Otep - Smash The Control Machine lyrics
Tracks 01. Rise Rebel Resist
02. Sweet Tooth 03. Smash The Control Machine 04. Head 05. Numb & Dumb 06. Oh, So Surreal 07. Run For Cover 08. Kisses & Kerosene 09. Unveiled 10. UR A WMN NOW 11. Serv Asat 12. Where The River Ends 13. I Remember 01. Rise Rebel Resist
Perfect little spouses
In perfect little houses Its family fun time Lets commit a hatecrime ...If I cant be loved, Then I'll be hated I'm disconnected I'm uninspired I'm burning in water I'm drowning in fire I'm trapped inside my mind Beneath these piles of stinking life You use this abuse to keep me conquered You're so absurdly common Vacant faces Brainless strangers Sputtering, stuttering insect language I'm the creature you created Everyday I grow jaded Calloused and exaspered If I'll never be loved Then I'll be hated I'm the one of the freaks, the faggots, the geeks, the savages, rouges, rebels, dissident devils, artists, martyrs, infidels... Do we sit still Under attack Or do we start pushing back? Never back up Never back down And Fight Rise, Rebel, Resist Rise, rebel, make a fist, resist Rise, rebel, resist Rise, rebel, make a fist, resist I'm human pollution I covet retribution I'm just a big mistake A defect you can subjugate Your ridicule is just typical antics Spineless, mindless, tragic, fanatic Puritan, bigot, lunatic, hypocrite To save my soul from disaster Self destruction could be the answer If I'll never be loved Then I'll be hated I'm the one of the freaks, the faggots, the geeks, the savages, rouges, rebels, dissident devils, artists, martyrs, infidels... Do we sit still Under attack Or do we start pushing back? Never back up Never back down And Fight Rise, Rebel, Resist Rise, rebel, make a fist, resist Rise, rebel, resist Rise, rebel, make a fist, resist Masochistic So sadistic All they see is another statistic Maybe I'm a misfit, maybe I'm different It will never be an average existence Masochistic So sadistic All they see is another statistic If I cant be loved Then I'll be hated Its family fun time Lets commit a hatecrime WAR WAR Rise, Rebel, Resist Rise, rebel, make a fist, resist Rise, rebel, resist Rise, rebel, make a fist, resist We are the freaks, the faggots, the geeks, the savages, rouges, rebels, dissident devils, artists, martyrs, infidels... Do we sit still Under attack Or do we start pushing back? Never back up Never back down And Fight WAR WAR 02. Sweet Tooth
I swear
By my sin-loving soul I can taste your sins All over me I see broken angels With splintered halos I'm the serpent Swallowed by the sun My gentle obsession with Corrupt nutrition I can taste the madness Dripping from your tongue Between the spaces to Scratch the itch My sins of excess Prove to me that I exist My lips drip Secrets of the flesh They fold into a blade And beg "make me wet" I can't help myself SWEET TOOTH Seduced by my obsession I'll build my own religion So I can taste the secret places That set you on fire You are my favorite Most dangerous Fascination Tempt me devil Teach me what you think I need Her fingers are Caesar Slowly conquering me We move like Buddhas Twisted in a silent scream Our souls explode And merge with the Shiva frequency The meat is sweet Is it love? or is it lies? To burn in the heat Of the fire in her eyes My lips drip A soft song of love and flesh That folds into a blade And begs "make me wet" I can't help myself SWEET TOOTH Seduced by my obsession I'll build my own religion So I can taste the secret places That set you on fire Tempt me Teach me Feed me Heal me I feel like being bad The tyrant of my desire A blushing rosebud begging To be plucked I feel like being.... Inside you baby It was an atomic testing site Explosive, corrosive But oh, what a delight They say the body's a temple And desires a sacrifice Devils speak, angels weep For my SACRED APPETITES Seduced by my obsession I'll build my own religion So I can taste the secret places That set you on fire Explosive, corrosive But oh, what a delight Devils speak, angels weep For my sweet tooth's sacrifice ...Take my temperature baby This is what you taste like When our souls collide I can conquer everything That defeats me in life Feed me Eat me Drink me Promise me I'll never be bored And I'll be yours tonight THIS IS WHAT YOU TASTE LIKE THIS IS WHAT YOU TASTE LIKE THIS IS WHAT YOU TASTE LIKE 03. Smash The Control Machine
(With the perfect hair
