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The Void
02:10
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I’m waiting for a revolution, yeah
I’m trying not to lose the will to try
I’m praying for some liberation, yeah
I’m trying not to lose my mind
I’m screaming into the void
The void
I’m hoping for some inspiration, yeah
I’m crying out to those of us who cry
I’m waiting for some new sensation, yeah
I’m crying out to make me feel alive
I’m screaming into the void
The void
Ahhhhhhh
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Toxic Positivity
02:27
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Smiles around town If you’re upside down
It’s joy division
Rose-tinted vision
No elephants in the room
Some have it worse than you
Can’t be happy when I’m sad
Can’t see the good when it’s bad
Turn that frown around
There’s silver linings in every cloud
You gotta laugh, don’t cry
It’s all rainbows and butterflies
Can’t be happy when I’m sad
Can’t see the good when it’s bad
Look on the bright side
You’re lucky to be alive
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Endless Sleep
02:59
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She just lay perfectly still
Eyes closed apparently peaceful
She looked serene in a dream
Like the princess who’d eaten the apple
The only sign of life
The gentle up and down of her chest
I could see only the soles of her feet
In the twilight
Of the dark room
The curtains pulled tight on a sunny afternoon
Nobody could wake them from endless sleep
Nobody could wake them
She’s still aware that it’s daytime
She still needs sun on her skin
She spoke less and less
Withdrew into herself
’til she didn’t speak at all
Could no longer eat
Or open her eyes
An absence of feeling
With no will to fight
Nobody could wake them from endless sleep
Nobody could wake them from endless sleep
Nobody could wake them from endless sleep
Nobody could wake them
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Delusional
03:06
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It can’t be only me
Who sees the tragedy
Of intelligent people led by donkeys
Oh well
Whatever
Never mind
It’s looking biblical
Hope and pray for a miracle
Inanely equivocal
It can’t be only me
Who sees reality
The more we deny the worse it will be
Oh well
Whatever
Never mind
It’s looking biblical
Hope and pray for a miracle
Inanely equivocal
The creeping subliminal
Can’t tell what’s satirical
You say I’m too political
And I’m so God damn cynical
I guess someone’s delusional
One of us is delusional
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Narx
02:25
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Building them up then bring them down
To your level then surely drown
You charm, suppress and overthrow
All to feed your ego
Idealise, devalue and discard
Making the world darker
Won't make you shine any brighter
Your life's a stage, actors off and on
then curtains' down attention's gone
Critics jealous and clearly wrong
It's them not you so just move on
Emptiness, denial and attack
Making the world darker
Won't make you shine any brighter
Making the world darker
Won't make you shine any brighter
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6. |
We Know Who You Are
02:40
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From the stones that you throw
I will build my own house
From the scraps you throw
I'll make my way out
And I've got nothing
Nothing to lose
Coz in glass houses
You shouldn't throw stones
Your world we can't reach
Lessons you can't teach
Words that you can't preach
Lives that you can't reach
Yeah we know who you are
Yeah we know who you are
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7. |
Gonna Let It Burn
03:26
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Alone together
In a small crowd
This deafening silence
Our only choice
If we ever see it go up
We're just gonna let it burn
Wake me up when it's all over
Found missing in a minor crisis
If we ever see it go up
We're just gonna let it burn
Wake me up when it's all over
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8. |
What Do You Want
03:31
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You don’t think for yourself
Still you tell me what I should do
Do you think I should fall for that
Mansplain to me
If I choose not to fall for that
Just sleepwalk in silence
Not worry my pretty head
Mansplain gaslighter
Be a man but not a girl
What do you want from me?
To be seen not heard?
Try to take me over
What do you want from me?
To be bred and led?
Try to take me over
You don’t think for yourself
Not logical but quizzical... fool
Still you don’t know how to act
You think you know better
Your world that was built for man
And yet you can’t master
You can’t think for yourself
So why should I listen to you?
What do you want from me?
To be seen not heard?
Try and take me over
What do you want from m?e
To be zen for men to
Try to take me over?
Try to take me over x 4
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Freedom In A Cage
02:32
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This machine that kills fascists
Is now passive and concedes
That we all are created equal
Except for those who succeed
and if we work hard, we can be them
And then our children will be free
Enlightened in a dark age
Freedom in a cage
Rape the land, for them
cos greed is society
A hard rain is gonna fall
Said the poet to the thief
A hard rain is gonna fall
Said the poet to the thief
Enlightened in a dark age
Freedom in a cage
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Bleach It
02:05
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I found my peace in the middle of a war
became the beast but forgot what for
smashed through the ceiling which was also a floor
feeding the plant but killing the soil
Bleach it and start again
Been awful civilised
Being awful civilised
Been awful c*^%$
I cut my teeth as a professional whore
on my knees I can see much more
saving yourself is killing us all
Bleach it and start again
Been awful civilised
Being awful civilised
Been awful c*^%$
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11. |
Follow The Rabbit
02:47
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Been so long you know you've got to go
follow the rabbit to the hole
see the writing on the wall
seen the writing on the wall
where the tunnel begins
the light surrounds invites you in
drawn to this place a garden gate
not to think but to feel
the last embrace
the dream that's real
serene and at peace
drift above
over myself
watching from another place
I'm not afraid now
I'm not afraid now
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12. |
The Lie
02:45
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made a big mistake, I was born illogical
learnt to be insane, thought it was biological
the lie is faster than the truth
the lie is faster than the truth
it's easier to be fooled than to be convinced
realise that it's not you, it's how it is
it's just the way it is
it must be me that's wrong
now the science has changed
what's not believable
an illicit trade selling mind control?
the lie is faster than the truth
a lie is faster than the truth
it's just the way it is, it must be me that's wrong
it must be me
it must be me
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13. |
Voices In A Hurricane
02:50
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In the same boat, up in the air
chasing rainbows for big cheese
bad apple they say in a plum job
doesn't cut the mustard though
its just business as usual
business as usual
on thin ice, shooting fish in a barrel
thick as thieves at splitting hairs
between the deep sea and the devil
out of nowhere pie in the sky
if the shoe fits then burn the midnight oil
get carried away once in a blue moon
'til the cat's got your tongue
but there's fire in your belly still
fire in your belly still
in a nutshell a hot potato's all the rage
around the bend and out of work, on cold days in July
there's no smoke without fire, in the dark
going down in flames, it's time to break the ice
and lead the horse to water
we're voices in a hurricane
like voices in a hurricane
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Broken Bear London, UK
"The perfect soundtrack for the impending apocalypse” - Kate Hoare (IAMUR)
Grunge / alt-rock
/ shoegaze duo Broken Bear are carving out their own sound but comparisons have been drawn with Nirvana, Radiohead, Fleetwood Mac and The Cranberries.
Broken Bear are regulars on their local BBC Introducing show (Surrey & Sussex) and have been championed by Tom Robinson on his BBC 6Music mixtape.
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