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Lemmings

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1.
My Eyes 03:42
Rock star on the radio says that whenever he closes his eyes he sees the face of the woman he loves. Funny, whenever I close my eyes I see giant purple blotches floating in a field of black. What's wrong with me? Or is it me? Am I the one with the problem here? Am I the one with the difference here? Or does he lie to himself? Politician on the television says that when he looks at his country he sees the most generous people in the world. Funny, when I look at my country, I see poverty and greed and the people who ignore them. I see hatred and prejudice and the people who support them. I see salvation turn away. I see our leaders turning grey. I see the vision lost, and losing hope, I pray. Dear God, is this how it should be? Are they all wrong, or is it me? Dear God, I feel these thoughts again, dear God. Young woman on the picket line says that when she looks around her she sees the world falling apart. She sees the damage that we've done and the few who are trying to fix it. And she has hope. I look at her and wonder at my own stupidity. I called them blind to hatred, but my hatred blinded me. I have hope.
2.
Failure 03:27
I don't know what you're looking for, my friend. Are you driving yourself mad With all the feelings kept inside? You hide from what matters most. Your pride decides your actions Your fear restricts your reactions You lock yourself inside yourself You run away Pushing you to strive for impossible perfection. Overcome by powerful odds, you strike in all directions. Trying to convince yourself that what you think is right, You fail. The fight goes on. I don't know what you're dying for, my friend. Have you given up on life? With all the feelings you must hide Inside, where no one can help you. Behind your eyes, contempt. You hate, distrust a good intent. You lose yourself inside yourself. You fade away Running from a world of impossible perfection Overcome by powerful odds, you strike in one direction Failing to convince yourself that what you do is right, You lose the fight. You fail.
3.
Watch another fall Hear the dying call Run to find another helpless Up against the wall. You can buy another person's loss at a fraction of the cost You can make a profit off of everything you see But you've got to think like me Turn your head away Blind, another day Put your fingers in your ears Hope it goes away You can live under someone else's lies and tune out all the cries You can live in comfort in the land of the free But you've got to think like me Send your thoughts away Let your brain decay Hide your fear; don't make a sound It's easier that way You can suck up words you don't believe You can deceive yourself You can find security in making yourself be like me.
4.
Dominion 03:47
For every drop of happiness There's an ocean full of hate For every mound of hopelessness There's a tiny speck of faith We drown ourselves in dark despair And lay the blame on fate So we close our eyes, Stand aside, and wait The thinking man is ridiculed A minority of one But still we search for answers What do we do? What have we done? We cry about the criminals But fight to keep our guns And the planet just keeps falling towards the sun It's a sad, sad world that we live in And it's sad just how little we have given And we scream but no one answers And it seems that no one cares Thought everybody whines that it's not fair Dominion of humanity We fill ourselves with pride A human face A human cause An animal inside The victims make us happy But for the killers we all cry, "Why?" We smile as another color dies Without our prized possessions Our power goes away Material obsession is the motto of today The symbol of society Let's all kneel down and pray This religion's run a different way
5.
A simple request: A minute more An hour more A second less What am I existing for If all I do is slowly waste away? What a difference Just another day Another day Locked inside this fragile cage Of a body that is doomed to age and die And never know the reason why Screaming into nothingness Fighting final emptiness I try God knows, I try I struggle with my soul I want to be made whole I want to live I struggle to be free I want to remain me I want to live Let the world burn Let me live I feel it near I see the signs I watch the time I feel the fear Search but never find Listen, but I just can't seem to hear Alternative to life we find so dear Locked inside this fragile cage Of a body that is doomed to age And die and never know the reason why Raging at the end of me Hating my mortality It burns But I know I'll never learn
6.
You Topia 02:57
Hail the leaders of the free Powers of hypocrisy Tell us how to think To be imprisoned What you preach is your own lie Hide behind you righteous eyes Reason not to think To try to live Welcome to You Topia Population: one Set the world down at my feet My head blocks out the sun Don't bother me with your petty claims I know what must be done Looking out for Number One Feel the power burning through Feeling pity, far too few Forgetting we elected you Abuse Eyes above on glory high Always reaching, always try But as you fall you pass it by It's no use Exiting You Topia Population: none The ground is rushing upwards And nothing can be done But save my place of power For my nephew or my son Looking out for Number One

credits

released May 25, 1992


Ben Wrecked: guitars, air gong
Joe Rybicki: bass, vocals
Matt Fish: percussion

music by Ben Wrecked, Joe Rybicki, and Matt Fish
lyrics by Joe Rybicki

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whatever... Cleveland, Ohio

whatever... was a Cleveland band in the 1990s. We opened for lots of great acts (e.g., Jawbox, Bosstones, Samiam) and even had a following of our own. Really, if you went to a Cleveland punk show in the mid-'90s, chances are pretty good you saw us. This is the stuff we were playing early on.

You can also hit either of the below links to buy the band's final album, Youngsters, on Amazon or iTunes.
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