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Land of Greed .​.​. World of Need

by Various Artists

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1.
Twelve o'clock And I'm still not dressed I'm trying to bleed onto paper But time is not impressed What Can I do? Trying to pull out my feelings But they're deep beneath the day Time, time, time, time, time Has hidden them away What can I do? I want my jealousy But he's fast asleep I cry for my sadness But he's too tired to weep I confront my antagonism But he only agrees I wish for my vision But he's not telling me What he sees What can I do? Happy is too neutral And I know I'm not content I still don't want to go Where the others went What can I do? I'm pissed at my anger But he don't want to fight I turn to my conscience But he just thinks I'm right My insecurities They got nothing to hide My emotions are my enemies For being on my side What can I do? Give me back my feelings Won't you give them back to me Give them back
2.
You know I thought my eyes would be dry But now I see and know The moment has a better taste I will not have my statements Spit back in my face We all struggle for our dreams To be realized They end up objects of our own despise... why? The dance of days How did I find myself standing In that place? We had done so much And now I find myself standing In this place again We can do so much more Maybe we went a little too fast Maybe we better slow down
3.
I can't get what I want I'm a failure Nothing seems to work out right The way I planned I can't express the way I feel The way I feel Without fucking up Something else Nothing seems to work out right And I can feel it building - Failure
4.
I suppose I'm naive But I find it hard to believe A person could make Life so cheap It's worth nothing today Because you threw it away Self-indulgence took You too deep In a whole lot of nothing You got up and went Leaving behind all the People you spent I guess they could call you A friend You took them for a ride to The very end What a waste So in the end you didn't have No friends Because they sat and watched You die A lot of bridges burned with no Lessons learned But plenty of reasons to cry No communication Complete separation No talk, no chance to help I am guilty I failed you As a person who should have cared I shut my mouth Because I was scared I hid my feelings When they should've been bared I turned you off And I, I should have cared.
5.
Life goes on Life goes on Life goes on and on What's right or wrong I can't say It seems so hopeless And yet I stay Because It won't go away This driving force That makes me speak And care and care And try to change, rearrange Make sense of this mess Sometimes I laugh Sometimes I couldn't care less
6.
I didn't want to see people Hurting people But I refuse to close my eyes So in front of me I see ugly people Seething and believing ugly Lies And yes, of course, I'm Scared of being hurt And yes, of course, I'm Scared of being wrong But at the same time my silence Will convict me And the evil will carry on If I can do some good I want to do it If I have a choice I want to make it It's my human responsibility That life lives Selfishness gives And death becomes natural So you can stay cool behind Your window And choose the view You want to see But as long as there are Others held captive Do not consider Yourself free.
7.
No more lying down We've got to speak and move No more righteousness Everything is far too wrong No more selfish tears You haven't paid for them No more dressing up Please leave your costumes Home No more looking down You might bump your head The purpose is within yourself The movement is within yourself Your emotions are nothing but politics So get control No more alcohol It's a Kool-aid substitute No more heroin Death is not glamourous No more ruling class You're a bunch of silly kids No more image fight It's just a sucker punch Hurt wastes your energy Suffering wastes energy Your emotions are nothing but politics So get control No more number one We've got to quit that game No more attitude Give it back to the TV set No more tough-guy stance I hear your mommy call No more suicide It kills everyone No more petty love No more petty hate No more pettiness No more pain
8.
Talk about ugliness Behind a smiling face Talk about accomplishments That have gone to waste Talk about lies and talking shit You should be ashamed Sing about togetherness And a way to live Sing about the help You're not about to give Sing about your enemies Sing about yourself You should be ashamed I wish I Could take you And shake you I wish I Could smack the blindness From your beady little eyes Shout about your anger Scream about your rage Then you shut your mouth Because of your age Complete the cycle You should be ashamed Dream about a purpose And a reason to exist Dream about the love That everyone missed Throw your dreams away And join the frightened world You should be ashamed
