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by Paranoia Dance Party!

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1.
i've been told immortality isn't all that it seems but if we sleep we could live forever ever in our dreams and if you rip out my heart and smear it on a white wall we're dropping down to the floor and you and me become all and as we interlock bodies our trust is buried at sea desperate and alone we dream and i'm fading anticipating what will come deconstruction and i feel like i'm falling backwards we count the seconds as we hit the ground tell me tell me will you catch me tell me tell me will you catch me and i feel like i'm falling backwards we fade away when we make no sound tell me tell me will you catch me will you catch me as i'm falling down we will forget their world regret the years will pass remorse regress our lives escape one year too late our sleep we dream reality destruction is by nature self-destruction kills me yes it literally kills me corruption dances in the night as we feast and we all get a bite derailing progress yes we all will kill the progress yes it's just like destruction no careening stories as we drive them off the cliff and we burn in the explosion and we dance (dance) to the sound of whispers and we dance (dance) to the sound of whispers oh destination we the nation cancer causing loss of vision satisfaction no reaction atom-smashing danger danger fading glory non-responsive tiny plastic choking hazard big game hunting pollution then we all die and no one wins (1) and we dance to the sound of a whisper in my lungs consistent air self-restraint fabled words re-incarnation won't ever change our actions one more life struck down by the gun (/1) (2) all hope is lost if we could find any to begin with and we'd be fools and we die this is goodbye we were fools from the start (/2) my heart ripped out the blood drips down the wall and as the lights shut off the answers never come the wall left stained by the blood no notion of a future departs forever without a note just a whisper in my lungs just a whisper and i feel like i'm falling backwards we count the seconds as we hit the ground tell me tell me will you catch me tell me tell me will you catch me and i feel like i'm falling backwards we fade away when we make no sound tell me tell me will you catch me will you catch me as i'm falling down?
2.
Herbert West 02:09
Open your eyes pontification gods among men with the science for survival re-animate (re-animate) re-animate the corpse give us one more chance to live our lives and we'll do it again i said well yeah oh yeah boy we're not afraid of the dark (we're not afraid of the dark) we'll carry you through the arc (we're not afraid of the dark) and make you whole once more rise up and become yourself again said yeah oh yeah girl we're not afraid of the end (we're not afraid of the end) we'll raise you back from the dead (we're not afraid of the end) and lift you up from that deep deep sleep just a kiss on the lips i said well yeah oh yeah boy we're not afraid i said well yeah oh yeah girl we're not afraid i said well yeah oh yeah boy we're not afraid i said well yeah oh yeah this is our life everything we wanted this is our time everything we needed this is our life everything we wanted this is our time everything we needed this is our life everything we wanted this is our time everything we needed this is our life everything we wanted this is our time bring me back to life.
3.
I see the best in you i know just what we'll do yeah yeah we're under attack now we're gonna gonna take our home town back now we will stand up and fight even for one more night oh we can never sleep now no we can never never never never now is the time now is the place there is no time no time to waste take off the head decapitate yeah it's the only way now is the time don't hesitate take off the head decapitate yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah take it off take it off take it off now take it off take it off take it off now oh we have risen the dead the dead we have risen the dead the dead yeah find a home find a safe secure home barricade all the doors and windows we will never turn into them no no we will never become one of them just a walking disease compelled to eat your brain with no justification of action or pain just the juxtaposition of you and your neighbor and he figures out which one is dinner (x6) take off the head we will never become one of them (/x6) i see the best in you i know we'll make it through barricade all the entrances now we've gotta gotta keep 'em keep 'em out now been bitten in the calf prepare for the aftermath oh we know what happens next now take me out now is the time now is the place there is no time no time to waste take off the head decapitate yeah it's the only way now is the time don't hesitate take off the head decapitate yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah take it off take it off take it off now take it off take it off take it off now.
4.
