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01. Hyperpower (Instrumental)

02. The Beginning of the End

03. Survivalism

04. The Good Soldier

05. Vessel

06. Me, I'm Not

07. Capital G

08. My Violent Heart

09. The Warning

10. God Given

11. Meet Your Master

12. The Greater God

13. The Great Destroyer

14. Another Version Of The Truth (Instrumental)

15. In This Twilight

16. Zero Sum

 

 

The Beginning of the End                                                           oben

 

down on your knees, you'll be left behind
this is the beginning
watch what you think, they can read your mind
this is the beginning
i got my mark, see it in my eyes
this is the beginning
my reflection i don't recognize
this is the beginning

we think we climb so high
all up the backs we've condemned
we face our consequence
this is the beginning of the end

you wait your turn, you'll be last in line
this is the beginning
get out the way, cause i'm getting mine
this is the beginning
god helps the ones that can help themselves
this is the beginning
may be too late as far as i can tell
this is the beginning

we think we've come so far
on all our lies we depend
we face our consequence
this is the beginning of the end

 

 

Survivalism                                                                                 oben

 

i should have listened to her
so hard to keep control
we kept on eating but our
bloated bellies still not full
she gave us all she had but
we went and took some more
can’t seem to shut her legs our
mother nature is a whore

i got my propaganda i got revisionism
i got my violence in high def ultra-realism
all a part of this great nation
i got my fist i got my plan i got survivalism

hypnotic sound of sirens
echoing through the street
the cocking of the rifles
the marching of the feet
you see your world on fire
don’t try to act surprised
we did just what you told us
lost our faith along the way and found ourselves believing your lies

i got my propaganda i got revisionism
i got my violence in high def ultra-realism
all a part of this great nation
i got my fist i got my plan i got survivalism

all bruised and broken bleeding
she asks to take my hand
i turn and keep on walking
what you’d do the same thing in the circumstance i’m sure you understand

i got my propaganda i got revisionism
i got my violence in high def ultra-realism
all a part of this great nation
i got my fist i got my plan i got survivalism

 

 

The Good Soldier                                                                       oben

 

gun fire in the steet

where we used to meet

echoes out a beat and the bass goes

bomb right over my head

step over the dead

remember what you said you know, the part about

life is just a waking dream

i know what you mean

but that ain't how it seems right here and now

how can all this be real

i can barely feel

anymore

i am trying to see

i am trying to believe

this is not where i should be

i am trying to believe

blood hardens in the sand

cold metal in my hand

maybe help you understand

the way that things will be

there's nowhere left to hide

cause god is on our side

i keep telling myself

i am trying to see

i am trying to believe

this is not where i should be

i am trying to believe

no one's even sure

what we're fighting for

or who we even are

anymore

i feel

so far away

 

Vessel                                                                                        oben

 

i let you put it in my mouth

i let it get under my skin

i let you pump it through my veins

i let you take me from within

they tell us what we can and cannot do

same thing we've heard a hundred times before

when i put you inside of me

none of that matters anymore

my god

can it go any faster?

oh my god

i don't think i can last here

i am you and you are me

we will never be alone

i have finally found my place in everything

i have finally found my home

i can leave all of this flesh behind

i can see right through this whole facade

i am becoming something else

i am turning into god

my god

can it go any faster?

oh my god

i don't think i can last here

 

 

 Me, I'm Not                                                                              oben


and it’s happening
never planned on this
you got something i need
kind of dangerous
and i’m losing control
i’m not used to this
what you want from me?
i’m not used to this
can’t seem to shut it off
this thing i’ve begun
and it’s hard to tell - just
where it’s coming from
and it’s hard to see
what i’m capable of
and it’s hard to believe - just
what i’ve become

hey
can we stop?
me, i’m not

i can swallow it down
keep it all inside
i define myself
by how well i hide
feel it coming apart
well at least i tried
i can win this war
by knowing not to fight
if i take it all back
some way somehow
if i knew back then
what i know right now

hey
can we stop?
me, i’m not

 

 

 

Capital G                                                                                    oben

 

i pushed a button and elected him to office and a

he pushed a button and it dropped a bomb

you pushed a button and could watch it on the television

those motherfuckers didn't last to long ha ha

i'm sick of hearing bout the haves and the have nots

have some personal accountability

the biggest problem with the way that we've been doing things is

the more we let you have the less i'll be keeping for me

well i used to stand for something

now i'm on my hands and knees

traded in my god for this one

he signs his name with a capital G

don't give a shit about the temperature in Guatemala

don't really see what all the fuss is about

ain't gonna worry bout no future generations and a

i'm sure somebody's gonna figure it out

don't try to tell me how some power can corrupt a person

you haven't had enough to know what it's like

you're only angry cause you wish you were in my position

now nod your head because you know that i'm right-all right

well i used to stand for something

but forgot what that could be

there's a lot of me inside you

maybe you're afraid to see

well i used to stand for something

now i'm on my hands and knees

traded in my god for this one

he signs his name with a capital G

 

My Violent Heart                                                                      oben

 

you and i we may look the same
but we are very far apart
there’s bullet holes where my compassion used to be
and there is violence in my heart
into fire you can send us
from the fire we return
you can label us a consequence
of how much you have to learn
you can try but you’ll never understand
this is something you will never understand
can you hear it now?
hear it coming now?
can you hear it now?

on hands and knees
we crawl
you can not stop us all
you wear our bones
our skin
we will not let you in

you have set something in motion
much greater than you’ve ever known
standing there in your all your grand naiveté
about to reap what you have sown
time will feed upon your weaknesses
and soon you’ll lose the will to care
when you return to the place that you call home
we will be there
we will be there

on hands and knees
we crawl
you can not stop us all
our blood
will stay
we will not go away
on hands and knees
we crawl
you can not stop us all
our blood
our grace
will never leave this place

