Subject: Power
POWER LINES
Lines divide, lines connect
Lines expose, lines protect
Lines contract, lines expand
Lines supply, lines demand
chorus:
Lines—– dividing us
All these lines—– one-siding us
All these lines––––— are guiding us
All these lines
Lines unite, lines exclude
Lines are right, lines are rude
Lines withdraw, lines engage
Lines entice, lines enrage
chorus:
Lines—– restraining us
All these lines—– containing us
All these lines––––— sustaining us
All these lines
Lines—– protecting us
All these lines—– redirecting us
All these lines––––— disconnecting us
All these lines
Lines enforce, lines erode
Lines encrypt, lines decode
Lines entrench, lines command
Lines advance, lines withstand
chorus:
Lines—– instructing us
All these lines—– corrupting us
All these lines––––— obstructing us
All these lines
Lines—– refusing us
All these lines—– excusing us
All these lines––––— amusing us
All these lines
Lines are walked, lines are skipped
Lines are chalked, lines are sniffed
Lines are straight, lines are curved
Lines are clear, lines are blurred
chorus:
Lines—– excluding us
All these lines—– including us
All these lines––––— deluding us
All these lines
Lines—– inciting us
All these lines—– keep fighting us
All these lines––––— uniting us—–––
All these lines
Lines are traced, lines are signed
Lines inform, lines will find
Lines are spiked, lines are flat
Lines persuade, lines combat
Lines are drawn, lines are read
Lines feed life, lines go dead
POWER LINES 2
A division of labor, a division of power
Societies advance from the Age to the hour
We pride ourselves on our high-end skills
As if it didn't count on a multitude of wills
In robotic cooperation
chorus:
It's a line of power, it's a clash of forces
It's a knock down, drag-out war for resources
It's a battle to define a society
As a tool for the few or all humanity
It's a matter of remuneration for a measure of participation
An exchange of optimal health, a functional degree of comfort and wealth
For a modern mass population
From competitive species to insidious rival
Cooperation rose igniting our survival
They scoff at the cries of the "wage slave slobs"
Who freed up the time for the specialized jobs
And modern mass organization
CARBON COPIES
Carbon copies, carbon, carbon copies...
Carbon copies, carbon, carbon copies...
Born with all the spit and polish
The family name could muster
Casting shadows in the light
Of the neighboring star cluster
The cobwebs of connections
Old money fuels that big head start
Your pick of prized professions
From corporate law to modern art
chorus:
Carbon copies, carbon, carbon copies and the numbers don't drop
Error, error, error upon error and the printer won't stop
Carbon copies, carbon, carbon copies pages black & white
Terror, terror, terror upon terror with no end in sight
bridge:
Carbon copy socialite
Imprinted with its pretty face
Such are the perks of taking breaths
At the right moment in time and space
Carbon copy business suit
Brain-dead brute gets a clothing line
Tailor-made to market the brand
Pushing hand-me-down white collar crime
Carbon copies, carbon, carbon copies...
Carbon copies, carbon, carbon copies...
Deep in all the grime and gravel
History's neglected kid
Playing catch up all your life
With Maslow's lofty pyramid
A mine field of directions
Sideline big plans for making good
Adult-like obligations
Weighing down a stolen childhood
(chorus)
bridge:
Carbon copy service job
Young lives fettered in retail chains
The nameless, faceless worker drone
Cheap labour as your life force drains
Carbon copy shooting spree
A copycat case of life gone wrong
Trials summed up in a sentence
To run consecutive life-terms long
(chorus)
fade out:
Carbon copies, carbon, carbon copies...
Error, error, error upon error...
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