Vocals; Alto Saxophone; Soprano Saxophone; Clarinet; Bass Clarinet; Electric Cello; Midi Pipe Organ; Synthesizer; Electric Guitar; Drum Programming.

Lyrics

Carrot or the stick, the state determines which
But the stick lands a fearsome blow when wielded by pricks
Talking heads on TV
100 for a dime
Saying show me the person, I’ll show you the crime

Dissent is met with violence on city streets
They’ll gun down those who do not admit defeat
They suckle the teat of authority
Like some infantile whore
For immunity to mete out their gore

Take me away / take me away
From the pantomime of strongmen they imitate
Take me away, ay hey / take me away, baby
Time to flee the stream of lies that will not abate

The maps they’ve drawn set the outcome of every vote
Yet we act out the charade like it’s the antidote
The carcass of the shining star
Which used to be our guide
Gets trotted out and painted to disguise that it’s hollowed inside

The bonds of our union dissolve and run off like rain
The poison that fills the void will make you insane
Mocking insistence of benevolence
Can’t hide their naked desires
As we take our waiting place in the grave of empires

Take me away / take me away
From the pantomime of strongmen they imitate
Take me away, uh hu / take me away, lover
Time to flees the stream of lies that will not abate

Make it stop
Make it stop
Make it stop
Make it stop
Stop

The sea roils

The sea is roiling
Far away from this place
A black, roiling force beyond all control
It ignores all of us

Beyond the state, beyond all need
Beyond hunger and beyond our conception of free
The sea slams against shores, the sea slams against stone
And I know this is the place for me

Slam against me, dissolve my skin
A force unimaginable, again and again
Strip away my flesh, carry away each atom
Take muscle, take blood, take organ, take bone

Take me into the vast expanse of the universe
Take away my consciousness and all my needs
I am you, I am you, ceaseless, it never ends
I am beyond all control, a force with no end

The force cannot be controlled
The force cannot be controlled
The force cannot be controlled
The force cannot be controlled

I am nothing
I am nothing
I am nothing
I am nothing

Show me the person
Show me the person
I’m already gone

Ah ah I’m already gone
Ah ah I’m already gone
Ah ah I’m already gone
Ah ah I’m already gone

Save us
Save us