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The Triumph of Justice
01:05
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An ember burns in countless hearts
As light returns greed falls apart
Our journey t'wards horizons curve
To finally claim what we deserve
The Countless Thousands all unite!
Our struggles joined our strength ignites
The Triumph of Justice we swore
To fix our eyes on truth:
Keep on, one day more
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Game Change
03:35
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Going under the knife with a whiskey antiseptic
my surgeon's first try, and I'm feeling dyspeptic
but what do I got -
I know what i've got to lose
This game isn't kind and we need an advantage
a way to deny feelings we can't manage
the guilt that we can't itch
the shame that we'll banish to the far side of the moon
And people do terrible things they dare not to mention
terrible things with the best of intentions
beyond comprehension, we've all got a reason to die
People do terrible things when no one pays attention
terrible things to their own reprehension
How low can you go?
How long are you willing to carry a lie?
And keep waiting for the game to break
under the weight of the shame we've denied
waiting for the game to break
under all that guilt we've managed to hide
but the damage is done
next battle is won
if you can live with it
Now, politics ain't government and
government ain't leadership and
leadership ain't politics
the none are the same
it's just rock, paper, scissors going round and round in circles
winners eating losers in a zero sum game
and this shit isn't right
this shit isn't fair
it's always a fight
with the odds never square
but compared to staking out and dying in the cold
the game's the only thing gave us a chance to grow old
And our survival comes down to this choice they've made
and time is not on our side
the high road ain't open to everyone
may guilt overtake me, I swear through this unbroken smile
I'll keep waiting for the game to break
under the weight of the shame we've denied
waiting for the game to break
under all that guilt we've managed to hide
but the damage is done next battle is won
what are you willing to live with?
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The UN have called a silent meet to declare a clandestine catastrophe!
Deep Space Probe Cassini just found a top-secret Nazi facility
ON THE MOON!
and the UN then argue: "How can that be?
How can we have not seen these Nazis
for seventy years!
We thought we'd brought them under lock and key!"
"Apparently not!"
And the war room breaks in pandemonium
because the Nazis claim to have plutonium!
They say they want their Third Reich back
or the moon-gazing world will be under attack
but a smile creeps over one delegate's face
and that's why our drummer Jonny got shot into space
T-minus five four three two one
ON THE MOON
"Hear me out!" the delegate shouts that
"the clout of a band called Countless Thousands
is bottled up in one man that we can send!
He's a single commando, a rock and roll Rambo!"
"Ooooh! Better him than a platoon!"
"And i'll tell you why! Well, i don't have time to explain all the science
but his space drums will smash these Nazis to silence!"
And the hope unifies every voice in the room
and when he enters and smiles several of them drop in a swoon!
There was time for a strong high five from Bill Nye
and a slap on the ass from Neil Degrasse Tyson
and somebody's bra hits him right in the face,
then our drummer Jonny was shot into space!
Night!
Above and below, just silence and light,
the moon's gentle glow
and the fury of flight,
look back at the Earth,
that harbor of life...
a tear in -
WAIT
Jon there's gonna be Nazis trying to kill you, so fight!
Jon deflects the laser barrage with -
and he cracks the outer walls with -
and he scatters the panicked soldiers with -
and his eyes narrow on a hideous figure
AND HE DOES BATTLE WITH ASTRO HITLER
Danger, sind sie im verbotenen Luftraum!
Ich entschuldige bei Deutches Muttersprach
dieses Bild müde wird niemals steben
abet zumindest kummen vir, HITLER WAR BESCHISSEN!!!
[an epic drummery slays Astro Hitler]
And with that! The evil defeated, a grim coup de grace
Jon comes in for the kill and sees regret and shame in Hitler's face
a push kick to the void is the final death blow -
"Ask ze vorld to forgive me!"
Jonny says, "Nope."
One single tear as he floats into space
and that's how our drummer Jonny saved the whole human race!