And the perfect wife And the perfect kids And the perfect life I can finally be somebody ...) Let's play born-again american, Resistance is the game! Two pigs wearing suits Brought the news That I'm wanted by the bank They say the rent is due Caesar's onto you So you better remember your place Then they outsourced my job And gave a raise to my boss Bailed out the banks But billed me for the loss They say we must submit And be one with the Machine Because the Kingdom of Fear Needs compliance to succeed So waterboard the kids for fun It's all the rage And play born-again American Resistance is the game SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE Work buy consume die SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE Happy little slaves for minimum wage The revolution will be monetized And streamed live via renegade wifi! The clinic said i'm sick Toxic... and impure But there isn't any cure For the poor or uninsured So we live our digital lives On multiple screens And we forget that The blood of the workers Grease the machines In the Psalm of the Fiends Love... discriminates While the fat cats feed the rats Their daily dose of cake So waterboard the kids for fun It's all the rage And play born-again American Resistance is the game SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE Work buy consume die SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE Happy little slaves for minimum wage SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE Work buy consume die SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE Haters betrayers liars and thieves America She sold her soul For designer clothes For the perfect lips And the perfect nose The winner in the end Always owns the most Reality tv told her so! Mammonites Money changer! Greedy bankers! This is the Peoples House! My minister has a sinister plan To save my soul with a credit card scam Exploitation is contagious For the selfish & self-inflated Start a war, use the poor, Watch our profits soar & soar We've become a nation of wolves Ruled by sheep Owned by swine Overfed & put to sleep And while the media elite Decrees what to think I am wide awake On the edge And on the brink So when Atlas Shrugs And The Fountainhead bleeds And when Wallstreet Apostles Preach a gospel of greed I'll renounce the fame of this gluttonous age And be a Born-again American Resistance is to Blame! SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE Work buy consume die SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE Happy little slaves for minimum wage SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE A nation of wolves - ruled by sheep! Exploitation is contagious Exploitation is contagious Exploitation! 04. Head
In that final look
Does the deer forgive the wolf? You've stolen my fascination You've smothered my holy addiction And now i'm soaked in you Like fat white worms & sad haikus I woke up And the world was on fire I woke up And the swine had conspired To erase all the faith That i have in the human race I woke up And the world was on fire It's all in your head It's all in your head They said i need to flee Are they shepherds? Or are they sheep? Are we the butchers? Or are we the meat? In this nest of lies Living a life under siege We sink in the stink And I need my disease It's all in your head They said i need to flee This neverending Ordinary monarchy Beneath the toxic water Where my secrets come to meet In catacombs of shadow And wet skies of mystery I found a soggy savior A painted lady made of eyes She sings to me, of my deceit... "Your life is a lie" I woke up And the world was on fire I woke up And the swine had conspired To erase all the faith That i have in the Human race I woke up And the world was on fire It's all in your head It's all in your head They said i need to flee Are they shepherds? Or are they sheep? Are we the butchers? Or are we the meat? In this nest of lies Living a life under siege We sink in the stink And I need my disease It's all in your head They said i need to flee This neverending Ordinary monarchy If we stand to still, They're gonna eat us alive! Watch your tongue, Teach them young... Medicate the mutiny. Better living through chemistry Self destruction's patriotic Money fixes everything Watch your tongue, Teach them young... We're taught To love and hate, To fight and obey... I've lost my mind, But i've found my way (In this nest of lies Every wall has eyes) It's all in your head It's all in your head They said i need to flee Are they shepherds? Or are they sheep? Are we the butchers? Or are we the meat? In this nest of lies Living a life under siege We sink in the stink And I need my disease It's all in your head They said i need to flee This neverending Ordinary monarchy 05. Numb & Dumb
I'm tired of being tired
