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Age of Correction
06:17
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Correct, correct, correction
Correct, correct
Correct, correct, correction
Correct, correct
They killed Columbus in the park, again, today
Tightened the noose and pulled him down
Howling for vengeance, and without delay
The rats were swarming here and there, about the town
Deeply offended by the history
Cancel the books and close your mind
Right after school there’ll be anarchy
Enter the vanguard of this righteous time - they said:
This is the age of correction
We’re erasing everything
Give it up, or we’ll take; there’s no room for mistakes
In the age of correction
The Comandante with her megaphone
Spewing her orders at the troops
Weighed down with TV sets and precious stones
They came for justice, but they’ll settle for loot
A chain reaction, like a windup toy
Awoken warriors playing nasty games
They said we’re not trying to censor you, boy
Put your fist in the air, repeat after us, and sing out the battle cry, again
This is the age of correction
We’re erasing everything
Give it up, or we’ll take; there’s no room for mistakes
In the age of correction
CANCELED (correct, correction)
CESSATION
CENSORED (correct, correction)
CUT, CUT, CUT (correct)
CORRECTED
This is the age of correction
A spade is a diamond is something else
Throw your heart in the ring, where the joker is king
In the age of correction
This is the age of correction
Improving the tides; flow backwards
Now we’re surfing the days, hitching the biggest wave
Into the age of correction
Correct, correct, correction
Correct, correct
Correct, correct, correction
Correct, correct
DISMANTLED – DENIED – DELETED - DEFUNDED – DISINVESTED – DISREGARDED - DISALLOWED (these are words with a ‘D’ this time)
ELIMINATED – ERASED – EXPUNGED – EXPURGATED, EXPURGATED, EXPURGATED!
OUTDATED - OBSOLETE
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2. |
Hollywood Buddhist
04:42
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You probably know my face from in the movies
They say that I’m the next Keanu Reeves
I’ve been a bad guy in lots of B flicks
The sexy kind who lives off the A chicks
I’ve got the look, the threads and all of that shit
There’s something missing though – can’t put my finger on it
I’ll go out shopping for some Samadhi
How did that chant go? From at the party?
Eating up the white lines, like a mirage
The key to nirvana also opens my garage
Better get out the way, I got my foot on the gas
Doing one-ninety-nine on the Eightfold Path
I’m a Hollywood, Hollywood, a Hollywood Buddhist
I’m a Hollywood, Hollywood, a Hollywood Buddhist
Doing the lotus thing, around the pool
With the bikinis - Oh, he’s so spiritual!
I strike a pose on the red carpet
Is it still red, though, if I’m not on it?
Now my status is up in the cards I’m dealt
Wearing my dharma like a reversible belt
When I stare at the stars they ought to stare back at me
But if they don’t, there’s always Scientology
Swallowing the asphalt, like a mirage
The key to nirvana hangs on a hook in my garage
I’ll be feeding my fumes to the people I pass
Burning some rubber on the Eightfold Path
I’m a Hollywood, Hollywood, a Hollywood Buddhist
I’m a Hollywood, Hollywood, a Hollywood Buddhist
Taking a picture with the Dalai Lama
I’m on the guest list – I hope he likes my beads
Fruity libations at the Marmont or the Ivy
Tell the boy to pass my order on - make it sweet but not too strong
Faster than a wild horse whose name is Pride
Greener than the green grass on the other side
Too deep and wide to even fit on the map
Three times louder than a one hand clap
I’m a Hollywood, Hollywood, a Hollywood Buddhist
(Clap your hand, clap your hand, clap your hand)
I’m a Hollywood, Hollywood, a Hollywood Buddhist
Acting on the screen, living in the dream
Posing for the crowd, talking real loud, and we’re…
Playing with the pose, acting like we knows
That’s the way it goes, ‘cause ya can’t stop Hollywood
Can’t stop, can’t stop; can’t stop Hollywood, Hollywood
Can’t stop Hollywood...
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3. |
Citadel
04:17
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Hiding in back rooms
Making deals, in smoke
Red and Blue, like twins
Choosing is not a choice
Who were you looking for?
We ain’t no heroes
Somebody lock the door
We’ll have a party up in the Citadel
Up in the Citadel of Liberty
Boys and girls, playing
On the hill, looking down
Dishing out, bad thing
A boomerang, return
Exchanging capital
Ride on the soapbox
Business as usual
Another typical day, up in the Citadel
Up in the Citadel of Liberty
Up in the Citadel; up in the Citadel of
Down in the Citadel; down in the Citadel of
Liberty
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4. |
Land of Not
06:20
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When I’m feeling lonely I go out on the wire
To find some friends and make myself a little social proof
Don’t want to stand in line where there’s no line
Don’t want to get the things no one else is getting
Please don’t leave me alone
Because here, in the virtual, I’m safe, so popular
I’m a minor kind of star – a sun to warm the tundra
In the Land of Not
Not really addiction – just something that I always need (always, always)
How many likes and viewers? I’ll buy some more subscribers
Hey, how you like my numbers? (I got way more than you)
I know you think that it’s a crazy way to measure
But I grow inches from the comments left by strangers
Don’t pull my plug from the wall
Because here, in the virtual, I feel strong, unstoppable
I’m a minor kind of star – expanding like a nova
To the Land of…
Not what it seems - welcome to the land of
Not in your dreams - only in the land of - not...
Collecting faces, I’ve got so many good friends (so many good friends)
But it’s the Land of Not, so, I’ve never met them (no, never, not, never, not)
No, they won’t leave me alone
And here in the virtual – so comfortingly simple
Clicking for buried treasure – I’m mining on the surface
Of the Land of Not
In the Land of Not it’s not, it’s not, because it’s not, it’s not
In the Land of Not it’s not, it’s not, no not, it’s not, because it’s…
In the Land (in the land, in the land) of Not
In the Land...of Not
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David J. Kemper Chicago, Illinois
David J. Kemper is a composer and producer from Chicago, USA. He writes and produces in myriad genres and moods. The music on this page is a brief but eclectic sampling of tracks from his Brahms' 3rd Racket and Wet Work albums, including the full B3R EP, Age of Correction. ... more
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