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Time Code (prod. Bright Eyes)

from End Civilization (2011) by Zack de la Rouda

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i can't stay silent
i'm talking on the phone with the dial tone whining
lying in a jungle of wires, i decipher the message that they inspire:
"the best we can do is hide
while the planet is dying,"
we just bandage our eyes
people panic while i'm frantically trying to re-align with 'em,
reading what the liars are writing,
we go back to sleep,
so i get violent with break-beats and mics,
and hold signs thats big and point to the light,
all because i'm the child of a fortunate life
and i'm certain that this course isn't right...
that's why i dropped out.
now i'm crying here with everybody, cop-out.
sometimes it's like, move to the woods
or stay and die in the fire,
man we're stupid as fuck
for what we're doing to earth.
we are all screwed for certain
we'd have to feel bad
if we knew what we're worth
but we don't
and we won't
we keep buying what they keep selling.
i keep trying to be real and i keep failing.
at least i'm trying to be open.
i don't fight any crimes, i still work,
i'm still smoking.
i feel lost hearing songs i wrote
it's real odd hearing my voice talk on the radio
not that that is happening often
most times i write rhymes and then rap in my closet

i faced facts and lost 'em
train tracks, i crossed 'em
now i'm on the same path as all y'all,
i wanna pause it
i'm so post-paper-chase and i just started
so close to god i could taste what she just martyred
i'm far away from the grace and the love of it
my scarred face is ashamed of what i sung from it
still i am tryna get back on track
the twelfth time's the charm, i got five more snaps

i'll be fine if i don't slip and i don't slag
i keep trippin, like you're listening to zack on crack
i figure systems only crash when they're actually sapped of slack
so i'm makin' sure the flag gon' flap
green and black split diagonal
anarchy activist
our ancestors knew what we've got to get back to:
this planet has bloomed all life like a flower
and civilization is the sickle that hacks it
and it'll bring bigger disasters
aw shit, but what do i know?
the whole colony is caught in the time code

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from End Civilization (2011), track released March 27, 2011
produced by Bright Eyes

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Zack de la Rouda Portland, Maine

i write songs and rap about weird stuff like love self-actualization civilization depression anarchism and taoism i like to eat from the garbage even though it's kinda hard to find organic stuff there i spend a lot of time alone somehow i am still releasing music ... more

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