Sick of being sick I'm tired of being tired Sick of being sick Erase & escape The meathooks of reality Erase & escape The meathooks of reality Lock the door Load your guns And pray for nothing ! (I don't care, I don't care I don't care, I don't care) And daddy's shooting smack And mama's smoking crack And teacher is a sex addict And preacher has a porn habit And sister's such a whore And my life is a bore Take your vitamins Whiten your teeth Comb your hair Know when to speak They say jesus was a masochist But maybe they said, pacifist... Sweet goddess of narcotics On my knees I pray Just give me one more dose And make it all go away Make me completely numb and dumb (Watch your tone, obey the law, Know when to bend, believe in god) I took his wife into my mouth Like a slice of wedding cake I went back for extra helpings & then I clean my plate Still covered in her yolk The wet drug of my addiction I'm nature's little criminal A selfish crucifixion Of sweet scarecrow in the sky You have all the answers But we will never die Sweet goddess of narcotics On my knees I pray Just give me one more dose And make it all go away Make me completely Numb and dumb I ran out the front door The devil's at the backdoor Whispering to the sea And above A black feathered sun Drunk on teenage meat I don't care, I don't care I don't care, I don't care Make me completely numb & dumb Medicate & sedate Pass the punishment I need another fix 06. Oh, So Surreal
I wish I didn't know
What I know I wish I could pretend Like they do If I could I would Smile and Forget And there's a child Out on the battlefield A pistol in each hand He trades a kill for a meal And it's oh, so surreal And it's oh, so surreal And there's a man Standing on top of a hill Screaming freedom for some But all others must kneel And it's oh, so surreal And it's oh, so surreal Apathy is so hip Everyone's doing it In your sterile life In your sterile life A little girl's lost On the streets of L.A. She complains about the sharks But plays the part of the prey And it's oh, so surreal And it's oh, so surreal And children Will go to sleep hungry tonight While our dumpsters overflow With our careless delights And it's oh, so surreal And it's oh, so surreal Apathy is so hip Everyone's doing it In your sterile life In your sterile life Apathy is so hip Everyone's doing it In your sterile life In your sterile life (Antiseptic ways) I don't care But I lie Never feel Never try Empty people Empty steeple If all the oppotunists And leaders of men Were forced to fight In the wars they begin If we could starve the rich And hurt the cruel If we could take revenge And leave it all in ruins What would you do ? What would you do ? What would you do If we did it to YOU ? Apathy is so hip Now, there's silence Now like the lips of the dead Now, there's silence Turning inside my head Smile and forget Pretend like they do Smile and forget Pretend like they do Apathy is so Everybody's doing it Apathy is so Everybody's doing it (And children Will go to sleep hungry tonight) 07. Run For Cover
You have 7 more seconds to decipher your life
Before my tongue becomes a blade & your brain gets sliced I warned you before I'm addicted to war I was preying for armageddon on the day I was born Incite & ignite Cried my muse Elevating IQ's as I enter the room It's elemental Defying gravity with these Lyrical miracles & street philosophies It's the chosen child Destroying idols like a pentium Processor, throw these rocks atcha I be the queen weaving dreams with supreme lectures Infect ya, lyrically dissect ya I got control of your soul so no gods can protect ya "You betcha" ! We can set ya free best believe that this tribe of mystery Was born and bred to conceive Brilliant galaxies of mind expanding poetry Enemies know it's me, armed with mental weaponry Ain't no testin' me, the tribe comes prepared to get live You're just a drone to the hive, ain't no way you'll survive Ravage Vanquish Mangle Destroy RUN FOR COVER RUN FOR COVER No one gets out alive RUN FOR COVER RUN FOR COVER No one gets out alive Ripped at the seams I destroy galaxies Word becomes flesh I bring nations to its knees So feel the blast as this broad casts Out any doubt that real rhymes last Its the voice of the apocalypse The god of war With Osiri's esophagus An omnivore Take you higher than the Krsna consciousness From gotham to metropolis the lesser gods eradicates the obvious We fight for all of us so get up off the ground Weapon systems armed it's about to go down It's for the crown ! Ravage Vanquish Mangle Destroy Run For Cover Run For Cover No one gets out alive Run For Cover Run For Cover No one gets out alive Craven ! There will be blood On my fists On your face On the ground around us This is pain Have to taste I'm addicted to the rush Of bruises & bloodstains Dark god in my veins I will hate it all away No, nothing will remain The enemy is me ! You weak, ineffectual plebe ! Even jesus worship me, I bow down to none Your little light is like a candle Trying to outshine the sun Run For Cover Run For Cover No one gets out alive Inside my mind Where heaven and hell collide You won't survive Suck ! And swallow your pride Suck ! And swallow pride No one gets out alive The enemy is me The enemy is me 08. Kisses & Kerosene
