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More of the Same to Say [Demo]

by Protocol

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1.
Luxury 01:40
More of the same to say Because nothing seems to change Complacent compassion overshadows what I say You're so far removed from reality Outrage and apathy plague me A temporary interest In something real to me You're more concerned with social death than making any change You're so far removed from reality Outrage and apathy plague me You're one degree Away from me You've got the luxury Of outrage and apathy Sure you "care" Say you're aware But are you there, When speaking up is inconvenient?
2.
Uniform 01:40
Bombard me with empty platitudes You're so afraid of saying the wrong thing Your fear, So palpable and clear Your fear, So palpable and clear I watch you walk on eggshells Dictated dogma, no need to think Hold on so tight to your spoonfed beliefs Carefully curated canned sentiments Devoid of meaning and birthed from a script Wear your uniform and cover up your fear Wear your uniform and cover up your fear Uncomfortable in your skin now that I'm here So suit up, and follow thoughts and words pre-prescribed Follow protocol Put your mind at ease Going through the motions, you're just here to please Your fear controls you you're too afraid to think Your fear controls you you're too afraid to speak
3.
Brute Force 01:12
Shoot on sight Seen as inhuman Seen as a plight Justify our deaths With a prejudiced lens When you look at me, What do you see? Perceived as I am, Or perceived as a threat? Could it be me or someone I love, Who has the misfortune to be deemed a Thug? Could it be me, My face on TV? Or could it be you who walks my shoes? (They'd rather...) Exterminate than educate and give us tools to change our fate The boys in blue are just the few who use their boots to crush us brutes Brutes in brown pinned to the ground Taught to keep our heads held down Accept the norm don't make a sound As bullets rest inside our crowns Shoot on sight Seen as inhuman Seen as a plight Justify our deaths Maybe I'm next
4.
100% 01:32
Validation and resassurance, Killers of the self Neglect in disguise Validation and reassurance, Find your self-worth in someone's eyes Find yourself in someone else Watch your self-reliance quell Sacrifice, squander, and strive, Just to be worth more in someone's eyes
5.
Muzzle 03:37
Can peace and progress really coexist? Can words and reason do more than a fist? When the audience I speak to don't exist And the biggest bigots preach to coexist And justice has been rendered meaningless Tell me why I shouldn't close my mouth and Start to clench my fist Can peace and progress really coexist? Can words and reason do more than a fist? I beg for change but things still say the same Sit at your lap just for these table scraps What has peace given me but morsels of morality? I'll bite my tongue and bide my time As silence slowly turns to violence Can peace and progress really coexist? Can words and reason do more than a fist? When justice has been rendered meaningless, Tell me why I shouldn't close my mouth and start to clench my... What has peace given me but morsels of morality? I'll bite my tongue and bide my time - create a change more "dignified" What has peace given me but morsels of morality? Beneath this silence lies a thirst for violence I'll be exactly who you thought I was I'll be exactly who you want me to be I'll be that thug I'll be that criminal I'll prove you right I'll use your words I'll speak your language I'll prove you right I'll fight violence with violence, and You won't see that you pushed me here

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released April 26, 2017

Released on INVISIBLE AUDIO, IA-002.

Recorded by David Settle 2016-2017.
Artwork by Jesse Feinman.
Photography by Allie Dwight.

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