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I woke drowning in my bed I thought I must be dreaming
No one saw me, I was lost, and nobody heard me screaming
Newsman yak yak cracks a joke says find your bed of clover
You got no reason to work for someone, God is dead, and life means nothing
I ran to the shed for my tent and hacksaw and saw that I was bleeding
The sky turned red I thought I’m dead what is this that I’m feeling
I catch my breath and look around me nobody else is freaking
Count to fifty count to fifty wait for sunrise count to fifty
The world is going to end tomorrow
The world is going to end tomorrow
Don't talk back get in line you know they’ll take your money every time
The world is going to end tomorrow
I don’t need shares in crypto-manna and I ain’t gonna be no hoarder
I don’t wanna stockpile guns and ammo go cruising at the border
Keep your mouth shut - when you’re near me I don’t care what you’re thinking
I know who I am and what I’m doing you can’t change my mind so just stop trying
The world is going to end tomorrow
The world is going to end tomorrow
Don't talk back get in line you know they’ll take your money every time
The world is going to end tomorrow
The world is going to end tomorrow
The world is going to end
The world is going to end
The world is going to end tomorrow
Tomorrow, tomorrow
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Head on a Stick
04:04
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At the trial of the century, it all went down
You was dressed up in a suit but underneath it still a clown
We watched you hide from the camera while the lawyers did their thing
You sent your friends down the river, we all heard you sing
Yeah, you think you’re cool but your head’s on a stick
They wanted to believe you they wanted to believe you
All hail to thief now you got no power
We saw your world fall apart in your finest hour
Now you know it’s not a game
Let the children know your name
Yeah, you think you’re cool but your head’s on a stick
They wanted to believe you they wanted to believe you
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Fire Below
03:23
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[Verse 1]
See the western winds unfold
All up along that road
The weather man didn’t see that coming
They stormed the beach from a blood red sea
All up along that road
Drained the banks and kept on running
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Kill them in their slumber
Turn your back on their past
This revolution has to be the last
[Chorus 1]
Fire Below
Fire Below
Fire Below
Fire Below
[Verse 2]
Dropping their gold as they run and hide
All up along that road
There’s more to life than stealing money
Read out the ledger and hunt them down
All up along that road
Ask the hungry if they think it’s funny
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Kill them in their slumber
Turn your back on their past
This revolution has to be the last
[Chorus 2]
Fire Below
Fire Below
Fire Below
Fire Below
[Chorus 3]
Fire Below
Fire Below
Fire Below
Fire Below
Fire Below
Fire Below
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How Does It Feel?
04:31
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[Verse 1]
Billy boy, silly boy living in a tree
The people of the town just wouldn’t let him be
Pull him out run him down tell him that it’s fun
Billy let them have it with his grand daddy’s gun
[Verse 2]
Mayor gets the sheriff and a vigilante crew
Met up in the church and decided what to do
Smoke him out string him up shoot him in the knee
Tie him to a rock and then throw him in the sea
[Chorus 1]
Can you see them scatter when he stands up tall
Hands all shaking, boots all quaking
Can you hear them weep can you hear them wail
Waiting for the rain to fall
[Verse 3]
Sheriff says get the dogs looking at his map
I’ll get him in my hand, I’m gonna get him in a trap
Billy took the river bank and headed into town
Soon made sure he burned it to the ground
[Chorus 2]
Can you see them scatter when he stands up tall
Hands all shaking, boots all quaking
Can you hear them weep can you hear them wail
Waiting for the rain to fall
[Bridge]
They turned him into a soldier boy
And the newspaper called him a monster
[Verse 4]
Billy walk, Billy fly, Billy ran away
Found another tree and there he’ll stay
He’ll dance on your eye when you’re looking at the moon
Eats all the light when you walk in the room
[Chorus 3]
Can you see them scatter when he stands up tall
Hands all shaking, boots all quaking
Can you hear them weep can you hear them wail
Waiting for the rain to fall
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You Have to Believe It
02:48
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Intro]
Golden days how I love to stay and colour my history brown
The olden days seem so misty when you hide all the the things that bring you down
[Verse 1]
Oh come on baby don’t you say it’s so
There is no reason that you have to go
It’s so much better when we’re not alone
You have to believe it
[Verse 2]
What can i say or do to make you stay
The world is getting darker every day
Why can’t you see it any other way?
You have to believe it
[Verse 3]
You say it’s broken and you want it to die
But cannot justify the reason why
We heard your story but we know it’s a lie
You have to believe it
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The Sailing Song
02:45
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[Verse 1]
I come from away on a silver sail
Through typhoons snow and wind and hail
You can’t stop me heading where I will go
I’m coming in to shore I’m dying just to meet you
[Verse 2]
Captain said beware that glow it’ll bring you death on the rocks below
The sirens call will bewitch your soul
But here I am - dying just to meet you
[Bridge]
See me here while my heart is still beating
Take me now and I’ll be yours forever more
Gabbay gabby — can you hear me now?
[Verse 3]
I woke up broken and woke up dead
The boys took turns pouring poison in my head
We’re heading out to sea and i’m locked in a box
This much I know I’m still dying just to meet you
[Outro]
Yeah, I’m never going to meet you
Yeah, I’m never going to meet you
Yeah, I’m never going to meet you
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Rat Silo Vancouver, British Columbia
Rat Silo: /ratˈsīlō/
noun
1. Sonically prodigious contusive post-rockpunk methodically devised and
surgically executed by four entirely disparate humans and their electronically enhanced acoustic output machines.
2. Jim Newton: Guitar and Vocals, Don Binns: Bass, Erkan Gencol: Loops and Noises, Sean Stubbs: Drums.
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