Wake up to a brand new world empty shell of what we used to know as true it's fact if presented before us our culture and our life and the four white walls we wake up to what do we know now same old tune we've been clapping our hands to for years leave me be to figure this out i don't want your pity and i don't need your help another day for pride and glory the same way production is our life box me up and ship me out as the walking dead give a toast to health and we sit around what do we do we ignore the questions and spit at the truth if we were someone else would we be staring at these four white walls now re-write this amnesia you can be the change you want to see re-write this amnesia as we all wake up to the world before us we're all becoming conscious as we find the answers to what we don't know as the world falls to pieces before we go we've all become defective put me back to sleep i refuse to eat we're a dying breed and we've lost trace of where our humanity has gone just let me die we're taught to spend our entire lives with these false records and documents well i don't care how the others live that's not cool and it's such a shame they're all ugly and stupid and boring and lame give me liberty or give me death but we'd trade it all for a piece of the action i don't know who i am what about me i don't know who i am but now i can see the liars and the thieves we were born to increase the facade of deception it's the brand new beat dig it re-write this amnesia you can be the change you want to see re-write this amnesia when you see yourself you're free.
5.
Can't see the light at the end this tunnel's caving in run run as fast as you can we've gotta dive down deeper and deeper it's our only chance if we're gonna survive we have to make it to the core yeah we'll make it alive if we keep moving forward keep going keep going it's our only chance we've just scratched the surface there's still miles left and our morale is low and we're all losing hope yeah we've just about tugged at the end of our rope we're starting to hunger we're starting to bleed remember to breathe remember to breathe (x3) we're going down down down deep underground (/x3) we're going down we've gone insane with cabin fever on our own plane of irrational thought and who's to blame as we point our own finger we've gone insane yeah (x4) we've gone insane (we've gone insane) (/x4) (x3) we're going down down down deep underground (/x3) we're going down before you're dead and gone just know this is your last chance to dance (x4) we're going down (/x4) yeah.
6.
You bring the matches you bring the dream and i will bring the gasoline we'll burn it down let's crash the system we'll make 'em scream and we won't back down 'till this whole place is our very own we scream let's start a fire we are the fire we scream we are the fire and i can see the light that fire's burning bright now it's flowing through your veins you're on your hands and knees it'll burn down slow oh oh so slow oh oh so slow banks are gone this city's done and all the guilty bleed come on now we'll start a fire we'll burn this city down we'll start a fire we'll burn it down to the ground we'll start a fire we'll burn this city down we'll start a fire we'll burn this city down burn this city down burn this city to the ground burn it down and i can feel the heat now so get up out your seat now just get up climb right in i'll take you for a ride it'll burn down slow oh oh so slow oh oh so slow banks are gone this city's done and we will move along come on now we'll start a fire we'll burn this city down we'll start a fire we'll burn it down to the ground we'll start a fire we'll burn this city down we'll start a fire.
7.
With my head in my hands and a hole in my heart with these words in my head and this pen will live after i've gone and as words will remain and these texts will be read with the holes in our hearts and these words in my head i hate when you tell me that everything will be alright but i love when you tell me that everything will be alright it's up to speculation it's down to speculation it sounds just like a time bomb that's ticking but i'll just trust this feeling yeah i'll trust what i'm seeing that everything will be alright reward the lies stab out my eyes take over the world with a clever disguise put trust in the world yes boys and girls fend for yourself and you run (x2) yeah give it up yeah we're feeling (alright alright) living and dying and breathing and lying as we escape yeah give it up yeah we're feeling (alright alright) chasing the dream we're alone but we feel alive with our memories (alright alright) we'll never be who you want us to be yeah we live live with our memories (alright alright) we'll never be who you want us to be alright (/1) chasing the dream (/2).
8.
