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They come to the house with the silver light
Illuminate and return my sight
So I can see what you want me to see
So I can be what you want me to be
In the darkness in the mind
There’s a place that you must find
It seems so close and yet so far
Out of reach
I have been waiting oh so long for this
Chance that I might see
That I might see this place tonight
900 Crystal Drive
Receding into your mind
It seems so close and yet so far
Out of reach
A street so familiar
But it can’t
No it can’t be
I’ve been waiting so long
For this chance that I might see this place
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Execute
03:33
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You have sworn your body
We will choose your subjects
You will serve your nation
As we choose to dictate
I can help you to meet your task
A pill will help you to detach
With this compound you will be free
Of all human empathy
I don’t want to feel
It’s not my job to think
It’s not my place to know
What it is that I’ve become
When I feel the substance flow
Execute what I’m told
I know no wrong, I feel no
Right to follow orders
Neutralize the target
Refusal of your dosage
Is an act of treason
Someone told me that you had doubts
I’m here to help you figure it out
Tell me where you feel the pain
And I will have your dosage changed
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Cold (Inside My Love)
03:12
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Rooted deep in abandoned Space
Drifting through forgotten place
Because it’s cold inside my love
Touching heat in a quiet hour
I am programmed to know my power
But it’s cold inside my love
When you’re aging, and you’re expiring
I will act on what’s in my wiring
Because it’s cold inside my love
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Sundome
03:04
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Simmons and I are all that’s left
We have no home to turn to
Electrical madness
Terror and sadness
Unstoppable rain
Simmons I know it’s hard to hear
When Venus tries to drown you
Flowing and streaming
It’s hard to keep dreaming
Of the waiting Sun
I didn’t hear the shot ring out
But I know I’m now alone
I must keep moving
I know I’m losing
The will to find the Sundome
Another five minutes is all I can take
Before the water takes me
What’s on the horizon?
Is a new day arising?
I see a yellow glow
Sliding and scraping
My body is aching
To once more feel the Sun
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5. |
Only For the Money
03:26
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You’re waiting to die
Every day feels like chasing some mirage
Living to get high
But you realize that don’t work every time
Try and you try
But nothing goes your way and you’re never satisfied
You’re never satisfied
“I see you,” says the Big Man,
In his shining suit
And his leather boots
He knows you would do anything
But not just for anything
Only for the money
Hot pants
Fake romance
Gold lace
With a pretty face
Dead streets
Dirty sheets
Where will you sleep tonight?
Any place is good if you pay the right price
You will sweat
Because you know that’s it’s worth it in the end
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Chemical Children
03:26
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There’s a white-hot sting
That’s a part of me now
And it lives in my head
It’s taking me down
Every day
Every hour
Nothing will end it
No silence exists here
Remedies only
Can turn it to bliss
Chemical Children
You’re killing yourselves
There’s a tension that’s sewn
In my blood and my bones
And I cannot escape
From the unwelcome drone
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The Scanner
03:13
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My suit has eyes that think for me
They do their work so righteously
Substance scrambled, mind compressing,
Suit enforcing, skin oppressing,
Freddy, what do you see,
When you meet my eyes in a future time?
Freddy, what do you believe
About the man who’s living in your home?
Stretched out thin
With Death at hand
And she’s with us
When we land
Someone’s got it in for me
And I can smell what I can’t see
In this world of squares and evil
She’s the one who’s pure and real
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Moonlight
03:12
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I am hungry but I cannot eat my fill on little matters
I am craving of the bigger stars that daylight cannot scatter
The stone is cold and I cannot stay and linger by the ashes
If I move I will be fueled and warmed by well-worn wishes
I don’t think that I could touch down
My pulse is pressed to match the sound
Because I am tethered to the tiller
Lashed by sense and moonlight
I am hunting for a harbor
A place to lie by daylight
Ride it out
Ride the moonlight one more mile
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Artificial Company
03:38
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I’ve got a world of choices
Wired to the center of my brain,
For a fee I can plug in
All the pleasure with no pain
What’s the difference? What’s the harm?
If I’m happy is it wrong?
In there I have what I need
All my urges judgment free
I tried living, but I love my
Artificial Company
Why waste time on my wasted days, alone
Give me mind
Give me sexual control
On a virtual console
It’s the best I’ll ever know
To be close to being whole
So many lovers down the line
Are they real, or are they mine?
Do they miss me when I’m gone?
Did they love me all along?
Time is up, time to return
To the body that I hate to own
Full of lust, full of regret
Full of sadness for the life I know
Why waste time, when I know I’ll be alone?
Give me my mind
Give me just this one control
It’s the best I’ll ever know
I keep reaching a new low
I don’t about the toll
I don’t care what I have sold
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10. |
Function Like You
03:18
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Depression, Anxiety
Loneliness, they poison me
Repression, Jealousy
Selfishness, they nourish me
It’s not that I want to be like you
But I’m sick and I don’t want to be me
I could have lit a nice fire if I were you
But I had to be hearthless and free
To feel the time
Weigh on my mind
I want to function like you
I want your satisfaction on cue
Censorship, morality
Principle perplexities
Dependable, habitual
Depravity, it carries me
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Knowing the Way
02:59
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Did you see me,
In your picture-perfect night?
Or did you feel me
When I said it wasn’t right?
The stars were swimming
They were cutting through your brain
The noise was piercing
It eliminates your pain
And I’m knowing you
And I’m showing you
The Way
Did you drop down,
Afraid to lose your sight?
Or did you stand scared
Not knowing what was right?
The stars were swimming
They were cutting through your brain
The noise was piercing
It eliminates your pain
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Effortless
02:28
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Lying in pain as this ship sails
All I feel are waves and the wind
Effortlessly I move into my sleep
Effortlessly I will be home again
Effortlessly my spirit will be free
Effortlessly my body will rest in the sea
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Crystal Drive Lansing, Michigan
Crystal Drive, the new solo project of George Szegedy of Peoples Temple, presents an authentic blend of electronic-pop and raucous, yet angular, synth-rock. New music coming soon from Dream Lover Records.
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