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The Rat
03:43
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MR. COHEN: Chairman Cummings, thank you for this time today
I have asked this committee to ensure my family
be safe from threats
thank you for your help and understanding
I am here under oath to correct the record
answer committee’s questions truthfully and offer
what I know
though some of you may doubt my credibility
I hope my appearance here today, my guilty plea
my work with law enforcement agency
will restore faith in me
and help this country
We need to know what you knew and
when you knew that you knew what you knew
would follow you, turn up the lights
and turn the screw
OVERSIGHT CMTE: We need to know what you knew and
when you knew that you knew what you knew
would follow you, turn up the lights
and please, continue
MR COHEN: My guilty plea
means I’ll talk now
I’ll sing
They call me rat,
well, I’m the rat you need
I have always tried to live a life of loyalty
I am ashamed I concealed his illicit acts
I am ashamed because I know exactly what he is
He is a racist, a conman, a cheat
Yet, I continued to work for him
Oh, mom and dad,
I’m sorry I let you down
OVERSIGHT CMTE: We need to know what you knew and
when you knew that you knew what you knew
would follow you, turn up the lights
and please, continue
MR COHEN: You need to know what he knew
and when he knew that you knew
everything you needed to turn up the lights
and turn the screw
You already know
I thank you for your time
and I’m happy to answer the committee’s questions.
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Solidarity Forever
03:40
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Parts Unknown
03:19
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This world needs you, little girl.
And I need you most of all.
This world gets bigger little girl.
This world is gorgeous, little girl.
May you try to see it all.
Try, and fail, to see it all.
And I'm not sorry for the stupid things I did when I was young.
Each mistake a lesson I'll try to guide you through.
May you pursue your countless dreams without a care for limitations,
perceived or real, this life is up to you.
And don't ever think I'm far,
I'll meet you where you are.
This world ain't everything, my girl.
All we know is that horizon's hiding other worlds
so try to find them all.
Try, and fail, to find them all.
Because you're my ripple in the waters on your way to unknown shores.
Stay brave and humble, I'll keep my faith in you.
Take your thousand dreams out to the stars, I'll give you what I have
and I know damn well you'll go beyond my view.
But don't ever think I'm far.
I'll meet you where you are.
And I love you how you are.
How you are.
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Fat Cat
03:30
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We all know freedom isn't free
but yours is just that cheap to me
your vote comes with a lifetime guarantee
See, when you own most everything
they let you steal most anything
so kiss the ring and call me king
you'll think you've got a friend in me
Fat Cat - bloated, feeding, needing more
Fat Cat - gleaming, gold galore
Sugar, spice and all things nice
everybody's got a price
Snips and snails and puppy tails
there's no one not for sale
I smile when you tell me that you're free
because you're just that cheap to me
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MA$K OFF
00:58
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Lazar Wolf
05:06
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"And as the sun sets and a pale moon rises over the sleepy town of Anatevka...
THE BUTCHER HUNTS HIS PREY!"
As the sun sets so spirits rise
to gasp of a man there with frozen eyes!
The empty BUTCHER sings!
A mensch of wealth and taste
Life of luxury paid in bloody blades!
Shalom aleichem! Aleichem shalom!
A Bride Specter with a fearsome wail,
a pale apparition in a gown and veil
a Dybbuk's accusation as THE BUTCHER seeks a new female!
As THE BUTCHER goes long in the tooth,
a soothsayer cuts a bargain for a flower in youth!
And only the ghosts of the graveyard know the truth!
Pray in a candle's flame!
make your bargain!
Whisper his name!
LAZAR WOLF!
LAZAR WOLF!
THE BUTCHER of Anatevka!
But tradition won't save you now!
Tradition won't save you now!
The sun will set! And the sun will rise!
And will your daughter be the next to die?
THE BUTCHER wants her!
The ghosts claim her too!
You're late for the Sabbath!
The grave yawns for you!
So pray in a candle's flame!
make your bargain!
Whisper his name tonight!
Because tradition won't save you from
LAZAR WOLF!
LAZAR WOLF!
THE BUTCHER of Anatevka!
But tradition won't save you now!
Tradition won't save you now!
Shalom aleichem! Aleichem shalom!
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What's that sound up on the roof?
What's that sound up on the roof?
It's a commando! Commando,
wants to kill everybody inside.
He says he's from the future and he's here to put things right,
he says he will prevent a new apocalypse.
