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Pseudomerica

by Fallen Keys

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1.
E Pluribus Nihil 00:32
2.
Critical Mass 01:10
3.
Persuasive Delirium 05:07
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Persuasive delirium from the drawn open mouths of the polarized ostracized criticized stigmatized masses the parasites feeding on conspiracies voraciously the monoglot populace speaking in tongues cursing the very ground on which they babble incoherently it’s a shame no one else hears a sound the inanity is as plain as can be social lepers still holding fallen scabs over their eyes forked tongues whisper lullabies into stolen cradles the confluence of faith and hearsay the vestigial minds on display the dissonance in resonance one sympathetic vibration the same tired chain linking this to that has rusted and now the creeps have lockjaw conflicted resolution tear the writing from the page and run headfirst into the wall injected virus of the mind infectious bacterium persuasive delirium strawmen pissing in the well the runoff has the rest of us fevered and we’re sweating blood Occam’s razor begging to slit your throat and cut you short and end this nationwide psychotic breakdown militants with persecution complexes the enlightened bleating like sheep an audience for the fundamentally insane a coalition of the belligerently ignorant peddling the demonstrably false as the absolute truth evolution is slowing down
4.
Anti-Social Media 01:50
5.
w0rd str8 04:11
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Force-fed impressions banned with audience redefinitions Witness to the splintered viral vision of the rule of law The incessant obsolescent static perceptions White noise concatenates the strings that pull the puppet’s jaw Fractions subtractions subdivisions Deviation derivation remainders dividends Irrationality extrapolation Binary product the subset yields Mantra for media consensual consolidation Invective space monotony refined Truth without traction a constant distraction The cross-channel manipulation breach disturbs the peace of mind Factions retractions inaction dismissal Social astigmatism monetary eyes Self-interest sustenance peddled like smut Repeal of judgment over rule Programmed minds anesthetized Corrupted by the system’s shortened sight Curated lives commercialized One preoccupied people repeating all the lies Ignorance = Strength Dissent = Treason Personal liberty is the enemy of freedom
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[Sponsored Content] 00:38
7.
Rawhide 06:24
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A seven-second delay for your three-second attention span It’s not what it means, it’s how you're meant to understand Sold out for nothing because the product is free All bought off by gadgets and books you don’t have to read You think the man who’s worth eight figures knows how you feel Hands ground to the bone cling gratefully to the raw end of the deal The symbol-minded swallow each meme of the day Told to be thankful for what’s been taken away Yet still believing the promises made and already broken outside of the warrantee Prescriptions take the edge off this American Dream But we’re all to some extreme Bound by the established belief That the ends justify the deceit Participatory neglect, this pill will fix everything No need to repeat the questions that no one’s answering Nine to five, five to ten, accepting the guilty plea Because facts are opinions and reality is what you watch on TV The aggregated, medicated, uninformed, opinionated The isolation generation inheriting a broken nation The healthy wealthy one percent, the myopic establishment Anachronistic, jingoistic, selfish, helpless, fat, complacent The polish slowly wearing off this American Dream And we’re caught somewhere between The visions and the life we’ve achieved The masses still line up behind those with whom they agree Embrace the four-year policy: Changing three hundred sixty degrees Bigger guns and longer wars and fewer rights and lower bars and cheaper work and longer hours more criminals taking what’s ours and deeper debt the more that’s spent and more blank checks for fatter heads and flashing lights and warning signs and opioids and suicides less ownership more corporate ties bankrolling domestic spies perspective’s lost as time goes by and rags to rags to rags to rags to rags
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Regression to the Mean 01:12
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The Eliminationists 05:22
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Crawling out through the rot in the woodwork The infestation begins to breach Buried in the dark crevices multiplying A fertile breeding ground for the senseless hive Cradling their incestuous thoughts Self-assured insanity sumptuously Tearing at the social fabric Divisions divide while the lies multiply The venom rushes to fill the vacuum Paranoia personified Irrationality technologically sustained This foundation will collapse If the infection cannot be contained Yes, denial goes down smooth, so who will take the first shot? Three cheers to giving your future the detriment of the doubt So close your eyes and repeat your affirmations instead Somehow you’ve managed to convince yourself that is not a threat Anger mirrors anger Violence stems from hate Silence only burdens The overwhelming strain Anger mirrors anger Violence triggers hate Silence only strengthens Resistance stokes the flames Anger mirrors anger Violence propagates Extermination? – Is there no other way?