 

 

The Warning                                                                               oben

 

some say it was warning

some say it's a sign

i was standing right there

when it came down from the sky

the way it spoke to us

you felt it from inside

said it was up to us

up to us to deceide

"you've become a virus

killing off his host

we been watching you with all of your eyes

and what you seem to value most

so much potential

or so we used to say

your greed, self-importance and your arrogance

you piss it all away

we heard her cry

we have come to intervene

you will change your ways and you will make amends

or we will wipe this place clean!"

your time is ticking away

 

 

 

God Given                                                                                 oben


hey man

please don't make a sound

take a look around

can't you see what's right in front of you?

aah

have a little taste

no more time to waste

you don't want to get left behind because it's all coming down right now

now-now

hard is it to see?

put your faith in me

i sure wouldn't want to be

praying to the wrong piece of wood

you should

get where you belong

everything you know is wrong

come on, sing along everybody now

(god given)

and he gives us sight

and we see the light

and it burns so bright

now we now we're right

when his kingdom come

and thy will be done

we have just begun

we're the chosen ones

i would never tell you anything that wasn't absolutely true that hadn't come right now

his mouth and he wants me to tell you

wait

step into the light

how can this be right?

i'm afraid we're going to ask you to leave

guess you can not win

with the color of your skin

you won't be getting in to the promised land

besides

this is just another case

you people still don't know your place

step aside , out the way, wipe that look off your face

we are the divine

separated from the swine

come on, sing along everybody now

(god given)

and he gives us sight

and we see the light

and it burns so bright

now we now we're right

when his kingdom come

and thy will be done

we have just begun

we're the chosen ones

and he gives us sight

and we see the light

and it burns so bright

now we now we're right

when his kingdom come

and thy will be done

and the father and the holy son

we're the chosen ones

i would never tell you anything that wasn't absolutely true that hadn't come right now

his mouth and he wants me to tell you

 

Meet Your Master                                                                   oben

 

bow down in position

against the polish steel

this is something different

you'll like the way this feels

no time for asking questions

no time for wondering

we've heard enough from you now

we've heard everything

we're going to play a new game

you'll put on this blindfold

you'll do what we tell you

you'll do as your told

used to be the leader

now comes the time to serve

maybe we show some mercy

maybe you get what you deserve

count down to the end

gotta make it come faster faster

right around the bend

is a coming disaster

count down to the end

and we're headed there faster

come on down my friend

it's time to meet you master

you've left quite a mess here

under your stewardship

you thought you'd figured it out but

you'll learn your place in this

might take some convincing

for you to see the truth

there are so many things

we've got in store for you

count down to the end

gotta make it come faster faster

right around the bend

is a coming disaster

count down to the end

and we're headed faster faster

come on down my friend

it's time to meet you master

 

The Greater Good                                                                    oben

 

1

breathe us in

slowly

slowly

2

persuation

coercion

submission

assimilation

3

welcome to your new point of view

we have disappeared into you

4

everything you do

everywhere you go

anything we want

anything

5

now it's all just a matter of time

 

The Great Destroyer                                                                   oben

 

say your name

try to speak as clearly as you can

you know everything gets written down

nod your head

just in case they could be watching

with their shiny satellites

i hope they canot see

the limitless potential

living inside of me

to murder everything

i hope they cannot see

i am the great destroyer

turn it up

listen to the shit they pump into

your head

filling you with apathy

hold your breath

wait until you know the time is right

on time

the end is near

i hope they cannot see

the limitless potential

living inside of me

to murder everything

i hope they cannot see

i am the great destroyer

 

In This Twilight                                                                          oben

 

watch the sun
as it crawls across a final time
and it feels like
like it was a friend
if its watching us
and the world we set on fire
do you wonder
if it feels the same?

and the sky is filled with light
can you see it?
all the black is really white
if you believe it
as the time is running out
let me take away your doubt
we can find a better place
in this twilight

dust to dust
ashes in your hair remind me
what it feels like
and i wont feel again
night descends
could i have been a better person?
if i could only
do it all again

but the sky is filled with light
can you see it?
all the black is really white
if you believe it
and the longing that you feel
you know none of this is real
we will find a better place
in this twilight

 

 

Zero-Sum                                                                                      oben

 

they're starting to open up the sky

they're starting to reach downthrough

and it feels like we're living in that split-second

of a car crash

and time is slowing down

and if we only had a little more time

and this time

is all there is

do you remember the time we

and all the time we

and should have

and were going to

i know

and i know you remember

how we could justify it all

and we knew better

in our hearts we knew better

and we told ourselves it didn't matter

and we chose to continue

and none of that matters anymore

in the hour of our twilight

and soon it will be all said and done

and we will all be back together as one

if we will continue at all

shame on us

doomed from the start

may god have mercy

on our dirty little hearts

shame on us

for all we've done

and all we ever were

just zeros and ones

and you never get away

and you never get to take the easy way

and all of this is a consequence

brought on by our own hand

if you believe in that sort of thing

and did you ever really find

when you closed your eyes

any place that was still

and at peace

and i guess i just wanted to tell you

as the light starts to fade

that you are the reason

that i am not afraid

and i guess i just wanted to mention

as the heavens will fall

we will be together soon if we

will be anything of all

shame on us

doomed from the start

may god have mercy

on our dirty little hearts

shame on us

for all we've done

and all we ever were

just zeros and ones

 

oben