POCK POCK POCK
He knows my baby's name but he does not know how to fight
He attacked but tripped and fell and fractured all his ribs!
So who's that tied up in that chair?
Pleading, bleeding in that chair?
It's just some weakling from the future
wants to kill my baby girl.
"You don't understand," he says, "your baby's destiny!
That future warrior dooms all humankind!
She fails to defend us when the Robot Queen arrives!"
But i stopped listening because I'm dazzled by my baby's eyes,
oh they're so blue and she's so cute
and we've got time before the future
to train her as a super warrior to defeat the Robot Queen
so when you travel back in time
don't you mess with my baby girl!
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Parts Oiknown
03:10
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This world needs you, little girl.
And I need you most of all.
This world gets bigger little girl.
This world is gorgeous, little girl.
May you try to see it all.
Try, and fail, to see it all.
And I'm not sorry for the stupid things I did when I was young.
Each mistake a lesson I'll try to guide you through.
May you pursue your countless dreams without a care for limitations,
perceived or real, this life is up to you.
And don't ever think I'm far,
I'll meet you where you are.
This world ain't everything, my girl.
All we know is that horizon's hiding other worlds
so try to find them all.
Try, and fail, to find them all.
Because you're my ripple in the waters on your way to unknown shores.
Stay brave and humble, I'll keep my faith in you.
Take your thousand dreams out to the stars, I'll give you what I have
and I know damn well you'll go beyond my view.
But don't ever think I'm far.
I'll meet you where you are.
And I love you how you are.
How you are.
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Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears
While we all sup sorrow with the poor
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears
Oh, hard times, come again no more
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many a days you have lingered around my cabin door
Oh, hard times, come again no more
While we seek mirth and beauty and music, light and gay
There are frail forms fainting at the door
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
Oh, hard times, come again no more
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many a days you have lingered all around my cabin door
Oh, hard times, come again no more
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many a days you have lingered all around my cabin door
Oh, hard times, come again no more
So many a days you have lingered around my cabin door
Oh, hard times, come again no more
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This game is rigged and you people are brutes
some slight of hand golden parachutes
oh, no
I wanna quit and go home
You shook our hand as we agreed on the rules
pulled out the rug and played us for fools
so I'm not alone
in saying "let's all go home"
Just one more flawless victory and then we'll go home.
Our lives are cheap and we're paying the price
a dollar bill's not a flotation device
cue the sad trombone
town is drowning in subprime loans
Here's our degree, here's a lifetime of debt
you forged our name on a contract that's set in unyielding stone
a generation disowned
So we'll crush or convert all our enemies
Bleed dry and break this kleptocracy
and then we'll go home.
I wanna quit and go home.
I wanna quit and go home.
Fundamentally overhaul society
and then we'll go home.
The greatest crime the devil did share
was teaching thieves to say "Life's not fair"
stealing from a throne
rest of us prostrate or prone
The system failed but it's all we've got
only game in town, take a shot
though the birds have flown
keep to yourself any stifled groans
So let's build a brand new humanity
a balanced, just society
and then we'll go home.
I wanna quit and go home!
I wanna quit and go home!
Bring each citizen of Earth an epiphany
and then we'll go home!
But I CAN'T QUIT
because these HYPOCRITES
are so FULL OF SHIT
a costly counterfeit
So I'll fail and use
these broken rules
This game is rigged and you people are brutes
but i'll persist till you lose
I wanna quit and go home!
I wanna quit and go home!
Just one more flawless victory
Crush or convert all our enemies
Build a balanced, shining society
and then we'll go home!
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An ember burns in countless hearts
As light returns greed falls apart
Our journey t'wards horizons curve
To finally claim what we deserve
The Countless Thousands all unite!
Our struggles joined our strength ignites
The Triumph of Justice we swore
To fix our eyes on truth:
Keep on, one day more
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Countless Thousands Glendale, California
Take a show choir reject who was never cool enough for punk rock, throw him a rockabilly axe and have him cash in on all the poetry classes. Take an east coast jazz legend and tell him to lay off the weirder chords and step up the distortion. Take a cosplay nerd and give him +2 Charisma, +5 Vocalwork and +5 Shreddage. Mix well and serve immediately for total badassery. ... more
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