common sense has gone down the drain There is a place in your mind where no one can find you away from the concrete of life, a place of your own, where no one can trespass, no place for fools who come from a land that's run by two sets of rules Don't let the bastards grind you down Put that bottle back on the shelf No more running around like a dysfunctional clown The system can go fuck itself Do you feel outnumbered, confidence undone, afraid like a fox in the hunt We all got to step up and put on a front but there's a fine between being a fighter and being unkind Don't let the bastards grind you down Put that bottle back on the shelf No more running around like a dysfunctional clown The system can go fuck itself

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released January 12, 2013

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