Modernity Lyrics
(selections)
Life
Sex
Death
Breath
TV and broadband
My execution has gone wireless
Digging a hole in my head
Six feet down to bury something
A man who looks like me
Wants to lower me in
All the stars aligned
Moonlight breakthrough
Acquisitions
Mounting spatial limitations
Time trapped and accumulating
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Four days of trying on this scene
Four days of dying on this screen
You spent a lifetime
Trying to be a human being
Fall down now
It’s the only thing you can do
And we’re all just like you
We’re the loosing side
We’re all done
And we can’t hide
Back in the back
This is the way
This is how we
Fall today
Back in the back
This is the taste
This is how you
Fill your face
This world is a disgrace
No grace
No redemption
No fucking intercession
---
It makes me want to kill
It makes me want to die
It makes me feel dead
It’s how I feel alive
You make my fingers bleed
You make me crawl
You give me what I need
You make me whole
It’s a terrible way to be
Alone in this generation of me
With no hope to be seen
I just stare into the screen
And bleed
And feed
My need
My greed
---
Another moment passes by
Another when you fucking die
Another precious darling lie
Another needle in this eye
And I fend for my own
Look at my face
Take my place
Peel my eyes
And peer inside
Another try to wash away
Water on this fucking stain
“Out damned spot!” I want to shout
But the blood never washes out
Look at my face
Take my place
Peel my eyes
And peer inside
I understand as little as I can
Just you fucking wait
It’s all the same
We’re all to blame
This is our shame
---
When I look into your eyes
I feel like a god
When I listen to your lies
I feel like a dog
This is the modern world
This is the future now
This is the present day
This is the where, the when, the why, and the how
This is the modern world
Of multiple actors
With multiple aims
In multiple times
At all times the same
This is our time
And this world is a crime
It’s a waste when they waste you
…Discard you
…Replace you
Feeling like an atom bomb
Bleeding like a god
Fearing my own silence
I am lost
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I woke up the other day
And I was feeling that other way
That other way that’s less than OK
The same way I feel every day
I crawled out of my bed
I didn’t want to leave
I splashed some water on my head
And forced myself to believe
To believe in a reason for all of this
To believe… To believe…
To believe that I have some external reason why
Why… Why…
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Life is a lot like death you know
Life is a lot like dying, even though
We wish that it wasn’t, it really is
In fact, that’s all it is
A slow… or fast, process of dying
As soon as we’re born we begin
And that’s the end
A joke that gives up its punchline, right from the get-go
---
You know exactly what’s on my mind
You know all the right things to say
You know how to make me feel alright
You know how to make me feel OK
(selections)
Life
Sex
Death
Breath
TV and broadband
My execution has gone wireless
Digging a hole in my head
Six feet down to bury something
A man who looks like me
Wants to lower me in
All the stars aligned
Moonlight breakthrough
Acquisitions
Mounting spatial limitations
Time trapped and accumulating
---
Four days of trying on this scene
Four days of dying on this screen
You spent a lifetime
Trying to be a human being
Fall down now
It’s the only thing you can do
And we’re all just like you
We’re the loosing side
We’re all done
And we can’t hide
Back in the back
This is the way
This is how we
Fall today
Back in the back
This is the taste
This is how you
Fill your face
This world is a disgrace
No grace
No redemption
No fucking intercession
---
It makes me want to kill
It makes me want to die
It makes me feel dead
It’s how I feel alive
You make my fingers bleed
You make me crawl
You give me what I need
You make me whole
It’s a terrible way to be
Alone in this generation of me
With no hope to be seen
I just stare into the screen
And bleed
And feed
My need
My greed
---
Another moment passes by
Another when you fucking die
Another precious darling lie
Another needle in this eye
And I fend for my own
Look at my face
Take my place
Peel my eyes
And peer inside
Another try to wash away
Water on this fucking stain
“Out damned spot!” I want to shout
But the blood never washes out
Look at my face
Take my place
Peel my eyes
And peer inside
I understand as little as I can
Just you fucking wait
It’s all the same
We’re all to blame
This is our shame
---
When I look into your eyes
I feel like a god
When I listen to your lies
I feel like a dog
This is the modern world
This is the future now
This is the present day
This is the where, the when, the why, and the how
This is the modern world
Of multiple actors
With multiple aims
In multiple times
At all times the same
This is our time
And this world is a crime
It’s a waste when they waste you
…Discard you
…Replace you
Feeling like an atom bomb
Bleeding like a god
Fearing my own silence
I am lost
---
I woke up the other day
And I was feeling that other way
That other way that’s less than OK
The same way I feel every day
I crawled out of my bed
I didn’t want to leave
I splashed some water on my head
And forced myself to believe
To believe in a reason for all of this
To believe… To believe…
To believe that I have some external reason why
Why… Why…
---
Life is a lot like death you know
Life is a lot like dying, even though
We wish that it wasn’t, it really is
In fact, that’s all it is
A slow… or fast, process of dying
As soon as we’re born we begin
And that’s the end
A joke that gives up its punchline, right from the get-go
---
You know exactly what’s on my mind
You know all the right things to say
You know how to make me feel alright
You know how to make me feel OK