Tied down to the metaphorical weight that was placed upon us by those that make the rules we flutter about with a false sense of knowledge and understanding as we lack the ability to look out our window and perceptually soak the information that has been given or has yet to be given we may never fully recognize a struggle other than our own and only untying the bow that frees us from this weight will let us understand that time and place should never affect our outlook on life and learning to open our minds past societal constraints placed upon us by those that make the rules will truly set us free this distance the frivolity of these standards and expectations entertaining our lack of expansion persistence maintain while you're on pins and needles facing your greatest fear not being one with the crowd taking limitations away from ideology desperate times call for revolution revolution revolution sam went to school just like every other day all the kids would call him names and laugh in his face not a day went by that he could get away from the kids and their names yeah the kids and their names they say go away sam nobody wants you around all the kids would push him down go home get lost another day just another routine day with the kids and their names yeah the kids and their names at night he'd find refuge in his room thinking why do things have to be this way to be this way but what doesn't kill you can only make you stronger and what you feel you should always stay true to yourself he would push on couldn't let them get him down he would have to walk in and face the music and he just stands while he imagines rubber bands cause one day cause one day cause one day he's gonna show them all and not a day went by sam didn't hold his head up high and words were running through his mind cause one day you'll see and sammy wears a smile on his face cause one day cause one day cause one day he's gonna show them all "this world will never stand in my way" these words held onto he'd say over and over and over and over again he knew the only thing that he felt all he ever wanted to be was a beautiful girl (x4) so sweet the sound (/x4) (1) tied down to the metaphorical weight that was placed upon us but that rope will come undone yeah we will cut down through the chains and as we utilize information and as we recognize anthers' struggle and as we open our minds and as we set ourselves free (/1) (2) (x2)you can be who you want to be you can see who you want to see you can live how you want to live we can be ourselves (/2) (3) (x4) so sweet the sound (/x4) (/3) and now she's turning heads and causing car wrecks and when she wears that dress she's got the boys all the boys sa-sa-saying ooh-la-la and now she's turning heads (and now she's turning heads) and causing car wrecks (car wrecks car wrecks) and when she wears that dress (that dress) she's got the boys samantha.
9.
Opaque 02:22
(1) what's with all the commotion obsessive compulsion eating at my brain as i streamline through this blue ocean in constant motion and lines are blurred oh and when we stop to look at our surroundings questioning boundaries and asking why we tear down walls and destroy borders disobey orders and stand up for ourselves hell and we'll fly and we'll fly away into shades into shades of gray and we'll fly and we'll fly away into shades into shades of gray we don't even listen before we speak (2) we're missing history every day gone by lasts a lifetime to me and i'll forget these frail pieces of what i've lived forget but not forgive my mind has emotions burn and we stop to look at our surroundings i've been a fool all along i've been a fool all along and i've earned back what i've lost in consciousness in moments i'll forget my life's made up of these but what if we're not here what if we've been deceived what do i care this place is all i know is that selling your soul i think it's worth the profit.
10.
We're running out of time can we break away away away it's not a crime to live my life this way we're running out of time we live day to day to day to day but the sun will shine and we'll keep pushing on this way we're on the other side crooked mouths fill the air with the whispers slurring sounds from their stagnant forms thoughts of clouds and looks based on reaction stronger words have been spoken before and with our words and with these minds we will sing these songs as we move on through the end of time we can talk talk with the best of them but when we walk walk it can play a different story our fingerprints will teach us who we are as a whole and as our actions distinguish where our thoughts and our faces will go when we're gone as we fight toward the end just a mask that we mold so we fit in as we're bred we're running out of time can we break away away away it's not a crime to live my life this way we're running out of time we live day to day to day to day but the sun will shine and we'll keep pushing on this way we're on the other side this is not a this is not a test a test we will never we will never rest 'ver rest can we save our can we save ourselves ourselves this is not a we will never can we save our destination (x2) masking your face to blend in with the masses carry this charade to blend in with the masses (/x2).

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released April 30, 2011

Madison Turner - Lead Vocals
Tyler Rosenberg - Guitar, Bass, Vocals
Woody Bond - Drums, Percussion
Sam Bips - Tenor Sax, Bari Sax, Vocals
Alex Roman - Trumpet, Synth, Vocals

recorded, & mixed by Ben Sanders
mastered by Bryan Leavelle
produced by Ben Sanders & Paranoia Dance Party!
assistant engineers: Cory Henderson, Phillip Rose
artwork by Carlos Paz

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