I wish
I could have you Here In my clutches To remove the excuses from your mind To part that haze and slice your soul to pieces To sing a lullaby as I tied you to the slab To shave your head with a dulling razor As you watch In the splattered mirror above you To break your ribs individually With a rock hammer To shatter your shin bones With a shovel To burn your fingers & toes To a necrotic black With liquid nitrogen To crack your teeth With a splintered club To pierce your limbs With a nail gun To silence your cries To laugh in your eyes To sharpen my favorite slicing device And take your arms ah the elbows To keep u alive For a few moments longer To smell your fear To cover your body With kisses & kerosene To watch u burn As my human sacrifice To hear you Scream in agony The popping Of your flesh Crackling As it cooks To feel your child smile The one u betrayed The one you took For nothing For selfishness ...In a Pefect world I would get My wish. 09. Unveiled
Isis, Ishtar,
Hecate, Kali Isis, Ishtar, Hecate, Kali Come to me... I'm sharpening my halo Into forest horns I've sanctifying pages In the protocols of war I've abolished your mythology And vaniquished all your gods I've liberated your women And cradicated your laws I put books in the temple To annihilate the lie I broke the bones of Kronos To restore what was mine Made of flame Made of mud I'm the many I'm the one All the children sing along Thank god for the atom bomb ...Thank god for the atom bomb Isis, Ishtar, Hecate, Kali I've got a splinter in my finger From carrying the cross I sleep on sheets of sulphur And dream of all we've lost I travel iron oceans Singing sinful songs To hypnotise & defy Sex-starved lonely gods I'm the woman clothed with the sun The moon beneath my feet I'm the silver spear of athena The tongue of kali Made of flame Made of mud I'm the many I'm the one All the children sing along Thank god for the atom bomb ...Thank god for the atom bomb Demon Daughter Monster Whore Obey Good little slave Better behave & watch the words you say Ownership laws apply You can break my bones with jagged stones But I will never comply Impotent breeder Flaccid leader Earth and snakes Fires and quakes What once was lost Will be replaced All that was All that is All that will ever be Shed the veil Shed the veil Unveiled 10. UR A WMN NOW
Stars litter the skies
The moon is shining high This soft September night Two lovers creep out of sight A maiden dressed in white with copper hair Restless for adventure She don't care That the wolf is in the skies She's been ensnared He got the devil in his eyes In stylish flare He shoves her to the ground Her soul begins to drown A sky full of eyes where the stars should be A sky full of eyes watching silently You're a woman now You've become a woman now The weight of the cradle has broken the bow You've become a woman now Mama woke me up at dawn She helped me get my best dress on She braided flowers in my hair So sweet was the summer air I'm to meet my groom down by the sea A perfect stranger to correct me The judges arrive in pairs of three Don't be scared Just relax and breathe 'Cause good girls hold real still Surrender your free will They cracked the crown to pluck the pearl Here on the jagged edge of the world You're a woman now You've become a woman now The weight of the cradle has broken the bow You've become a woman now Standing on the welfare line My daughter clinging to my side I see the faith in her eyes I whisper Baby, we will be just fine I'll get a good job And we'll find a new place We'll work real hard and we'll make our escape I promise you I'll get us through Together we will grow You're a woman now You've become a woman now The weight of the cradle has broken the bow You've become a woman now You're a woman now You've become a woman now You're a woman now You're a woman now 11. Serv Asat
To exterminate the plague
