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Less Joke, More Lye

by ESM

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1.
Only Fuel 01:46
cliche camera zoom through thick layers of fog come see what lurks on the surface it’s something no mere mortal should witness or it would be, were they not the object of the beholding the fog is a joke, a joke they’ve played on themselves and somewhere on that surface is a kind of evil and the location of this evil is the very mystery such is the cosmic fuck that fuels the need of the mortals to burn away the joke with something caustic, they’ll do it and their skin will bubble but they’ll accept
2.
say hello to the crew these four frequent this place keep it up, knock 'em down hey how 'bout it, that's just swell oh my god that is great, holy shit that's just grand yes we're just fine chit chat, small talk, we make it with the best scoping out the watering hole, all we know but after plenty of lubricant, the cogs are bound to turn too quickly from Nikolas comes mention of the mystery lurking outside town what's happening there? Dua leans in; he'll whisper one more reckless theory unpleasing is this idea, such that Nikolas' stomach is surfacing Myaargh has had too much, now chunks are flying gratuitous regurgitation, this place will never be clean again the crew will say goodnight for now knowing that they'll have to uncover said mystery
3.
wake up, morning has come to take us to find the facts hidden from us all here we are traveling down to the outskirts of town to see just what we can see, hop some fences peering to unknown horrors, what we don’t know, could be endless misery no one says a word, so let’s have a look it’s coming up, take a right we’ll leave our transport here, out of surveillance quick, up to the barbed wire, then jump we should be in the clear it’s a flawless plan, what could go wrong? will what they see change them?
4.
everybody get the fuck out do you think you'll be able to come out of this and testify? i'll show you the holy sun i'll show you the light at the end of the tunnel savior - is that what you came here for? refuge - i'll give you that and more you're not the only ones we take all with open arms, empty minds, clean slates, and cleaned plates let the bludgeoning begin these ideas will be hammered into your head give blindly, give aimlessly feed the ignorant, reckless machines see no peace hear no peace there will be no peace
5.
god damn you're all the same one wonders if it will change i'm so jealous of how high he can kick he's really worth all the space he's taking up running man! running man! we are so cool and hip you won't find a thing here that hasn't been done before but that's what the kids want we're lying to ourselves if we think they came to see music the facebook legions have no intention of value they're just here to "throw down" well i'll throw you the fuck down i don't care what area code you live in, you're as fake as your sense of ideals is this dirty enough for your six-thirty? they tell me "we don't try to start fights - fight me bro!" filthy suburban parasites are we too musical? do i make too much sense? sorry, i'll work on being ignorant and soulless like you crawl back under whatever rock you came from if history has taught us anything it's that trends fade away but what's beneath remains the same the outside world is oblivious and ignorant but in here we know what you are and we're sick of your shit you're all the same one wonders if it will change
6.
by this time, the gang has made their way into restricted space carefully and silently, they sneak past some guards there are no windows! we must find a way to see what they're hiding from us those sounds, those awful noises, are coming from the roof we follow them to the outer wall, where there is a ladder the roof is of glass, and-- oh, what horror! we can see inside! abomination! these are humans! what foul mind could have devised such a system of torture? and now they've spotted us, sounding alarms! without a moment to compose themselves quickly back to the ladder goes the crew gunfire chases them to the fence back to the car... someone is missing! behind the fence lies one Myargh Argh; bullet holes stealing his last breaths
7.
and then there were three catching breath, what did we just witness? the machinery, the precision of extinguished life how desperate they must be to use these means what could fuel this methodology? the terrible beast that is power is rearing its head once more it must not be too late to stop them to revive a sense of humanity too optimistic these venturers were in this wonderful wasteland soon all will go to plan ingenuity is in us all one can learn to care, one can learn to solve insignificant is what they take from us if we take it upon ourselves with this knowledge we can demolish ignorance and expunge whatever evil may come who dares to care? who dares to stand? it takes one to take all it takes all to move few
8.
the top taketh their pay the bottom slaveth away elderly and young, conjoined as one to serve the true scum of today class is a word like love thrown around like a greasy towel the upper class without class is still the upper class the lower class with class still has to kiss ass there is no middle ground this air of optimism is all but lost it's just the ones who are better off trying to foster some fuel they need to power their true vehicles not with seats or pedals, but with flesh and blood they need the ones beneath then not to break down still they brandish crowns but with our frowns we'll shake the fucking ground
9.
hear, my congress! direct your gazes to the horrid truth! Everett attempts to engage in rhetoric he begins to describe their transpirings and findings but something is amiss... dear god! apathy is in the air a total lack of reflex it's been here the whole time they know here we've been, amongst this my god, how could we have been so blind there must be somebody to blame it's the government, they've been taking anyone who knows better, anyone who can see through the lies is sentenced to torture in the so-called factory!
10.
Lutefisk 01:24
11.
zooming back out take us away from this never again be close to such evil is something we only imagine good is only something we strive for but what happens when extremes are defined? where will we be when we are caught between poles? the force of gravity too great for us to cling to middle ground looking back now, this society, these ways, they are our own but no, certainly no conscious people would take us here certainly warm-blooded mortals have morals enough surely, we can save our existence yet, to spite this alas, caring now would only feign pretension this was just to tell you it's too late heart is a thing of memory feel no more

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The sophomore album. It's Less Joke, More Lye. One forty-minute animal of a song.

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released May 22, 2012

Tristan Zemtseff - most of it
Andy Eisen - the rest of it
additional composition by Charlie Landsman.
poems "Only Fuel" and "All For Naught" read by Rob Poznanski of Cadence Fox.

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