LIBERATION! OR DAMNATION!

by T0SKA

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1.	st. aaron and the dragon 04:12	lyrics	buy track
It’s too horrible here, I can’t stand it Baby, I can’t hear myself scream Too much blood in this world Smells like gasoline Maybe I’ll light it all up tomorrow A better world is waiting for you, not so far Say you want it, say you need it, how much? Liberation or damnation, choose one It’s time that you learn, yeah You’ve got to resist to exist is to burn Now baby, I know we can do better than that Give me another chance, help me prove it to you Nobody ever said revolution was easy to do I said St. Aaron, give me warmth Shine a light, tell me something He said better to burn alive than in hell And you’ve got to burn something Now, don’t you? Well, A better world is waiting for you, not so far Say you want it, say you need it, how much? Liberation or damnation, choose one It’s time that you learn, yeah You’ve got to resist to exist is to burn I see what I want, so I like what I see Don’t you know who I am? Who called the pleasure police? I want what I want and I want it for free I’ve no choice but to choose all what’s choicest for me I eat everything I see, and I see you Better to burn alive A better world is waiting for you, not so far Say you want it, say you need it, how much? Liberation or damnation, choose one It’s time that you learn, yeah You’ve got to resist to exist is to burn
2.	never in line (feat. Tetchy) 03:47	lyrics	buy track
I’ve fallen to my knees I’ve fallen out of trees I’ve fallen in love I’ve fallen from grace I’ve made a face fall further than I knew a face could fall I’ll never fall in line I’ll never fall in line I’ve stepped out I’ve stepped on toes I two stepped in Texas when I was young I’ve stepped to the beat of a demon’s drum more than once I’ve stepped up I’ll never step in line I’ll never step in line Any place, any time, anything but never in line I’ve gotten lucky I’ve gotten down And I’m getting older, but I get around I was starting to think I might never get this down But then I got it, I got up again I get it now I’ll never get in line I’ll never get in line Any place, any time, anything but never in line
3.	you can't rollerskate in a watermelon patch 04:39	lyrics	buy track
You can go where you want, you can see whom you choose You can cry all night like a kid if you want to Car parked, phone dropped, on the floor Tell me babe, doesn’t anybody dream anymore? Go far, get high Go slow, ghost your goodbyes Go hard, get wise You could fall forever and never fall through Every breath is new Do what you want to do Every breath under the sun is a precious one But you can’t rollerskate in a watermelon patch Get the fuck out now don’t ever come back You can sing, you can dance You can act out like a queen, swing a brick Go home sick of the scene you made tonight instead of your bed today Do it all again tomorrow Fuck up, fuck off, get lost Get more than by Try hard, too hard You could fall forever and never fall through The moon is always new again Do what you want to do Every breath under the sun is a precious one But you can’t rollerskate in a watermelon patch Get the fuck out now don’t ever come back Please don’t stand on ceremony – me, I never do If we’re telling the truth I hate you, and all my cool friends hate you too Trials, troubles, tribulations We’re nearing the end of times this time God’s in heaven, sun’s in the sky And I’ve never seen so many dead babies in my life Every breath under the sun is a precious one Every breath under the sun But you can’t rollerskate in a watermelon patch I said you can’t rollerskate in a watermelon patch Oh no, you can’t rollerskate in a watermelon patch Get the fuck out now don’t ever come back Every breath under the sun is a precious one
4.	the afterlife 05:29	lyrics	buy track
Welcome to the dark side of the room Some nights I’m just over the moon Stupid still Nowhere left to go but the end of the tunnel Nothing left to do but go on a little longer ‘cause the world outside is over Oh, and only just begun I never longed after an afterlife But here we are after all Where every moment really lasts forever No way, no how could I turn my back on the light I’ve seen now There’s nowhere else, I won’t go No, no, no If there’s still time before I die and after I’m done Don’t hold on It’s just my afterlife I’m taking a long view A really, really, really long view Long enough to see you sacrifice your soul So that I could learn something awful Long enough to feel sorrow, but not sorry Because the world outside is fallen And the world inside is, too I never knew it before, but I know now it’s true It’s someone’s hell being you Do you feel them burning? Where everything happens at once and out of order And everything counts in any amount No way, no how could I turn my back on the light I’ve seen now There’s nowhere else, I won’t go No, no, no If there’s still time before I die and after I’m done Don’t hold on It’s just my afterlife No way, no how could I turn my back on the light I’ve seen now There’s nowhere else, I won’t go No, no, no If there’s still time before I die and after I’m done Don’t hold on It’s just my afterlife
5.	tomorrow, a portal 03:01	lyrics	buy track