Coiling my brain I put the pen to the pad Until the madness drains Cuz words are colossal Aggressive not docile Infectious like a brothel No need to get hostile Calling all apostles United we stand They bleeding out they nostrils I'm wicked with hands Throwing vicious combinations Witness devastation I just fucked your soul Annihilation Feel the sensation Tickle & grow Spreading over your mind And taking control A noble savage on a rampage War is all that I know Feeding hungry heads Defeating all your heros Art saves Make the pain A weapon you can use Art saves Make the pain A weapon you can use From the moment I wake It rains grenades So I scribble on the page And reality fades I walk the scottish moors With pagans on forest floors Test the sacraments And conjure up thunderstorms I hunt with Cernunnos And dance with satyrs Conquer Rome in a day And battle armored invaders Infested with ticks This existence is shit All these traitors in the trees While the napalms drips Words burn their lips Like old roach clips Holy as I Infected by this Art saves Make the pain A weapon you can us Art saves Make the pain A weapon you can use Serv Asat I liberate the devils in my head Through the paragraphs crafted by my pen These demons drip on the page My blind multi-eyed children of rage I could took a bat to the back of his head Or dropped a napalm bomb on the bed as she slept But I split And wrote it down instead At least now you know Who you're fucking with I'm sick But I'm free You're weak And I'm built for the siege Burn Serv asat Art saves Make the pain A weapon you can use Art saves Make the pain A weapon you can use Serv Asat Serv Asat 12. Where The River Ends
Come
With me I will let you see with my words I will let you burn and observe But where I go You can only follow So close your eyes Open your mind ...And see Somewhere Out in the dark A car pulls up And parks And the passenger Shifts nervously in her seat And butterflies Flutter in her belly And the driver Shuts off the engine And moves a little close She giggles a little As he unbuttons her blouse She pushes him away And he whispers, "Aw baby, don't be that way. I took you out, I treated you right. Now, don't put up a fight. Come on. I only want to put the tip in. Don't fight, don't fight. come on. This is all your fault you know. Just relax, let me do what I gotta do And I'll let you go. Don't you love me? Don't you love me? Don't you love me? Breathe in deep A sea of desperate dreams I have no mouth And I must scream Brethe in deep A sea of desperate dreams I have no mouth... And somewhere In a normal neighborhood In a normal house A normal family Is falling part And down the hall The little ones hide Frozen as fossils As their mother cries Listening Now that the others have gone silent The walls blister As sister rises in defiance Here In the depths of the labyrinth She will make her mark She travels the cavern Searching for the Minotaur And she finds him Asleep in the heat Of his triumphs A sparkle of flame Flickers in hey eye She nudges him softly And says, "Daddy, wanna give me a try?" And he rumbles a roar, "You must lick honey from a thorn If you are to survive this night" And she says, "no, I'd rather pick a fight." And he reaches out and she's on the attack And he's face down and she straddles his back And she has the moonlight fades from his eyes She sighs, "Come on, what's the matter ?" Don't you love me? Don't you love me? Don't you love me? Breathe in deep A sea of desperate dreams I have no mouth And I must scream Breathe in deep A sea of desperate dreams I have no mouth AND I MUST SCREAM ! What we are You too will become Liberated children Of a bloody-hungry god Sedition ! They used to HANG women like me, Strange fruit of the poplar tree ! They used to OWN women like me, Necessary accessories ! They use to BURN women like me, To quell the fires of liberty In the blessed fertile orescent, They still stone women like me ! And one day you will say Just look at her now ! ...And as everything fades to black ...And as the jackals laugh in the aftermath I'm not yours anymore 13. I Remember
Who's there?
Who's there? And I remember Flashes of laughter And lunatics Seductive propaganda Scrollnig across my mind Like guerilla cinema. Belts and wooden spoons Flies in the afterbirth And crawling on linoleum kitchens And cracked porclein sinks stuffed with Dirty dishes. The early morning anxiety of gradeschool dark stockings to hide curses. Secret friends and festive holidays And everyone in their sunday best Pretending to like each other. For generations and generations of Sad mistakes. Stealing away in the dead of night to Escape the stiff jawed henchmen in the hungry trucks Of an angry landlord miles and miles away. Impatient and understanding Waking on the side of the road Hissing radiator hoses cracked like Burned skin. Days so hot the nuclear holocaust would've felt like siberian blizzard. And I remember The first time I felt it alive inside me Turning the deadweight Moving within the folds of its winged embrace Opening and sliding those black feathers Inches at a time. Those feet Pushing and digging into the membrane To find its comfort or to relieve pressure from one of those stagnant staces Where one of its limbs had gone numb. And I remember night Listening to it hum Feeling it move in its mysteries Cleaning its feathers for hours And I remembr this And I know I never had a chance. There's never any escaping it. |