9.
Look what you've organized Do you believe all those lies There's no courage in hatred Only in love Look what you've organized Attack, defend, you live a fantasy Nobody wants anything that belongs to you Sometimes I'd like to kick your fucking ass But I guess you're just a human too Why? Why are you here? You're looking for a reason to hate So you can fuck someone up You'd hate yourself if you had the chance I guess you already do You fuck yourself up Every night. If you have to fight Then fight the violence That rules your life Said gun, said knife It's going to take your life
10.
Petty poets with poison pens Forcing rhymes to get revenge They better get the person Who got them good Themselves, themselves, themselves You hide the truth when I walk in Eat your shit with a grin You better get the person Who got you good Yourself, yourself, yourself Isn't it nice you don't have to look far To find the person who leave the deepest scar Isn't it sad that as long as you live You are the fuck-up You can't forgive It's my view of life and I think it's true You know I'm hurt it's not the same for you I better get the person who got me good Myself, myself, myself Isn't it nice I don't have to look far To find the person who leaves the deepest scar Isn't it sad that as long as I live I am the fuck-up That I can't forgive Apologies
11.
I can truly say I don't give A fuck about your money Because it means so much to you (And all your money) Why does it mean so much to you? You speak the land of greed I'm talking a world of need Money has nothing to do With the value of life But that's just common sense You call me up and talk About money I don't want to hear anymore About money Look what people do Trying to get their money To buy their fantasies based on The book or the movie Fortified cares Modified principles Convenience is the name of the Game Self-indulgence is the rule (selfish motherfucker) There are no winners We all lose Thanks for nothing You put yourself up for sale You're all sold out
12.
The clock will not stop Making noise It reminds me of all the time I've lost My mind will not just Settle down It reminds me of what my Conscience has brought I did my shopping alone this Year It reveals my loneliness My mouth keeps shouting out It reveals my bitterness If I never thought about it I would not be here today Can't stand rejection It makes me feel inferior I always strain for lesson For fear that life means nothing Tied up, in thoughts Of what to do With the body when The engine rots
13.
I don't like parties They avoid the truth People lying In search of a good time We smile avoid Unpleasant situations Put it off, maybe It will go away Come together, divide by ages We're always talking though But nothing changes It's the end of a year... There's another one coming There will be no victory No progress made If we do not stand apart From the enemy Oh weak foundations That we've laid Melt with the years You are nothing We don't move forward But away We distance ourselves from Our history We justify it with cheap cliches We're just scared of dying Words are not enough
14.
I know this is the last time Goodbye to you my friend What you had to offer won't be Seen around here again And I almost find myself Content To let my quits come in, because I know this is the last time Goodbye to you my friend Your demise is a reminder To the truth that we all face Nothing is forever Our efforts can go to waste But you haven't left me empty Even if it was just a taste Your demise is a reminder To the truth that we all face It makes me wonder when the Time will come for me to stroll When the feelings I embrace Have nothing left to hold And the life that I've worked for Can be bought and sold It makes me wonder when the Time will come for me to stroll

about

01. Give Me Back (Nations On Fire)
02. Dance Of Days (Current)
03. Building (Undertow)
04. Past (Groundwork)
05. Spoke (Outspoken)
06. Do Not Consider Yourself Free (Sparkmarker)
07. No More Pain (Function)
08. I Wish I (Blindfold)
09. Said Gun (Avail)
10. Can't Forgive (Rancid)
11. Money (Lifetime)
12. If I Never Thought About It (Process)
13. End Of A Year (Farside)
14. Last Song (Ashes)

credits

released August 1, 1994

All songs originally written and performed by Embrace.
Copyright 1987 Dischord Records.

Front cover photography by Chris Toliver.
Layout and design by Joel Jordan and Josh Grabelle.
Mastered by Masterwork in Philadelphia, PA.
A&R by Josh Grabelle.

Originally released on Watermark/Trustkill

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