O night sky, surround me In your embrace I wait Tomorrow, a portal Take me where I belong I know you will What light breaks through that window? Who calls me from the door? Sweet chariot, is that you? Swing just a little lower now Was that hope who sprang eternal? What brings me to my knees this day? What awful thing your hands have made In all your infinite wisdom Nothing known and everything in time Who sings there in those trees? Whose name is that I struggle to breathe Between the devil and a deeper, bluer sea? What star still shines over Brooklyn To egg me on my wayward way? A vague and everlasting light Just like a fishhook in the eye A vague and everlasting light O night sky, surround me In your embrace I wait Tomorrow, a portal Take me where I belong I know you will
6.	trouble every day 02:31	lyrics	buy track
Say what you mean, or don’t say nothing at all Why even waste your breath on less than blood On your hands, on your knees Get down, make yourself useful Inch for inch, pound for pound Everybody knows what’s going around Mouth to mouth, town to town Everybody knows where the east wind blows And nobody can hold it back no how Say what you mean, or it don’t mean a thing Waste your own time, why don’t you Love me like you used to do? I know, I know, I know, I know you want to Ash to ash, dust to dust Everybody knows we’re rising up Easy go, kingdom come Victory is here soon enough But critically not yet, so near Come closer Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen Nobody knows my sorrow Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen Glory hallelujah Liberation or damnation Liberation or damnation
7.	get right 03:39	lyrics	buy track
Hey you, little bird—yes you, the stupid one This nest is a temporary structure Just like the egg was a temporary structure Your body is only a temporary structure Don’t get so attached The void giveth and the void taketh away Identify with nothing Learn to love everyone If it can be constructed it can be more than dismantled What the truth doesn’t save it unequivocally destroys So get right Are you there, idiot? It’s me, GOD How does one love an enemy? I ask the fucking questions here You listen and respond What do you want? When do you want it? WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHEN DO YOU WANT IT? CHANGE! JUST FUCKING CHANGE! IT’S NOT THAT HARD, NOTHING IS BUT YOU WILL NEVER BECOME FREE BY SIMPLE MEANS OF ESCAPE RESISTANCE IS FREEDOM THAT’S IT! THAT’S ALL YOU GET! YOU WANNA LOVE YOUR FUCKING ENEMY? RESIST THEM Get right
8.	it ain't easy 02:50	lyrics	buy track
Trouble all the time, struggle all my life If you want it, love don’t come easy Trouble all the time, struggle all my life If you want it, love don’t come easy So I run to the sea, it was boiling I cried out hide me, oh GOD Then I run to the river, it was bleeding I called out help me, oh GOD So I run to the LORD Please hide me, LORD Don’t you see me praying? Don’t you see me down here praying? But the Lord said go to the Devil The Lord said run to the Devil So I ran and the Devil was waiting I cried power, Lord (power, Lord) Up come power, Lord (power, Lord) I cried power, Lord (power, Lord) Up come power, Lord (power Lord) Trouble all the time, struggle all my life If you want it, love don’t come easy Trouble all the time, struggle all my life If you want it, love don’t come easy
9.	LORD, SEND ME A SONG 06:48	lyrics	buy track
LORD send me a song, I’m dying here Right where you left me to do just that I’ve been at it years Ring around the cemetery Clothe me like a lily, Daddy Tell me something not only I can hear Please Whisper in my ear LORD send me a song, I’m dying here And so is everyone I know I thought I saw you at my window Was it just a dove? Up above, it must be easy feeling loved Not so below, so Send me a song just so I know Say maybe there’s no earthly salvation, baby Keep your eyes to the sky And an ear to the ground Your hands busy My name in your mouth Come on, give it to me, glory hallelujah Say maybe there’s no earthly salvation, baby Keep your eyes to the sky And an ear to the ground Your hands busy My name in your mouth Come on, give it to me, glory hallelujah
10.	the practice of nonsuffering 08:20	lyrics	buy track
Late at night, break of dawn Brokenhearted and brittle-boned Breaking down at breakneck speed Home broken into pieces in my teeth And in those depths of dark despair A black hole broke open a desperate door to nowhere I’ve been there since But I’ve been seeing signs and dreaming dreams I’m down on my knees Lord knows I’ve always wanted to believe It gets so hard to wait and see Don’t you love me? Don’t I deserve that much, at least? I know, know, know, know I won’t, won’t, won’t be stuck here forever And I know, know, know, know I won’t, won’t, won’t find what I need Everybody goes to heaven, but never for free You don’t know how hard it is to need you Done me so wrong, hurt me so good Like every love song ever sung come true And I just don’t know what to do I’m looking to you Just this last time So don’t let me down, baby I’m begging you I’ve been seeing signs and dreaming dreams I’m down on my knees Lord knows I’ve always wanted to believe It gets so hard to wait and see Don’t you love me? Don’t I deserve that much, at least? I know, know, know, know I won’t, won’t, won’t be stuck here forever So just take me home, I know that you hear me I know it, I know it I know, know, know, know I won’t, won’t, won’t find what I need Everybody goes to heaven, but never for free