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Sovereignty
02:24
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Consider yourself a sovereign state
Free from thievery in the name of what’s right
Absent are the hands that loot your wallet
Know that that which you own is your own
Gone now are the arms of aggression
Which were once pointed your way
Replaced now with handshakes of exchange
Symbols of peaceful voluntary trade
Free to do as you please in your domain
Irrelevant are the “laws” you should disdain
Remember that morality trumps all else
And that no man is above another
You don’t need the state
Fuck their anthemic praise
To the state they are the slaves
Statist sheep in pseudo-holy awe
To elected officials – their human Gods
Cock in hand they salute the flag
In moments of silence saluting dead men
Murdered by the state that they love
Without any consultation from above
Raised to never question taught “truths”
As Plato said, the cave is comforting
Those who leave are blinded by light
As such, they chant ignorance is bliss
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Cremation of Care
03:21
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Welcome to the grove
Black rituals light up Californian summer skies
Occult masses held in honor of the Babylonian divine
Bohemian excess dedicated to the demonic kind
Malevolent wizards in black suits, briefcases and ties
Worshiping Moloch, the demonic deity of the grove
In the candle lit hue of this midsummer’s nightmare
Though forget not that it is the men that society adores
Who put on their black cloaks in this ritual of care
As they cremate the effigy of the pure young child
To honor of their horrific sacrifices of yesteryear
Since 1881 these hideous rituals have occurred
As dramatic performances with less than implicit ideals
When they’re not supercharging the laws of attraction
They celebrate their stay with superfluous acts of sexuality
Man on man pleasure between the politicians and the rich
Not wholly unlike the nature the current political system
In celebratory success of themselves and their rituals
They’ll return to the grove during July next year
Grant us thy council oh great owl of bohemia
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