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Expiring Minds Want to Know! 06:50
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Lights, camera, action - cue the latest distraction It’s a 24/7 free press inaction A carnival of pernicious attractions It’s a three-ring circus in the name of balance Insulate isolate collectively decompensate The television set is more than ready to accommodate Politicians bloviate, the lap dogs salivate for the Advocates and surrogates of hypocrite candidates The news cycle spins it again Over and over again Manufacturing Consent, kindling for the discontent Revisionism, patriotism, cover for the worst intent Venerate corroborate keep their talking heads on straight Follow the dollars and find no sense Banalyze - Paralyzed Corporatize (Corporate ties) - Privatized Commercialize (Commercial lies) - Insight (Incite) Hollowing minds toward their ends Minimizing dissent Holding your face to the fire Expiring minds want to know! Irate, inane, inflamed Sources conform This is the new reality No substitutions Irate, inane, inflamed Sources conform This is the new reality Pay no mind to the disillusion The dissolution Report distort purport to be objective while just toeing the bottom line Consort exhort support the heads of state calculating obviating Dictate conflate obfuscate misstate disseminate Cowering sycophantic leeches keeping their thumbs on the pulse of a rotting corps Tune in, tune out, commercial break Tune in, turn off, can’t look away Buy in, buy out, two minutes hate Tune in, tune out, commercial break Tune in, tune out, it’s too late Turn off, it’s too late, it’s too late Hollowing minds toward their ends
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Moment of Xenophobia 01:29
12.
Gearground 02:44
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Comply One voice in one world drowned by all the rest lost Machine logic consumed by one blind irrational mind There’s no fear found in robotic life The pressure makes the ties that bind grow strong Indifferent to all that has been lost Individuality reduced to debris Shut up you’ve been shut down You’ve never been free Scream The gears grind on tirelessly The motion’s permanence The energy simplicity Exacted purity Now feel the push The crushing force that bends the will that questions All-consuming Spirit-breaking Contortion, coercion of the mind Justify internalize the inherent lies Scream The gears grind on tirelessly The motion’s permanence The mediocrity Dream Nothing stops the machinery Perpetual intensity Complicity identity The faceless machine
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#diesiræ 00:53
14.
For a Muse of Fire 03:56
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Judgment rendered nothing’s safe The walls are crumbling down around So let’s pour gas upon the flames Disillusioned minds unite, collective punishment’s the price to be paid Revelations came too late and no one’s got a better idea Burn it to the ground Break it, take it down And the weak shall inherit this scorched earth Reduced to original cinders smoldering on the ground There’s no redemption for this reprobation Burn it to the ground Break it, take it down Burn it to the ground Tear it, tear it down It takes a village to raise a village to burn the village to save the village It takes a village to raze a village It takes a village to raze a village to the ground Burn it to the ground Break it, take it down Burn it to the ground Tear it, tear it down Just let it all burn
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Caveat Emptier 00:31
16.
Freedumb (w0rd str8-bit Reprise) 02:50
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Freedom!
17.
Post Enragement Post Engagement 01:16

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released May 20, 2022

All songs by Fallen Keys, except:
Persuasive Delirium, w0rd str8, Rawhide, Expiring Minds, Freedumb by Fallen Keys and Matt K
Gearground, The Eliminationists by Fallen Keys, Matt K, and Davey Miller
For a Muse of Fire by Fallen Keys, JJ Sticks

Recorded and produced by Fallen Keys
Mixed and Mastered by Matt Dougherty

Guitar, bass, drum programming, vocals by Fallen Keys
Gang vocals by Davey Miller and Mark Braham
Djembe on the Eliminationists by Bailey Ryan
Additional drum programming on Gearground and the Eliminationists by Davey Miller

Additional gang vocals by these Fiverr sellers: kyleebrielle, koddbiz, egotherapie, slopperdrop, grantbenker, fspreadborough, dougdulaney, jessemichaelfis

Additional voiceover work by these Fiverr sellers: bill_mehner, aaliceh, shinanagan, anthonymarantz, ayannagallantvo, kabanarecordsve, chuckfresh, aleacosta1210, bberman, dljohnston, cormacbren, aharshfield

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